News Forum - Swedish and Brazillian overstayers busted in South Thailand this week

[Thaiger]

A Swedish man and a Brazillian man were busted in South Thailand’s Surat Thani province for overstaying their visas in Thailand this week. Surat Thani Immigration officers arrested the Swedish man in Koh Samui, on Chaweng Beach Road in front of Central Samui, in the Pho Phut sub-district. The man, 34 year old Christopher Tony …

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[palooka]

WoW so impressed with this story. 

Particularly with the case of the "over stayer" they arrested in hospital, ?????four arresting officers???????

Thai drama queens.

 

[MrStretch]

Maybe Immigration officers are pounding the pavement on these petty overstayers in order to draw attention from the fact that more than 100 of their fellow officers have been involved in corruption, allowing Chinese to enter and stay in the country illegally.

These petty overstays actually mean diddly if they were in the process of leaving the country.  They'd pay a fine, and that would be it, unless they overstayed more than 30 days.  This 6-day, 3-week, whatever nonsense seems to be a huge waste of effort on the part of Immigration officers.

[HolyCowCm]

Now these 2 at 75 abs 10 days we’re pushing their luck and got nabbed. Their fault. Am a little surprised the author did not mention precovid arrests of over stayers. Seems to be the writers MO on every article. 

[HolyCowCm]

33 minutes ago, MrStretch said:

Maybe Immigration officers are pounding the pavement on these petty overstayers in order to draw attention from the fact that more than 100 of their fellow officers have been involved in corruption, allowing Chinese to enter and stay in the country illegally.

These petty overstays actually mean diddly if they were in the process of leaving the country.  They'd pay a fine, and that would be it, unless they overstayed more than 30 days.  This 6-day, 3-week, whatever nonsense seems to be a huge waste of effort on the part of Immigration officers.

Superficial I agree. You might be right as they are being proactive in order to be trying to get the light off of their blemish. Going to be short lived as won’t last. 

[Faz]

12 hours ago, MrStretch said:

They'd pay a fine, and that would be it, unless they overstayed more than 30 days.  This 6-day, 3-week, whatever nonsense seems to be a huge waste of effort on the part of Immigration officers.

If arrested and prosecuted, as these have, then it's an automatic 5-year ban for less than 1 year overstay.

No idea where you're obtaining your figure of 30 days from.

[MrStretch]

4 hours ago, Faz said:

If arrested and prosecuted, as these have, then it's an automatic 5-year ban for less than 1 year overstay.

No idea where you're obtaining your figure of 30 days from.

My confusion.  If they "surrender" for anything less than 90 days it's a fine.

If you're caught before surrendering, then it's a ban.