Via Coconuts Bangkok:
Thailand’s coup leader and prime minister-in-waiting, Gen Prayuth Chan-Ocha called for the Immigration crackdown on “out-in” tourist visas to be rolled back Friday. During his weekly TV briefing to the nation, the general said he had ordered the Immigration Police to be “more flexible” in its application of the law.
Immigration recently cracked down on the number of times a foreigner may cross the border into a neighbouring country and re-enter the country on a new tourist visa. Many of the people doing multiple out-in tourist visas were believed to be working in the country illegally, often as teachers or tour guides.
The crackdown was launched by the then-national commander of Thai Immigration, Lt Gen Pharnu Kerdlarpphon, who told The Phuket News on May 13, just nine days before the coup, that multiple out-in visa runs would no longer be tolerated. He has since been sidelined.
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