ThaiFelix

Notice these kind of posts are always the first????

11 minutes ago, FritsSikkink said:

he will be banned though

That was clearly stated in the OP.  However he wouldnt be deported if he showed up at the airport (as he did yesterday to the Imm office) within two days as instructed by immigration.  That is seen as voluntarily handing himself in.  However if he doesnt show up in two days and they have to go find him, or if somebody in authority happens to check his passport in the street and sees he is overstayed, that is not "voluntarily handing himself in" so he will be deported.

3 minutes ago, overherebc said:

I did edit about the 5 months.

Hope the IO at the airport is as understanding.

Still reckon he's got to go home.

Sorry you must have been editing while I was writing.

Last I heard he was talking about going to Imm head office in Bangkok to argue the case but I think you are correct....he's going home.

8 minutes ago, overherebc said:

The missing part from the OP's post is, was the guy allowed to leave the office after the conversation or was he 'escorted/taken' somewhere.

If he was allowed to leave then what happens when he turns up at the airport with the overstay still in his passport and how long was his overstay?

 

He was allowed to leave the office.  I gathered from the conversation he came to the office to extend the visa he thought he still had.  The officer, after checking his passport, noticed he was on overstay to which the guy pleaded ignorance, saying he had never heard of a re-entry permit.     I imagine that because he wasnt actually "caught" on overstay but came to the office voluntarily he was allowed to leave but was warned that he must pay the fine and leave the country within two days.  I believe he had to pay the fine at the airport on his way out.

How long was his overstay?  The first sentence in my original post states 5 months.  He says he came back into the country in September.  He reckoned the Imm. Officer upon his arrival never said anything about his 12 month visa being void because he had no re-entry permit, he never noticed the 30 days visa on arrival stamps in his passport nor was he advised he was overstayed when he did his 90 day reports???  

The immigration officer was very sympathetic and patient spending well over an hour explaining the situation because the guy could barely speak any English and did not understand any Thai.

Ok thanks for that.  I didnt realise you could have problems in other countries due to you breaking immigration laws in Thailand.  No talk of deportation today, they just told him he had to go home and within two days, plus fine of course.  Feel sorry for his wife, dont know how she will get on because he "said" he didnt have any money, not even for his own air fare.

5 minutes ago, MaeJoMTB said:

Flight via KUL ......... problem gone.

???  Thanks for reply.  Are you saying 'yes' it is correct but he could get around it by flying to Cambodia or Laos via KL and not across a land border?

16 minutes ago, baansgr said:

Thais dont care cos its some dopey foreigners money started the business 

Easy come, easy go!

While I was having my visa renewed today in a regional Immigration Office, a gentleman in front of me was informed that he had overstayed his visa by 5 months.  From what I could understand he had a 12 month visa or extension but had left and then re-entered the country without bothering with a re-entry permit thus voiding his visa/extension.  When he returned to Thailand he was issued a visa on arrival but said he thought his original visa/extension was still valid.  Because of his overstay he was told he would have to pay 20,000 baht fine plus leave the country and not return within 12 months.  What I am curious about is the officer telling him he could not go to a neighbouring country, such as Laos or Cambodia etc, but must return home to Europe?  From what I could understand he said it is not Thailand stopping him from entering Laos or Cambodia but these other neighbours due to the fact he had broken Immigration laws here.  Is this correct?

Why do they still bother publishing such photos when all you can see is blurrs??  Maybe enticing your imagination??

44 minutes ago, Toscano said:

As we are discussing businesses that might fail in Thailand .

Reasons will be , No financial plan from the outset , no business plan , a site that is not going to attract customers , a financial outlay that is not related to takings , no money set aside for rent , electricity , water , maintenance , sharing out ALL the money received among family members .  I could go on adding to the list ; it is noticeable that most successful businesses are run by Chinese , Indians or Sikhs . 

Exactly, that is why most of the money in S.E. Asian countries is in the hands of the Chinese.  They are not called the Jews of Asia for nothing. 

I cant speak for the city, ie Bangkok etc, but up country they only copy.  As Toscano pointed out previously there is no financial plan, no market research etc.  Their simple methodology is to notice another business seemingly doing well because the owners now have a new car, a flasher motorcycle, more gold dripping from their neck etc so they do the same.  If you ask how many ice coffees, or  carrots etc they need to sell in a week to break even, or what their overheads are, the answer is always "mai lu"....I dont know. 

Even when some do make money they seem to be totally confused over the difference between takings and profit;  they take 10,000 baht through the till and think they have 10,000 baht to go out and spend on TV's and smart phones etc so in turn stock in the shop doesnt get replaced.  If the shop is continually short of day to day essentials the customers then get fed up and go elsewhere.

A couple in our village opened a "Mamma's and Papa's" store in our village, against everybody's advice, because the village is already overcrowded with such stores.  They ran it for a year and after failing to make a profit decided to get out.  A couple directly over the road have decided to buy all their stock and fittings at cost and build and run a store themselves!!  I cant work it out??

Priests??  So much for their policy of "Quality not quantity".....scraping the bottom of the barrel now!!

Oh man that guy is so funny....he should have his own TV show every week!!

"You have already been paid so do as you are told!!"

This is a trick question surely!

8 hours ago, webfact said:

Officers tried to locate him but failed.

They desperately looked under the toilet seat for hours  I guess ?

Your sample tats look like school or prison tats.

2 hours ago, Artisi said:

And yet another contender for the Einstein awards, unless of course the UK has introduced 90 day reporting for its citizens. 

 

Yep hahaha.  If all else fails, read the original post!!

6 hours ago, sanemax said:

I do find that angle to be annoying :

What they should say is : He thoroughly enjoyed his years taking *whatever he was taking* and that was all he cared about , took the drugs because he selfishly enjoyed being stoned 

You really have no idea at all do you.  Have you ever heard of a Google search...or are facts just all science fiction to you as well??

It may depend on your amphur.  I gave up on my yellow book as it was too much rigmarole trying to get it especially having to get  my passport translated to Thai by a certified translation service in a small village.  Been here many years, have a house, car, motorcycle, renewed my drivers license many times and have never needed the yellow book.  Everywhere I have been and had to do paperwork, such as immigration, DLT etc, whenever I have asked if a yellow book would make process easier I have always been told "No".  Dont know why anybody bothers with it??

4 minutes ago, riclag said:

 The comment, post #19  was talking about freedoms in voting in Australia and GB. Voting is compulsory in Australia. Failure to vote at a federal election without a valid and sufficient reason is an offence under section 245 of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918. You are required to pay the $20 penalty.

Correct.

2 hours ago, dotpoom said:

"which was suspected to be a brain hemorrhage caused by Robb being punched in the face and hitting his head after crumpling to the ground."

    I suppose the continuous stomping on the deceased's head had nothing to do with causing the brain hemorrhage ???

You beat me to it.  Unbelievable journalism as usual!

A TOUR bus?.....I dont believe it