British Man Arrested in Thailand After 25-Year Visa Overstay

[MikeandDow]

  On 2/26/2025 at 10:44 AM, rough diamond said:

He cannot have worked in the UK long enough to get one given his timescale.

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He would have paid NI  therefore entitled to a pension no matter how small

[Patong2021]

  On 2/26/2025 at 10:49 AM, Harrisfan said:

No work 25 years. What money would he have? A rich man would buy a visa.

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Inheritance, trust fund.

[Ralf001]

  On 2/26/2025 at 12:43 PM, newbee2022 said:

In the meantime read section 54 and 55. And the bull<deleted>ter I'm just replying

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post a link.

 

[MikeandDow]

  On 2/26/2025 at 12:35 PM, newbee2022 said:

Immigration will provide a flight

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No they do not !

[rough diamond]

  On 2/26/2025 at 12:44 PM, MikeandDow said:

He would have paid NI  therefore entitled to a pension no matter how small

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At least ten years to get next to nothing!

[MikeandDow]

  On 2/26/2025 at 12:46 PM, rough diamond said:

At least ten years to get next to nothing!

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still a pension

[newbee2022]

  On 2/26/2025 at 12:45 PM, Ralf001 said:

post a link.

 

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Are you too lazy or stupxx to use Google?? 

[Ralf001]

  On 2/26/2025 at 12:48 PM, newbee2022 said:

Are you too lazy or stupxx to use Google?? 

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I do not need to google BS.

Thai immigration do not provide flights home for those on overstay like you claim.

[newbee2022]

  On 2/26/2025 at 12:45 PM, MikeandDow said:

No they do not !

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https://library.siam-legal.com/thai-law/thai-immigration-act-deportation-of-the-aliens-sections-53-56/#:~:text=Section 55,the alien into the Kingdom.

[NorthernRyland]

  On 2/26/2025 at 8:54 AM, Liverpool Lou said:

What?  VE entries do not have a 90-day report requirement!

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oh yes you're right I stand corrected. Maybe it was flagged in their computer for 25 years this guy overstayed his 30 days and simply didn't know where to find him because his passport was never registered doing rentals. Seems unlikely though so I wonder how he got away for so long.

[MikeandDow]

  On 2/26/2025 at 12:48 PM, newbee2022 said:

Are you too lazy or stupxx to use Google?? 

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The court will then issue a court order to deport. Once you have a tentative date of repatriation, you or your representative will have to arrange to get a ticket to leave Thailand and return to your country. You will also need to settle the fee for your transportation to the airport.

[newbee2022]

  On 2/26/2025 at 12:49 PM, Ralf001 said:

I do not need to google BS.

Thai immigration do not provide flights home for those on overstay like you claim.

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So I'm right with lazy and stupxx,

And now stop bickering and stalking❗

[Ralf001]

  On 2/26/2025 at 12:50 PM, NorthernRyland said:

oh yes you're right I stand corrected. Maybe it was flagged in their computer for 25 years this guy overstayed his 30 days and simply didn't know where to find him because his passport was never registered doing rentals. Seems unlikely though so I wonder how he got away for so long.

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The TM30  thing was not enforced until 2020... That be why his passport never registered to rentals.

[MikeandDow]

  On 2/26/2025 at 12:49 PM, newbee2022 said:

https://library.siam-legal.com/thai-law/thai-immigration-act-deportation-of-the-aliens-sections-53-56/#:~:text=Section 55,the alien into the Kingdom.

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so you are wrong immigration do NOT pay for flights

[NorthernRyland]

  On 2/26/2025 at 12:52 PM, Ralf001 said:

The TM30  thing was not enforced until 2020... That be why his passport never registered to rentals.

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That's right I never registered one and then one day around then I got hit with a fine of 2000 baht or something.

[Harrisfan]

  On 2/26/2025 at 12:44 PM, Patong2021 said:

Inheritance, trust fund.

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Can't afford a visa or flight to Cambodia?

[chrischronic]

  On 2/26/2025 at 10:32 AM, Nick Carter icp said:

 

   How long have you been on overstay for ?

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5555 The wife would love to get a long vacation from me, but I'm on top of that visa yearly. 

[Smokin Joe]

  On 2/26/2025 at 12:49 PM, newbee2022 said:

https://library.siam-legal.com/thai-law/thai-immigration-act-deportation-of-the-aliens-sections-53-56/#:~:text=Section 55,the alien into the Kingdom.

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Your link proves you're wrong. Did you read it?

[newbee2022]

  On 2/26/2025 at 2:15 PM, Smokin Joe said:

 

Your link proves you're wrong. Did you read it?

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Stop trolling

[newbee2022]

  On 2/26/2025 at 2:15 PM, Smokin Joe said:

 

Your link proves you're wrong. Did you read it?

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  On 2/26/2025 at 12:55 PM, MikeandDow said:

so you are wrong immigration do NOT pay for flights

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And who said the immigration will pay???

Obviously not my post.

Boozing already?🤣

[newbee2022]

  On 2/26/2025 at 2:15 PM, Smokin Joe said:

 

Your link proves you're wrong. Did you read it?

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...and why I'm wrong? 

[Smokin Joe]

  On 2/26/2025 at 2:18 PM, newbee2022 said:

 

And who said the immigration will pay???

Obviously not my post.

Boozing already?🤣

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From one of your earlier posts:

 

"Immigration will provide a flight"

[newbee2022]

  On 2/26/2025 at 2:24 PM, Smokin Joe said:

 

From one of your earlier posts:

 

"Immigration will provide a flight"

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What does 'provide" mean? Google it.

And stop bickering and trolling

[ryxyz]

  On 2/25/2025 at 10:31 AM, HappyExpat57 said:

WHAT the ACTUAL EFF?!? How is someone like this NOT flagged?!?

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One of my colleagues in 2005 in a very small town was on a 14 year overstay. And there was an English man who used to help his SO convey her wares to the local market weekly who was living in one of the outlying villages who'd overstayed for longer than 20 years. 

 

The only way longterm overstayers are apprehended is if they're snitched on.

[JamesPhuket10]

  On 2/26/2025 at 8:15 AM, Liverpool Lou said:

State benefits cannot be paid to non-UK residents.  State pension is not a benefit,

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Not true, state pensions can be paid to UK pensioners who leave the country and live long-term in other countries, the annual triple lock rise will not be applied though so the pension amount is frozen.

[JamesPhuket10]

  On 2/26/2025 at 8:16 AM, newbee2022 said:

How you know that he gets no pension? Do you know him? Are you his partner?? I didn't know that.

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You get a state pension in the UK when you are 66, how old is this guy I wonder?

 

Someone said he is 60.

[JamesPhuket10]

  On 2/26/2025 at 3:44 AM, proton said:

 

What's smart about getting caught and never allowed back here?

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What is wrong with having a sense of humour?

[JamesPhuket10]

  On 2/26/2025 at 8:37 AM, Samh said:

I assume very unlikely in this case but UK overseas workers can make voluntary contributions to obtain a UK state pension.

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Even if he has not paid a penny he will still get a pension credit when he gets to 66 so if zero payments he will still get 11500 pounds a year at the current rate, plus he will pay reduced council tax and other bills but if that is all he gets as income then it will mean an old age life of relative poverty. 

[PomPolo]

Top marks to the guy, definitely a long time to forget a visa run, full definition of low profile

[baansgr]

  On 2/26/2025 at 3:52 PM, JamesPhuket10 said:

 

Not true, state pensions can be paid to UK pensioners who leave the country and live long-term in other countries, the annual triple lock rise will not be applied though so the pension amount is frozen.

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Literally thousands of eu citizens claiming child benefit and housing allowance..living in Thailand