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Thai Rath is reporting that a main immigration spokesman has warned Burmese to double verify their visas to make sure that they haven’t been duped with faux visa stamps. The warning comes as extra persons are being discovered with the fake stamps in Thailand each day.
Pol Maj Gen Itthiphon Itthisanronchai, deputy immigration chief and appearing as spokesman, advised Thai Rath that ninety seven circumstances had been identified since the start of June up to July 22.
Most had been people caught up within the fake visa sting had been crossing the border into the Tak province in Thailand’s north west. Ninety percent of the fakes had been vacationer visas.
Investigations are ongoing into possibly corrupt officers or folks related to the Thai embassy in the Myanmar capital of Yangon. Earlier reports suggest that the 97 instances would possibly just be the tip of the iceberg.
Try before you buy reported that 1000’s of Burmese could probably be dwelling in Thailand not understanding that had faux stamps in their passports.
Another case was found on Saturday of an individual with a pretend stamp who had paid 6,000 baht for a “fast track” service. Maj Gen Itthiphon says that folks ought to verify their visa stamps as they could face up to 200,000 baht in fines and 10 years in jail..