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Sifted through all the advice. Thanks. We will meet with the Capn today and impress upon him, ONCE AGAIN, that it's best to pay B20,000, ticket Krabi Airport-KL-Manila-KL (as PI may want proof of return exit). The Capn thinks he's more clever than us is part of the problem. He is aware that he's made a bad situation much worse. As to funds, we have the ability to recover the debit card from the lady, off the books, by a friendly cop- if Capn K will agree. This is frustrating to us and the USA Embassy Citizens Outreach man located here. We do appreciate the help. We will update again ONLY if we resolve this situation.

Thanks. I'm sharing these replies with him to try to get him to act on leaving. He has some wits about him, and funds. Our small group of expats here got him help and advice prior to June when he was coming up on a year overstay to no avail.

He's still here. What's the worst that can happen if he turns himself in? How about if one of his close shaves south of NST results in arrest-where do they take him? Tourist visa expired June 2024. Capn Kay is in a honey trap of sorts, inured to being escorted to the ATM each month and left alone with less than B12k to limp along. Sure, it's elder abuse but he's somewhat aware of it and he's still a bit canny. Old coot has nothing else going on but says he needs the VA in Manila, while refusing US Embassy assistance. Keep trying to fly him out of Krabi but somehow that debit card is in other hands. Any helpful replies will be shared with the Capn as shock therapy.

Correct. My thumbs come up with Taiwan at times but TL works.

Consular Outreach volunteer, David Hill, call 0804513399. Anyone at the Korat Embassy outreach could get clearer info on contacts throughout TL.

See my post on Consular Outreach. No details on the 'overstayer' as it seems he wants to lay low. However, American Legion and Outreach are standing by.

Consular Outreach is a volunteer position under the US Embassy. They liaison between the Embassy staff and those needing assistance, after training. In our province, Trang, we have at least one, sometimes two. It seems they can even assist with SSA Manila.

This thread deserves an update. The 83 year Vet has irritably waved off all advice, including from the local US Embassy outreach, after seeking it. He'll solve his own problems, thank you. We stuffed the outreach number up his... Nah, in his pocket and will still assist him if he ever comes to his senses. It's one thing to wave off help changing a tire. It's quite another when playing with fire and freedom.

The Forum may have saved the old guy some grief. The outreach people do advise flight only. Buy a ticket out of TL, check-in, encounter immigration, pay fine and accept the one -year ban. The details are up to the IMO.

By luck, our local outreach officer was just meeting with the Embassy persons that deal with such matters. I will let you know what the official advice is. (If they avail themselves. )

Air seemed to be ou of the question BUT , thanks, he could fly out of Krabi!!! tHe was just accompanied into the remote bar to meet us. He's an OLD 83 and chose to believe his lady. It appears he's got about USD1,400 to his name after the 20k fine until the 3rd of next month. So it seems he wants to wait in Penang for the next SSA to get on with the journey. He's spent 3 years in Penang during COVID and has friends there. Looking at flights! Thanks again.

Welcome the repliy. Van is a border run van, no frills. We had a stabbing victim on a medical 6 months overstay in 2015 and he paid 20k at Sadao. He avoided ban due to the hospital record (he had overstated a few weeks before the incident). The US Embassy Outreach guy here in a close friend and I have asked him if a frail and honourable Vet can get a bit of help.

He's 83, a bit frail and was told by his gf, the mother of his 17 year old kid, "You got three 90's on a tourist visa. No problem." That's now an 8+ month Overstay. A Thai lady brought him to us, last night, at a southern watering hole near the Andaman. He was about to have walked into the area's Imm but the Thai woman said, "Whoa, Nellie", luckily. So we straightened him out or did we? By minivan we're planning on putting him into the Sadao crossing into Malaysia, B20k fine at the ready. Skirt I d. by checking into no hostel until Penang. In two decades none of us have screwed up this bad. He's off from the Andaman Sea in that van in a few days. Are we doing right by this nice old Vet, who hopes his next stop is the V.A. in Manila?

True, the TL licence is accepted. Check its expiration and condition. Contrary to the above, I use Hertz Gold online with my DL, credit and debit cards pre-registered. The Thai DL gives you full insurance coverage. With Hertz Gold you skip the desk and walk out onto the lot and make a choice! Go to TripAdvisor to check the rental company NOW. Some low price franchises are horrendous but not the America's corporate locations. Last piece of advice, what side of the road do you plan on driving on? A miner yelled that at me in Elko.

We can solve that situation by putting the property in our kid's name. The child takes full possession of the deed only upon majority. In the meantime, the parents maintain and enjoy the property. One wrinkle we ran into in our expat community is the ex selling the property using a provision in the law that the family was in duress. Another situation was upon majority the young man was browbeaten by the parent into allowing the parent control. Still, a deed solely in the child's name, is one way to provide a stepping stone to the child's future.