Norwegian man living rough in Nonthaburi to return home

17 minutes ago, riverhigh said:

Indeed- I hope he receives the support he needs and that he is able to gain some security

==>While all valid comments and commendable, there is still the problem of him turning down the transportation to the Norwegian embassy. Comes across like a self-centered adult that never grew up.

Or he may be too proud, or embarrassed, to get help from Thais for that transport, maybe he was trying through his family/friends instead, without any luck.

All I say, we don't know the full story here, or what went through his mind.

3 hours ago, shackleton said:

.but only has himself to blame

8 hours ago, Georgealbert said:

30-day tourist visa, then received an extension allowing him to remain until 16 May 2023

8 hours ago, Georgealbert said:

immigration status now records an overstay of 1,179 days

Begs the question of where Immigration was for 1,179 days?

Thailand subsidizes the costs of learning Norwegian language in order Thai women to marry Norwegian men and live in Norway.

Edited August 10Aug 10 by Paris333

Let's sum up the story with one word: crazy

Poor guy. Fell for a Thai romance scam. Seems he met her through Thaifriendly. Why? More than 90% of the ladies advertising on TF, that they are from Nakhon Sawan are not actually there.

But still, how could he not help himself? He could have found the address of the Norwegian Embassy, easily. He could have stepped into a police station, tourist police station or the immigration office to find adequate help.

I don`t get it.🤔

7 hours ago, Gandtee said:

Yes, it does matter. I wish him well, but I should imagine that there may be others here on overstay, tempted to live rough and hope the authorities will forego any fines and put them on a plane home to their own country.

So you're being nosey on behalf of other dodgy farangs?

The rules are still the same, if they catch you, it's a fine or jail in lieu, then detention at IDC until you can come up with (the money for) a ticket home.

2 hours ago, Beat666 said:

Seems he met her through Thaifriendly.

Citation? Hearsay? Link? Guesswork? Rumour?

4 hours ago, Srikcir said:

Begs the question of where Immigration was for 1,179 days?

Obviously busy picking the easier, more obvious, low-hanging skint and trapped fruit.

5 hours ago, riverhigh said:

Indeed- I hope he receives the support he needs and that he is able to gain some security

==>While all valid comments and commendable, there is still the problem of him turning down the transportation to the Norwegian embassy. Comes across like a self-centered adult that never grew up.

If it is anything like the UK's rules, where any repatriation travel and expenses provided by the government needs to be paid back, otherwise it's more time in court, more detention and other restrictions on freedom. Maybe this guy didn't like those terms before but has no choice now.

10 hours ago, thaibreaker said:

I guess you were at the spots where drug addicts do their thing, and live on the streets. All countries have some of them, I'm not surprised. Some fall between cracks in their country, no matter how rich the country is.

Don't understand why you would think there would be none.

Rich country, very rich in fact, very very rich in terms of per capita. Fairly strait laced society (?), heavily focused on outdoor sports in particular winter sports. Small population, harder to fall between racks because the cracks can be made very small.

I mean, it’s a stereotype obviously, London also has a lot of wealth but also plenty of homeless. But Oslo isn’t big, it’s small and compact and I’m talking about the centre of town around the main train station, not down back streets or a ghetto area.

Anyway, off topic, but if this guy decides to sleep rough when he gets home, he won’t be alone from my experience.

2 hours ago, NanLaew said:

If it is anything like the UK's rules, where any repatriation travel and expenses provided by the government needs to be paid back, otherwise it's more time in court, more detention and other restrictions on freedom. Maybe this guy didn't like those terms before but has no choice now.

Once again a valid comment, I doubt very much there would be any terms that would satisfy him other than a free flight home, permanent social benefits (Norway), and a return flight to Thailand or to a country of his choice. I have an acquantance living in Pattaya who has not reached the age of retirement and is being taken care of by the Norway government.

11 hours ago, wensiensheng said:

He can join the ranks of homeless people sleeping rough in Oslo, particularly around the train station.

I was shocked at the numbers when I visited 2 years ago. Perhaps because I envisaged there being none at all.

16 minutes ago, riverhigh said:

Once again a valid comment, I doubt very much there would be any terms that would satisfy him other than a free flight home, permanent social benefits (Norway), and a return flight to Thailand or to a country of his choice. I have an acquantance living in Pattaya who has not reached the age of retirement and is being taken care of by the Norway government.

We do have a rush of Romani people every year as well, and other beggars from other countries, especially during summer. I suspect in the future there will be more cases like this in Asia. It depends on how quickly they find them and send them out.

Quite remarkable he went under the radar for so long, and as we have also seen with others lately. When he is back, he will still have to go through the system before getting whatever benefits he qualifies for. And if he has not maintained his rights in Norway from before, getting disability pension could be a much longer and more complicated process. It is certainly not just coming back and immediately collecting a disability pension.

1 hour ago, Hummin said:

We do have a rush of Romani people every year as well, and other beggars from other countries, especially during summer. I suspect in the future there will be more cases like this in Asia. It depends on how quickly they find them and send them out.

Quite remarkable he went under the radar for so long, and as we have also seen with others lately. When he is back, he will still have to go through the system before getting whatever benefits he qualifies for. And if he has not maintained his rights in Norway from before, getting disability pension could be a much longer and more complicated process. It is certainly not just coming back and immediately collecting a disability pension.

We do indeed.

I doubt he even qualifies for a disability pension, which has been more and more difficult to obtain these last years.

My guess is that he will temporarily be taken care of by NAV, and get his monthly payment from them, while he must apply for work.

I can't see this guy becoming one of the homeless on the streets. Surely he won't choose to become one, when he will be taken care of by NAV.

After his 10 years ban from entering Thailand, I won't be surprised if we will see him back here again. Hopefully he has learned his lesson by then.

Edited August 10Aug 10 by thaibreaker

12 hours ago, NanLaew said:

Luckily, he ended up in Nonthaburi instead.

Instead of Nakhon Sawan? Why are you saying that?

4 hours ago, NanLaew said:

Citation? Hearsay? Link? Guesswork? Rumour?

None of all 5 choices. The answer is: Simply by finding it out.

Odd Stan fell for a thirst trap, some Thai village girl it seems.

Buyer beware.

Is a piece really worth it?

Up to you.

20 hours ago, KhunLA said:

Good, BYE BYE, be a vagrant in your home country. He certainly wouldn't be in TH, if TH had a few months of Norwegian winter.

I share this sentiment. He got by for a few years as a bum in TH, time to take it back to Norway.

Norway has an extremely low unemployment rate so if Oddball wants to get back to working, best place for him is there. Maybe someday he can come back with some money and have a proper holiday.

7 hours ago, Beat666 said:

Instead of Nakhon Sawan? Why are you saying that?

What's with your Nakhon Sawan fixation?

7 hours ago, Beat666 said:

None of all 5 choices. The answer is: Simply by finding it out.

Can you share? Thanks.

If it's on Facebook, don't bother.

7 hours ago, NanLaew said:

What's with your Nakhon Sawan fixation?

Because he was in Nakhon Sawan , before he left for Nonthaburi, according to the News article.

That is not a fixation at all.

7 hours ago, NanLaew said:

Can you share? Thanks.

If it's on Facebook, don't bother.

I never wrote anything about FB. Just TF.

Just contact the Ladies from Nakhon Sawan and find out yourself , if they are real or fake.

Arrange dates with them and find out yourself if they are really in Nakhon Sawan or not.

1 hour ago, Beat666 said:

Because he was in Nakhon Sawan , before he left for Nonthaburi, according to the News article.

That is not a fixation at all.

OK, thanks, I missed that move in the original story.

54 minutes ago, Beat666 said:

I never wrote anything about FB. Just TF.

Just contact the Ladies from Nakhon Sawan and find out yourself , if they are real or fake.

Arrange dates with them and find out yourself if they are really in Nakhon Sawan or not.

I assumed that you had found some confirmed link between this chap's demise and a failed relationship with one of the "Ladies from Nakhon Sawan"

Sorry if it didn't work out for you.

1 minute ago, NanLaew said:

OK, thanks, I missed that move in the original story.

I assumed that you had found some confirmed link between this chap's demise and a failed relationship with one of the "Ladies from Nakhon Sawan"

Sorry if it didn't work out for you.

No worries. All good.👍

3 minutes ago, NanLaew said:

OK, thanks, I missed that move in the original story.

I assumed that you had found some confirmed link between this chap's demise and a failed relationship with one of the "Ladies from Nakhon Sawan"

Sorry if it didn't work out for you.

By the way. For me it worked out well.

I was happily married to a lady from Nakhon Sawan, whom i met in real and not Online.

Married since 1991, living in Nakhon Sawan since 1995 and unfortunately now widower since June 3 2026.

16 minutes ago, Beat666 said:

By the way. For me it worked out well.

I was happily married to a lady from Nakhon Sawan, whom i met in real and not Online.

Married since 1991, living in Nakhon Sawan since 1995 and unfortunately now widower since June 3 2026.

That was too short. My sincere condolences.

36 minutes ago, NanLaew said:

That was too short. My sincere condolences.

Thanks, I appreciate it.🙏

Yes, it was too short, indeed. But with gallbladder cancer, there was no chance for her to survive.

More to this than we are being told... he had his chance to get the embassy to help him long ago but flaked out. He sounds like a useless pile of manure to me. Thailand just helped him out to get rid of him, which I completely understand.

Edited August 11Aug 11 by Sir Dude

2 hours ago, NanLaew said:

OK, thanks, I missed that move in the original story.

I assumed that you had found some confirmed link between this chap's demise and a failed relationship with one of the "Ladies from Nakhon Sawan"

Sorry if it didn't work out for you.

This is from Khaosod English

Edited August 11Aug 11 by Beat666

1 hour ago, Beat666 said:

This is from Khaosod English

Thanks for that. It does say, "the woman allegedly stole his money". Maybe he didn't have a whole lot to get stolen in the first place, or it was one great big clean out quite early in his alleged 2-years of passportless limbo?