Hi All
Happy to report that my Thai BF of the last 4.5 years got his 3rd Irish visitor Visa today! :cheers:

Most old timers on the board will remember the saga of getting his first visa - which took 1.5 years to secure.

There is no Irish Embassy in Bkk - just a consulate, so the applications get forwarded to the Embassy in KL

His second visa application last year went far easier than the first application. And took just 1 week

This 3rd application took a little longer (1.5 weeks) and was nearly scuppered by the girl in BKK who was processing the application and insisted on originals of all paperwork (despite being told on 2 previous occasions that the only orignal required was his passport) And despite him telling her she had a "black heart"!

But thankfully in the end it all worked out!
So this time 10 weeks he'll be back for another month or 2...

Thanks as always to a certain unnamed board member for his help with some of the paperwork!