webfact Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 Thai immigration police arrested a woman and seized several items of equipment used for making counterfeit visas today (Monday), in a raid on a condo in Bangkok’s Khannayao district. The arrest of the woman, identified only as “Angsana”, and the seizure of fake passports and forging equipment, which included ink, pens and seals, is a follow-up operation by immigration police after a number of foreigners were found with fake visas as they were leaving Thailand. Angsana was charged with conspiring with other people to falsify visas. An investigation found that the fake visas were probably from the same source, a company in the Bueng Kum area, which provides a service applying for visas for foreigners. Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/woman-arrested-with-equipment-for-forging-visas/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2023-02-07 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. The most versatile and flexible rental investment and holiday home solution in Thailand - click for more information. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandiRona Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 She really did <deleted> off someone important or being made an example for others to increase their tributes! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaywalker Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 Arrgh! We are now left to guess what country Angsana is from. Well, lemme see here. Her name isn't Svetlana, ain't Susan nor Sophie. Must be from Antarctica. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Olmate Posted February 6, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted February 6, 2023 Good news for all of us who use a legitimate visa agency for yearly extensions. 2 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mac Mickmanus Posted February 6, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted February 6, 2023 1 hour ago, RandiRona said: She really did <deleted> off someone important or being made an example for others to increase their tributes! No, She was giving fake visas , printing them herself , rather than paying immi for them 3 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post proton Posted February 6, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted February 6, 2023 31 minutes ago, Olmate said: Good news for all of us who use a legitimate visa agency for yearly extensions. There is no such thing as a legitimate visa agency, they are not regulated and also paying bribes to officers is hardly legitimate. 1 5 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingstonkid Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 2 hours ago, RandiRona said: She really did <deleted> off someone important or being made an example for others to increase their tributes! There is no way they could be protected. Too much is happening with imm also when they arrest the people with the fake Visa they have to take out the source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post steven100 Posted February 6, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted February 6, 2023 (edited) oh god I hope the mods close this thread soon ..... not sure one could stand another p_ssing competition from some farang on here. Edited February 6, 2023 by steven100 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritScot Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 Back in early 2000 there was a guy in Kow Tow doing this. I found out when I walked in to Gulivers in bkk and it was full of diving instructors and dive masters all renewing their "lost/destroyed" passports. When I arrived back on Kow Tow there he was sitting in his shop with the same sign up advertising visa's..... Only in Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bert got kinky Posted February 7, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted February 7, 2023 Back in the late 90s there was a Swedish visa agent in Soi Cowboy doing just this. You left your passport and it came back 2 days later with a stamp of a one year tourist visa from the Thai consulate in Honolulu or Brisbane. ???? 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marin Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 1 hour ago, BritScot said: Kow Tow Freudian slip????? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NativeBob Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 22 minutes ago, Bert got kinky said: Back in the late 90s there was a Swedish visa agent in Soi Cowboy doing just this. You left your passport and it came back 2 days later with a stamp of a one year tourist visa from the Thai consulate in Honolulu or Brisbane. ???? Brisbane. fat and ugly Australian man did that through his "boyfriend" honorary something. Wilbert was his name. peace of <deleted>. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRToMRT Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 28 minutes ago, Bert got kinky said: Back in the late 90s there was a Swedish visa agent in Soi Cowboy doing just this. ThaiVisa (yes the same, before it did the forum) was a visa agency on Soi 23 in the late 90s. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ignore it Posted February 7, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted February 7, 2023 More than 109 Immigration officials are considering a "wrongful competition" lawsuit. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hakuna Matata Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 2 hours ago, Olmate said: Good news for all of us who use a legitimate visa agency for yearly extensions. Don't need to use any agency at all! All those Visa Agents are scammers. Immigration corruption is widespread, especially in Pattaya and Phuket. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Forever Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 2 hours ago, Olmate said: Good news for all of us who use a legitimate visa agency for yearly extensions. All the more reason to steer clear of a "legitimate visa agency" and DIY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post smokie36 Posted February 7, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted February 7, 2023 52 minutes ago, Bert got kinky said: Back in the late 90s there was a Swedish visa agent in Soi Cowboy doing just this. You left your passport and it came back 2 days later with a stamp of a one year tourist visa from the Thai consulate in Honolulu or Brisbane. ???? Yes I ordered my visa from that Swedish chap and when my Thai wife brought it home it was such poor quality I had to kill her and stuff her body in a wheelie bin. Got a nice long visa extension in the end though so it worked out just fine. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
internationalism Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 so legitimate visa agency from Bueng Kum is also supplying forgery items, that including passports itself, to a network of their associates. As visa agencies are very closely connected with immigration officers (that's the only way such agencies can function), it means, that immigration is also implicated in this. Is this arrest somehow connected with yesterday's suspention of 110 Bangkok immigration officers? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caldera Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 I don't really see the wisdom in forging a passport in Thailand and using it to exit Thailand. Even with high-quality forgery, the fact that the passport holder's entry to Thailand wasn't recorded in the immigration database surely is bound to sound the alarm, so what are the chances that they just stamp such a person out? Using a passport forged in Thailand to enter another country would be a different story, I guess it could work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sydebolle Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 It takes still quite some connections INSIDE the immigration. The online database needs a picture and a movement amendment which has time imprints etc. - leaving/entering in addition goes with finger prints. Facilitate immigration to disregard anyone coming in less than say three months and then the immigration can do the job their colleagues in other countries are paid for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Nong Khai Man Posted February 7, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted February 7, 2023 5 hours ago, proton said: There is no such thing as a legitimate visa agency, they are not regulated and also paying bribes to officers is hardly legitimate. There is no such thing as a legitimate visa agency.......Oh Do please Shut Up...... 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nong Khai Man Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 3 hours ago, Hakuna Matata said: Don't need to use any agency at all! All those Visa Agents are scammers. Immigration corruption is widespread, especially in Pattaya and Phuket. Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 6 hours ago, Olmate said: Good news for all of us who use a legitimate visa agency for yearly extensions. Legitimate............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liverpool Lou Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 (edited) 9 hours ago, BritScot said: Back in early 2000 there was a guy in Kow Tow doing this. I found out when I walked in to Gulivers in bkk and it was full of diving instructors and dive masters all renewing their "lost/destroyed" passports. When I arrived back on Kow Tow there he was sitting in his shop with the same sign up advertising visa's..... Only in Thailand. What? How could anyone get a lost/destroyed passport replaced with a legitimate one without going through their embassy in 2000? Do you need to check the details of your tale? Edited February 7, 2023 by Liverpool Lou Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liverpool Lou Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 9 hours ago, BritScot said: Back in early 2000 there was a guy in Kow Tow doing this. I found out when I walked in to Gulivers in bkk and it was full of diving instructors and dive masters all renewing their "lost/destroyed" passports. When I arrived back on Kow Tow there he was sitting in his shop with the same sign up advertising visa's..... Only in Thailand. Yeah, right, 'course there was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liverpool Lou Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 8 hours ago, Bert got kinky said: Back in the late 90s there was a Swedish visa agent in Soi Cowboy doing just this. You left your passport and it came back 2 days later with a stamp of a one year tourist visa from the Thai consulate in Honolulu or Brisbane. ???? Lars. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liverpool Lou Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 8 hours ago, Hakuna Matata said: All those Visa Agents are scammers. No, they are not all "scammers", very few of then are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Meeseeks Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 I used to use the Wall Pub in Makkasan off Silom Road. Danish meatballs, a few beers and a couple of games of pool and the passport was away to the border or honorary consulate for a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Meeseeks Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 On 2/7/2023 at 8:01 AM, NativeBob said: Brisbane. fat and ugly Australian man did that through his "boyfriend" honorary something. Wilbert was his name. peace of <deleted>. The Honorary Consul in Brisbane was Bill Dunn IIRC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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