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China seemingly has increased certain measures on Immigration protocols for certain people in the private sector whereby the state will have control over their travel plans.

The Visa Pause imposed by the Trump Administration has slowed down visa processing resulting in the term Administrative Processing being heard more, which is merely one tool used to explain the slow progress.

Thai Immigration will commence using e-passport gates in Phuket for passengers who hold electronic passports with the aim that this will increase convenience and speed for travellers.

Even though the Trump Visa Pause has caused a slowdown in visa processing, getting one's case locked into the system may be a good choice even if there could be a long wait.

Thai Immigration is planning to introduce a new application which has been designed to modernize and speed up immigration even though most of the digital systems used nowadays have not proven to be overly efficient at all.

Thai Immigration is planning to develop an Immigration Management System whereby a private company will hold every Thai person's data which is already recorded on the Thai ID cards.

Thai Law Enforcement is concerned about foreigners buying land by using corporate structures that have set up with Thai nominees which if discovered could result in company dissolution and the land being seized.

Thai Immigration has recently rolled back the 60-day visa exemption to 30 days whereas Indian nationals must now use the visa-on-arrival system which is in fact the same as it was 18 months ago.

Issues regarding foreigners behaving badly is continuing in Thailand as seen on social media which seems to be occurring both at the street level in the form of pranks, and even higher up as seen in the Thai banking system.

The Zero-Dollar Tour Systems which operated in the past through use of illicit proxy restaurants and shops are finding it hard to maintain their businesses due to the ongoing anti-nominee crackdowns in Thailand.