Thai immigration police have arrested a Malaysian fugitive who is wanted on an alleged Bt17-million fraud charge, Immigration Bureau acting chief Pol Maj-General Surachate Hakpal said on Tuesday.

I find it interesting that the British and US embassies and now the Australian embassy have withdrawn their services in the ever-stupid document collection by the Thai Immigration Bureau.

There has been a lot of talk recently, most of it incomplete, ill-informed, alarmist or confused, about Thai Immigration’s recent bid to tighten up the rules requiring expatriates here on either marriage or retirement visas to show that they have the required funds.

The new head of Thai immigration, Maj-General Surachate Hakpal – known as “Big Joke” in the media – has begun implementing his tough anti-corruption message at immigration.

A Japanese man wanted by the authorities in Japan for allegedly stealing 50 million yen (Bt14.7 million) worth of luxury goods has been arrested in Chon Buri, a Thai immigration chief said on Thursday.

A Thai Immigration Police officer was allegedly involved in the abduction of a 39-year-old woman at Suvarnabhumi Airport on the night of May 6 for a Bt15 million ransom, Tourist Police Bureau deputy chief Pol Maj-General Surachate Hakparn said on Monday.

Re: “Attitude adjustment needed for Immigration”, Have Your Say, yesterday.

Thai immigration police have sought the help of their South Korean counterparts to rescue a Thai teenager forced into prostitution at a massage parlour in South Korea.

A man once dubbed the "most hated German in Thailand" was denied boarding a Thai Airways flight on Tuesday after being blacklisted by Thai immigration.

Immigration police in Sa Kaew have beefed up monitoring for suspects trying to flee into Thailand after Cambodian authorities raided a 212-member “call-centre” scam in Poipet on Wednesday.

The Thai Immigration Bureau (TIB) on Monday received five new Verifier Travel Document and Bearer (TD&B) workstations from IOM – the UN Migration Agency – to strengthen the country’s border control and detect passport and identity fraud.

Don Mueang Airport Authority, Thai Immigration and AirAsia are a thorough disgrace! Flying out of Don Mueang on Sunday 3pm it took 45 minutes to get through AirAsia bag drop (I had already checked in online) followed by one hour and 45 minutes to get through passport control.

Three Thai women who were accused of murdering a karaoke bar girl and mutilating her body have been arrested by Myanmar authorities and handed over to Thai immigration police.

Re: “High alert after report IS suspect fled to Thailand”, The Nation, yesterday.

A 62-year-old Japanese woman was arrested by Thai immigration police for allegedly cheating many Japanese people in a 700-million-yen (Bt218 million) pyramid scheme.