New immigration chief to reform Chiang Mai office
Responding to online chatter about problems at the Chiang Mai immigration offices, the new immigration chief, Maj-Gen Surachate Hakparn, is poised to transfer the existing Chiang Mai immigration boss to an inactive post whilst further investigations are made into the office operations.
People have complained about long waits after waiting all day to be seen, including Chinese applicants who are having many problems with the northern office.
Surachate said the suspension of the current chief would probably be for just two or three weeks and should not be assumed to be anything to do with wrong-doing. He said he believed that further training of all staff will improve services.
The new immigration head has only been in the job for a month but said he was going to target the immigration offices as a priority. He has already visited some of the southern offices and is said to have made sweeping changes.
Source: The Thaiger
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