Thai Senior Immigration Officer Vows to Purge the Country of All Overstayers Within Three Months

[sjbrownderby]

4 hours ago, flyingtlger said:

How are they going to account for people that have sneaked in through the porous boarders or came by boats?

They would not be overstayers. 

[ThailandRyan]

39 minutes ago, sirineou said:

Those are not overstayers they are illegals. 

So are overstayers.  They have now become staying illegally once there documents expired.  No difference. Fines and deportation are the same.

[ThailandRyan]

1 minute ago, sjbrownderby said:

They would not be overstayers. 

Illegal is illegal, and yes some of those that snuck through the border, were given an amnesty and issued a pink card and work permit would be overstayers if they went past the time allotted......no difference to any of the people not here legally, either by expired Visa, expired extensions of stay, expired work authorization, or those without documentation or even Stateless people.  In another OP running the Thai government is willing to let the children of illegals who have no ID themselves attend school in Chiang Rai.  Seems that not all are on the same page as this Immigration head.

[actonion]

2 hours ago, parafareno said:

before they were praying for russkies...now they want to purge them back to Putins land...nuttin wrong with that but on the other hand....

Thai government dont want them now they've run out  of money 

[bigt3116]

1 hour ago, Maejo Man said:

It is also the law to have legal identification on one’s person at all times. 

Sick of hearing this mis-information, you are only legally required to provide your passport within a reasonable time

 

Please stop perpetuating the 100% carry myth

[IamNoone88]

I thought all those immigration "smart cars" were meant to have resolved the problem ....

[ChipButty]

10 minutes ago, cowellandrew said:

How many thai overstayers in the uk,usa & Australia etc

 

the immigration are right on it even in the UK, my daughter owns 4 kebab and pizza take aways she got raided the other week by about 12 immigration officers, everyone was legal but you dont need the grief, 

[actonion]

Make life easier just give all foreigners Ankle Bracelets

[phetphet]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

He added that the immigration bureau would also develop complex investigative strategies to reach this goal of zero by focusing on dismantling networks involved in smuggling foreign individuals into the country.

Wow! Someone must have received a Thesaurus for Christmas.

[worgeordie]

So they are saying all overstayers are criminals , but the smart criminals will

have a visa , so they are OK. 

 

regards Worgeordie

[ujayujay]

Why do these dreamers make promises they can never keep

[jacko45k]

9 minutes ago, phetphet said:

Wow! Someone must have received a Thesaurus for Christmas.

Or the modern method, ChatGP......

[novacova]

2 hours ago, BadSpottedDog said:

Having worked many years in the digital realm, Thailand has decades to go before they catch up. (IF they ever do).
There are advantages to them being so far behind. 

Yeah right, by what measure? Immigration has all the information in they’re database, easily accessible on the fly by any IO in the field, not to mention the face recognition capabilities of their vehicles, what stoneage western country has implemented that? Not many. Banking systems light years ahead of many western countries including the US. It’s remarkable the number of individuals here that just lay and wait for a hasty put-down without rational.

Edited July 8, 2023 by novacova

[Pink Mist]

Again folks

 

The OP is:

 

Thai Senior Immigration Officer Vows to Purge the Country of All Overstayers Within Three Months

[fondue zoo]

4 minutes ago, novacova said:

Yeah right, by what measure? Immigration has all the information in they’re database, easily accessible on the fly by any IO in the field, not to mention the face recognition capabilities of their vehicles, what stoneage western country has implemented that? Banking systems light years ahead of many western countries including the US. It’s remarkable the number of individuals here that just lay and wait for a hasty put-down without rational.

 yeah, but who holds the laptop when they're sitting three deep on the family official immigration scooter.

 

 

[khunjeff]

33 minutes ago, IamNoone88 said:

I thought all those immigration "smart cars" were meant to have resolved the problem ....

Clearly the solution to the overstay problem is MORE BMWs! ????

[tomazbodner]

It is actually not so hard to get rid of overstayers. There are many countries that don't have such a problem.

 

Discourage overstay by adding jail time for every day of overstay and increase fines by 100 or 1000 times. Utilize the immigration system, financed from the fines, to find everyone who hasn't left the country or extended stay by the date they were permitted to stay. Set up facial recognition from that million+ CCTV cameras around the country and actively search for those faces. Give 3 months grace period of no fines and help pay for outbound flights for anyone who wants to, but can't afford to leave and is on a long overstay. Advertise it so everyone is aware of this and have opportunity to pack up and leave.

 

But then, getting country in order and making it very unattractive for anyone wanting to overstay would also make the folks who profit from those people lose a large chunk of income, and they are in quite influential positions. So although doable, it'll never happen.

[sirineou]

1 hour ago, ThailandRyan said:

So are overstayers.  They have now become staying illegally once there documents expired.  No difference. Fines and deportation are the same.

By illegal" I was referring to illegal aliens. and not of the extraterrestrial kind ????

 I was responding to "How are they going to account for people that have sneaked in through the porous boarders or came by boats? "

If they have "sneaked in' the are illegal , have no papers to expire, and as such they are illegals rather than overstayers , In order that you be an "overstayer" one has to be a stayer first. 

Of course all overstayers are illegal, but not all illegals are overstayers. 

Edited July 8, 2023 by sirineou

[ChipButty]

They could post a list of overstayers they must have them details or even how many farang are on overstay, but they never have, so do they know or not? 

Im sure they could make a list of each province how many farangs, 

 

I dont think it's that many, 

[Almer]

1 hour ago, jippytum said:

Is that the same guy who coudn't find any sex workers in Pattaya?? 

You can not find what isn't there!!! 

[mikebell]

Having just mastered the on-line 90 day reporting; can anyone justify the requirement to take my up-dated 800K bankbook for a personal visit after getting my annual extension? 

[Almer]

Even more of a. Labour shortage coming soon

[Almer]

I hope they publish the results

[ChipButty]

2 minutes ago, Almer said:

I hope they publish the results

FAILED 

[sandyf]

6 hours ago, flyingtlger said:

LOL, Good luck with that.

How are they going to account for people that have sneaked in through the porous boarders or came by boats?

The title says "Overstayers" not "Illegals.

By definition, only those with a permission to stay, can overstay.

[blackshadow]

ohhh yeah and i am going to win the next lottery !!!!

[Paul Henry]

The one thing the wizz kid didn't consider is an amnesty. Many other countries use this with effect.

If you get caught now you will face a massive fine, an incentive to go on keeping low. An amnesty would waive any penalties and would probably see a lot of overstayers wanting to leave the country

[Almer]

29 minutes ago, ChipButty said:

FAILED 

Never, that is not a word used by Thai's

[ChipButty]

18 minutes ago, Paul Henry said:

The one thing the wizz kid didn't consider is an amnesty. Many other countries use this with effect.

If you get caught now you will face a massive fine, an incentive to go on keeping low. An amnesty would waive any penalties and would probably see a lot of overstayers wanting to leave the country

They did do in the past a few years back I knew two guys who I never thought would be on O/S handed themselves in, never seen them since

[mikeymike100]

6 hours ago, flyingtlger said:

LOL, Good luck with that.

How are they going to account for people that have sneaked in through the porous boarders or came by boats?

Technically I suppose they would not be over-stayers?