Phuket to go light on tourist visas, but “Don’t look suspicious.”

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Immigration at the airport of Phuket of set-off are likely to receive a home “common sense”.PHUKET: Immigration officers at the Phuket International Airport will not necessarily be rigorous in the application of the new requirements of tourist visa from 60 days in Thailand, the Phuket Gazette has learned.

Expat popular forum ThaiVisa.com published yesterday, changes to say that all embassies and consulates abroad have been advised of the changes and that the new requirements were effective immediately.

?The Royal Thai embassies, consulates and Consulates-General will require from now a ticket confirmed with flight numbers and dates of entry and exit, plusent confirm bookings with the name and the dates of check in/out, ?, said the report.

The required documents have been presented as.

A completed and signed photo of formOne application (color, size 4 x 6 cm) reservation of hotel of passport (valid for at least 6 months) in Thailand with the name and dates of verification ticket or confirmation slip in / outAirline with the number of flight and the date of entry and exit

However, an agent at Phuket International Airport Immigration this afternoon told the Phuket Gazette, ?We will not ask each person landing in Phuket for evidence of a hotel or a return air ticket booking. We will only ask if you look suspect.

?It doesn?t matter what type of visa you have; If you look suspicious, then it’s our job to verify, ? said.

The agent does not details on how it could “suspicious look.”As to confirm the selectivity in the application of the rules, she said, for example, that “even backpackers cannot not ask [for required documents].”

?We will check your travel history in your Passport, and then let you go. Thailand tourist visas are for tourists to come and enjoy the holiday in our Kingdom, ?, he said.

The officer added that all information provided on where we are going to stay the tourist will be registered.

?This makes it much easier to find or contact persons in the event something happens, as they disappear, are injured or need help, ?, he said.

As to whether the new rules applicable to ?visas on arrival? ? visa commonly used by tourists coming to the Thailand, ? of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has made the Phuket Gazette to call Immigration at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi airport.

There, an officer who asked not be named, said the new requirements will apply to persons from countries granted visa valid for 15 days of their arrival, but not for people arriving from countries granted ?visa exemptions? for stays up to 30 days.

For a complete list of the 28 countries granted of visa on arrival for 15 days, click here.

For a complete list of the 48 countries granted of visa exemptions, click here. The list includes the Australia, United States, United Kingdom and most of Europe.

The immigration officer at the airport in Suvranabhumi, told the Gazette of the ?For visa on arrival more than does not 15 days, you are required to prepare:

Passport or travel document valid at least 6 of the monthsCompleted formRecent (4 x 6 cm) application of visa photographEvidence Thailand travel, booking a hotel (airfare paid in full) in Thailand with the name and dates of check in/out.
?in case you do not stay in a hotel, you will need to provide the address of a friend, or when you will be staying while you are in the Kingdom.

?You do not have to provide any invitation letter; ? agent said, just a valid address in Thailand completed visa application form will be fine.

?Any people who seek to stay in more than 15 days should contact their Royal Thai Embassy or nearest Consulate of the Thailand [about] what type of visa would adapt their requirements, ? the agent added.

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Landslide Phuket dumps home on factory, cars

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PHUKET : de fortes pluies dans Phuket aujourd’hui causé un glissement de terrain qui ont plongé une maison à Kathu, à Phuket central, sur une pente, sur un petit mur de soutènement et sur une blanchisserie industrielle à proximité.

La maison, seulement deux ans, coût de 2 millions de baht pour construire, dit Narachai Chumsri, qui est propriétaire de la maison et la lessive, exploité sous le nom de l’île de Phuket t. Group Co Ltd.

Heureusement, aucun peuple n’était dans la maison au moment du glissement de terrain et aucune personnes travaillant dans la buanderie ci-dessous ont été blessés, a ajouté M. Narachai.

?At sur 10, la saleté et les roches glissé vers le bas de la colline, poussant la maison vers l’usine, ?, il a dit.

La maison à la renverse un mur de soutènement et s’est effondrée en un espace entre le mur et le bâtiment principal de le laundry?s.

?The maison a été détruite. Il est tombé sur la lessive et certains d’entre eux sur nos deux camionnettes de Isuzu et une moto, ?, a déclaré M. Narachai.

Les camions étaient évalués à environ 120 000 baht chaque et la moto d’environ 10 000 baht, dit-il.

Maire de Kathu Chai-anan Suthikul arriva inspecté les dommages.

?He m’a demandé de déposer une plainte avec la municipalité de Kathu pour voir si ils peuvent aider. Pour l’instant, ils nous aident à nettoyer les dégâts, ?, a déclaré M. Narachai.

Kathu Municipality?s département de Génie Civil pour trouver une solution permanente à prévenir de futurs glissements de terrain ont parlé avec ?I.

?In le même temps, nous cherchons en installant un mur de soutènement [bigger] comme une mesure temporaire, ?, a déclaré M. Narachai.

?We avoir d’assurance maison, mais elle ne couvre pas les catastrophes naturelles, donc j’ai s’occuper de cela sur mon propre, ?, a-t-il ajouté.

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Fire leaves market broke the vendors of Phuket

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Vendors make their way through the scorched remains of the market. Photo: Atchaa KhamloSellers make their way through the scorched market remains. Photo: Atchaa Khamlo PHUKET: market vendors whose shops were destroyed by a fire on Wednesday seek government assistance to restarting their businesses.

Tossapol Rungruengpawan, President of Patong Retail Business Club, said at the Phuket Gazette that the fire caused an estimated 50 baht million in total damage.

Most of the vendors had no insurance that most insurance companies offer no policies for domestic markets, said a vendor.

?There were 116 stalls managed by more than 80 suppliers on the market. Most of the stores is managed by the Thai, with some people at the origin of the Nepal and the Viet Nam, ?, said Mr. Tossapol.

?I will discuss with the Mayor of Patong Pian Keesin how we can help the vendors that they are now ruined, ?, he added.

Despite heavy rains on the night, the fire blew on the Koh Kaew market, located next to the shopping complex of Jungceylon in Patong, on the West coast of Phuket?s.

The Yanma, a Nepalese ethnic of 39 years, said the fire cost him his entire income.

?I?m has now broken as fire destroys my stores, costs of me more that quite 4 million baht, ? said.

Mr. La, who lived in Phuket for over 20 years and is married to a Thai operated three clothing stores on the market over the past two years.

?Most stores had ordered new stock in preparation for the high season. I received only stock valued at more than 1 million baht. I don?t know what I will do now, ?, said Mr. Yanma

A woman who led four stores of clothing on the market for more than two years, said that its stores generated more than 100,000 baht a day in high season income.

Mr. and several other providers expressed doubts if a short circuit started fire, as suggested.

?I?m step to ensure that an electrical short started the fire. It spread quickly and began at the end of the market, where there is no electricity, ? M. La said.

Mr. Tossapol suggested that the fire may have been deliberately set to seek market vendors to move.

Market ?the has been there for about six years and it is on the same parcel of land as the Mall Jungceylon. We have been managing the market by ourselves and every month people come and collect the rent for the ?landlord?.

?However, we never could trace the real owner. The first owner of the parcel where Koh Kaew market is dead, more than 10 years ago ?, he said.

?Usually when markets are burnt, they are being turned into something else, as hotels, ?, said.

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