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Companies that are set up purely as a front to own property for a foreigner is against the law in Thailand but in some circumstances, whereby a married couple are involved for instance, a home could be owned by a company.

For those who are entering Thailand, most especially when using visas such as B Visas or O Visas, it is recommended that one's passport is open to the visa page so as to avoid being wrongly stamped in to the country.

The present Trump Administration is intent on tackling illegal immigration even though their methods have been overly aggressive and resulted in a number of court challenges.

Thai Immigration is taking the issue of foreigners trying to live in Thailand in an inappropriate visa status quite seriously, and crackdowns are resulting in many foreigners being turned away.

The Trump Administration is continuing to crackdown on illegal immigration whereby one move to that end has been to cut down on Immigration Judges who were too lenient in granting asylum

Thai Immigration is increasing scrutiny on those who are seemingly using visa exempt to live in Thailand, especially focusing on those who have used more than 2 visa runs without returning to their home country.

Thai Immigration is cracking down on those trying to stay in Thailand using the wrong visa status whereby Immigration officers are watching out for visa run patterns to detect any offenders.

Issues concerning limits applied to daily bank transactions (except those carried out at the bank) have continued to cause consternation for foreigners since 2025 and it appears that this issue will continue.

The CR-1 and IR-1 Spouse Visas are only different in the length of marriage at entry to the US, but the CR-1 Visa could be treated as an IR-1 Visa if the holder enters the US after the 2 year marriage anniversary.