Thai Bureaucracy

I've had several run ins with Bureaucrat's in Thailand, from the Immigration Department to Banking through to the local Umpur Office (Like our Registry Office, but with power).

We are currently trying to sell our house in Thailand and we have come up against an unusual amount of red tape. This as resulted in Nuch having to go down to the Embassy in London. First time she had to get some paperwork signed, obviously it's something that can't be done at the time and she was forced to go down again last week to collect the paperwork. Now we have found out that the local Land Registry office near the house wants even more paperwork meaning Nuch will have to go down on Christmas Eve to the Embassy, not a day you want to be travelling!

I have raised the issue of "How much does the official want"? Sadly things tend to get done a lot quicker in Thailand if palms are greased or crossed with silver. Anyway the question as been asked. When a foreigner is involved, the illusion of lots of money are like pound signs in the eyes.

Thailands Bureaucracy is very much paper based, sometimes seems that it is a job creation scheme, why put information on a computer when three people can type it!

Like all bureaucracy, you have to grin and bear it!