Foreigners 'must follow visa rules'
published : 17 Jan 2023 at 09:05
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Wassayos Ngamkham
The Royal Thai Police has told all relevant authorities, including the Immigration Bureau (IB) and Tourist Police, to ensure all foreign residents do not violate their visa conditions during their stay in the country.
The instruction followed a complaint made by a food vendor along Bangkok's Yaowarat Road about Chinese tourists running businesses using local nominees, which is against the law.
Under current rules, foreign citizens on a tourist visa are not allowed to work in Thailand. Furthermore, there are certain jobs which expats are barred from doing, which include tour guides and street food vendors.
RTP spokesman Pol Maj Gen Atchayon Kraithong said Chinese citizens can get a tourist visa on arrival, which allows them to stay in the country for no longer than 30 days. Those who are found to be violating the conditions of their stay will be deported and barred from re-entering the country, he said.
The government will continue to monitor and crack down on foreign residents using Thai nominees to run businesses in Thailand.
Vocabulary
- authority (noun): a person or government agency who has the power to make decisions or enforce the law - เจ้าหน้าที่ผู้มีอำนาจ
- citizen: someone who has the right to live permanently in a particular country - พลเมือง
- complaint: when someone says that something is wrong or not satisfactory - การบ่น, ข้อที่ไม่พอใจ
- crack down on: to start dealing with someone or something much more strictly - จัดการ, ลงมือปราบปราม
- deport: to send someone out of a country, usually because they do not have a legal right to be there - เนรเทศออกจากประเทศ, ส่งตัวกลับประเทศ
- expatriate (expat): a person living in a country that is not their own - คนที่อาศัยอยู่ต่างประเทศ (เป็นเวลานาน)
- nominee: a legal arrangement whereby investments are held by a a person or company on behalf of the real owner - ผู้รับถือหุ้นให้บุคคลอื่นที่ไม่ต้องการจะเปิดเผยตัวตน
- relevant: directly connected and important to what is being discussed or considered - ที่เกี่ยวข้อง
- vendor: someone who sells something, but often not in a shop - พ่อค้าแม่ค้าแผงลอย
- violate: to do something that is against the law - ละเมิดกฏหมาย
