Indians top the overstay charts, Cambodian takes longest overstay "honors" in latest crackdown

 

 

Details have emerged of new immigration chief Maj Gen Surachate Hakparn's drive to achieve his stated aim: 7,000 foreigners out by the end of the month.

 

The latest "X-Ray Outlaw Foreigner" push targeted 265 places and netted 700 illegal foreigners.

 

Here is the league table of nationalities who overstayed published in the Immigration Bureau's website:

 

India                31

Myanmar         23

Cambodia       20

Laos                17

French              4

Germany          2

Russia              2

Cameroon        2

America           2  

 

There were one each from eleven other countries namely the UK, China, Sweden, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Ireland, Czech Republic, Philippines, South Africa, Vietnam and the Netherlands. 

 

Here are the top five over stayers:

 

Mrs Ra Yeun                      Cambodia     1969 days    had been living in Naratiwas

 

Patrick Ndang Phuh      Cameroon          1865             Surat Thani

 

Mohammed Masood Ali     India               1785            Undon Thani

 

Franciscus Jan Ijzerman    Netherlands   1562            Chaiyaphum

 

Alexandr Beloglazor          Russia             1104            Phuket

 

In illegal entry Myanmar beat all comers with a 103 tally while in offences deemed as "others" Thais hit pay dirt with 210. 

 

The IB website did not say what "others" actually meant. 

 

They also said that 104 over stayers were arrested. The numbers added up to 114, notes Thaivisa's maths department. 

 

Source: Thai Immigration

 

 

-- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2018-10-19

Sure would like to know the number of Thai "overstayers" in other countries.  

Edited October 19, 20187 yr by Longcut

7 minutes ago, Longcut said:

Sure would like to know the number of Thai "overstayers" in other countries.  

Why, irrelevant to Thailand. 

Hmm, the French and Germans have beaten us 

 

Disgruntled Brit

I'm waiting for a netizens outcry about all the business they are losing with the roundup of all these foreigners!

A guy from Cameroon staying 5 years in Surat Thani is pretty impressive as he would not be able to easily blend in within the community, especially if he were making a living in Thailand. 

42 minutes ago, webfact said:

chief Maj Gen Surachate Hakparn's drive to achieve his stated aim: 7,000 foreigners out by the end of the month

Doesn't that just say it all. 

Shame Thailand cant sort out the 25,000 it tolerates every year dying on the roads.

What a nonsense it all is.

One more Photo op, Yawn !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

Edited October 19, 20187 yr by stanleycoin

24 minutes ago, canopus1969 said:

Hmm, the French and Germans have beaten us 

 

Disgruntled Brit

Only because Big Joke hasn't raided any British or Irish pubs.  ????

52 minutes ago, Longcut said:

Sure would like to know the number of Thai "overstayers" in other countries.  

Yes most get educated to western life and ways and never want to come back and I don't blame them.

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44 minutes ago, canopus1969 said:

Hmm, the French and Germans have beaten us 

 

Disgruntled Brit

Well, once in a (long) while...

51 minutes ago, Artisi said:

Why, irrelevant to Thailand. 

Because I am curious. Irrelevant to you maybe.

1 hour ago, Longcut said:

Sure would like to know the number of Thai "overstayers" in other countries.  

Yup, just imagine tens of thousands of Thais returning from Japan, South Korea, Singapore and Taiwan all at once, joined by tens of thousands more from the U.S., Canada and the European Union and supplemented by further thousands from the Middle East. The Thai government would of course immediately complain how unfair it all is.

 

Now having said that, I fully understand that Thailand doesn't want foreigners living here illegally, sometimes for years and years. It's the country's good right to enforce its visa rules and every foreigner better make sure they do so in line with immigration laws. But then again, it goes both ways; and my hunch is there are way more Thais staying abroad illegally than there are foreigners living in Thailand without appropriate visas.

Edited October 19, 20187 yr by Misterwhisper

52 minutes ago, AlexRich said:

A guy from Cameroon staying 5 years in Surat Thani is pretty impressive as he would not be able to easily blend in within the community, especially if he were making a living in Thailand. 

 

 

Interesting - I would have thought there to be far more Western overstayers. 1-2 per country isn't bad at all. No Chinese ? Must be a few who, in search for an airport, mistakedly barked their way to the wrong province.

Yes ! Round them up! Give RTP tip offs if you know anything


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1 hour ago, PatOngo said:

I'm waiting for a netizens outcry about all the business they are losing with the roundup of all these foreigners!

Or they are happy because some of their business competitors are no longer competing 

47 minutes ago, PoorSucker said:

 

 

It's also not easy to blend in if you walk around holding a sheet of paper in front of your face.

1 minute ago, Syduan said:

It's also not easy to blend in if you walk around holding a sheet of paper in front of your face.

It's no different to the usual 'blank' expressions from some of them.

 

Each random statistic is a number plucked from a monkeys' bottom.

 

1 hour ago, PoorSucker said:

 

Well,  I always thought those skin whitening creams were a load of BS.

how wrong you can be sometimes. 

Edited October 19, 20187 yr by stanleycoin

10 minutes ago, Pattaya28 said:

Each random statistic is a number plucked from a monkeys' bottom.

Which begs the question: How and why were the numbers up a monkey's bottom in the first place?

 

once an italian guy in a pattaya bar was bragging about 14 years

2 hours ago, Syduan said:

It's also not easy to blend in if you walk around holding a sheet of paper in front of your face.

That's so they won't be recognised as foreigner's... 

They need to put up TV screens around crowded areas with live updates on foreign overstayers. They can have the overstayers’ nationality table in the bottom right corner of the screens with real-time updates. Also, lots of rerun clips of BJ in military-looking attire banging his fist on his podium threatening illegal foreigners. 

 

 

4 hours ago, AlexRich said:

A guy from Cameroon staying 5 years in Surat Thani is pretty impressive as he would not be able to easily blend in within the community, especially if he were making a living in Thailand. 

He only went out at night!

3 hours ago, Misterwhisper said:

Yup, just imagine tens of thousands of Thais returning from Japan, South Korea, Singapore and Taiwan all at once, joined by tens of thousands more from the U.S., Canada and the European Union and supplemented by further thousands from the Middle East. The Thai government would of course immediately complain how unfair it all is.

 

Now having said that, I fully understand that Thailand doesn't want foreigners living here illegally, sometimes for years and years. It's the country's good right to enforce its visa rules and every foreigner better make sure they do so in line with immigration laws. But then again, it goes both ways; and my hunch is there are way more Thais staying abroad illegally than there are foreigners living in Thailand without appropriate visas.

Thais are notorious for working illegally on tourist visas in places like US. It's almost a guarantee that if you meet a Thai working in abroad in restaurants, massage, labor, agriculture, they are illegal. I REALLY wish other countries would publish some numbers to embarrass these arrogant officials. Publish all their names, too! 

4 hours ago, canopus1969 said:

Hmm, the French and Germans have beaten us 

 

Disgruntled Brit

Of course they haven't.  Our over-stayers are just smarter to avoid being caught.

Ok ... do the job against people who do not respect the law. That's fine.

 

But how about making things more easy on visa issues and extension of stay issues  for the quality expats/retirees living in Thailand, who wish to do things as per the law ?

 

Why make life so difficult in some areas for the foreigners (meeting the requirements of stay)  wanting to extend their sojourn with excessive formalities, red tape or disgraceful queues lasting hours,  etc ?

 

What's the point ? In that case why not just plainly close the borders and make it clear that only a certan quota of foreigners will be allowed, if you dislike that much the farangs and retirees legally wanting to stay  ?

Edited October 19, 20187 yr by observer90210

4 minutes ago, observer90210 said:

Ok ... do the job against people who do not respect the law. That's fine.

 

But how about making things more easy on visa issues and extension of stay issues  for the quality expats/retirees living in Thailand, who wish to do things as per the law ?

 

Why make life so difficult in some areas for the foreigners (meeting the requirements of stay)  wanting to extend their sojourn with excessive formalities, red tape or disgraceful queues lasting hours,  etc ?

 

What's the point ? In that case why not just plainly close the borders and make it clear that only a certan quota of foreigners will be allowed, if you dislike that much the farangs and retirees legally wanting to stay  ?

Because they are preparing for the next slogan; Rich people in; Poor people out.