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Thai media report "Irishman" on 4,000 day overstay - GoFundMe started to help him


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14 minutes ago, ChipButty said:

Im guessing the kids are half thai just hope he got British birth certificates as they would need them to apply for a passport

Not sure if there is now a time/age limit on registering them as a descendant of a British Citizen (if as reported he is Irish) but if as reported he has been in Thailand for 11 years they are most probably going to be aged under 10.

And again if he is Irish then what is the Irish law on this?

Posted
3 hours ago, BobBKK said:

"treated very well by the Thai authorities"  yet they put a pig's head on him?  The Irish will love that!

That would not go down well if he were a Muslim... 

Posted
3 hours ago, soalbundy said:

He was expecting it and lived in trepidation.

Is trepidation anywhere near Nakhon Nowhere or is it closer to Sakhon Somewhere Else?

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3 hours ago, ChipButty said:

1000 pounds not going to get him very far

The only expense he will have, is the 20,000 Baht fine for overstay, before being deported.

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Posted
2 minutes ago, FarFlungFalang said:

You don't think that his wife and family would have got rid of him if he was not a benefit?

Nether thought how the authorities knew where to pick him up?

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Posted
4 minutes ago, Basil B said:

Nether thought how the authorities knew where to pick him up?

Sure,but after all the other years of not being beneficial?I know Thais can be a bit slow but that theory just doesn't seem very plausible. 

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1 minute ago, FarFlungFalang said:

Sure,but after all the other years of not being beneficial?I know Thais can be a bit slow but that theory just doesn't seem very plausible. 

said his parents died last year... Gravy train derailed?

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The 'Irish' reference may have simply come from someone misunderstanding what is noted on his UK passport.

 

The UK passport notes 'United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland'. Have seen a few cases in the past where this has been picked up as the person being from Northern Ireland or, possibly in this case, being considered as Irish. A copy of his passport will probably surface at some point - as usually happens.

 

 

Posted
7 minutes ago, RobboR said:

Comparing Thais overstaying in UK is like talking about apples and unicorns.

I used to love those Granny Smiths unicorns - always very crunchy.

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Posted
1 minute ago, cornishcarlos said:

 

They would probably be claiming benefits..

Soon be found then, there are a number who have applied for asylum and a number who are appealing their deportation who would be getting benefits but those who are off the radar won't get anything. 

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Posted
4 hours ago, BobBKK said:

"treated very well by the Thai authorities"  yet they put a pig's head on him?  The Irish will love that!

Naew Na probably obscured his face, not the authorities, but, even so, why should it be considered to be any reflection on 'the Irish' any more than an eleven year overstay?

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3 hours ago, colinneil said:

The OP says he is Irish, yet it also states he is from Somerset, which cannot be correct.

Why can that not be correct, can Irish people not live in Somerset, then?

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1 hour ago, Xonax said:

The only expense he will have, is the 20,000 Baht fine for overstay, before being deported.

Are flights out of the country and new passports free now?  

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