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  • ★ Tough new overstay rules go before Thailand PM ★

    http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/gene...s-go-before-pm


    Quilp
    ↂ if there was a clock in my under pants, it would be at high noon ↂ

  • #2
    Looks like abusers will make laws tighter for all.
    mmm

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    • #3
      Well overstaying is breaking the law. Even if the fine is only currently 20,000 baht. Most long term overstay guys try to justify it in financial terms of the level of the fine vs time spent. But by default anyone overstaying is committing a criminal act. This seems to be conveniently forgotten by those trying to "game" the system

      I think it is sad the government has to increase the penalties just because a few abuse the system but sadly that is always what happens.

      There are legal ways to stay here, but being young with just enough money doesn't seem to fit the Thai or anyone else's model. sadly if Thai women looked like those from PNG there wouldn't be any problem.

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      • #4
        Thailand : Overstay blacklisting starts in March

        Overstay blacklisting starts in March
        December 9, 2015 3:26 pm

        Thailand's Immigration Bureau could start blacklisting foreigners who stay beyond their visa period with effect from March 2016.
        http://thailandchatter.com/showthrea...ll=1#post45112

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        • #5
          Ninety five percent will be Brittle idiots. Ship those rotten cnuts out.

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          • #6
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            Foreigner over-stayers detained in Bangkok in October 2015

            http://www.chiangraitimes.com/foreig...-thailand.html
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            • #7
              Thailand : Immigration set for overhaul

              ANTI-TERRORISM
              Immigration set for overhaul
              25/01/2016

              Technology, tougher laws aid in terror fight


              The Immigration Bureau is expediting efforts to overhaul the immigration system as it moves to prevent terrorist attacks including a much-touted "biometric'' system for screening people entering the country.

              The move comes after a series of coordinated terrorist attacks and shootings overseas in recent months. While the government has adopted a policy of opening the country to attract tourists, security officials want to make sure this does not open the door to foreign criminals or even terrorist elements.

              Major terrorist attacks and shootings occurred in Paris in November last year, in Istanbul, Turkey on Jan 12 and Jakarta, Indonesia on Jan 14. Dozens of people were killed and scores more wounded. Islamic State militants claimed responsibility for most of the attacks.

              However, Pol Lt Gen Nathathorn Prousoontorn, the new chief of the Immigration Bureau, said he is confident more stringent measures expected to be enforced between March and April will boost officials' ability to monitor suspects.

              They include the screening of immigrants with the aid of more rigorous law enforcement as well as new technologies to improve the bureau's work.

              The bureau is stepping up its efforts to screen people entering and leaving the country in the face of new terrorist threats and following the formal start of the Asean Community at the end of 2015, in which borders will open with relatively free movements of migrants from neighbouring countries.

              In an exclusive interview with the Bangkok Post, Pol Lt Gen Nathathorn admitted that handling the influx of tourists and migrants is a tough task, though it is still manageable because the government has provided support in terms of legal measures and technology.

              He said the bureau is now on high alert to prevent terrorist elements from entering the country. ''Even though Thailand is not an enemy of anybody, the bureau cannot afford to let its guard down. After the Jakarta attacks, I immediately went down to the southern border provinces to inspect the immigration system there,'' he said.

              During the inspection, he also held talks with Malaysian police to improve coordination between the two countries to watch out for potential terror threats.

              He added that in December last year, a border checkpoint in Songkhla's Sa Dao district, the largest checkpoint in the South, opened a new terminal with a stricter screening system. The system is similar to that at an airport, he said.

              Pol Lt Gen Nathathorn said the Immigration Bureau has also installed electronic fingerprint readers at major checkpoints bordering neighbouring countries. He stressed the need to use a biometric system, which includes fingerprint recognition, to identify individuals and verify their identity. "We need to move to a biometric system, or we will have trouble screening people. Many terrorists hold fake passports and the existing screening system does not measure up,'' he said.

              Pol Lt Gen Nathathorn said the Royal Thai Police office has allocated a budget of 1.29 billion baht to install biometric systems at other police units between March-April, in addition to the Immigration Bureau.

              He said terrorists or criminals often avoid immigration checks at Thai airports as they opt to fly to airports at neighbouring countries, and then travel overland or across the Mekong River to Thailand. "We have to watch out for them and take action to wipe them out,'' he said.

              He also said the Immigration Bureau is also stressing better passport checks to prevent terrorists using fake documents from entering the country. He said electronic passports issued by major countries are highly secure. They are hard to forge and easy to check, he added.

              On Jan 19, the Immigration Bureau and security agencies from Asean held a session to train staff at Suvarnabhumi airport on how to detect fake passports. More than 200 staff from airlines and banks, customs officials, and anti-drug police attended. Experts from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, as well as from Canada, Australia, and Germany were invited to share their knowledge on passports.

              Pol Lt Gen Nathathorn said the bureau is closely monitoring the movements of three groups of foreigners from South Asia, Africa and the Middle East as part of efforts to prevent the threat of transnational crimes and terrorist activities. If there are in-coming flights with these targeted groups on board, immigration authorities will be deployed to check them immediately after they land, he said.

              He added the introduction of the Advance Passenger Processing System (APPS) will also help boost airport security by screening each passenger more closely than the current system.

              The system allows customs officials, airport and airline staff and immigration police to obtain the profiles of passengers from their countries of origin.

              They will be able to check if passengers are blacklisted or banned from leaving a country. Authorities will share passenger information and ordinary passengers whose profiles are clean can pass immigration checks faster.

              He said a new law will also be enforced on March 20 to blacklist tourists caught overstaying their visas, and ban them from re-entering Thailand for a certain period of time.

              bangkokpost.com
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              • #8
                New immigration screening system unveiled
                VISARUT SANGKHAM
                February 1, 2016




                THAILAND is more secure now thanks to a new screening system at the recently opened Thai Immigration 24/7 centre in Suan Plu, according to authorities.

                The system uses an "Advanced Passenger Processing System" (APPS) to stop "undesirable" foreigners from coming to Thailand based on data gathered at their point of origin.

                Police Lt-General Nathathorn Prousoontorn, chief of the Immigration Bureau, told The Nation that the APPS would screen incoming passengers before a decision was made whether to let them in to the country.

                The APPS gathers passenger information from airlines flying to Thailand based on the data collected at the check-in airline service counters, including name, gender, nationality and country of residence. That data are sent to the APPS database along with the flight number and passenger seat number.

                "Before the APPS system, information about passengers or any travellers coming to Thailand would be collected and sent to the Immigration Bureau by paper files, but now collecting it as electronic information and using the APPS system to handle the data, we can monitor incoming passengers in real time," Nathathorn said.

                He added that criminal data from Interpol would be linked to the APPS system this year so authorities could intercept criminals coming in to the country.

                The system was set up this month at the newly opened Thai Immigration 24/7 Centre and at major airports. APPS is already in use in other countries such as Japan, Canada, China, the United Kingdom and the United States.

                The system is being used alongside other security tools including the Personal Identification Blacklist Immigration Control System, the Case Management Intelligence System, CCTV surveillance and the CRIMES system. All of these systems are operated and monitored by the Immigration 24/7 Centre, which aims to be the hub of Thailand's immigration procedures and help to improve national security.

                The immigration centre at Suanplu's Immigration Division One will have officers monitoring incoming data 24 hours a day.

                Nathathorn added that the new APPS system could also help to address non-criminal issues such as the recent Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (Mers) case in which a 71-year-old man with the virus travelled to Thailand from Oman.

                The new system could almost instantly provide information about other passengers who were sitting near the man and who might be at risk - a process that previously could have taken up to a day.

                nationmultimedia.com
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                • #9
                  New overstay rules to take effect soon
                  12/03/2016

                  Stricter punishments for those overstaying their visas will take effect from March 20 as part of government efforts to crack down on transnational crime.

                  Under new Interior Ministry regulations, foreign travellers who overstay more than 90 days will be banned from re-entering the country for one year, Immigration Bureau chief Nathathorn Prousoontorn said.

                  Those found to have overstayed more than three years will be subject to a re-entry ban of five years.

                  People found guilty of overstaying more than five years will be barred from re-entering the country for 10 years, Pol Lt Gen Nathathorn said.

                  Foreigners caught in criminal cases and who also overstay will be barred from re-entering the country for five years, he said.

                  The bureau is now in the process of informing hotels, educational institutions and private companies that employ or deal with foreigners about the new measures, Pol Lt Gen Nathathorn said.

                  He said almost all overstayers who have been apprehended were found to have links to transnational crime. The new regulations are expected to reduce the number of transnational criminals using this country, he said.

                  Scores of overstayers have now surrendered to authorities, he added, without elaborating.

                  Pol Col Pakkapong Sai-ubol, head of Immigration Division 6, which oversees the southern region, said Pol Lt Gen Nathathorn and his deputy, Pol Maj Gen Pakpoom Sajjapan, have instructed relevant agencies to make sure foreigners are made aware of the new rules.

                  The measures are part of a national security policy to which Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and national police chief Chakthip Chaijinda give weight, he said.

                  He also called on the public to inform the Immigration Bureau about offences committed by foreigners.

                  bangkokpost.com
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