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[snoop1130]

 

Immigration officers at Phuket International Airport apprehended a 35 year old Uzbek man on allegations of using forged stamps. The arrest occurred at the international arrivals hall around 9pm yesterday, October 23.

 

A team from the Phuket Immigration Bureau, acting on the orders of Police Major General Chengron Rimphidi, Commander of Immigration Bureau 2, carried out the operation, according to an online report by immigration officers at the airport.

 

The officers involved in the arrest included Police Colonel Rungroj Nilamongkol, Deputy Commander of Immigration Bureau 2, and Police Colonel Atisak Panya, Superintendent of Immigration Bureau 2.

 

The investigation, led by Police Lieutenant Colonel Akkaraphon Keawkiattiyot and Senior Sergeant Major Aksorn Chawkamkhet from the Phuket Immigration Checkpoint, detained the suspect on charges of using a forged seal, stamp, or stamping sheet, as confirmed by the report.

 

The Uzbek man was taken into custody at the airport and subsequently transferred to Sakhu Police Station for further legal proceedings, reported The Phuket News.

 

The suspect’s name was not disclosed in the report, and the specific stamps in the passport that were allegedly forged were not detailed.

 

In related news, the Thai police arrested three agency operators for forging documents to submit visa applications to various embassies, seizing numerous counterfeit items. The suspects confessed to their crimes and are now facing legal proceedings.

 

At 11am on May 28, at the Immigration Office in Mueang Thong Thani, Deputy Commander-in-Chief Panthana Nuchnarot, along with Deputy Commander-in-Chief Ratchachot Chotikoon and other relevant officers, announced the results of an investigation coordinated with several embassies in Thailand.

 

These embassies had raised suspicions that hundreds of Thai nationals applying for visas to European countries were submitting fake documents. Upon receiving these concerns, the Immigration Bureau’s specialised unit was instructed to verify the documents.

 

The investigation revealed that many of the documents submitted by Thai applicants, such as employment certificates, bank statements, and financial endorsements, were counterfeit.

 

By Bright Choomanee

Picture courtesy of Phuket Airport Immigration

 

Source: The Thaiger

-- 2024-10-24

 

 

[Middle Aged Grouch]

It's also the current Immigration system and hassles that can encourage dishonest agents to fraud. Other countries in Asia do not make so much fuss with their immigration rules.

[watchcat]

12 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Thai police arrested three agency operators for forging documents to submit visa applications to various embassies, seizing numerous counterfeit items.

 

Good. get rid of the agents.

[hotchilli]

6 minutes ago, watchcat said:

 

Good. get rid of the agents.

Agreed.....

[RichardColeman]

41 minutes ago, watchcat said:

 

Good. get rid of the agents.

Many of the people I know use agents - probably 95% actually.

 

Your suggestion of getting rid of agents will mean destitution for most of them, no money for family , wife, kids etc. Suggesting this is an insult to many of them

 

If you want rid of agents, then at least make marriage mean a path to citizenship 

 

 

 

[Andrew65]

I had a few old frends who had paid 30k Baht to get visas for Thai girlfriends who had previously been refused them.

[watchcat]

1 hour ago, RichardColeman said:

f you want rid of agents, then at least make marriage mean a path to citizenship 

 

That's up to the imigration or higher up.

1 hour ago, RichardColeman said:

Your suggestion of getting rid of agents will mean destitution for most of them, no money for family , wife, kids etc.

 

Same as your suggestion about  marriage and citizenship.