Gaybutton wrote: ↑Sat Dec 23, 2023 8:46 amNeither do I - because I don't
know if that is the reason. It is perhaps a valid guess, but that's what it is - a
guess.
We don't know, but we can carefully examine the evidence to remove most of the doubt.
1 I
know visa agent's can achieve things outside the scope of the rules. I once went into a couple of agencies in Pattaya when my 90 days were up to ask about the options. Some of the options were not legal.
2 The agent fees almost certainly include bribes.
How else do they get a visa or extension that isn't legal ? In a country known for corruption. You tell me what the other explanations would be.
3 The moment immigration are taking bribes to issue approvals, the corrupt immigration offices have an incentive to drive even more customers to the agencies who pay the bribes.
Being a big fan of the recently deceased Charlie Munger, I'm always ready to look at how incentives shape behaviour.
“Never, ever, think about something else when you should be thinking about the power of incentives.” — Charlie Munger
"Well, I think I’ve been in the top 5% of my age cohort all my life in understanding the power of incentives, and all my life I’ve underestimated it. And never a year passes but I get some surprise that pushes my limit a little farther." -Charlie Munger
If you're ruling out corruption, how else would you explain how Jomtien immigration are so backward and difficult compared with Hua Hin immigration ?
Gaybutton wrote: ↑Sat Dec 23, 2023 8:46 amMy own guess is the reason for poor performance is simply that the numbers of people going to Pattaya immigration has vastly outgrown the facility.
You're very trusting of these people.
Gaybutton wrote: ↑Sat Dec 23, 2023 8:46 amI believe what they need is to build a whole new facility and hire and train enough staff to efficiently accommodate the hordes of people who go to immigration.
That's the exact opposite of that they should do.
My recommendation is that they shift all of the processes on line and fire 95% of the immigration staff.
Once it's on line, how can they collect the bribes ?
You have a standardised national process and therefore can't have Jomtien immigration deliberately making it more complicated than less corrupt offices.
They also can't add a box at the bottom of the website for "Click here to pay your bribe". That's far too obvious.
So fire the lot of them & automate their useless jobs.