huma79 Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 Without being too specific on the visa run company... a friend of mine who did a visa run early this morning (VERY early) said that the police were intercepting taxis carrying just in front of the meet-up location and searching the belongings of foreigners. This is the first time I've heard of this, is it something that has happened before that anyone is aware of? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazygourmet Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 Custom officers just doing their job by checking if you are not exceeding the tolerated amount of imported duty-free products. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huma79 Posted November 30, 2011 Author Share Posted November 30, 2011 Custom officers just doing their job by checking if you are not exceeding the tolerated amount of imported duty-free products. I think you misunderstand.. they weren't checking the visa run bus. I know that is normal. They were set up in front of the meetup point (in Bangkok), stopping people before they even arrived to start the visa run. My friend was stopped, as was another farang that came in a taxi from the same direction. I suspect they were looking for overstays to make a some tea money. On the other hand, maybe they were just doing their job and had received a tip that some red-flagged name was going to show up for a visa run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALFREDO Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 That is one of the reasons why I make borderruns or visaruns by myself and because, I want my life in my hands and so I like and want to hold the steering wheel or the handlebar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
challenger99 Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 (edited) That is one of the reasons why I make borderruns or visaruns by myself and because, I want my life in my hands and so I like and want to hold the steering wheel or the handlebar. I do same for all act's in Thailand. It happen 6 month with a friend on visa run to Ranong by bus. 20 km in front of Ranong police stop and check bus. Success 7 people had overstay. It made a nice pocket money and they had to pay at the immigration again Edited November 30, 2011 by challenger99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janverbeem Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 That is one of the reasons why I make borderruns or visaruns by myself and because, I want my life in my hands and so I like and want to hold the steering wheel or the handlebar. I do same for all act's in Thailand. It happen 6 month with a friend on visa run to Ranong by bus. 20 km in front of Ranong police stop and check bus. Success 7 people had overstay. It made a nice pocket money and they had to pay at the immigration again So what's wrong,those 7 people broke the immigration law.Lucky theu weren't deported after enjoying a few nights of free hotel. It's not expensive to keep your visa updated,if you can't afford it than this isn't the right place for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazygourmet Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 Custom officers just doing their job by checking if you are not exceeding the tolerated amount of imported duty-free products. I think you misunderstand.. they weren't checking the visa run bus. I know that is normal. They were set up in front of the meetup point (in Bangkok), stopping people before they even arrived to start the visa run. My friend was stopped, as was another farang that came in a taxi from the same direction. I suspect they were looking for overstays to make a some tea money. On the other hand, maybe they were just doing their job and had received a tip that some red-flagged name was going to show up for a visa run. OK, I misunderstood... I thought that you were talking about the meeting point after the casino. Otherwise, on my last September trip with that -5:00am departure- company, I've noticed that their staff refused several passenger because they had a too long overstay and might be controlled on the way to the border. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkkjames Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 Let me guess, checkpoint on sukhumvit near soi 18 or 20? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overherebc Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 That is one of the reasons why I make borderruns or visaruns by myself and because, I want my life in my hands and so I like and want to hold the steering wheel or the handlebar. +1 :jap: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazygourmet Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 Let me guess, checkpoint on sukhumvit near soi 18 or 20? If it's the same company that I am thinking about, their departure point is off soi 14, in front of -the sort of- Korean shopping arcade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moe666 Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 The police are not as stupid as people would paint them they do have an uncanny ability to snif out money easy money especially. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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