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Phuket TV - PHUKET XTRA: VIDEO: Thousands join Thailand protest! Immigration overwhelmed, and sends warning? || September 21

Phuket TV - PHUKET XTRA: VIDEO: Thousands join Thailand protest! Immigration overwhelmed, and sends warning? || September 21

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Phuket Immigration overwhelmed as foreigners race to extend stay in Thailand

Phuket Immigration overwhelmed as foreigners race to extend stay in Thailand

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Phuket Immigration overwhelmed as foreigners race to extend stay in Thailand
Phuket Immigration overwhelmed as foreigners race to extend stay in Thailand
Monday 21 September 2020, 06:05PM
PHUKET: Phuket Immigration Office will be open this Saturday (Sept 26), the last day of ‘visa amnesty, to process any last-minute applications to extend permits-to-stay.
Scandinavians eye long stays in Phuket under new visa
Scandinavians eye long stays in Phuket under new visa
Monday 21 September 2020, 12:55PM
PHUKET: The move to offer stays in Thailand of up to 270 days through the Special Tourist Visa (STV) approved by Cabinet last week has prompted queries from some 10,000 Scandinavians, Piyapat Suban Na Ayudhaya, CEO of government-backed Thailand Longstay Company* has revealed.
Foreigners on non-immigrant visas urged to exploit loophole: Phuket Immigration
Foreigners on non-immigrant visas urged to exploit loophole: Phuket Immigration
Wednesday 16 September 2020, 05:27PM
PHUKET: The new long-stay visas approved by Cabinet yesterday are not grounds for tourists already in the country to apply for similar extensions of stay, Phuket Immigration confirmed to The Phuket News today (Sept 16).
OPEN LETTER: Foreigners with local businesses face impossible financial demands and regulations
OPEN LETTER: Foreigners with local businesses face impossible financial demands and regulations
Monday 14 September 2020, 09:14AM
A foreigner who launched a start-up business in Phuket before the the COVID-19 outbreak details how foreigners who have spent millions of baht launching a businesses in Phuket are now stuck in an impossible situation financially, and unable to even comply with Immigration requirements due to no income during the current economic crisis. Here is the foreigner’s Open Letter to the Thai Government, unedited for veracity:
Nigerians arrested in Patong for romance scam, overstay
Nigerians arrested in Patong for romance scam, overstay
Sunday 13 September 2020, 06:03PM
PHUKET: Two Nigerians have been arrested in Patong for operating an online romance scam and for overstaying their visa.
Foreigners urged to renew visas before Sept 26
Foreigners urged to renew visas before Sept 26
Sunday 6 September 2020, 09:33AM
THAILAND: The Immigration Bureau has urged foreigners to renew their visas before the end of an exemption which falls on Sept 26.
Tourists to get unlimited 30-day extensions to stay after ‘visa amnesty’ ends
Tourists to get unlimited 30-day extensions to stay after ‘visa amnesty’ ends
Thursday 3 September 2020, 05:00PM
PHUKET: Foreigners staying in the country on any form of tourist visa will be allowed to repeatedly renew their permits to stay with immigration for periods of 30 days at a time after the ‘visa amnesty’ ends on Sept 26, the Immigration Bureau announced today (Sept 3).
Open letter from long-stay tourist in Phuket spurs action from Prime Minister
Open letter from long-stay tourist in Phuket spurs action from Prime Minister
Wednesday 2 September 2020, 09:20AM
PHUKET: The Prime Minister has ordered his assistants to investigate the circumstances of a German long-stay tourist in Phuket whose open letter was published by The Phuket News, appealing for him to be allowed to stay in the country after the ‘visa amnesty’ ends on Sept 26, instead of being forced to go back to Germany where COVID-19 infections have recently skyrocketed.
Phuket Immigration says help coming for expats caught in permit-to-stay crisis
Phuket Immigration says help coming for expats caught in permit-to-stay crisis
Tuesday 1 September 2020, 03:39PM
PHUKET: The Phuket Immigration Office is asking any foreigners staying on a non-immigrant B (Business) visa who cannot satisfy the minimum income requirement for a one-year permit-to-stay to delay filing their annual application pending a “possible” temporary reprieve issued by officials in Bangkok.
Malaysia closed to tourists until December
Malaysia closed to tourists until December
Tuesday 1 September 2020, 12:51PM
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has announced that the country’s Recovery Movement Control Order (RMCO), which maintains strict travel restrictions, will remain in place until Dec 31, 2020.
CCSA names groups that can return
CCSA names groups that can return
Friday 28 August 2020, 09:33AM
BANGKOK: Long-term foreign residents and foreigners with permanent residences in Thailand stranded overseas will receive priority when seeking to return to Thailand, under strict disease control measures, the head of a panel under the Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) said.
Open letter to the tourism authority and the Thai government
Open letter to the tourism authority and the Thai government
Saturday 22 August 2020, 11:41AM
A German man staying in Phuket has made a plea to the Thai Government to understand how the ‘visa amnesty’ expiring on Sept 26 will force many foreigners currently staying in Thailand to return to countries where second waves of COVID-19 are rampantly spreading. Here is his open letter to the Thai authorities:
Special groups of foreigners can now enter
Special groups of foreigners can now enter
Saturday 1 August 2020, 10:10AM
THAILAND: Business operators can proceed to bring in their foreign visitors under the so-called Phase 6 of the easing of lockdown measures when they are ready, said the Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CSSA).
Confirmed: Embassy letters needed for Immigration ’visa extension’
Confirmed: Embassy letters needed for Immigration ’visa extension’
Saturday 25 July 2020, 10:44AM
PHUKET: The Immigration Bureau has confirmed that letters from embassies are needed for short-term visa holders to be granted a 30-day extension to stay under the ‘visa amnesty’ granted by Cabinet on Tuesday.
Cabinet approves visa amnesty extension, but Immigration removes announcement
Cabinet approves visa amnesty extension, but Immigration removes announcement
Wednesday 22 July 2020, 05:08PM
PHUKET: The Cabinet has approved the automatic visa extension for all visa types, previously set to expire on July 31, to be extended until Sept 26. However, the public notice published by the Immigration Bureau announcing the extension was taken offline late this afternoon.
Phuket Immigration confirms no fee for letter confirming address
Phuket Immigration confirms no fee for letter confirming address
Monday 20 July 2020, 03:32PM
PHUKET: Phuket Immigration Deputy Chief Col Nareuwat Putthawiro today (July 20) confirmed that the letter from Immigration confirming a foreigner’s registered address, specifically required for a  foreigner to be issued or to renew a driver’s licence, is free to obtain.
CCSA considers sixth phase of COVID easing to allow foreigners and migrant workers in
CCSA considers sixth phase of COVID easing to allow foreigners and migrant workers in
Monday 20 July 2020, 09:38AM
THAILAND: Five select groups of foreigners and migrant workers are expected to be allowed to enter the country as the Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) will consider the 6th phase of COVID-19 easing this week.
Phuket Opinion: Thai Immigration’s forgotten expats
Phuket Opinion: Thai Immigration’s forgotten expats
Sunday 19 July 2020, 09:00AM
PHUKET: The announcement late Friday that the Immigration Bureau will request Cabinet to extend the ‘visa amnesty’ through to Sept 26 came as welcome news to many foreign tourists, yet so far the news delivered has ignored important large segments of the expat community living in the country.
Foreigners can apply for visa extensions after July 31
Foreigners can apply for visa extensions after July 31
Saturday 18 July 2020, 10:14AM
BANGKOK: Foreign visitors still stranded in the Kingdom by the COVID-19 pandemic will be allowed to apply for an extended short stay after their visas expire on July 31, the Immigration Bureau chief said on Friday (July 17).
More COVID-19 cases on flight from Sudan
More COVID-19 cases on flight from Sudan
Friday 17 July 2020, 04:46PM
BANGKOK: The government on Friday (July 17) reported three new cases of coronavirus disease, all quarantined Thai returnees from Sudan on the same flight as a diplomat’s infected daughter, raising the total number of people to be confirmed as COVID-19 infected in Thailand to 3,239.
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