Immigration Crackdown: Indonesian man arrested for 1,087-day overstay

[webfact]

Picture: Siam Rath

 

On May 5, 2023, Immigration 6 Commander Maj. Gen. Praphansak Prasarnsuk ordered the arrest of Mr. Rizki, a 37-year-old Indonesian national found to have overstayed his Thai visa by 1,087 days.

 

Mr. Rizki's passport showed that he last entered Thailand on December 16, 2019, via the Tak Bai Immigration Checkpoint in Narathiwat Province, reported Siam Rath.

 

His nonimmigrant (NON-O) visa permitted him to stay in the country until March 14, 2020. On March 11, 2020, Mr. Rizki and his wife applied for an extension to visit his Thai spouse and child, receiving permission to remain until May 13, 2020.

 

However, Mr. Rizki did not obtain any additional extensions, leading to a visa overstay of 1,087 days.

 

 

Picture: Siam Rath

 

Pattani Immigration authorities carried out an extensive verification process and, using biometric data, confirmed Mr. Rizki's unauthorized stay in Thailand.

 

He was arrested on charges of overstaying his visa by 1,087 days. Mr. Rizki confessed to hiding in the country, as he did not wish to return to Indonesia after his visa expired.

 

Pattani Immigration officers apprehended him in the Piyamumang Subdistrict, Yaring District, Pattani Province.

 

This arrest is part of a wider crackdown on immigration violations in the Pattani region, taking place ahead of upcoming elections.

 

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[PETERTHEEATER]

9 hours ago, webfact said:

, .........Mr. Rizki and his wife applied for an extension to visit his Thai spouse and child.........

Will he also be charged with bigamy?

[hotchilli]

9 minutes ago, PETERTHEEATER said:

Will he also be charged with bigamy?

yeah, that statement confused me a little too.

[shackleton]

You would think  Immigration should be able to track people once they are logged into the system a lot better ???? 

Would have thought with today's technology the system should red flag people once their visa date is up ????

[brucegoniners]

1087 days? Amazing.

 

I've never understood people who can't just adhere to the very simple laws here.

 

If you don't have a long stay visa then do visa runs.

 

If you can't do that then maybe you shouldn't be here.

[StayinThailand2much]

How about his wife? Did she return to Indonesia?

[StayinThailand2much]

18 minutes ago, brucegoniners said:

If you don't have a long stay visa then do visa runs.

A large part of his overstay was during the pandemic. But of course he could have gotten Covid extensions like many did...

[Stocky]

20 hours ago, hotchilli said:

yeah, that statement confused me a little too.

I think they mean he applied for a 1 year extension based on marriage accompanied by his Thai wife. He's probably not bothered subsequently because as a Bahasa speaking Muslim he would blend in pretty well in the local community, and I doubt immigration give Narathiwat a high priority; not going to risk the Sa-Mart BMW down there.

[blackshadow]

On 5/6/2023 at 2:50 PM, shackleton said:

You would think  Immigration should be able to track people once they are logged into the system a lot better ???? 

Would have thought with today's technology the system should red flag people once their visa date is up ????

T I T!!!!