Phuket’s Crime-Free Project Nabs Over 1,000 Foreigners for Visa Overstay

[ChipButty]

22 minutes ago, bradiston said:

A list of names? Passport numbers? Where does that list come from?

Cant say on here, but ti's where the sun dont shine

[watchcat]

4 hours ago, kwaussie said:

I wonder if any of those that passed away died with a smile on there face.

You mean like 'happy ending'?

[Muhendis]

23 minutes ago, bradiston said:

Agreed, but what's it a database of? If it's an immigration database, somebody has taken the trouble to input details of a subjects death. Where did they get those details from? Medical records? And what point do you start from to retrieve these records? A list of names? Passport numbers? Where does that list come from?

When a foriegn visitor dies medical authorities report it to police who inform the embassy and immigration.

That's what should happen so in this case immigration must have neglected to update their computer.  

[bradiston]

4 minutes ago, ChipButty said:

Cant say on here, but ti's where the sun dont shine

That's as may be, but it's turned up this odd collection of records.

[Skeptic7]

18 hours ago, webfact said:

Legal action is being taken against only nine overstayers, according to Thanet Sukchai.

So 985+ were either harrarassed unnecessarily or post-mortem. 

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[bradiston]

34 minutes ago, Muhendis said:

When a foriegn visitor dies medical authorities report it to police who inform the embassy and immigration.

That's what should happen so in this case immigration must have neglected to update their computer.  

Well no, their database is up to date, they just didn't exclude the deceased from their query, and those who had already left.

 

I can't imagine they were querying a national database. The returned data sets are miniscule. So I guess this was run as a test at a single IO office, but probably a large one.

 

So what should have been the query on the database to find overstayers? "List all known foreigners currently in Thailand that haven't renewed or extended their visas in the last 12 months up to or beyond today's date, excluding the deceased and those who have left"? That would retrieve those whose renewal applications were "in process", plus the untraceable ones - well, immigration must still hold visa data on them, even if they don't know where they are - plus the actual overstayers.

 

[sambum]

On 6/1/2023 at 1:55 PM, sambum said:

Unfortunately, there are some situations in Thailand where criticism is not allowed  - and I'm not just talking about "Lese Majeste"!!!

To "Confused" - read the post above and THINK about it!