Thailand is now cracking down on "beg-packers" - shameless Western backpackers begging for travel money on the streets of South-East Asia.
According to reports, visitors entering Thailand may be required to show immigration officials they have 20,000 baht ($805) in cash on them before being allowed entry into the country.
Thaivisa, an online forum for expats in Thailand, says it has learned of several instances where immigration officials at a number border checkpoints across Thailand have been asking people entering the country on a tourist visa to prove they have the funds.
Reports of this happening have also started to increasingly surface on social media in Thailand expat groups.
According to Thaivisa, people trying to enter with history of tourist visa entries appear to be the ones under the most amount of scrutiny but education visa holders are also the subject of similar scrutiny.