Fast track Immigration Scam: In and out of Thailand for 50 baht - no passport required!

[louse1953]

1 hour ago, kannot said:

"Good  guys in bad  guys out".................. BUT MONEY FIRST....... and  who gives a shiiiite..... The  joke thats is Thailand security.......... SO tell me great general WHO is going to get fired over this blatant security breach?????????

So what is the problem,except for problem gamblers.You are in no mans land.You can't go any further.People coming the other way have to exit Cambodia and enter Thailand at a minimum of 15 days.Thais don't seem to have a problem paying 50 baht for a day pass to the casino.Why get a passport to go to no mans land.Some of you blokes need to stop bashing at any oportunity and see what's practiable.You don't rekon the PM knows about this,been going on for over a decade that i know of.

[Rc2702]

2 hours ago, sahibji said:

and how is one expected to monitor and control issues like terrorism, general crime and social problems created by this  easy movement of people.

First step is exposing it and reporting it as has happened here. Easy win for prayuth. Stamp on this hard and fast. Yel

[louse1953]

44 minutes ago, In the jungle said:

I too have seen this happen at Sadao.

 

The guy in front of me in the queue, with a Thai minder, produced no documents.  Cash was passed to the immigration officer and he was admitted with no questions asked.

 

Why complain uptoyoumyfriend asks.

 

Among other purposes immigration control is there to prevent the entry of criminals and terrorists.  Admitting unknown persons for cash completely undermines that. 

Don't know about Sadao,but at Chong Chom people are going to the casino and same people are coming back.They are Thai and farangs with passports.Everybody that leaves,comes back.Tourists and terrorists from elsewhere coming through Cambodia,need passports and visa or visa exempt.Cambodians get checked at numerous roadblocks around Surin Provence.

[khunPer]

2 hours ago, khwaibah said:

 

 

No it doesn't. This  is applying to all that go to the casino Thai or foreigner. Don't even thank of trying this if your crossing over for a trip to Siem Reap. This scam has been going on for over a year. Before the coup 2014 it was 100 baht so you are getting a discount. BTW at this crossing  the Cambodian Immigration change 1500 baht for a visa and 300 baht for doing a u-turn.

I tried that about 10-years ago – U-turn, as I needed stamps for a Visa-run – that was very difficult. The Thai immigration officer looked at me, as I was some alien from outer space – well, officially I am an alien – and he had to adjust date in his stamp, to stamp me out. On the Cambodian side were three patches, two wide on each side leading straight into one of the two casinos almost glued to the border line, and one in the middle for Immigration, used by border-market vendors. Such a weird thing as a Visa, which was needed to stamp me into their Kingdom, seemed like a completely unprepared situation, so I ended with some mostly handwritten permission – the mandatory photo was completely ignored – and an entry stamp. However, I did look inside one the of casinos – I thought that you can just enter a casino and walk out of the smaller side-entrance, and straight into Cambodia without any stamps at all – but as I'm not addicted to gamling, I saved me spare 100-baht for the Thai Immigration officer, so he would be kind and change the date in his rubber-stamp, and stamp me back into Thailand...

 

Cambodian O'Smack Immigration in 2006 – the large portal on the right is entrance to one of the two casinos at the border; there was a similar on the left, but that was too big to also find it's way into my tiny camera.

 

[Sean87s]

I just wish they would relax the other long stay visas a bit. Would be nice if i could apply from my home country for the full year. Maybe not so many papers. I dunno. Who am i to say though. 

[eliotness]

Used that crossing many times and never paid anything to Thai Immigration.   Cambodian Immigration is a very different matter, 1,500 Baht for a Cambodian visa PLUS  300 Baht because I immediately cross back into Thailand.  That 300 Baht is a scam I'm sure , but the grim -faced official behind the desk demands it every time.  This thread doesn't mention this, so have I been duped and is there a way to avoid the 1,800 Baht every 90 days,  apart from having 40k monthly income or 400k in a Thai bank ?

[chainarong]

7 hours ago, madmitch said:

Not a problem. Thailand is going to be free of corruption in twenty years.

U said it..

[free123]

immigration a-o / loads of papers,health certificate,money like trump,many photos, rules and rules and some more of them and the tightening of them, visa police, the saturday afternoon farang hunt...bridge clubs made criminals....photo sesions with press....

 

hey all this the usual BS...take 50 Bhat in ur right hand pass it over to the nice man in the window (reminds me of a song line ...dont bogart the joint my friend just pass it on to me )..and ur endless holiday in thailand cambodia is fine....

people forget about this classical element of the thai lifestyle....

 

now I quote another advertising : Im loving it...

[MaiChai]

Would not want the inconvenience of needing a passport to visit a Cambodian casino that is probably part owned by a Thai?

[Shawn0000]

5 minutes ago, MaiChai said:

Would not want the inconvenience of needing a passport to visit a Cambodian casino that is probably part owned by a Thai?

 

Why would they when they can visit Cambodia with their ID card?

[khounteen]

7 hours ago, FireMedic said:

Same in Sadao.....With a passport you have to pay 2 ringgit. Others pay more and walk through.......

Sadao even have runners on motorbikes and cars to ferry you through immigration both ways. You should see the bus pick up area on the Malaysian side(right under the noses of the Malaysian immigration and customs),  full of working girls being unloaded by these runners for 500 baht each.

[nakhonandy]

3 hours ago, Bangkok Barry said:

 

Off topic I know, but keep up with the news. Brits might have to apply for a visa costing a tenner to visit a European Union country after Brexit. The OP presumes that will be per country, and he/she might be correct.

It's just another unfounded rumour, why would they do that now they never have.

 

Sounds like similar logic as here, how to lose tourists. 

[mettech]

Did my visa run there last year and planning on doing so again this year the casino is ok so is the food.

Will  see if anything has changed.

[Basil B]

Just a drop in the Ocean...

 

There are so many government employees on the take at all levels, that if the did something about it there would be no administration to run the country. 

[louse1953]

3 hours ago, eliotness said:

Used that crossing many times and never paid anything to Thai Immigration.   Cambodian Immigration is a very different matter, 1,500 Baht for a Cambodian visa PLUS  300 Baht because I immediately cross back into Thailand.  That 300 Baht is a scam I'm sure , but the grim -faced official behind the desk demands it every time.  This thread doesn't mention this, so have I been duped and is there a way to avoid the 1,800 Baht every 90 days,  apart from having 40k monthly income or 400k in a Thai bank ?

Scamming a scammer,i like it.

[hanuman2543]

4 hours ago, georgemandm said:

Sorry that would be 250,000 not 500,000

Sorry, if you had taken the time to read my post " at the weekends 5000 Thais daily crossing the border to visit the casino. That is 500,000 Baht per weekend " carefully, comprehend and then adding a comment you wouldn't had to embarrass yourself.

[georgemandm]

20 minutes ago, hanuman2543 said:

Sorry, if you had taken the time to read my post " at the weekends 5000 Thais daily crossing the border to visit the casino. That is 500,000 Baht per weekend " carefully, comprehend and then adding a comment you wouldn't had to embarrass yourself.

 

21 minutes ago, hanuman2543 said:

Sorry, if you had taken the time to read my post " at the weekends 5000 Thais daily crossing the border to visit the casino. That is 500,000 Baht per weekend " carefully, comprehend and then adding a comment you wouldn't had to embarrass yourself.

50 by 5,000 is 250,000 is it not you need to read it not me  if you are saying in one week 7 days is 1,750.000 

[Upnotover]

Funny thread this, not a scam at all really and how many days in a weekend.

[hanuman2543]

20 minutes ago, georgemandm said:

 

50 by 5,000 is 250,000 is it not you need to read it not me  if you are saying in one week 7 days is 1,750.000 

You are aware that a weekend consists of 2 days, normally Saturday and Sunday, aren't you?

[nontabury]

8 hours ago, strawpanda said:

Thanks to Brexit Brits may in future be paying £10 to go to France and £50 to go across Europe. Great, huh?

 

When I travell around Western Europe,before the EU,I don't recall paying anything at boarder controls. Me thinks another scare story.

[moe666]

Not a scam, just a fast track service for day trippers

[georgemandm]

1 hour ago, hanuman2543 said:

You are aware that a weekend consists of 2 days, normally Saturday and Sunday, aren't you?

Ok sorry 

[Shawn0000]

53 minutes ago, nontabury said:

 

When I travell around Western Europe,before the EU,I don't recall paying anything at boarder controls. Me thinks another scare story.

 

It is a proposed solution for how to pay for the UK's potential benefits from an trade EU.

[Shawn0000]

1 hour ago, Upnotover said:

Funny thread this, not a scam at all really and how many days in a weekend.

 

It may be, are they authorized to charge people to cue jump?  Is the money being collected as revenue for Thailand or is it being pocketed?

[greenchair]

Now just watch some do Gooder

Self righteous plod come along and mess that up for people that like to live on the wild side. 

Their lives are so boring, they get their jollies messing every one else up. 

[bristolgeoff]

arunpatet I know the spelling is wrong but that is another border with casinos as well. on the way to siem reap.that would be no different so many thais go to the casino  as well

[edg]

What's all the fuss about, it's similar to Schengen, the French enter Germany and vice versa, no passport required.

[doctorproc156]

6 minutes ago, edg said:

What's all the fuss about, it's similar to Schengen, the French enter Germany and vice versa, no passport required.

 

For some reason the Thais really hate the Khmers, even though the Khmers are better in many different ways. That's what the fuss is all about.

[hgma]

This indicates a independent policy 'as the officer in charge' will decide immigration issues.

Immigration not only lets people in and out, but what else?

Nice prospect for the men and women who are ordered to put their lives on the line to protect and serve.

Thai Rak Thai new style?

 

[silverado]

who ridiculously complain about 50 b ? those who go spend stupidly thousands (10.000's ???) on a half hour  for quenching their sick addiction ?