Finnish Man Arrested for 10-Year Overstay in Thailand

[Felton Jarvis]

On 12/7/2024 at 10:00 AM, FritsSikkink said:

He is an illegal, doesn't matter if he spends money. Works like this in any country.

NO....it doesn't.

[bbi1]

On 12/7/2024 at 5:24 AM, thaibreaker said:

That's not how it works. You will be arrested, and put in a horrific prison at IDC in Bangkok, and you will be held there until you can pay for your own ticket to your home country, or get some friends or family members to do it for you.

Some overstayers have stayed in this prison for years. Trust me, that is something you'll never forget, and do not want to experience.

Trust you - are you talking about this from 1st hand experience yourself?

[Liverpool Lou]

On 12/5/2024 at 1:48 PM, Jerry777 said:

Pay a small fine and the force some airline to fly you back to where you are from.

In reality, pay a substantial fine and remain in IDC until he pays for his flight home, no airline is forced, or under any obligation, to take him home free of charge. 

[Liverpool Lou]

On 12/7/2024 at 8:35 AM, john donson said:

how did he finance his 10 year stay? banks copy your passport these days...

My guess would be a dodgy job that paid cash.

[thaibreaker]

7 hours ago, bbi1 said:

Trust you - are you talking about this from 1st hand experience yourself?

Yes. Locked up at IDC for 13 days around 15 years ago.. Not much has changed there since then, I hear. Not a place anyone wants to spend one day..

[Harsh Jones]

On 12/4/2024 at 11:18 PM, G_Money said:

One look at him and I can accurately guess how he earned money in Thailand during his 10 years of overstaying.

What are you insinuating ?

 

Tough crowd. If you're a fat slob you get insulted. And if you're a skinny prick, you get insulted too. 

[Harsh Jones]

On 12/5/2024 at 7:07 PM, mikeymike100 said:

"The man's long-standing evasion of immigration laws ended when officers verified his overstayed status through the Immigration Bureau's database. He was promptly apprehended and now confronts legal proceedings that will culminate in his deportation back to Finland"

 

OK so they got him, eventually, but it took 10 years? Why did it take that long?

Surely with all the safeguards immigration have in place, like 90 day reporting, TM30 etc, they should have apprehended him a long time ago? Or am I missing something?....😆

Why would it be so easy to find some skint loser rotting away in a place like CM ? 

[balo]

Back to Finland, then jump on another plane to Cambodia and continue his overstay, rinse and repeat. 

Or maybe change his name legally and get a new passport.  

[bradiston]

1 hour ago, balo said:

Back to Finland, then jump on another plane to Cambodia and continue his overstay, rinse and repeat. 

Or maybe change his name legally and get a new passport.  

And new fingers and new face.

[MisterTee]

33 minutes ago, bradiston said:

And new fingers and new face.

That's true nowadays.

The post you replied to was true of the good old/bad old days.

I don't think I'm alone in missing them.

[balo]

On 12/19/2024 at 8:18 PM, bradiston said:

And new fingers and new face.

 

A new face can be fixed, but finger prints would be a tricky one....

[bradiston]

3 hours ago, balo said:

 

A new face can be fixed, but finger prints would be a tricky one....

Do you think stick on prints would be a winner on FB? Asking for a dodgy mate.

[Deserted]

If I overstayed for 100 years, would they let me off? Someone told me the rules only apply to those who have overstayed for less than 100 years. I heard the all time record for longest overstay is 145 years! 😄Tough to beat.

[Mark1066]

On 12/6/2024 at 9:53 AM, Gecko123 said:

 

That's another reason why I'm not a big fan of the marriage visa if other options, i.e., a retirement visa, are available. The marriage visa, besides oftentimes subjecting people to intrusive interviews and home visits, requires your spouse's attendance at visa renewals, and by necessity, requires her to become intimately familiar with immigration rules and procedures. It is far preferable to keep immigration matters close to one's chest, and to manage this as independently as possible, which is yet another good reason for people to learn as much Thai as possible.

 

I'm sure someone will be alone shortly to tell me how sad it is that one cannot trust one's spouse, but the truth is that that may sound hunky dory when things are going smoothly, but when marriages crash in Thailand, it seems to happen suddenly and unexpectedly (like a hang gliding accident) and having someone know you have irregularities with your visa is not something you would want your spouse to know heading into a divorce.

 

Plus, Thai women love intrigue, and at the risk of sounding sexist, they also love gossip, and foreigners, because they're often perceived as outsiders who can be gossiped about with impunity, are juicy gossip topics. Visa irregularities is up there with "I'm wanted in my home country for armed robbery and killing a cop" on the list of secrets you want to keep to yourself if at all possible.

Only on sly geezer could a thread about a foreign man being on a 10-year overstay turn into an attack on the character of every woman in Thailand. You really are pathetic. There's no indication that he even lives with a woman in that article and in my experience, it is nearly always another foreigner acting as the snitch.

[Mark1066]

On 12/6/2024 at 5:00 PM, Briggsy said:

One would assume he had a friend to sort things out for him, accommodation, banking, transfer of funds, travel.

 

That really is quite a level of resourcefulness to manage over ten years of overstay.

Maybe he already had a bank account. They don't check whether you are on an overstay so I don't see why he would need help in that respect, or with the transfer of funds.

[Gecko123]

14 hours ago, Mark1066 said:

Only on sly geezer could a thread about a foreign man being on a 10-year overstay turn into an attack on the character of every woman in Thailand. You really are pathetic. There's no indication that he even lives with a woman in that article and in my experience, it is nearly always another foreigner acting as the snitch.

 

It wasn't an "attack on the character of every woman in Thailand." It was a reminder that in the event of divorce or turbulence in a relationship, knowledge of a visa irregularity can be used as a tool for gaining leverage, blackmail, or simply exacting revenge. It may be your experience that it "is nearly always another foreigner acting as the snitch" but I can assure you there have been plenty of cases where Thais, including estranged spouses, have reported foreigners for overstaying their visa. Also, did you see my earlier post on page one of the thread? I think this might shed some light on where I was coming from. I'm simply advocating extreme secrecy when it comes to revealing visa irregularities to others.