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VAGABONDS IMMIGRATION OFFICE TO MOVE AGAIN
•Over• the years it has been a regular occurence for us to report on another move for the Immigration HUA HIN
Department in Hua Hin, but the last one, in July 2014, appeared to have finally established a permanent home for the vagabond division in Soi 35. However, the news this week is that they will be on the move again, to a new, purpose built government building on the outskirts of town. The reported location is on Treasury Department land on Road (or Highway) 1004, not far from where that road crosses soi 88; 1004 actually runs all the way north to south from the Pala U Road to soi 112. The reported date of completion of the building, which will house a number of government departments, is February 2017, with approximately 60% of the construction completed. However the news of the move has not been officially announced or confirmed, and these reports stem from a well respected local Thai journalist, Kulsawek Sawekwannakorn, who posted pictures and information on Facebook. There have been other rumours that the department may instead be moving to another new government building in Soi 2, and it is entirely possible that final decisions have not actually been made yet on which department goes where. Khun Kulsawek also reported that a new ‘passport office’ would be opening inside the new Bluport shopping mall in December, with five staff, to deal with foreigners who have a Thai spouse, so our take on this is that this will mainly be for 90 day reporting, which has often clogged up previous immigration offices, but we will all have to wait and see. See this week’s ‘Life On Mars’ on page 11 for another immigration related story.