bloody new rules

[meyermcgee]

i expect the frustrated posters to soon say the hell with it and just go to vietnam for their R&R......

[Benny10]

i am from wales but i live in germany , i usually send it to the visa office in hamburg by post but as i was in usa visiting family and so , needed my passport , i landed in hamburg on sunday stayed the night in a hotel and went to the office monday morning because i wanted to get it sorted before they closed for xmas and new year ( didnt want to wait till after new year as i thought it would be a little tight with time ) as i fly on the 9th and they dont open back up till the 4th and where i live in germany is about 4hrs away , so i thought get it done .

also i always get a tourist visa , never thought of trying to get a Non Immigrant visa , dont know what the requierments are , i only know that the O needs to be married to a thai or a monthly pension and the B needs to be with a firm and a contract , all sounded a little hard so never looked into it

Mate if you live in Gemany, just do the same through the consulate in Munich Far more relaxed than any other consulate in Germany. I know even some Estonians doing their tourist visas in Munich for that reason.