WHEN people are found coming to respective departments in Thailand, along with fake recommendations, their passports shall be revoked, and action will be taken against them, the Myanmar Embassy to Thailand warned on 9 October.
In the warning, the Myanmar Embassy has provided a recommendation that is required for visa extension to those who arrived in Thailand under a visa on arrival and tourist visa. However, those who have at least seven days of visa validity, expired visas, and overstays are not permitted at all.
Thailand authority reported that some who overstayed their visa are found seeking visa extensions along with fake recommendations at the Thailand Immigration Department, it said. The person who holds Passport No MF364672 (DOB 01 March 1997) will need to come to report to the Myanmar Embassy, and his passport shall be nullified if he fails to do so by 25 October.
For recommendation and passport service, international embassies have to submit the signature of respective consulate officers, seal sample, and number and date of recommendations issued daily, and respective authority can conduct an investigation at once and can verify the number and date of recommendation and name of approval after reporting to the respective embassy if they feel doubt a recommendation.
When people who made counterfeit documents and people who come to respective departments of Thailand with fake recommendations are found in the future, officials have already negotiated to revoke passports and take legal actions, it said.
— MT/ZS
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