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The Thai Embassy in Yangon warned that people impersonating embassy staff are scamming money from visa applicants, in a 6 March statement.
It warned visa applicants about people who might approach them outside the embassy offering to expedite the visa process.
The statement said: “The embassy has no policy to charge any fees for making the visa appointment for visa application. If applicants have been approached by any individual who offers a visa application appointment slot and asks for a service charge, please do not believe them or accept the offer as the Embassy does not offer such services.”
It also encouraged any visa applicants who were approached by someone trying to sell them an application slot to report them to embassy staff.
The statement also said that delays were being caused by brokers using different passport numbers to reserve visa application appointment slots and then no one turning up for the slot.
It also warned that the Thai embassy only checked documents and fees for visas in the embassy’s consular section and that anyone offering checks elsewhere does not work for the embassy
The statement said that the best way to get a visa was to apply online for a visa application appointment because the crowds outside the embassy are getting too large.
Since the Myanmar junta announced that the Conscription Law would be brought back into force on 10 February 2024 people of conscription age have been rushing to leave the country.
The Thai embassy has had to limit visa applications to 400 a day because the rush for visas was so large following the introduction of the Conscription Law in Myanmar on 10 February 2024.
