| Pattaya Immigration chief explains the dangers of forged qualifications for teachers |
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| Monday, 12 February 2007 | |
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Page 2 of 2 Our reporter asked about the duties of the Office of Private Education Promotion and how it cooperates with the Immigration office. The superintendent said that one of the key duties of the Private Education Office is to keep records of foreign teachers and monitor their activities in the Kingdom.“Teachers have to submit their applications and teaching qualification certificates and the Office of Private Education Promotion will in turn issue a document for them to bring to our office to get a visa. Schools play a very important part in checking backgrounds thoroughly before accepting applications,” he said. Under certain circumstances where the Immigration office made an appeal for the schools to check further on a teacher to make sure the background was completely clean, this had been done. Pol Col Ittipol added that with the new policy that became effective from October 1 last year concerning regulations on visa extension applications, school directors or department officers were asked to look for accurate documents and check and re-check on backgrounds to generate transparency in the process. Our reporter asked what is the punishment for those forging documents for visa applications. “Generally the punishment is three years’ imprisonment for an alien forging documents such as qualification certificates or teacher’s licenses, but recently a verdict has been reached on two cases, and two teachers, one from England and the other from Canada, have been sent to prison for three months each,” said Pol Col Ittipol. “The two were also blacklisted and will never be able to cross the border into our nation for the rest of their lives.” The superintendent added that another aspect of concern is those schools that become involved in forging documents for their applicants. Some institutes tended to turn a blind eye so they could save some budget in hiring qualified instructors, he added. “So we again ask the schools to do prior investigation through writing requests to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to get factual information on those aliens.” Pattaya Mail asked how the public could help in pointing out illegal immigrants. “People can report any doubtful activities of foreigners or teachers at schools to an authority such as the police or Immigration office,” said Pol Col Ittipol. “There are cases where some might carry lawful documents but who knows what goes on behind the scene. We are qualified to withhold their visas if we found out that they are committing wrongful actions.” Source: The Pattaya Mail - 10th February 2007 |
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