Popular Post khastan Posted August 10, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted August 10, 2019 (edited) A good friend went to immigration to renew his retirement extension on Friday morning. All went relatively smoothly but it could not be completed because the boss was was not in the office to sign it off. He was told to return in the afternoon to collect his passport and bank book. When he did the immigration officer opened the passport to the photo page and said it's the wrong passport . They had given his passport and bank details to somebody else This was treated with some hilarity by the officers present he told me. Against all odds he knew the person that the passport and bank book belonged to so later that day they exchanged passports and bank books. However the potential of your passport and bank details falling into the wrong hands does not bear thinking about. The moral of this story is if immigration ever hold onto your passport and you have to return for it check your photo page! Edited August 10, 2019 by khastan 9 3 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Kinnock Posted August 10, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted August 10, 2019 Good warning. Could have been a huge amount of inconvenience if he hadn't got it back. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dmaxdan Posted August 10, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted August 10, 2019 I do...Sent from my iPad using Thaivisa Connect 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KhunBENQ Posted August 10, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted August 10, 2019 Good that not all passports are same color (could not resist) Mine is bright red. 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Puchaiyank Posted August 10, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted August 10, 2019 I am speechless! ???? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post overherebc Posted August 10, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted August 10, 2019 8 minutes ago, Puchaiyank said: I am speechless! ???? You most certainly would be if you didn't check it, drove away and had a car accident and the cops asked to see your passport. ???????????? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Chivas Posted August 10, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted August 10, 2019 If the OP hadnt had the good fortune to know the other guy you just know there would have been a series of "mai pen rai" as immigration officer after officer melted away until the OP was talking to himself 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Farangwithaplan Posted August 10, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted August 10, 2019 30 minutes ago, Puchaiyank said: I am speechless! ???? Luckily, it seems you didn't lose your ability to type. 1 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricTh Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 (edited) The passport is useless anyway to non-owners. Nowadays, they use fingerprints at the exit counter. So nobody would want your passport. Edited August 10, 2019 by EricTh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post thequietman Posted August 10, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted August 10, 2019 20 minutes ago, EricTh said: The passport is useless anyway to non-owners. Nowadays, they use fingerprints at the exit counter. So nobody would want your passport. Average sale price for a stolen passport is around 3500 dollars US. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4evermaat Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 Actually, those personal details are in immigration office fairly open. Sometimes immigration officials will use another person's application/passport to show a new applicant a live example of the paperwork requirement (they just grab a related packet from the stack) Apparently privacy isn't a big deal for them. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricTh Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 (edited) 11 hours ago, thequietman said: Average sale price for a stolen passport is around 3500 dollars US. Stolen passport is useless in modern times with fingerprinting and face-recognition software. The stolen passport won't match the buyer's face and fingerprints. Edited August 11, 2019 by EricTh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BritTim Posted August 11, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted August 11, 2019 Do I understand part of your account correctly. You were allowed to leave Immigration with the other guy's passport and bank book (Immigration knowing they were not yours) and personally made the arrangements for the swap? 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max69xl Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 2 hours ago, EricTh said: Stolen passport is useless in modern times with fingerprinting and face-recognition software. The stolen passport won't match the buyer's face and fingerprints. How many countries in,let's say Europe uses face recognition and fingerprints? You try to stay away from airports with a stolen passport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuckabroad Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 2 hours ago, EricTh said: Stolen passport is useless in modern times with fingerprinting and face-recognition software. The stolen passport won't match the buyer's face and fingerprints. The most valuable stolen passports have photos of East or South Asian men or women of average height. They still have plenty of use going between borders outside the region they were obtained in, and if it's good enough onto a plane to UK, Canada or Australia they can flush it midroute and request asylum. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chainarong Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 15 hours ago, EricTh said: The passport is useless anyway to non-owners. Nowadays, they use fingerprints at the exit counter. So nobody would want your passport. No its not, identity fraud, comes to mind. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
007 RED Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 16 hours ago, EricTh said: The passport is useless anyway to non-owners. Nowadays, they use fingerprints at the exit counter. So nobody would want your passport. 4 hours ago, EricTh said: Stolen passport is useless in modern times with fingerprinting and face-recognition software. The stolen passport won't match the buyer's face and fingerprints. At this point in time very few so called ‘biometric’ passports contain fingerprint or iris scan data. FYI….. Up until June 2018, the only information that is held on the so called ‘biometric chip’ which is embedded in most passports only contained the same biographical information that is displayed on the photo page of the passport (including the holder’s photo). The ‘chip’ has not held any biometric (fingerprints or iris scan) information. The biographical information currently held on the ‘chip’ is encrypted and only accessible by scanning and reading the holder’s information presented at the bottom of the photo page between <<<< >>>>. That information is then used by a software process to unlock the encrypted information. Once unlocked the biographical information held on the 'chip' is then available to be displayed on an Immigration Officers screen to enable him/her to compare the ‘hard copy’ photo page information of the passport against that held on the ‘chip’. The design and information held in a passport, or other international travel documents, is governed by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) which operates under the auspices of the United Nations. Currently some 160 nations have adopted the so called ‘biometric’ passport. In June last year the General Council of the ICAO approved the inclusion of fingerprint and iris scan information on the ‘biometric chip’. The inclusion of fingerprint and iris scan data is not mandatory and the decision to include such information is left entirely at the discretion of the passport issuing authority. The above information is referenced to the ICAO document 9303, Machine Readable Travel Documents, Seventh Edition, 2015, Part 9. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khastan Posted August 11, 2019 Author Share Posted August 11, 2019 BritTim Posted 4 hours ago Do I understand part of your account correctly. You were allowed to leave Immigration with the other guy's passport and bank book (Immigration knowing they were not yours) and personally made the arrangements for the swap? It was my friend not me, but yes you are 100% correct. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nong Khai Man Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 17 hours ago, thequietman said: Average sale price for a stolen passport is around 3500 dollars US. Wow !! Anyone want to buy Mine ?? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thequietman Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 1 minute ago, Nong Khai Man said: Wow !! Anyone want to buy Mine ?? If Mercan ........ then NO! ???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nong Khai Man Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 2 minutes ago, thequietman said: If Mercan ........ then NO! ???? What's Mercan ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thequietman Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 3 minutes ago, Nong Khai Man said: What's Mercan ?? A - Mercan. ???? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Centra Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 2 hours ago, Canuckabroad said: The most valuable stolen passports have photos of East or South Asian men or women of average height. They still have plenty of use going between borders outside the region they were obtained in, and if it's good enough onto a plane to UK, Canada or Australia they can flush it midroute and request asylum. Ever check your taxi drivers id, we do it in Bali most of the time they reply not me my cousin. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaanbiker Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 Please be aware that such things often happen at the Thai consulate in Savannakhet. I've seen it with my own eyes twice now. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benmart Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 I prefer to hear a story first hand in the event I have questions of the person who can answer from personal experience. Other than that, thank you for the reminder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legend49 Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 My only protection is I have a passport cover on my passport I bought in Moscow. I dont thing another alien would want a passport with Putin looking at him, LOL. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dotpoom Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 "The moral of this story is if immigration ever hold onto your passport and you have to return for it check your photo page! " But most lightly you would spot it immediately ...unless the other guy is from the same country as yourself. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HampiK Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 54 minutes ago, dotpoom said: "The moral of this story is if immigration ever hold onto your passport and you have to return for it check your photo page! " But most lightly you would spot it immediately ...unless the other guy is from the same country as yourself. I think a lot of countries use the similar color of the outside. As I see a lot of brown and dark blue passports. But I agree, that this should seen right away, when you check the main page with photo and name! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andycoops Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 (edited) On 8/11/2019 at 8:05 AM, EricTh said: Stolen passport is useless in modern times with fingerprinting and face-recognition software. The stolen passport won't match the buyer's face and fingerprints. You're missing the point. There is still a market for passports and 3.5k usd is the price. Not all countries are up and running with passport techno like FP And FR. Edited August 12, 2019 by Andycoops spelling error Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoreFarang Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 There is an easy solution: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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