{
  "id": 18219269,
  "title": "Thailand E-Gate Warning: Visa Holders Risk Losing Legal Status",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/thailand-e-gate-warning-visa-holders-risk-losing-legal-status",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-05T00:43:15.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Chiang Rai Times",
    "slug": "chiang-rai-times",
    "url": "https://www.chiangraitimes.com/visas-immigration/thailand-e-gate-warning/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "BANGKOK – Thailand immigration officials strongly warn long-term visa holders to completely avoid the new automated passport control gates at major international airports. Foreigners returning to the country must use traditional staffed immigration counters to successfully protect their legal residency status. The newly activated automated border control e-gates currently operate exclusively at…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}