By jack.russelle on Skatehive
I understand that there are laws regarding immigration to any country. I also understand that there is a real difference between a law and the reasonable application of that law. In this particular situation the reputation of Thai Immigration being unreasonable encouraged an airline to deny a man a flight to Thailand because the passport was water-damaged. Was a stamp smudged? Yes it was. Was it still readable and obviously genuine? Also yes. Was she traveling with his wife who had exactly the same stamps? Yes. Are they able to look up in the database as to whether or not the stamp is real? Still yes. Thailand has always been talking about how they want "the right tourists" meaning that they want tourists that are going to spend a bunch of money over a short period of time and then fuck off, but in this particular situation, which is surprisingly making the rounds in local news, shines a light on how arrogant and just downright mean immigration officials are slowly ruining the impressi