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The European Parliament is set to approve on March 9 a report urging the EU to ban golden passport schemes by 2025 and immediately stop the issuance of visas and passports to rich Russians in exchange for investments.

Thai children aged between 12 and 17 can now fly home on their own provided they have had at least one Covid-19 shot, the Foreign Ministry’s Department of Consular Affairs said on Saturday.

The government’s Mor Prom app will be used as the Digital Health Pass for air passengers in Thailand, under an agreement reached on Wednesday by the Public Health Ministry, Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand, and the Thai Airlines Association.

Thai business leaders are urging the government to adopt a Digital Health Pass system to allow reopening of economic activities during the pandemic.

Two Iranians have been arrested in Bangkok using fake Spanish passports, Immigration Bureau commissioner Pol Lt Gen Surachate Hakpal said on Wednesday.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation will move to annul diplomatic passports issued to those not born in Cambodia.

PETALING JAYA: Although his Malaysia and St Kitts and Nevis passports have been revoked, fugitive Malaysian financier Low Taek Jho may have other travel documents to help him avoid the law.

Lee Jong-suk has returned home to South Korea after being detained in Jakarta, Indonesia, for about two days.

The Supreme Court’s Political Office Holders Division on Tuesday sentenced Surapong Tohvichakchaikul, a former foreign minister, to two years in jail for malfeasance and dereliction of duty by reissuing passports for fugitive ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra in 2011.

As a result of increased public demand, the Law and Human Rights Ministry's Immigration Directorate General is planning to extend the validity of Indonesian passports from five to 10 years.

All four Thai passports held by fugitive ex-PM Yingluck Shinawatra have been revoked by the Foreign Ministry, ministry spokesperson Busadee Santipitaks said Monday evening.