British Government To Keep 10 Year Records Of Our Journeys...

[syd barrett]

Do the Thais do an Equifax Check before granting visas?

As far as I know the Thai embassy and consulates in the U.K. do not run a creditworthy check with Equifax. The Royal Saudi Embassy in London however do use another credit/identity agency called 'National Hunter'. See link below.

Secret Credit Agency: 'National Hunter'

[yabaaaa]

It may take longer than you think if the ID card project is anything to go by. They've spent nearly £5BN on the ID card system so far but have not yet arranged for the manufacture or installation of the machines necessary to actually read the cards once they're issued.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/07/ips_card_readers/

Unless it going to generate a huge income I cant see them doing it as they are almost bankrupt now.

[Maizefarmer]

Do the Thais do an Equifax Check before granting visas?

As far as I know the Thai embassy and consulates in the U.K. do not run a creditworthy check with Equifax. The Royal Saudi Embassy in London however do use another credit/identity agency called 'National Hunter'. See link below.

Secret Credit Agency: 'National Hunter'

The UK Embassy often does - and it always checks the electoral role (sponsors).

[Maizefarmer]

It may take longer than you think if the ID card project is anything to go by. They've spent nearly £5BN on the ID card system so far but have not yet arranged for the manufacture or installation of the machines necessary to actually read the cards once they're issued.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/07/ips_card_readers/

... is that what has already been spent!!!!!!!!!!! - what a waste!

[tgeezer]

There is more information in this newspaper report: See link below:

It seems the British government wouldn't do this unless there was money to be had or saved.

1. Tax status ie non-domiciled

2. Tax status ie. Non-resident

3. Benefits cheats

I think national security reasons is a red herring.

Big Brother Britain

Quite as you would expect. I was going to comment that it could be a great help in proving non res. for tax purposes. I thought it was going to be a pain when I returned as a new permanent res. but they just took my word for it that I was telling the truth or did they know? Maybe something like this has existed for a long time, although more limited in scope.

[patklang]

GOOD NEWS

Just heard today tht 2 english guys have been contacted to tell them to go back to uk and they are going to be fined heavily and are having some of their money stopped.Some poster on here said good luck to these scroungers because they pay tax.

WRONG

These people have not paid tax for years so get real and stop defending them unless you are a scammer too.Great to here that the UK are actualy doing something constructive to weadle out these dreggs of society.

SCAMMERS DONT FORGET YOUR EAR MUFFS AND WELLIES, ITS COLD IN THE UK.

[patklang]

The problem is for the scam artists who are supposed to be in the uk and living here,claiming everything including winter heating allowance.I know a few of the scums and they have the bleeding cheek to complain when tirak cannot get a visa for a visit to uk.they are a drain on society and should be jailed.

take it you didnt manage the scam yourself ,sounds like sour grapes to me.why are they a drain on society? they paid their taxes ,just because they now choose to live outside police state Britain ,good on them.

Patklang you are right on. There have been threads in here that boast about they cannot be found for credit card debts and child support payments back home. a couple of times pundits even advised on how to do a 'name change' to get away from their past.

It would be GREAT to crack down on those that cost the rest of us in higher interest rates and bank fees. Do the Thais do an Equifax Check before granting visas?

If a loser has 50,000 Bhat income but is supposed to be paying 30,000B on the cards, they should do the Math.

If you go to hard against these losers, who should not even be allowed to post some of their comments they try to call it 'flaming'

Idiot losers who run away from their debt and child support responsibilities are flaming their karma.

SPOT ON

A poster on here thinks because i am not scamming then i am jealous???

what a nerd.

I pay uk tax on my income and dont even live there so dont come the crap with me THAIMATE.Put the great back in great britton,and let the authorities know about the scammers .

[londonthai]

but I know for a fact that all that does is verfiy the genuiness of the passport - it does not lead to a record been kept of my entry/departure to/from the UK. What is currently lacking is the policy to do it all the time with everyone, and the legislation for the creation of a database, defining when and how the info can be retrieved and be used by whom and for what reason.

my friend was stopped in the uk by customs with some small contraband and her recent air jouneys were retrieved from the computer records. So there are records but not kept for too long, unless somebody is a suspect.

ferry jouneys to ireland are not recorded at all and those to continental europe with a car are not recorded as well - so the system won't be tight and of not much worth to catch tax or benefit freud