Walking Street Sweep Nets 30 Foreigners Without Proper Papers in Pattaya
Walking Street Sweep Nets 30 Foreigners Without Proper Papers in Pattaya
does this kind of thing happen in Cambodia?
Walking Street Sweep Nets 30 Foreigners Without Proper Papers in Pattaya
http://www.khaosodenglish.com/detail.ph ... section=12
Walking Street Sweep Nets 30 Foreigners Without Proper Papers in Pattaya
http://www.khaosodenglish.com/detail.ph ... section=12
Re: Walking Street Sweep Nets 30 Foreigners Without Proper Papers in Pattaya
No mention of any "fines" being paid. I wonder if they held the farangs in detention until someone else showed up with the passports or were they allowed to turn up the the police station the next day or something. I know law is law, but it's a no-win situation. Carry your passport and risk losing it or keep it in the hotel safe and risk being stopped by police when you go out?
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Re: Walking Street Sweep Nets 30 Foreigners Without Proper Papers in Pattaya
Since when was it compulsory to carry your passport in Thailand?More than 100 officers raided nightclubs along Pattaya’s famed Walking Street early Friday morning and took dozens of foreigners in for interrogation because they were not holding passports.
. . . . which ended up finding at least 30 foreigners without their passports.
. . . . and were reportedly released after they were able to show their passports to police.
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Re: RE: Re: Walking Street Sweep Nets 30 Foreigners Without Proper Papers in Pattaya
It always has been.Username Taken wrote:Since when was it compulsory to carry your passport in Thailand?More than 100 officers raided nightclubs along Pattaya’s famed Walking Street early Friday morning and took dozens of foreigners in for interrogation because they were not holding passports.
. . . . which ended up finding at least 30 foreigners without their passports.
. . . . and were reportedly released after they were able to show their passports to police.
Normally they don't inspect them like this.
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Re: Walking Street Sweep Nets 30 Foreigners Without Proper Papers in Pattaya
NO it is not the law[
7-31-2014
if your picked up without it they allow you to contact someone to bring it in.
New laws go into effect next month regarding overstays and blacklisting
http://www.virtual-strategy.com/2016/01 ... z40csweWp3
7-31-2014
what is accepted is a copy of your passport and your current visa, which is what they are really looking for nowBANGKOK:-- [thaivisa.com] After the confusion surrounding the news that all foreigners in Thailand are required to carry their passport with them at all times, Thaivisa.com has today obtained official clarification on this matter.
Earlier this afternoon, Thaivisa.com spoke to Deputy Commander and Police Colonel Voravat Amornvivat, a senior official at Immigration headquarters in Bangkok.
Deputy Commander Voravat wanted to reassure the expat community in Thailand about the current situation.
He told Thaivsia.com that information in an article published by The Nation on 31 July 2014, was incorrect.
Deputy Commander Voravat confirmed that foreign tourists and expats do not need to carry their passports with them at all times.
He said that tourists can of course leave their passports locked in their hotel safe and enjoy their holiday in Thailand without worrying about the need to carry their original passport.
Deputy Commander Voravat also said that for expats living here, a Thai driving license or photocopy of your passport can be used as a form of identification.
However, if Immigration Police suspect an individual to be overstaying in Thailand or being involved in illegal activity, then the individual would be required to produce their original passport promptly.
if your picked up without it they allow you to contact someone to bring it in.
New laws go into effect next month regarding overstays and blacklisting
http://www.virtual-strategy.com/2016/01 ... z40csweWp3
In a nation run by swine, all pigs are upward-mobile and the rest of us are fucked until we can put our acts together: not necessarily to win, but mainly to keep from losing completely. HST
Re: Walking Street Sweep Nets 30 Foreigners Without Proper Papers in Pattaya
I believe Richard is totally wrong, legally. Don't listen to what some clueless Junta Police Colonel says at any given time. What he says today could be changed tomorrow, or he might be removed from his position by then.phuketrichard wrote:NO it is not the law[
7-31-2014what is accepted is a copy of your passport and your current visa, which is what they are really looking for nowBANGKOK:-- [thaivisa.com] After the confusion surrounding the news that all foreigners in Thailand are required to carry their passport with them at all times, Thaivisa.com has today obtained official clarification on this matter.
Earlier this afternoon, Thaivisa.com spoke to Deputy Commander and Police Colonel Voravat Amornvivat, a senior official at Immigration headquarters in Bangkok.
Deputy Commander Voravat wanted to reassure the expat community in Thailand about the current situation.
He told Thaivsia.com that information in an article published by The Nation on 31 July 2014, was incorrect.
Deputy Commander Voravat confirmed that foreign tourists and expats do not need to carry their passports with them at all times.
He said that tourists can of course leave their passports locked in their hotel safe and enjoy their holiday in Thailand without worrying about the need to carry their original passport.
Deputy Commander Voravat also said that for expats living here, a Thai driving license or photocopy of your passport can be used as a form of identification.
However, if Immigration Police suspect an individual to be overstaying in Thailand or being involved in illegal activity, then the individual would be required to produce their original passport promptly.
if your picked up without it they allow you to contact someone to bring it in.
New laws go into effect next month regarding overstays and blacklisting
http://www.virtual-strategy.com/2016/01 ... z40csweWp3
http://www.tripadvisor.com/Travel-g2939 ... afety.htmlCarrying Your Passport: It is required by Thai law that Thai citizens AND all visitors MUST carry proper identification at all times. This must be presented upon demand by a Police Officer or other legitimate Government Official.
There may be a ton of bad info in TripAdvisor, but that same sentence is repeated in literally hundreds of articles about Thailand. Google it yourself.
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Re: RE: Re: Walking Street Sweep Nets 30 Foreigners Without Proper Papers in Pattaya
Something's up.kiwiincambodia wrote:It always has been.Username Taken wrote:Since when was it compulsory to carry your passport in Thailand?More than 100 officers raided nightclubs along Pattaya’s famed Walking Street early Friday morning and took dozens of foreigners in for interrogation because they were not holding passports.
. . . . which ended up finding at least 30 foreigners without their passports.
. . . . and were reportedly released after they were able to show their passports to police.
Normally they don't inspect them like this.
Thailand was never like this but now there clamping down and turning anti farang mostly since mid 2015 around when the erawan shrine bombings happened.
Now every second Thais a wannabe copper or a snitch trying to rat out farangs from minor things like overstay, visa, working illegaly or pot smoking.
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Re: Walking Street Sweep Nets 30 Foreigners Without Proper Papers in Pattaya
SO ur taking the word from some clueless posters on ta vs the deputy commander in Thailand
Next u will be quoting Lonely Planet guide
its all about the overstays and the new policy starting next month
plus they just busted the biggest forger /supplier of passports recently in Bangkok.
Next u will be quoting Lonely Planet guide
its all about the overstays and the new policy starting next month
plus they just busted the biggest forger /supplier of passports recently in Bangkok.
In a nation run by swine, all pigs are upward-mobile and the rest of us are fucked until we can put our acts together: not necessarily to win, but mainly to keep from losing completely. HST
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Then how about the Bangkok Post as a source?phuketrichard wrote:SO ur taking the word from some clueless posters on ta vs the deputy commander in Thailand
Next u will be quoting Lonely Planet guide
its all about the overstays and the new policy starting next month
plus they just busted the biggest forger /supplier of passports recently in Bangkok.
http://www.bangkokpost.com/print/436133/Thailand along with many other countries in Asia requires you to carry your passport everywhere you travel, and photocopies are not acceptable, although very few people carry their travel documents all the time.
Or this one from the official UK government website regarding travel to Thailand:
Again, we are talking the written law. You are quoting some police buffoon who doesn't know or understand his own country's written law and feels he can interpret things how he wants. Whatever he says or does isn't THE LAW. See how that works?"By law, you must carry your passport with you at all times in Thailand. Tourists have been arrested because they were unable to produce their passport upon request. Ensure you complete the next of kin details section in the back of your passport. "
Link :
https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/thailand
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Re: Walking Street Sweep Nets 30 Foreigners Without Proper Papers in Pattaya
yea yea yea;
an this article came out after both of urs did
Granted its ONLY another thai buffon
an this article came out after both of urs did
Granted its ONLY another thai buffon
https://asiancorrespondent.com/2014/12/ ... all-times/Thailand police: Foreigners not required to carry passports at all times
In a nation run by swine, all pigs are upward-mobile and the rest of us are fucked until we can put our acts together: not necessarily to win, but mainly to keep from losing completely. HST
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