{"id":1886,"date":"2019-12-16T04:38:21","date_gmt":"2019-12-16T04:38:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/35.197.150.33\/?p=465"},"modified":"2019-12-16T04:38:21","modified_gmt":"2019-12-16T04:38:21","slug":"thai-immigration-chief-softens-stance-on-tourist-and-expat-visas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plizz.co\/th\/blog\/thai-immigration-chief-softens-stance-on-tourist-and-expat-visas\/","title":{"rendered":"Thai Immigration Chief softens stance on tourist and expat visas"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mvp-post-soc-in\">\n<div id=\"mvp-content-body\" class=\"left relative\">\n<div id=\"mvp-content-body-top\" class=\"left\">\n<div id=\"mvp-content-main\" class=\"left relative\">\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/plizz.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/https___s3-ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com_psh-ex-ftnikkei-3937bb4_images_1_7_8_6_736871-9-eng-GB_20170815_thai_airport.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"608\" height=\"402\" class=\"wp-image-466 aligncenter\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"mvp-author-info-text left relative\">\n<h6 class=\"mvp-author-info-date left relative\"><span>December 14, 2019<\/span><\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<p>The head of Thai Immigration has told his department not to be too strict on tourists and scare them away from returning to Thailand. According to PattayaOne, the Chief has asked for his staff to \u201cshow some humanity\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Lt-Gen Sompong \u2013 also known as Big Oud, after his predecessor was nicknamed Big Joke \u2013 was doing a presentation during a visit to his team in northern Thailand\u2019s Mae Hong Son this week. His words will now reverberate around the tourism sector and expat circles after a period of tightening the screws of enforcement for tourists and expatriates.<\/p>\n<p>During his presentation, with media present, he stated plainly that Thailand needed tourists\u2019 money. Whether he will roll back his welcoming rhetoric in future statements to the media is yet to be seen.<\/p>\n<p>The words are a new attitude from the Immigration Department that for years trotted out its \u201cgood guys in, bad guys out\u201d message. The new message appears to be \u201cplease come back to Thailand\u2026 we need you\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He told northern Immigration staff not to be over-zealous.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFollow the government\u2019s directives and abide by the law and due process, but don\u2019t be too strict and scare away the tourists and other foreign visitors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He pointed out that immigration staff have a job to do as police \u201cbut immigration officers should not be a hindrance and should show professionalism with humanity and compassion\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe tourists bring in a lot of money, and we need it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/thethaiger.com\/news\/northern-thailand\/thai-immigration-chief-soften-stance-on-tourist-and-expat-visas\">The Thaiger<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 14, 2019 The head of Thai Immigration has told his department not to be too strict on tourists and scare them away from returning to Thailand. According to PattayaOne, the Chief has asked for his staff to \u201cshow some humanity\u201d. Lt-Gen Sompong \u2013 also known as Big Oud, after his predecessor was nicknamed Big [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":1354,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Thai Immigration Chief softens stance on tourist and expat visas<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Read our article &quot; Thai Immigration Chief softens stance on tourist and expat visas &quot;. 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