Life of a overstayer.

[Fabio1980]

1 hour ago, Tarteso said:

The suspect lives near the complainant. The informer works at a marketing company and must live near his job at Sriracha.

 

Wo, wo,wo: first I don't complain about nothing: I just ask how someone can live in this situation. Is not my business and I know that: was just a question. He doesn't live near my place of work, but near where I live...and I don't live in Sriracha.

[Quentin Zen]

1 hour ago, Tarteso said:

You never should have stuck your noses into the lives of others..

The OP had a number of choices.  

1.  Post something funny or positive

2.  this

 

You chose this.   So call the police!!!  Go videotape him.   He can never report you since he's on overstayer.  You can really make his life bad.  Is that your plan???    I saw an old lady walking in the middle of the street.  maybe over 80.  very frail.  should I shame her??????  Start a post about her?   Of course not.  Let her live her life, let this guy live his life.

 

But now you started this thread..................and the wheel turns.  Facebook Siriiachi is all over this.  rumors.  police in action!!!

 

hope you're happy.  nothing good can come of this, don't you get that????  

 

Why not help him?  

[thaibreaker]

It can be numerous reason why and how you will find yourself on overstay. I overstayed a few months more than a decade ago, was arrested outside a shopping mall in Bangkok, and ended up at IDC. Spent 2 weeks there before I could buy my own ticket home.

I even wrote about it on this forum, and got a lot of comments.

 

My reason was that I was scammed by my ex girlfriend, and found myself almost without money during these months. While I was getting more money sent to me from Europe for my ticket, I was arrested before I could leave on my own.

 

These things could happen to anyone. Don't judge the book by its cover. Not all of us has backup, and some of us might use some time to recover from whatever happened to us. 

 

Laziness, or overstaying on purpose, is a complete different thing, and I don't understand that at all. Some also shouldn't be here if they don't have enough money for it in the first place.

[JAG]

13 hours ago, zmisha said:

3 years ago in Laos I met a guy who overstayed for many years. Professional sound engineer. He said that he paid about 70k for a visa agency to solve the problem. And got a passport full of stamps without any overstay history.

Thai Baht (not bad), Laotian Kip (dirt cheap), US$ (pricey) or UK£ (very pricey?

[thaibreaker]

4 minutes ago, ThreeCardMonte said:

With a little planning, your stituation could of been prevented.

 

If you think I have no sympathy for overstayers, you are correct sir.

 

 

I won't disagree with that, but we all do mistakes. Mine was my blind trust to my gf, and not having enough backup funds.

[Tarteso]

54 minutes ago, Quentin Zen said:

The OP had a number of choices.  

1.  Post something funny or positive

2.  this

 

You chose this.   So call the police!!!  Go videotape him.   He can never report you since he's on overstayer.  You can really make his life bad.  Is that your plan???    I saw an old lady walking in the middle of the street.  maybe over 80.  very frail.  should I shame her??????  Start a post about her?   Of course not.  Let her live her life, let this guy live his life.

 

But now you started this thread..................and the wheel turns.  Facebook Siriiachi is all over this.  rumors.  police in action!!!

 

hope you're happy.  nothing good can come of this, don't you get that????  

 

Why not help him?  

How about you read my reply with more humor, more empathy, or maybe you didn't understand my sarcasm? Don't be so thin-skinned. Of course, if someone needs help, I'll give it. In fact, I know people who are in difficult situations, much more difficult than an overstay. But don't forget that problems are usually sought out, they don't come to you.

[billd766]

4 hours ago, Fabio1980 said:

Mine is just a deduction, since I have read several times that, a particular bank,  contact its customers and block the accounts and reopen them after checking their status. If I am wrong, I misunderstood and I apologize.

You are not misunderstood and you have nothing to apologise for.

[billd766]

1 hour ago, Fabio1980 said:

Wo, wo,wo: first I don't complain about nothing: I just ask how someone can live in this situation. Is not my business and I know that: was just a question. He doesn't live near my place of work, but near where I live...and I don't live in Sriracha.

May I respectfully suggest that you don't tell anybody on AN about yourself, as there are posters here who can add 2 + 2, and come up with any number they like and convince other posters  that they are correct. They live for nit picking and grammar Nastyism.

[richard_smith237]

6 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

The new showing passport in hospitals is a game changer, but only if they check visa status which I doubt they will do

 

I went to a hospice in Bangkok last week - I was not asked to show my passport...  

 

Not that it matters much, but my passport remains in my safe, I won't be taking it to a hospital...   I'm not sure why they need it when we can prove ID with a Driving Licence or Pink ID etc.. 

 

So... What exactly is this 'new rule that we have to show our passport'...  Is this for real ?

[Yellowtail]

1 minute ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

I went to a hospice in Bangkok last week - I was not asked to show my passport...  

 

Not that it matters much, but my passport remains in my safe, I won't be taking it to a hospital...   I'm not sure why they need it when we can prove ID with a Driving Licence or Pink ID etc.. 

 

So... What exactly is this 'new rule that we have to show our passport'...  Is this for real ?

I went to Golden Jubilee a couple weeks ago. I showed them my appointment slip and that was the end of it. If I lose the slip, I tell them my name, and they look it up. 

[Fabio1980]

2 hours ago, Quentin Zen said:

The OP had a number of choices.  

1.  Post something funny or positive

2.  this

 

You chose this.   So call the police!!!  Go videotape him.   He can never report you since he's on overstayer.  You can really make his life bad.  Is that your plan???    I saw an old lady walking in the middle of the street.  maybe over 80.  very frail.  should I shame her??????  Start a post about her?   Of course not.  Let her live her life, let this guy live his life.

 

But now you started this thread..................and the wheel turns.  Facebook Siriiachi is all over this.  rumors.  police in action!!!

 

hope you're happy.  nothing good can come of this, don't you get that????  

 

Why not help him?  

But what is your problem? I just ask a question. Who ever wrote that i want to create problems for him. I didn't even know he existed, until he came to me. I don't understand why you accuse me of enjoying the misfortune of others, when it is not so. As much as I could, I helped him.

[Fabio1980]

1 hour ago, billd766 said:

May I respectfully suggest that you don't tell anybody on AN about yourself, as there are posters here who can add 2 + 2, and come up with any number they like and convince other posters  that they are correct. They live for nit picking and grammar Nastyism.

Over time I have noticed how many "I am me and you are nobody" gurus populate this Forum. I will follow your suggestion.

[Red Forever]

6 hours ago, novacova said:

Broke and stupid. 

Just because you’re broke doesn’t make you stupid. Just as being rich doesn’t make you intelligent. Look at MAGA.

[zmisha]

8 hours ago, Yellowtail said:

That seems like a great deal. 70K kip is only about $3.25 or B105

70k baht. He overstayed in Thailand. Laos was a popular place to get Thai visas those times.

[Mike_Hunt]

14 minutes ago, Red Forever said:

Just because you’re broke doesn’t make you stupid. Just as being rich doesn’t make you intelligent. Look at MAGA.

This is one stupid post. 

[zmisha]

6 hours ago, ujayujay said:

70,000 Baht? He was ripped off badly by a so-called agent.....

I saw this guy crossed the border without any problems. This was a time when I realized that there are people who understand Thailand much better than me.

[Yellowtail]

1 minute ago, Mike_Hunt said:

This is one stupid post. 

Just one of many. 

[scubascuba3]

3 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

I went to a hospice in Bangkok last week - I was not asked to show my passport...  

 

Not that it matters much, but my passport remains in my safe, I won't be taking it to a hospital...   I'm not sure why they need it when we can prove ID with a Driving Licence or Pink ID etc.. 

 

So... What exactly is this 'new rule that we have to show our passport'...  Is this for real ?

Bangkok Pattaya Hospital posted a couple weeks ago they won't be accepting their registration card anymore, needs to be passport

[Magictoad]

Ask him yourself!

[richard_smith237]

13 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

3 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

I went to a hospice in Bangkok last week - I was not asked to show my passport...  

 

Not that it matters much, but my passport remains in my safe, I won't be taking it to a hospital...   I'm not sure why they need it when we can prove ID with a Driving Licence or Pink ID etc.. 

 

So... What exactly is this 'new rule that we have to show our passport'...  Is this for real ?

Bangkok Pattaya Hospital posted a couple weeks ago they won't be accepting their registration card anymore, needs to be passport

 

Thats interesting....   Thought I wonder why, as its far outside of a hospitals remit to check for Immigration status ?

 

So I wonder what this is for....    for residential hospital stays (and TM28 reporting) ???

 

 

... and what happens if a tourist turns up with a broke leg ? - is the hospital going to turn the tourist away to go home and get their passport ?

 

I suspect, this has more to do with simply 'proving ID' for billing purposes and mitigating flight risk.

 

 

 

[zz4096]

5 hours ago, Fabio1980 said:

I just ask how someone can live in this situation.

 

Why do you have to ask? This topic has been asked and answered countless times before. Shirley a quick Google search would have directed you to previous discussions on the subject? 

 

Or perhaps you are on the AN payroll and working through the list of suggested topics in order to keep the traffic numbers up?

[scubascuba3]

3 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

Thats interesting....   Thought I wonder why, as its far outside of a hospitals remit to check for Immigration status ?

 

So I wonder what this is for....    for residential hospital stays (and TM28 reporting) ???

 

 

... and what happens if a tourist turns up with a broke leg ? - is the hospital going to turn the tourist away to go home and get their passport ?

 

I suspect, this has more to do with simply 'proving ID' for billing purposes and mitigating flight risk.

 

 

 

Would be annoying if you go to a hospital far far away without your passport and they ask for it, check before travel I guess

[Magictoad]

10 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

The new showing passport in hospitals is a game changer, but only if they check visa status which I doubt they will do

As far as I know you have always have to show your passport at a Thai hospital. Speaking having been in various hospitals over the last 35 years. I presume it is to stop you doing a runner or any number of reasons.

[Yellowtail]

4 minutes ago, Magictoad said:

As far as I know you have always have to show your passport at a Thai hospital. Speaking having been in various hospitals over the last 35 years. I presume it is to stop you doing a runner or any number of reasons.

I do not believe I have ever had to show my passport at a Thai hospital, and since I moved here, I have never carried my passport.  

[richard_smith237]

14 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

Would be annoying if you go to a hospital far far away without your passport and they ask for it, check before travel I guess

 

Yup - obviously travel outside of province without your passport is ill advised...

 

However, I'll be very surprised IF in Bangkok, I turn up at a hospital I'm already registered at and they ask for my passport.

 

This might be a localised Bangkok Pattaya Hospital policy required instigated with a degree of xenophobia, perhaps due to an increased incidence of foreigners 'bill dodging' ????

 

I still can't see that it has anything to do with immigration status - rather it purely about Patient Identification. 

 

 

[scubascuba3]

44 minutes ago, Magictoad said:

As far as I know you have always have to show your passport at a Thai hospital. Speaking having been in various hospitals over the last 35 years. I presume it is to stop you doing a runner or any number of reasons.

Usually you register with your passport (or copy perhaps) then you get a hospital ID card and you use that going forward, BPH as an example have said they don't accept that anymore

[westsail]

14 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

The new showing passport in hospitals is a game changer, but only if they check visa status which I doubt they will do

 I hadn't heard about this requirement, but if you have been to the hospital before and have a patient ID card I doubt they would ask for your passport.

[scubascuba3]

6 hours ago, westsail said:

 I hadn't heard about this requirement, but if you have been to the hospital before and have a patient ID card I doubt they would ask for your passport.

Apparently not, according to Bangkok Pattaya Hospital 

[Fabio1980]

10 hours ago, zz4096 said:

 

Why do you have to ask? This topic has been asked and answered countless times before. Shirley a quick Google search would have directed you to previous discussions on the subject? 

 

Or perhaps you are on the AN payroll and working through the list of suggested topics in order to keep the traffic numbers up?

I think I am free to ask whatever i want if I follow the forum rules. If you find my question boring or useless, skip it. 

[Fabio1980]

10 hours ago, Magictoad said:

As far as I know you have always have to show your passport at a Thai hospital. Speaking having been in various hospitals over the last 35 years. I presume it is to stop you doing a runner or any number of reasons.

Correct: I visited three different hospitals in two cities and they always asked for my passport.