Pulled aside at immigration airport for questioning

[Squeegee]

I've got so many billions they haven't printed all the notes yet. There is no paper wide enough to cover all the zeros... but I don't consider it to be a lot of money really. It's a lot of something, though.

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Sure, the powers that be have your number if they really want it, but the OP gives no evidence to support this, in fact their implication was quite the opposite: "Thailand can't even be trusted to innocently enter or leave these days without being hit up for cash or placed under xenophobic suspicion..."

Gosh, I'm so scared.

[IMA_FARANG]

The reason is quite clear.

They think you are working in Thailand without a work permit.

At least that is their suspicion.

That is why they are questioning you as to what the source of your funds in a Thai bank are.

It is not a form of extortion, but a legitimate question as to how you obtained that money.

You would not be the first person that such a such a thing has happened to.

You need to be able to show a legitimate source of your funds, preferably from outside of Thailand to satisfy there suspicions.

[lkv]

And how would immigration know, that you would be passing through Don Muang at that exact time, so your balances of your accounts were pre printed??

Regardless of whether the OP is a troll or not, I'm sure that immigration do know the names, nationalities and passport numbers of everyone on every incoming flight long before they arrive here, just as UK and US immigration knows the same info for incoming flights into their countries.

Whether they have the inclination to act on that is another matter. Getting bank balances would not be very hard if there was some prior suspicion.

No they don't know.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advance_Passenger_Information_System

Thailand is not on the list of countries that receive advance passenger information.

And the OP is trolling.

[IMA_FARANG]

How many tourist visas have you had in the last year to enter Thailand?

Is it 6 or more tourist visas?

If so, your name could have triggered an alert.

The average immigration officer would not have seen that, but a supervisor going through the incoming records might have seen such an alert.

Your name would have triggered a flashing alert notice due to the number of entrances you made.

[Richard W]

No they don't know.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advance_Passenger_Information_System

Thailand is not on the list of countries that receive advance passenger information.

The list there may not include all countries - note that it says 'These countries include'.

It's reported to have started at Swampy on 1st December 2015 - http://dailywitness.com/thailands-airports-install-information-system-to-counter-terrorism/ .

[phutoie2]

No they don't know.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advance_Passenger_Information_System

Thailand is not on the list of countries that receive advance passenger information.

The list there may not include all countries - note that it says 'These countries include'.

It's reported to have started at Swampy on 1st December 2015 - http://dailywitness.com/thailands-airports-install-information-system-to-counter-terrorism/ .

funny how folk take wiki as gospel.

[bangmai]

always such a surprise to see these types of panic posts with 2 other posts. He never did say what "a lot" of money was. The department of Revenue doesn't even know everyone's Bank accounts, and a lot of places still address me as Mr. middlename.

[lkv]

No they don't know.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advance_Passenger_Information_System

Thailand is not on the list of countries that receive advance passenger information.

The list there may not include all countries - note that it says 'These countries include'.

It's reported to have started at Swampy on 1st December 2015 - http://dailywitness.com/thailands-airports-install-information-system-to-counter-terrorism/ .

funny how folk take wiki as gospel.

Although I do agree sometimes information on wikipedia is unreliable, in this case it's not updated since is a relatively recent change (1 month ago). Assuming the op was not trolling, the only explanation could be something coming from AMLO. Immigration cannot just look into your bank accounts, however i believe AMLO can (not sure what the laws are), so they could notify immigration.

[Tomtomtom69]

Trying to understand this without calling troll.

You arrive at Don Muang and are pulled aside. The immigration already had all you bank balances printed out without your authorization? After standing your ground saying nothing they let you go and remain in the country?

I would have thought that unless you were on a watch-list or under current investigation, there is no way that immigration (without your authorization) would be able to access any of your accounts. If you were under investigation, they wouldn't have allowed you to leave the country in the first place.

Of course, don't know what your visa/permission to stay status is, but the majority of these checks are done on visa exempt entries; personally never been asked for proof of funds (one way or the other) during the few years i have been here.

Still trying to understand...................

Also, I didn't know Thai authorities were that sophisticated and could know who you bank with all within the space of the 5 minutes they use to stamp you in when you enter the country. I mean we're talking about the same people who can't even find the proper valid visa in your passport if you have more than a few. Thailand is still decades away from electronic visas, for example.

Something is definitely fishy about this story. No way in hell any immigration authorities could have the bank account details of some ordinary, law abiding foreigner for some arbitrary reason.

I'm going to call this some kind of conspiracy theory.

[questionsreplies]

What us alot of money? If less than 50 millions i dont think its anything close to a lot ?