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Thailand Immigration authorities has implemented new measures to track and monitor those arriving and departing from the Kingdom.

The Personal Identification Blacklist Immigration Control System appears to be an integrated initiative to combat transnational crime in Thailand.

Thai Immigration officials are seeking to deport and blacklist all of those on overstay in Thailand.

Thai authorities are expanding the scope of their Immigration activities to commence raids in areas of the country which have not previously experienced such actions.

Immigration authorities in the Kingdom seem increasingly concerned with foreigners engaged in illegal occupations in the Kingdom.

In the aftermath of the changes to rules regarding income affidavits for marriage visa extensions, it may behoove some people to look into alternatives to extending the visa in the country.

As income affidavits and certified income letters are no longer being issued by the US Embassy and the UK Embassy respectively it should be noted that there are alternatives to seeking a Thai retirement visa in the Kingdom.

With changes to the Immigration regulations and the diminishing issuance of the Thai multiple entry visa the question can be asked: are border runs becoming a thing of the past?

Thailand appears to be waiving visa on arrival fees.

As it will no longer be possible to obtain an income affidavit in 2019, it is important to understand that there are methods of extending an O marriage visa in Thailand without such affidavits.