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Immigration Police strictly screening foreigners coming from Middle East war zone

  WITH THE war in the Middle East still raging fiercely, the Immigration Bureau is now strictly screening foreigners coming to Thailand from countries caught in the fighting while pointing out that the total number Israelis here is far lower than speculated, PPTVHD36 said today (Mar. 12). Pol. Maj. Gen. Cherngron Rimphadee, the bureau’s deputy

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US suspending immigrant visa processing from 75 countries including Thailand

  By AP – published by Yahoo!News and Fox News Washington – The State Department said Wednesday (Jan. 14) it will suspend the processing of immigrant visas for citizens of 75 countries, including Thailand, Afghanistan, Iran, Russia and Somalia, whose nationals the Trump administration has deemed likely to require public assistance while living in the

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Screening of visa-free entry by Cambodians, high-risk Westerners stepped up

  THE Immigration Bureau has beefed up screening and controls of visa-free entry by Cambodians and high-risk Westerners amid fears that they may be “mercenaries” entering Thailand to carry out operations behind battlelines with foreign tourists urged to understand this situation, Amarin TV said this afternoon (Dec. 15). This measure was taken after critics and

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