A quiue at immigration office in Thailand

I've never heard the 'queue'before coming toThailand. When I visited the immigration office for the first time for the extension of visa, the officer at the front desk told me,"you need queue! rudely, I asked her politely, "excuse me, what does queu mean?", then she pointed the long line. I understood by her finger. If I had not lived in Thailand (more than one year) or visited the immigration office in Thailand (maybe a tourist, who cares about tourists that are filling your wallet?), I wouldn't have learned the 'queue'. I really thank her.

The queues at immigration offices in Thailand are of people waiting for annual extentions of stay, a 90 day-reporting, re-entry permits, etc. None of these apply to Japan and probably not to other countries mentioned. Amazing!

Once you've got a visa to visit Japan, you can stay for several months or years depending on your visa, and you never have to go to on a 'boder run'.

In Thailand, you can never stay more than 90 days without either leaving the country or reporting your address to near the immigration office in the district where you live , and you must go to the immigration office to renew your 'permission to stay' every 12 months.

Also, even if you have permission to stay for 12 months, you have to go to the immigration office and pay 1,000 baht for the privilege of coming back to Thailand if you want to leave for any reason.

Is it any wonder there are queues at the immigration office? Will it in no way hurt Thailand's reputation?

Amazing Thailand!