Immigration Bureau Promises Radical Overhaul

[george]

Immigration Bureau promises radical overhaul

PATTAYA: -- Acting Commissioner of the Immigration Bureau Pol Maj Gen Suwat Thamrongsrisakul on September 16-17 presided over a workshop of 500 senior immigration officials, conducted at the Jomtien Palm Beach Hotel and designed to explore ways of moving the bureau forwards.

Amongst those attending were Pol Maj-Gen Thanakorn Siri-at, commander of border police region 3, and Pol Maj Gen Surapol Tanakoses, commander of division 2.

Pol Maj Gen Suwat said the purpose of the seminar was to gather opinions on updating the bureau’s tactics, and that the new working methods would be adopted from October onwards.

From now on officers will have to work closely in groups and give their opinions on the correct way of working. They must take into account what the public wants, and then decide how to implement it and set a definite timetable.

Reporters asked about foreigners living in Thailand, especially those in Pattaya, who commit misdemeanors.

Suwat said one of the main problems with some visitors from Europe and America is that their respective countries do not check their countrymen prior to letting them leave. Therefore a lot of criminals come to hide in Pattaya. The Immigration Bureau needs to formulate a strategy to reduce the number of such people entering the country, deporting wrongdoers and canceling their visas.

The public he said would see a change in this matter within six months as the bureau was going to address the matter more closely.

Suwat said that everybody is watching the Immigration Bureau and at present its strategy is unclear. Their performance needs to improve. It is critical that they change the organization and they need cooperation from every single member of staff to do so.

The image of the bureau should be one of a quality service, said Suwat. The rules and procedures need to be applied correctly and honestly. The public should see the change in the service within two to three months of October 1.

--Pattaya Mail 2005-09-23

[taxexile]

The public he said would see a change in this matter within six months as the bureau was going to address the matter more closely.

The public should see the change in the service within two to three months of October 1.

well thats clear enough then.

no wonder they make so many mistakes with their date stamps.

[ovenman]

The image of the bureau should be one of a quality service, said Suwat. The rules and procedures need to be applied correctly and honestly. The public should see the change in the service within two to three months of October 1.

Haven't we heard this all before... repeatedly?

[joe beets]

Suwat said one of the main problems with some visitors from Europe and America is that their respective countries do not check their countrymen prior to letting them leave. Therefore a lot of criminals come to hide in Pattaya. The Immigration Bureau needs to formulate a strategy to reduce the number of such people entering the country, deporting wrongdoers and canceling their visas.

Maybe I'm naïve, but I thought most countries were more than happy to let undesirables out, with the possibility of their staying out too delicious to resist. It is the responsibility of the admitting country to let people in or not, isn't it? Or, why is it that the default position of my country's foreign office that all Thai girls are, er, businesswomen, and therefore subjected to a rather insulting line of inquiry, just for the privelege of meeting their in-laws and paying 380 Baht for some crap Tom Yum Goong in farangland? Now I hope it doesn't sound like I support my idjit gummint's paranoia regarding certain foreign nationals - I'm just sayin' they do take it upon themselves to check out who they let in.

jb

[Rumpole]

Suwat said one of the main problems with some visitors from Europe and America is that their respective countries do not check their countrymen prior to letting them leave. Therefore a lot of criminals come to hide in Pattaya. The Immigration Bureau needs to formulate a strategy to reduce the number of such people entering the country, deporting wrongdoers and canceling their visas.

The public he said would see a change in this matter within six months as the bureau was going to address the matter more closely.

Better fasten your seat belts boys, there's more b.s. on the way. You know how difficult it seems to be for them to distinguish between an undesirable farang and a respectable one. Much easier (and more satisfying) just to hassle anyone with a white face.

Edited September 23, 2005 by Rumpole