BANGKOK: -- From February 15, 2009 all Thai Immigration offices has been strictly instructed that foreigners have to use the Immigration office that has administrative jurisdiction over the area where they live.

All visa changes, extensions, re-entry permits and other immigration requests are to be handled by the immigration offices in the districts in which the foreigners reside. Immigration offices at international airports can handle such issues only in emergencies ('illness' is given as an example).

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PRESS RELEASE
29 January 2009
For immediate release

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30-days border runs now only 15 days 

In order to limit the amount of foreigners using "back-to-back" border runs,  Thai Immigration has issued a new regulation regarding the 30 days tourist exemption.

Effective immediately, travellers without visa will get only 15 days of stay if they are arriving via a land border checkpoint from a neighboring country.

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Good News for Dependants of Retirees

The previously reported change in the regulations has not been enacted by Bangkok Immigration after a meeting held earlier today.