The head of the Immigration Police, Lieutenant General Sompong Chingduang, said that a 31-year-old American named Chad Vincent S. and his Thai wife Grace S., 34, have been arrested. The pair are accused of forging government documents and growing cannabis.
The suspects' company, Thai Visa Center, provided visa services for foreigners in Thailand. During a raid on the couple's house, the police found several forged documents and 55 forged rubber stamps from various Thai government agencies.
On the second floor of the home, officials also found 60 cannabis plants, 99 grams of dried cannabis, an extract of cannabis oil, a vacuum sealer, a weighing machine, and several items to manufacture and transport cannabis.
Source: The Nation
Note from Ronny:
“A clear warning to everyone not to just work with a visa agency. After all, you never know what will happen to your passport when you hand it over. I have therefore advised against using such visa services on several occasions. The reason is now clear why.
Perhaps those who have used it and always found it so easy or recommended it will now sleep less well, because their stamp may well be completely false.”
Yes dear Ronny.
In the past, your warnings were laughed off by some. There is now a chance that the government will go after the customers and then ???? I already know, has been a while ago, a person who also used such an agent, until they found out that the stamps used had not been used for years and the name of the Immigration Officer did not exist…. You know damn well what you're getting into if you use this and also know what the consequences can be. If these cops 'SET' something, you know it's illegal and it won't last until…..
Earlier this year, an acquaintance of mine also used a visa office in Bangkok – perhaps the same one – because he did not (any longer) meet the financial requirements. He had to send his passport from Chiang Rai to the agent, and eventually it came back with the desired year extension. In the next 90-day report in Chiang Rai, people apparently smelled trouble and the report was refused. Passport sent back to the agent, who then handled the report. Apparently not exactly legal - sooner or later you will run into the lamp.
I know two here, a German and an Austrian, who have arranged their retirement visas at the Visa office that appears regularly on Facebook.
All this for a sum of 14000 bath per person.
Both do not meet any of the rules regarding monthly income, the 8 tons rule or even a combination.
If this could be the same office, they must be sweating by now.
I am therefore immensely annoyed with such guests there when they get sick or the like, that they are the ones who end up in a state hospital where the Thai population is ultimately presented with the bill.
Jan Beute.
Currently it is very dangerous to use these types of visa agencies. Due to the fact that the borders are closed, it is practically impossible to enter Thailand. Now, if you suddenly show up with a new visa, issued in a foreign embassy or with a year extension, issued in an Immigration Bureau of a province where you do not live at all, yes, it is not difficult to smell that something is not right . But yes, some people only see the light when they run into the lamp.
Honesty is the best policy and know what you are getting into with these types of constructions. There are also similar possibilities in the field of home / apartment ownership, where if one has to appear before a court, everything is chopped up with all the consequences that entails. In addition to shady visa companies, there is also the possibility to use companies that work closely with some corrupt police officers. They never go along with this either, of course. This seems interesting, but will not withstand the test of truth in a court of law, but will come to the surface less quickly. Fraud remains fraud left or right.
What can be read here and there is that the issued visas and stamps in the passport are genuine. But there was fraud with documents where necessary to obtain these visas and stamps.
The company itself indicates in a statement on Facebook that it is a 5-year-old case. The company just keeps on working. The facebook page seems to me to be overwhelmed with fake comments.
Which is also the truth behind this company. I wouldn't take the risk.
I hope the stamps are real to those who have them.
Doesn't this seem like something from 5 years ago, or they had to walk around with mouth masks back then
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