Immigration promises no cover up after audio clip of "freedom in exchange for cash" hits social media

[Bezdomny]

14 hours ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

Your friend  didn't qualify for said visa , didnt fulfil the requirements , so had to pay people off . 

  He paid the money to be able to get something that he wasn't entitled to 

Yes.

[Kwaibill]

On 9/4/2021 at 8:12 AM, david555 said:

Understand it is not always easy or close by immigration office, my reply was more meant for those like living Pattaya/Jomtien  to " suffer" to do the trip to immigration ....as they live close ....and mostly only in those area Agents are available ... , "most"... just don' t have the 800K as invested somewhere else more profitable.........(as they say /claim..????????..) Hence the agent use 

 

But also you can not blame your trip to police for your lost TM ,as you  misplaced it at home ....lol ????

Yeah, mea culpa! That was all on me.????

I was pretty P.O.d about the "tea money" attempt in Pattaya/Jomtien not least because I was living in Bang Sare at the time, and after one trip via Scoopy I did songteaws.

[JUARNETTE]

Yesterday I ran into a new rule I had not previously encountered.  It seems that last year when my failed attempts to get my 1 yr extension on my own failed, and I submitted to getting an "Agent" has backfired.  

It seems that when my "Agent" got my first VISA extension as a "Parent" (even though I have no children) and was caught in the QA somewhere (by an agent that failed to get paid I assume), and further brought me back in to deposit 800,000THB in my bank account, get the Bank book updated and then withdraw the 800k, and get a RETIREMENT VISA Extension, has put me in a special category.

 

On this occasion (10 Sep 2021, yesterday), as the last occasion, I wanted, and intended to get an Extension on my VISA for being Married.  So, again, I put 400k THB in the bank 3 months early.  My failure last year, as the Immigration Officer (IO) conveyed, was that the money had not been in the bank for 3 months.  That was true, but the info at the time I was "In-Progress" was that it only needed to be in there for 2 months (and even after today, I'm not sure because of the dysfunctional leadership and processes of the Immigration division), and that forced me to pursue an "Agent."

 

With my Bankbook with 400k THB in the bank for over 3 months, I went to the CW Immigration to get an Extension based on my Marriage (Actually, I wanted to just pay another 30,000THB and have the "Agent take care of it for me again, but my wife insisted we try again to do it). 

We got our ticket at the Front Desk of the Immigration Office, and almost immediately we got in to see an IO.  The IO shuffled through the papers quickly and simultaneously hinted to my wife (in Thai) that a Bribe was needed.  When my wife balked, the IO agent put the papers back in a pile and said they cannot do an extension as Marriage because we had a "Retirement" extension previously, and once that is done, it must remain a "Retirement" type VISA/Extension, and because we didn't have the 800k in the bank for the required period, we cannot get an extension, and she asked us to leave.

 

My wife asked to speak to the Director.  The Director had not arrived at her desk yet and we waited about 45 minutes.  After she arrived, my wife went to speak with her.  

Lots of hand raising and shouting by my wife pursued, and after about 30 minutes my wife returned to me.  

My wife told me that they are willing to give us a 2-month extension because the IO Director knows the VISA extension was fraudulent (and the agent has been disciplined, but still retains her job there at the same desk.  The IO Director even called the agent over, and the agent apologized for "messing up our life").  

My wife further stated to me, that the Director said after 45 days for us to come back in and she (the IO Director) would process us as a Married VISA.  However, next year we Can Not get an Extension because by that time the IO Director was expected to be promoted, and the fraud would be seen on the VISA by the new IO Director, unless we successfully bribed to the IO Desk Agent at that time, and I would be kicked out of the country.  Further, the director (kindly) advised I go back to the U.S. and get a new VISA and start all over again.

 

Side note: My wife told the IO Director about the initial agent asking for a Bribe,  The Director replied that what the IO Desk Agent does is her business, not anyone else's, and she can not control her behavior.

 

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