Confirmed: Visa run crackdown effective from August 12, 2014: Thai Foreign Ministry
The Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Bangkok has informed the foreign Embassies and Consulates in Thailand and the Royal Thai Embassies and Consulates worldwide about the visa run crackdown, the former in a letter dated June 23, 2014.
For the first time in writing, the ministry confirms the Thai Immigration Bureau’s current crackdown on border runners.
The Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs says the crackdown is aimed to prevent visa runners who abuse the visa exemption scheme from working illegally in ….