Overstay

[Mika78]

How does immigration find someone overstayed if they live somewhere without immigration knowing?

[KannikaP]

Glad to see you survived since Thursday.

They will find you overstayed as soon as you try to leave the country.

Or if you get involved with the Police for any reason.

[Crossy]

^^^ or if you get dobbed-in by an upset neighbour.

 

[Mika78]

1 minute ago, KannikaP said:

Glad to see you survived since Thursday.

 

Means? You think its me the subject of the topic?

[KannikaP]

1 minute ago, Mika78 said:

Means? You think its me the subject of the topic?

Well you started it, so I assumed you were asking for yourself. 

If not, why did you not say.

[Pitak Chirachat]

They look on the internet for posts like this. Then they track you down with your footprint that you leave on the web. 

[Lacessit]

There are people on record who have overstayed for years. I guess Immigration catches up when there is a brush with another arm of government, or a disgruntled neighbour dobs them in.

Edited October 23, 2023 by Lacessit

[Caldera]

28 minutes ago, Mika78 said:

How does immigration find someone overstayed if they live somewhere without immigration knowing?

Either by chance, or not at all until the overstayer chooses to leave.

 

In either case, it could be a matter of days or a matter of years, no guarantees though.

[brianthainess]

The new Thai satellite 

[brianthainess]

39 minutes ago, Mika78 said:

How does immigration find someone overstayed if they live somewhere without immigration knowing?

We phone them , I notice you don't put your location. 

[stupidfarang]

It is amazing with expats reporting every 90 days and the ton of paper work they do, yet am not sure if they check their records to see who has not reported, you would think in this modern day of IT software their system would ping a flag to say xyz has not reported and they would go check on them. There was a report in the news about three months ago about a man they caught who had over stayed by 15 years!!

[ChipButty]

They have smart cars these days 

[StayinThailand2much]

33 minutes ago, Crossy said:

^^^ or if you get dobbed-in by an upset neighbour.

Yes, there have been clampdowns recently, or how did they find the tourists who, say, overstayed for a week?

[ChipButty]

1 minute ago, stupidfarang said:

 about a man they caught who had over stayed by 15 years!!

Thats a bit light weight only 15 years 

[ChipButty]

2 minutes ago, StayinThailand2much said:

Yes, there have been clampdowns recently, or how did they find the tourists who, say, overstayed for a week?

if you are referring to the ones in Phuket the tourist were at the airport when they got arrested, 

[Captain Monday]

The PFM installed in BMW "smart cars".

[shackleton]

A concerned citizen snitching  on them worried about them ruining the image of Thailand 😱 🇹🇭 

[Highlandman]

1 hour ago, Caldera said:

Either by chance, or not at all until the overstayer chooses to leave.

 

In either case, it could be a matter of days or a matter of years, no guarantees though.

Phuket actively checks their lists and finds overstayers who've spent even one day too long in the country.

 

Elsewhere, it really depends. Never a good idea to overstay and they're getting stricter.

[Highlandman]

51 minutes ago, ChipButty said:

if you are referring to the ones in Phuket the tourist were at the airport when they got arrested, 

Nope. If the tourist made it to the airport to depart the country, they'd be fined and let on their way.

 

There was a case in Phuket where someone was arrested at 9pm at their home, 3 hours BEFORE they were technically on overstay.

[freeworld]

1st, they apparently have a special car roaming about to track and find over stayers.

 

2nd, they have a lot of questioning investigative spies around who can report one.

Edited October 23, 2023 by freeworld

[stupidfarang]

1 hour ago, ChipButty said:

They have smart cars these days 

and the occupants?

[ChipButty]

Just now, stupidfarang said:

and the occupants?

Not so smart 

[CanadaSam]

2 hours ago, ChipButty said:

They have smart cars these days 

The car is only as smart as the operator/driver, so best to scrap them now.

[StayinThailand2much]

2 hours ago, Highlandman said:

Elsewhere, it really depends. Never a good idea to overstay and they're getting stricter.

Overstaying is never a good idea. Even if I travel somewhere where I get "3 months" visa-free entry, and no-one really can tell me how many days that is, I make sure that I leave on or before day 90, if I plan to travel there again.

[StayinThailand2much]

1 hour ago, freeworld said:

2nd, they have a lot of questioning investigative spies around who can report one.

Landlords and hotels check, and so do some banks, I'm sure. I was once even asked by a bank clerk in Pattaya whether I 'worked in Thailand'... I couldn't see any reason why she would ask me that, unless she was "spying" for the authorities.

[brianthainess]

3 minutes ago, StayinThailand2much said:

and so do some banks, I'm sure.

yes they do, had a friend wanted to open a BKB account on overstay as he needed to use an agent and had very little money, they noticed immediately,  Off he went back to his home country the next day, before they caught up with him. 

[Denim]

Well, after they make a post on AN , the Thai immigration officer assigned to reading such threads finds out the ISP of the poster and ....bingo.....arrested shortly thereafter.

[Highlandman]

37 minutes ago, StayinThailand2much said:

Overstaying is never a good idea. Even if I travel somewhere where I get "3 months" visa-free entry, and no-one really can tell me how many days that is, I make sure that I leave on or before day 90, if I plan to travel there again.

Ditto.

 

There are countries such as Malaysia,  that rather than put a "last day to stay, get out before midnight on this date stamp" they just write "90 days from this date".

 

To avoid ambiguity, I'd assume the date of arrival is day 1, as Thailand does, rather than day 0. I'd then spend 89 days maximum (even based on the date of arrival being day 1) just to have a buffer and no one being able to accuse me of trying to overstay.

 

It's better to leave at least a day or two before the last day, in case of flight delays/cancelations and/or transportation difficulties or reaching a land border crossing too late (if you travel by land) that sort of thing.

Edited October 23, 2023 by Highlandman

[Highlandman]

34 minutes ago, StayinThailand2much said:

Landlords and hotels check, and so do some banks, I'm sure. I was once even asked by a bank clerk in Pattaya whether I 'worked in Thailand'... I couldn't see any reason why she would ask me that, unless she was "spying" for the authorities.

 

I doubt she was spying for the authorities but sometimes, people are just curious or they ask for a work permit to activate internet banking that sort of thing.

[Will B Good]

They keep checking on here to see who might be an overstayer and track you down...555