A crackdown on visa runners means Phuket expats trying to renew their documentation at the border port of Ranong are being turned back after three renewals reports Phuket Wan Tourist News.
Senior Thai police have imposed the new rule to reduce the number of international criminals operating in Phuket and other parts of Thailand, a Ranong Immigration officer said today.
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The crackdown is aimed at preventing people who come to Phuket and other parts of Thailand on tourist visas and stay on by continuing to renew their visas indefinitely.
‘Every ‘tourist’ who tries to go to Ranong for a fourth visa extension will be turned away,” one visa company owner said today. ”This applies across the board, to Europeans and Australians, Japanese and Koreans as well as Russians and Filippinos.”
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