IN A FACEBOOK post the US embassy said today (March 27) that as of Jan. 21, 2026 the United States has paused issuing immigrant visas to citizens of 75 countries including Thailand. Immigrants from these countries have a high rate of collecting public assistance at the expense of US taxpayers, the embassy said, adding
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Ministry moves to reduce visa-free entry to 30 days to tackle scammers
THE FOREIGN Affairs Ministry is gearing up to propose to the government that visa-free entry be reduced from 60 to 30 days to close a loophole that allows foreign scammers and other gangs to slip into the country, TV Channel 7 said today (March 21). Foreign Affairs Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow said although the government
Read moreUS 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
Read moreState Department may require visa applicants to post bond of up to $15,000 to enter the US
By AP and published by Yahoo!News Washington – The State Department is proposing requiring applicants for business and tourist visas to post a bond of up to $15,000 to enter the United States, a move that may make the process unaffordable for many. In a notice to be published in the Federal Register on
Read more10-year tourist visa, 99-year govt land lease planned to spur economy
DEPUTY PRIME Minister/Finance Minister Pichai Chunhavajira said he is going to propose that 10-year tourist visa be issued to enable foreigners to easily work in Thailand alongside 99-year lease of government land as part of measures to spur the economy, Naewna newspaper said late afternoon today (May 18). In a speech on “Thailand’s Capital
Read moreUS hits Thai officials with visa sanctions over deportation of Uyghurs to China
By Reuters and published by Yahoo!News Washington – US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday (March 14) announced sanctions against officials from Thailand, a US ally, for their role in deporting at least 40 Uyghurs to China, where Washington says the members of the Muslim group will face persecution. The US is “committed
Read more‘Kicking’ Swiss man hit again for holding registered pistols
THE SWISS man whose visa was revoked after he allegedly kicking a female doctor as she sat on the stairs leading from his villa to Cape Yamu beach in Phuket was hit with another charge of holding two registered pistols because gun ownership is restricted to Thai citizens, Naewna newspaper said this afternoon (Mar.
Read moreSwiss man who ‘kicked’ doctor loses visa, 2nd Swiss man too could do so
DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER-cum-Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul praised Phuket authorities for quickly revoking a Swiss man’s visa for allegedly kicking a doctor as she sat on the stairs leading from his villa to Cape Yamu beach and is considering revoking the visa of another Swiss man who assaulted a Thai woman at a Trang hypermart,
Read moreThailand, China to permanently waive visas for each other’s citizens from March: PM
By Reuters and published by Yahoo!News THAILAND and China will permanently waive visa requirements for each other’s citizens from March, Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said today (Jan. 2). Southeast Asia’s second-largest economy, which relies heavily on tourism, in September waived entry requirements for Chinese tourists until February this year. “This will upgrade the relationship
Read moreThailand to offer Indian, Taiwanese tourists visa-free entry
By Reuters and published by Swissinfo.ch THAILAND will waive visa requirements for arrivals from India and Taiwan from next month to May 2024, a government official said today (Oct. 31), in a bid to draw in more tourists as high season approaches. Thailand in September scrapped visa requirements for Chinese tourists, the country’s top
Read moreForeigners rounded up in Buriram crackdown
A CRACKDOWN by Immigration police in northeastern Buriram province during March 27-April 10 led to six foreigners being rounded up for overstaying their visa, Naewna newspaper said today (Apr. 11). Acting on the orders of Pol.Maj.Gen. Phanthana Nuchanart, deputy chief of the Immigration Bureau, to prevent and suppress crime during Songkran festival, Pol. Maj.
Read moreIraqi man faints upon being caught overstaying more than 8 years
AN IRAQI man who overstayed in Thailand for more than eight years fainted when Chonburi Immigration and Pattaya police showed up at his house to arrest him today (Mar. 28), Naewna newspaper said. Pol.Col. Prinya Klinkasorn, head of Chonburi Immigration police, said the Iraqi man, identified as Mr. Khalid Majeed Ali, 52, had hidden
Read moreSuspect in student visa scam nabbed
A THAI MAN was arrested today (Mar. 2) on the charges of defrauding the parents of students studying at a well-known international school by offering to get student visas for a fee but cutting them off upon receiving the initial payment, TV Channel 7 said. Metropolitan police had been tipped off by complaints filed
Read moreChinese millionaire tourists first to fly in on private jet
SEVEN Chinese millionaires are ready to fly to Thailand on a private jet as soon as the Foreign Ministry approves the Special Tourist Visa for this class of visitors with this being the only official hurdle remaining as everything else is fully now ready, Thai Quote and Sanook.com reported today (Sept. 29, 2020). Mr. Pipat
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