Phuket Immigration announces results of their recent overstay crackdown

[webfact]

 

By Goongnang Suksawat

 

Phuket – Phuket Immigration recently launched what they called the ‘White Accommodation for Foreigners’ project targeting for ‘Phuket to be Crime Free’. The project mainly focuses on foreigners being properly registered at their accomodation and not on overstay.

The Phuket Immigration Chief Colonel Tanet Sukchai told the Phuket Express. “We are aiming to control foreigners who are staying and living in Phuket to make sure that they are being registered properly to Immigration for their accomodation and not on overstay.”

 

“For the first half of this month (December 1st to December 15th) in total six foreigners were arrested for overstaying and 117 foreigners were fined for not properly registering their accomodation. Eight accommodation/hotel owners were fined for not reporting foreigners living at their premises.”

 

The Phuket Express has covered some overstay cases below:

 

A 63-year-old American man has been arrested in Phuket for eight days of overstaying. He reportedly did not leave his room and ate only protein capsules while hiding from Thai Immigration.

 

Full story: https://thephuketexpress.com/2022/12/16/phuket-immigration-announces-results-of-their-recent-overstay-crackdown/

 

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[timendres]

51 minutes ago, webfact said:

We are aiming to control foreigners

enough said

Edited December 16, 2022 by timendres

[London Lowf]

Well, I messed up my flight calculations and left Phuket yesterday with one day overstay - sent to desk 1A and got a stamp in my passport (I can't read Thai!) but no fine so they're not being silly about it.

 

[Homburg]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

‘Phuket to be Crime Free’.

A laudable objective and catching a 63-year-old American for a truly despicable eight days of overstaying shows that they are well on their way!  A magnificent achievement guys. Any chance of some branch of law enforcement tackling the local criminals ripping off the law-abiding tourists?  No, thought not.

[jabis]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

 

A 63-year-old American man has been arrested in Phuket for eight days of overstaying. He reportedly did not leave his room and ate only protein capsules while hiding from Thai Immigration.

Named and shamed in the article ???? An 8 day overstay makes me wonder why he could not do a border bounce, now that everything is open

[CANSIAM]

6 found on overstay, outstanding effort.......

[khunjeff]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

‘White Accommodation for Foreigners’ project targeting for ‘Phuket to be Crime Free’.

I have no idea what this word salad is supposed to mean, but the jingoism of asserting a connection between TM-30 violations and "crime" is impressive. 

[arick]

50 minutes ago, London Lowf said:

Well, I messed up my flight calculations and left Phuket yesterday with one day overstay - sent to desk 1A and got a stamp in my passport (I can't read Thai!) but no fine so they're not being silly about it.

 

You messed up your flight cancellation????? 

[arick]

There wasn't even foreigners 18 months ago in Phuket 

[Hellfire]

A 63-year-old American man has been arrested in Phuket for eight days of overstaying. He reportedly did not leave his room and ate only protein capsules while hiding from Thai Immigration.
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This is not a correct information. The man actually ate his feces and drank his urine. This could go on forever if not the high tech system employed by the RTP for detecting a presence of the unwanted foreigners in the country.

 

 

Edited December 16, 2022 by Hellfire

[Bim Smith]

Just six? They didn't look hard enough. More lightly whipped than crackdown. And why would someone on just an 8 day overstay be lying low in a room to hide from immigration. I smell something and it ain't good. 

[Crossy]

24 minutes ago, Bim Smith said:

I smell something and it ain't good. 

 

You mean something akin to the Isle of Wight ferry (steams and comes out of Cowes backwards)?

[Raymonddiaz]

1 hour ago, London Lowf said:

Well, I messed up my flight calculations and left Phuket yesterday with one day overstay - sent to desk 1A and got a stamp in my passport (I can't read Thai!) but no fine so they're not being silly about it.

 

The immigration doesn't usually make you pay 1 day overstay. They waive it.

[bkkcanuck8]

2 hours ago, London Lowf said:

Well, I messed up my flight calculations and left Phuket yesterday with one day overstay - sent to desk 1A and got a stamp in my passport (I can't read Thai!) but no fine so they're not being silly about it.

 

That is the normal process, they exclude one day overstays -- but two days you would have had to pay a fine.  The reason why they do this I believe is because people very often make the mistake of their calculation not realizing both the arrival and departure days are part of the 30 days (i.e. they start counting at 1 as of tomorrow from date of arrival rather than the day of arrival).

[verticalift]

I’d kinda like to see the Excited States of America’s Immigration and Border Patrol take the same stand.

Can you imagine if Thailand were as complacent and irresponsible as the Excited States…..

[digger70]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

White Accommodation for Foreigners’ project targeting for ‘Phuket to be Crime Free’. The project mainly focuses on foreigners being properly registered at their accomodation and not on overstay.

Phuket will never be crime free  there are more native criminals then Foreign criminals.

[Archie Baker]

3 hours ago, timendres said:

enough said

Makes you proud of the dedication and hard work of the RTP. 

[edogthong]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

"We are aiming to control foreigners who are staying and living in Phuket" 

Oh, how lovely! This makes me really want to come and spend my money in Thailand. 

 

4 hours ago, webfact said:

‘White Accommodation for Foreigners’ project targeting for ‘Phuket to be Crime Free’.

Nice, insinuating that foreigners are responsible for all crime. The xenophobia is just dripping off the text in the entire article. Nothing new here. We're looked down upon as vermin with cash by Immigration. 

 

So what's the master plan? Get rid of the tourists that are there now and scare potential tourists into choosing another destination for their holiday? I guess there'll be no crime then... 

[it is what it is]

 

while the authorities are well within their rights to track down and prosecute over stayers, they are breaking the law after all so can't complain (it's not difficult to be legal here, the vast majority seem to be able to manage it), they do seem to be going for the low hanging fruit.

[klauskunkel]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

“We are aiming to control foreigners who are staying and living in Phuket to make sure that they are being registered properly to Immigration for their accommodation and not on overstay.”

We are aiming to deflect from our own corruption which was dragged into the spotlight by Chuwit.

[Denim]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

He reportedly did not leave his room and ate only protein capsules while hiding from Thai Immigration.

Ah.....that would be Major Tom 

[ChrisY1]

Can you overstay if on an "under the table" visa....or do you have to pay a bit more next year?

[Tropposurfer]

2 hours ago, arick said:

There wasn't even foreigners 18 months ago in Phuket 

Too blo@dy right, rare as hens teeth back then lol ????

[Muhendis]

2 hours ago, Crossy said:

 

You mean something akin to the Isle of Wight ferry (steams and comes out of Cowes backwards)?

That's an old one ????

[RichardColeman]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

A 63-year-old American man has been arrested in Phuket for eight days of overstaying.

Imagine getting the leg irons or ball and chain for 8 days - lunacy immigration policy - at least make it a month - think I've been that long on an overstay waiting for the same bureau to process my retirement extension  !

 

 

[4MyEgo]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

Phuket Immigration recently launched what they called the ‘White Accommodation for Foreigners’ project targeting for ‘Phuket to be Crime Free’.

So foreigners on overstay are criminals, hmmm, what do we call the high % of immigration officers taking cash in lieu of those foreigners applying for their extensions not having the correct amount of money in the bank for their extension, (no have), my pen rye 20,000 baht ok, and of course the cops turning a blind eye to traffic infringements for tea money.

 

Who are the criminals, not Thailand's finest, give me a break, this is nothing but a total deflection from the real criminals, hmmm, wonder who that could be ????

 

 

 

 

Edited December 17, 2022 by 4MyEgo

[StayinThailand2much]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

A 63-year-old American man has been arrested in Phuket for eight days of overstaying. He reportedly did not leave his room and ate only protein capsules while hiding from Thai Immigration.

I feel much safer now. ????

 

Ban this hardened criminal for life!

[hotchilli]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

A 63-year-old American man has been arrested in Phuket for eight days of overstaying. He reportedly did not leave his room and ate only protein capsules while hiding from Thai Immigration

8-days of overstaying and hiding from immigration... rather dubious?

[StayinThailand2much]

1 minute ago, 4MyEgo said:

So foreigners on overstay are criminals (...)

Yes! But only the bl***y foreigners in Thailand, 3 or 4 days on overstay, while the illegal Thai immigrants in South Korea, etc., are affectionately called 'little ghosts' by Thais... ????

               

[4MyEgo]

7 minutes ago, StayinThailand2much said:

Yes! But only the bl***y foreigners in Thailand, 3 or 4 days on overstay, while the illegal Thai immigrants in South Korea, etc., are affectionately called 'little ghosts' by Thais... ????

               

Let's not forget many other countries that they disappear in.