hai immigration authorities often issue a visa called a border pass. This pass allows migrants to stay in Thailand for one day (not overnight) and requires the migrants to remain in the vicinity of the point where they entered the country. It does not permit employment. Substantial gaps exist between the Thai immigration laws and what actually occurs in reality. Thai immigration laws include the Immigration Act of 1950 (amended in 1979 and 1992); the Alien Registration Acts of 1950, 1952 and 1954; the Nationality Act of 1965 (amended in 1992); the Alien Employment Act of 1978; the 1979 Law on the Categories of Work Not Permitted for Aliens; and the 1979 and 1985 Laws on Forms of Employment and Activities in Which Aliens Can Engage.