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Thailand's Immigration Sweep Nabs Nearly 10,000 Offenders


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2 hours ago, Andytheburiramman said:

There's roughly 90,000 Ukraine and Russians here fulltime and most are between 30 and 50 (lots with young children), so I often wonder what visas are they on or maybe not on 🤔

90,000 wow. I knew it was a lot but not as much as that. What visa indeed?

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3 hours ago, Andytheburiramman said:

There's roughly 90,000 Ukraine and Russians here fulltime and most are between 30 and 50 (lots with young children), so I often wonder what visas are they on or maybe not on 🤔

along with 30k Israelis, millions of Chinese and Indian tourists, and every Tom, Dick and Harry from all over the world. Thailand seems to be a haven for everyone and everything in between. 

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15 hours ago, Andytheburiramman said:

There's roughly 90,000 Ukraine and Russians here fulltime and most are between 30 and 50 (lots with young children), so I often wonder what visas are they on or maybe not on 🤔

A majority of English teachers in a lot of schools now are from Ukraine and Russia. And they have work permits and non B visas.

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20 hours ago, Andytheburiramman said:

There's roughly 90,000 Ukraine and Russians here fulltime and most are between 30 and 50 (lots with young children), so I often wonder what visas are they on or maybe not on 🤔

If you have a number then they are probably documented.

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5 hours ago, Oz82 said:

A majority of English teachers in a lot of schools now are from Ukraine and Russia. And they have work permits and non B visas.

When I took a TELF course all English teachers were supposed to be from an English Speaking Country.  USA, Canada, Australia, England / UK and South Africa.  English speaking Filipinos/Filipinas could teach music, art and the like.  As far as I know Ukraine and Russia are not English speaking countries.   So the criteria has changed?  

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15 hours ago, mfd101 said:

They could continue 'sweeping' for another 12 months and collect another 120000 ...

 

...and so they should, keep sweeping please, get the illegals out

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17 hours ago, Oz82 said:

A majority of English teachers in a lot of schools now are from Ukraine and Russia. And they have work permits and non B visas.

 

4 hours ago, JJ-Thailand said:

 

Do they speak English?

 

Is that a requirement?

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11 hours ago, LivingNThailand said:

When I took a TELF course all English teachers were supposed to be from an English Speaking Country.  USA, Canada, Australia, England / UK and South Africa.  English speaking Filipinos/Filipinas could teach music, art and the like.  As far as I know Ukraine and Russia are not English speaking countries.   So the criteria has changed?  

soon we will hear Thai people speaking English with a Slavic accent. That should be pure entertainment. 🤣

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On 2/28/2025 at 10:50 PM, JJ-Thailand said:

 

Do they speak English?

Some of them don't. But they have a white face that the school can stick on a poster.

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On 2/28/2025 at 4:12 PM, LivingNThailand said:

When I took a TELF course all English teachers were supposed to be from an English Speaking Country.  USA, Canada, Australia, England / UK and South Africa.  English speaking Filipinos/Filipinas could teach music, art and the like.  As far as I know Ukraine and Russia are not English speaking countries.   So the criteria has changed?  

There is no requirement to be from an English speaking countries. Schools used to almost only hire people from these countries, but it's hard to find teachers these days and schools are now full of Russians. The only legal requirement is that they have to pass a TOEIC English test. But some clearly couldn't have passed. 

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On 2/28/2025 at 4:12 PM, LivingNThailand said:

When I took a TELF course all English teachers were supposed to be from an English Speaking Country.  USA, Canada, Australia, England / UK and South Africa.  English speaking Filipinos/Filipinas could teach music, art and the like.  As far as I know Ukraine and Russia are not English speaking countries.   So the criteria has changed?  

At my school we have 14 English teachers. I am the only one who was born in an English speaking country. 

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41 minutes ago, Oz82 said:

At my school we have 14 English teachers. I am the only one who was born in an English speaking country. 

What, on average, is their standard of English/teaching like?

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2 minutes ago, rough diamond said:

What, on average, is their standard of English/teaching like?

Highly variable. Some of them are great. And some you can't have a conversation with.

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