By Pitchayapa Phiwpong

 

With travel opening up and request for visa now taking weeks if not months, the need to have powerful passport has become a necessity, but Thailand’s passport power has continued to remain weak compared to others in the region.

 

The latest announcement by the much watched ‘Passport Index’ was revealed last week, and Thailand’s passport, despite its rising power over the past few years continues to languish well below the likes of the newly formed Asian nation of ‘Timor- Leste.

 

Thailand’s passport ranked at 53rd place while the small nation of Timor-Leste ranked on 46th in the world where the median ranking stood at 45.

 

Full story: https://www.thaienquirer.com/42038/thailands-passport-power-improves-but-lags-behind-most-countries-including-timor-leste/

 

-- © Copyright Thai Enquirer 2022-07-25

 

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Thailand's draconian immigration laws pertaining to tourists will always hold their own passport back.

The visa programs or conditions afforded to a particular nations passport are general recipricol in nature.

9 minutes ago, Karma80 said:

Thailand's draconian immigration laws pertaining to tourists will always hold their own passport back.

The visa programs or conditions afforded to a particular nations passport are general recipricol in nature.

Isn't the subject of the topic that you are diverting, really about things 'the other way around'.......Major western Countries block Thais from Visa free travel. Yet Thailand offers them Visa Exempt entry, hardly reciprocating. 

Probably more to do with the public being mostly poor and being refused visas on the basis of not enough income or reason to return !

57 minutes ago, RichardColeman said:

Probably more to do with the public being mostly poor and being refused visas on the basis of not enough income or reason to return !

Good point.  I don't imagine when a Hi-so decides to charter a planeful of his lackeys for a junket abroad (at the tax-payers' expense) there is any visa problems for the connected.

I wonder how Timor-Lestians manage it?

2 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

Probably more to do with the public being mostly poor and being refused visas on the basis of not enough income or reason to return !

They can get an invitation from someone who guarantees they will not be a burden to Europe. Especially if they have a family here in Thailand they have a reason to return.  That should be enough to grant them a Schengen tourist visa. It's a shame for European countries that they check this while I was never checked when I came as a tourist to Thailand - without a visa. 

It is based on the fact that over the years Thai passport holders have proven themselves to be persistent over stayers, non returners and illegal workers. 

10 minutes ago, bigupandchill said:

It is based on the fact that over the years Thai passport holders have proven themselves to be persistent over stayers, non returners and illegal workers. 

We get a good few farangs doing similar in Thailand too......

3 hours ago, Karma80 said:

Thailand's draconian immigration laws pertaining to tourists will always hold their own passport back.

The visa programs or conditions afforded to a particular nations passport are general recipricol in nature.

Utter nonsense.  "Draconian immigration law" - ten points for the ragged old TVF cliche.  

Thailand offers visa free entry to nationals of 64 countries.  Probably 95% of them don't reciprocate.  

2 hours ago, bigupandchill said:

It is based on the fact that over the years Thai passport holders have proven themselves to be persistent over stayers, non returners and illegal workers. 

And that's just the girls.

3 hours ago, mikebell said:

 I wonder how Timor-Lestians manage it?

For a moment there I thought you were being unpolitically correct. ????

21 hours ago, hotchilli said:

And that's just the girls.

And fleeing monks & ex-PMs.