> ==============================
> BREAKING NEWS:

> *Crackdown on back-to-back Tourist visa applications
> Extended screening of visa applicants*

> BANGKOK (thaivisa.com): -- In a crackdown on the 60-days tourist visas,
> several Royal Thai Embassies and Consulates has announced increased
> screening of tourist visa applicants. We also have several reports on the
> Thaivisa Forum that this practice already has been enforced by some
> Embassies and Consulates.

> The joint announcement reads: "As there has been a number of visa
> applicants having entered Thailand via tourist visa and misused it to
> illegally seek employment during their stay and, upon its expiry, sought to
> re-apply their tourist visas at the Royal Thai Embassy or the Royal Thai
> Consulate in neighboring countries, requests for visa renewal by such
> applicants are subject to rejection as their applications are not based on
> tourism motive, but to continue their illegal employment, which is unlawful.

> This is in accordance with the Immigration Act, B.B. 2552 which stipulates
> that visa applicants are required to clearly express their real purpose of
> visiting Thailand. Should the case be found that the applicant’s real
> intention were concealed, the application will be rejected.

> Please be informed that the intention of applicants to repeatedly depart
> and re-enter Thailand via tourist visa issued by the Royal Thai Embassy or
> the Royal Thai Consulate in neighboring countries in recent years upon its
> expiry, is considered as concealment of real purpose of visiting Thailand.
> Thus their visas applications will be rejected."

> Foreigners living in Thailand are advised to obtain a Non-Immigrant visa,
> which can be extended up to one year by the Thai Immigration Bureau.

> Thaivisa.com has today confirmed with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in
> Bangkok, that the extended applicant screening will take effect immediately.

> -- thaivisa.com 2009-09-11
> http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/Crackdown-Tourist-Visa-Applicat-t297046...

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> With enthusiasm establish yourself
> in solitary practice –
> sit alone, sleep alone, walk alone
> and delight as if secluded in the forest.

> __________________________________
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>==============================
>BREAKING NEWS:

>Crackdown on back-to-back Tourist visa applications
>Extended screening of visa applicants

>BANGKOK (thaivisa.com): -- In a crackdown on the 60-days tourist visas, several Royal Thai Embassies and Consulates has announced increased screening of tourist visa applicants. We also have several reports on the Thaivisa Forum that this practice already has been enforced by some Embassies and Consulates.

>The joint announcement reads: "As there has been a number of visa applicants having entered Thailand via tourist visa and misused it to illegally seek employment during their stay and, upon its expiry, sought to re-apply their tourist visas at the Royal Thai Embassy or the Royal Thai Consulate in neighboring countries, requests for visa renewal by such applicants are subject to rejection as their applications are not based on tourism motive, but to continue their illegal employment, which is unlawful.

>This is in accordance with the Immigration Act, B.B. 2552 which stipulates that visa applicants are required to clearly express their real purpose of visiting Thailand. Should the case be found that the applicant’s real intention were concealed, the application will be rejected.

>Please be informed that the intention of applicants to repeatedly depart and re-enter Thailand via tourist visa issued by the Royal Thai Embassy or the Royal Thai Consulate in neighboring countries in recent years upon its expiry, is considered as concealment of real purpose of visiting Thailand. Thus their visas applications will be rejected."

>Foreigners living in Thailand are advised to obtain a Non-Immigrant visa, which can be extended up to one year by the Thai Immigration Bureau.

>Thaivisa.com has today confirmed with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Bangkok, that the extended applicant screening will take effect immediately.

>-- thaivisa.com 2009-09-11
>http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/Crackdown-Tourist-Visa-Applicat-t297046...

>__________________________________
>305
>With enthusiasm establish yourself
>in solitary practice –
>sit alone, sleep alone, walk alone
>and delight as if secluded in the forest.

>__________________________________
>A DHAMMAPADA for CONTEMPLATION
>http://aruno.org//index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=241&Itemi...