Airmiles for certain visa's

[sevinnow]

A recent leaked report by an independant advisory to the Ministry of Immigration put forward an proposal to invite frequent travellers to LOS to submit Air-miles in an award programme for a visa exchange.

The programme proposed was as follows:

1) Certain participating Airlines to join the scheme.

2) Airmiles accured would be exchanged for 3 month tourist visa's and a new 6 month visa introduced.

3) A good person declaration form from the relevent Embassy.

4) Visa not transferable, valid for use within 1 year.

5) Stays of over 3 month must report to Immigration for stamp

6) No extentions to the visa award.

7) The cost of all proceedures to be met by the participating Airlines.

The proposed programme was intended to increase Tourisim in Thailand, post the Sars and Terriorist Threats Worldwide,as a pilot scheme leading to new residency permits in the future.

The proposals were based on the amount of frequent "good persons" obeying the immigration laws over a period of time: ie, entering and leaving the kingdom as the visa issued stated

not forgetting the revenue for the appointed Airline Companies who would absorb the costs of the programme.

Unfortunatly the Proposed Programme was Declined.

Regards

Sev

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[LPCustom69]

The story sounded good until the end. Somehow, I'm not surprised based on many of the decisions lately.

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