2 hours ago, observer90210 said:

Do the police conduct their raids by jumping from a parachute ?....all those boys posing and grinning in their black paratrooper uniforms makes, one wonder.. ? ?

 

There are Airborne courses available to the police, the guy giving the interview and the one on his right have third class, which means they have done static line jumps from an aircraft.

my adivice ''find a cave and crawl inside''..don't forget to leave a note..

The majority of us  here respect the law And do our 90 days reporting ect to the immigration and have the correct visas 

if others do not and get caught no sympathy deserve what they get 

you know the rules when you live in Thailand 

no excuses 

3 hours ago, missoura said:

I am guessing he may have a family, a house and the whole nine yards. Part of me feels sympathy for the man, but he has no one to blame but himself. Sad really.

He could have gotten legal a few years ago, paid the fine, left the country, gotten a visa and then extensions on his return. looks like a 10 year black list

Like to disguise themselves as english teachers.

 

I suspect it is more a matter of necessity, and they would far prefer to disguise themselves as the idle rich, but lack the means to be convincing.

9 year overstay not a bad innings escort him to the airport stamp his passport never to return. Plenty more out there I hear

3 hours ago, ezzra said:

I once visited a uniform making shop in Tapa-Jan, and saw buckets full of badges, insignias and decorations of all shapes colors and purposes lining the floor, apparently, you can decorate yourself to look like a veteran navy seal while pushing a pencil in some office...

youll also need a  heroic  pose  though

20 minutes ago, shackleton said:

The majority of us  here respect the law And do our 90 days reporting ect to the immigration and have the correct visas 

if others do not and get caught no sympathy deserve what they get 

you know the rules when you live in Thailand 

no excuses 

While there are many of us who may experience similar sentiments, only the petty and bitter feel a need to trumpet it here.

9 years is a good go but not a record. A knew of an individual who with 18 years overstay he gave up. He came up with the 20k and funds for an airline ticket. He went direct to BKK. They keep him overnight to check that he did not have anything else on record. Payed the fine bought the ticket and departed 2014. Over about 4 year I had a few beers with him and even visited his home and met his wife. He lived in an out of the way  village in isaan and the officials and local police knew him. If they knew he was an overstayer or not I cannot say. During his time he even commuted to Bangkok to work by bus. The way I met this person was from a personal friend that who's wife lived in the same village so when we visited him the overstayer happen to drop by. This was before the new laws went into effect and by my info he never returned.

1 hour ago, malcoml said:

Not sure you need to live in the shadows as such. I'm a younger guy and only got my passport checked once in 5 years of living there. Given Thai's respect for elders I'm guessing you could go forever without a random check.

6 1/2 years without one. 

Can anyone explain to me why they hold a press conference at 2am. Happens all the time with these cases. Just another Only In Thailand thing I suppose.

Once you know at Chiang Mai Immigration, I saw a very very old guy carried into the office from a tuk tuk they laid him down on the flour. He was there about an hour before any one thought to help him.

He was 91 years old, could not walk.  I left before he was seen. but before I left the office I asked the immigration officer  there what will happen when this guy could not come to immigration any more?

The reply " He must come every year"  I decided then, at that point, in the future if I got like that I would just give up with Immigration runs,over stay just hide out Crazy country

 

Whilst I am all for Operation illegal foreigners can you please show the same law enforcement tactics for the many drug dealers in my neighborhood please.... Be nice. 

3 hours ago, yellowboat said:

When I think of outlaw, I think of a masked man to steals money

I think BIB.  They were out in force this morning on Suk just after the Ambassador.  I don't know what's come over them - it's no where near the end of the month.  Last week there were two stick-ups in five kilometres.

Whilst I am all for Operation illegal foreigners can you please show the same law enforcement tactics for the many drug dealers in my neighborhood please.... Be nice. 

These outlaws like to disguise themselves as English teachers. That's easy, arrest all westerners who are wearing a cheap cotton short sleeve shirt, a coffee stained 70 baht Pratunam tie, shiny black polyester slacks, and open sandals with white socks.

5 minutes ago, Jeremy50 said:

These outlaws like to disguise themselves as English teachers. That's easy, arrest all westerners who are wearing a cheap cotton short sleeve shirt, a coffee stained 70 baht Pratunam tie, shiny black polyester slacks, and open sandals with white socks.

yer probably gemans too

I live most of the year in Brazil and spend the rest of the year in two of the most unwelcoming countries on the planet, USA and LOS. Both of these motives seem to be purely racist. Even more disgusting is the fact Thailand thrives on fleecing tourist of their money thru double pricing and providing absolutely no sense of equality when it comes to law enforcement or court justice. Beginning to really question staying here as it seems the government and media seem to take great joy in magnifying the abuse of farang and throw gas on the fire which is racism. Brazil on the other hand are welcoming of all people, a strong proud nation, not jealous or insecure. Overstaying your visa there is not looked on so much as a crime, more a love of  the life Brazil. Every to years amnesty is offered  by immigration to overstayers who behave and avoid detection just as this German fellow seemed to be living a crime free life under the radar for 8 years. Police here are so clueless as to what their primary goals should be. IMHO LOS should embrace visitors and not take them for granted because the demographics can change on a dime as we are seeing. Once the hordes of Chinese fully invade see how these mass roundups work out for you. The hunters may well become the hunted. 

9 years, winner, winner, chicken dinner. Bu'bye. 

Think of the money he's contributed to the local economy whilst he's been in Thailand for nine years. Only people who've missed out are immigration. 

30 minutes ago, BimBoon said:

Whilst I am all for Operation illegal foreigners can you please show the same law enforcement tactics for the many drug dealers in my neighborhood please.... Be nice. 

Drug dealers just give the police a cut of the monies and there is no longer a problem with drugs or the dealing of them, I assume. Ever thought about moving areas? 

 I wonder how many German's are so proficient in the English language as to be able to teach English ?  If they are so capable,  why would they choose Thailand to practice their skills?

When I read the word Outlaw, first thing that came to my mind was the Outlaw M.C. not a bunch of overstayers.

2 hours ago, greenchair said:

There are a few foreigners that are of the criminal element the overstay their visa. 

Most have thai wives and families to support so teach language  to do that. They don't have the 400000 needed to make a visa...

Fits the Thai definition of 'criminals' and 'undesirables', unfortunately... ?

42 minutes ago, Jeremy50 said:

These outlaws like to disguise themselves as English teachers. That's easy, arrest all westerners who are wearing a cheap cotton short sleeve shirt, a coffee stained 70 baht Pratunam tie, shiny black polyester slacks, and open sandals with white socks.

That's all a bit harsh and over the top.

But they should get 6 months jail time for anyone with,

Open sandals with white socks. 

 

5 hours ago, observer90210 said:

Do the police conduct their raids by jumping from a parachute ?....all those boys posing and grinning in their black paratrooper uniforms makes, one wonder.. ? ?

What is it with all the medals and ribbons? Prince Charles fans do doubt.

4 hours ago, pi2005ni said:

All badges on thai police and army uniform must be certified. You cannot wear what you want .

You can if you have plenty of money.

3 hours ago, Vacuum said:

I agree. The cost for an extension would have been 1900 baht/year.

Actually it can and does cost more.

in my case around 8000 Baht.

yes and I mean doing it Legally.

for starters  approx 1600 For Stat declaration

allow 2000 Baht for application 

cost of trip to Consulate around 3,00 Baht

of course one can catch Various buses and so on.

I will be 80 by the time my next so long hours on a bus, Baht bus or Tuk Tuk in Bangkok, are not a viable option for me, 

then cost of trip to Immigration  office as well

 two days spent on  travel 1 day to Consulate plus basically one day at I/O  

Pretty close to my Estimate at least that is the amount I have budgeted for this year,

No doubt I am going to be flamed and told I could do it Much cheaper   

 

3 hours ago, Lupatria said:

If you were in his shoes, would you start a fight against the "untouchables"?

All these Thai guys in fighting gear and black berets, none of them lookalikes of John Wayne or Audie Murphy,

are they?

2 minutes ago, Ban Phe Dezza said:

Actually it can and does cost more.

in my case around 8000 Baht.

yes and I mean doing it Legally.

for starters  approx 1600 For Stat declaration

allow 2000 Baht for application 

cost of trip to Consulate around 3,00 Baht

of course one can catch Various buses and so on.

I will be 80 by the time my next so long hours on a bus, Baht bus or Tuk Tuk in Bangkok, are not a viable option for me, 

then cost of trip to Immigration  office as well

 two days spent on  travel 1 day to Consulate plus basically one day at I/O  

Pretty close to my Estimate at least that is the amount I have budgeted for this year,

No doubt I am going to be flamed and told I could do it Much cheaper   

 

Well, 8000 in one year is still peanuts. I'm sure some  members are spending this amount in one night at their favourite barstool (barfine included).