Immigration American Man Arrested for 388-Day Overstay in Sri Sa Ket

[saakura]

Looked it up on Google, hardly a resort. More like long term cheap housing in some godforsaken corner of Thailand. 

 

[Suetape]

Wonder what his overstay bounty was?

[WDSmart]

I see numerous reports of overstays like this involving individuals from various nations. Why do you think they do this?
- Do they have something in their records that would prohibit them from getting a proper O visa and receiving a long-term stay extension?

- Is the process so confusing that they don't try to learn how to do it?

- Are they just too lazy to do it?
What is it? 

 

[Srikcir]

2 hours ago, ronster said:

Back to Trumpville then ! 🙈

Maybe not based solely on skin color, not on citizenship.

[RT555]

American?............Hmmm

[gravity101]

Just now, WDSmart said:

I see numerous reports of overstays like this involving individuals from various nations. Why do you think they do this?
- Do they have something in their records that would prohibit them from getting a proper O visa and receiving a long-term stay extension?

- Is the process so confusing that they don't try to learn how to do it?

- Are they just too lazy to do it?
What is it? 

 

From my understanding speaking to such folk, laziness, cantbearsediness and lack of funds. I can kind of see the attraction. If you struggle to meet a visa condition and skip it, seems very easy to just fall between the cracks and never bother again if you dont interact with any govt agency.

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

11 hours ago, ukrules said:

 

Makes little sense at all, lets see if we can lose a good long term paying customer by having him deported - how can we possibly lose 🤣

 

The common sense point I believe UK was making was... in a time when the country is bemoaning the lack of tourists and their spending to the country, it makes ZERO sense for a landlord of all people to grass out a paying tenant (and thus lose that tenant) to Thai Immigration -- unless there were some broader/underlying issues going on with his tenancy.
 

[Packer]

12 hours ago, webfact said:

Mitchell O'Brien

 

Looks like he drank a few Guinness too many. 

[hotchilli]

11 hours ago, ukrules said:

 

Makes little sense at all, lets see if we can lose a good long term paying customer by having him deported - how can we possibly lose 🤣

He may have been selling to fund his stay... 

At least he'll be back in USA to save up for thanks giving.

[BusyB]

3 hours ago, Mannekenpis said:

Well, that's also a thing I don't get. If he has the money to stay in a resort, why didn't he renew his visa or do a border run or any of the other options?

 

Lying low? ... Thailand is famed for crime on the lam ...

[Hamus Yaigh]

8 hours ago, KhunLA said:

You prefer to let criminals that have no respect for the law to stay in the country.  hmm...

There you go again. Too much of the Orange man in your head. Where in the op does it say anywhere the guy is a criminal? He overstayed his visa which is not a criminal offense in most sensible countries.,. there can be any number of reasons a person overstays a visa and it does not mean they have a criminal record.

[KhunLA]

31 minutes ago, Hamus Yaigh said:

There you go again. Too much of the Orange man in your head. Where in the op does it say anywhere the guy is a criminal? He overstayed his visa which is not a criminal offense in most sensible countries.,. there can be any number of reasons a person overstays a visa and it does not mean they have a criminal record.

He is a criminal ... from MS Google ...

 

... "Overstaying your visa in Thailand is a criminal act and can lead to serious legal consequences" ...

... since doing so, as I stated, 'he has no respect of the law'

 

I can explain it to you, but I can't make you understand it.

 

Have a nice day

 

Oh yea ... please tell us all, what country it isn't illegal to overstay your visa.

 

Ms Google, again ...

 

... "Overstaying a visa is generally illegal in all countries. While the consequences and severity of overstaying can vary, it is considered a violation of immigration laws." ...

 

Take note, you brought the 'orange man' into the conversation, not me, as he's not, and never has been in my heard, like so many of the deranged here.

[Ctkong]

12 hours ago, ukrules said:

 

Makes little sense at all, lets see if we can lose a good long term paying customer by having him deported - how can we possibly lose 🤣

Guest must have gotten on the wrong foot with resort owner. No more payment maybe? Thais are known to be ‘benevolent and turn a blind eye to any infringement of laws.
 

[DezLez]

13 minutes ago, Ctkong said:

Thais are known to be ‘benevolent and turn a blind eye to any infringement of laws.

By shaking hands with a brown envelope enclosed!

🤣

[mikeymike100]

3 hours ago, RJRS1301 said:

Better than how the USA are treating undocumented, sending them jails in countries they have no connection to or the proper being built tent detain in the Everglades of Florida, who though Thailand would have better Human Rights MAGaMad $Strumpf facists

You mean illegal aliens of course? If they entered the US illegally then they are criminals, just like if entering Thailand illegally. Each country deals with them as they see fit!

[Briggsy]

13 hours ago, ukrules said:

a good long term paying customer

Was he?

[ukrules]

23 minutes ago, Briggsy said:

Was he?

Who knows, maybe he stopped paying his rent and they couldn't get rid of him, then it would be a no brainer to just get him kicked out - and for free - with a possible reward?

[mikeymike100]

5 hours ago, gravity101 said:

Yawn.

 

[SanSaiExPat]

17 hours ago, webfact said:

Picture courtesy of Daily News

 

On 27th June, Sri Sa Ket immigration authorities arrested 52-year-old American citizen Mitchell O'Brien Dinino, who was found residing at Kriskanya Resort in Phayu, Sri Sa Ket, overstaying his visa by 388 days.

 

The operation took place at 4:00 PM after the resort owner reported the suspiciously prolonged stay of the foreign guest.

 

Officials then verified the overstay through the immigration information and biometric systems.

Led by Pol Maj Gen Waris Sirip, Commander of Immigration Division 4, the operation involved Sri Sa Ket immigration police, Phayu Police Station, and related agencies.

 

This coordinated effort confirmed that Dinino had exceeded his permitted stay, leading to his arrest and handover to Phayu Police Station for legal action.

 

Picture courtesy of Daily News

 

Pol Maj Gen Waris Sirip highlighted the ongoing focus on enforcing immigration laws under national directives to prevent issues such as overstays, illegal entry, and unauthorised work.

 

Emphasising a proactive approach, he called for strict checks on travellers and close collaboration with local authorities to protect the safety and security of both residents and tourists.

 

This arrest underscores the commitment of law enforcement agencies to maintain order and uphold immigration regulations across the region.

 

  Adapted by ASEAN Now from Daily News 2025-06-28

 

 

His USAID money probably got cut off by Elon Musk and DOGE.

[watchcat]

On 6/27/2025 at 9:34 PM, Yagoda said:

That isnt that dudes real name

 

Italian perhaps?

[sultan2011]

Tell him to jump in a dingy and head for the UK...no visa required,free hotel on arrival, full board,free phone, push bike,clothes & medical on site...oh and spending money!

[TedG]

16 hours ago, RJRS1301 said:

Better than how the USA are treating undocumented, sending them jails in countries they have no connection to or the proper being built tent detain in the Everglades of Florida, who though Thailand would have better Human Rights MAGaMad $Strumpf facists

You miss spelled undocumented.   The proper spelling is illegal. 

[Iron Tongue]

 

His ankles look photoshopped.

I can understand if he was Somali or Ethiopian, but no-way a O'Brien Dinino.

 

[Farma]

I think i saw him when i passed through phayu a month or so back. He stood out as he was dressed differently walking along the side of the road  towards where that resort is. 

 

I thought he was some sort of pilgrim as he was dressed in white,  carrying a shepherds crook and wearing a straw hat wrapped with flowers. 

[NoshowJones]

On 6/28/2025 at 7:57 AM, KhunLA said:

You prefer to let criminals that have no respect for the law to stay in the country.  hmm...

I am the last person to have automatic respect for a countries laws, of course I will respect anyone's laws if in my opinion they are fair.

Let me put it this way. When I came to Thailand to stay, I was required to go to the border every 90 days for a stamp in my passport. I did due diligence and saw that this was a fair way of staying in the country, I did that for a couple of years and then was a school teacher for a few more years.

So I did everything legally and had a work permit. So when that finished I thought I could go back to the way things were when I first came to stay in Thailand. No chance, of course I could put 800,000Bt in one of my bank accounts, but I did not agree with that, so I had to go to an agent 500 Ks away in Pattaya to get sorted out , of course this came at a price.

Compare that to when I first came to live in Thailand a few years previous, better still compare then to now when I have to make regular runs to pay an agent, do 90 days reports. Is it any wonder I have no respect for Thailand or some of their laws.

It is so, so different to when I came here 20 years ago, and very much for the worse.

 

[proton]

On 6/28/2025 at 10:58 AM, mikeymike100 said:

Yes Thailand has the correct attitude on this, that being if in Thailand illegally, deport them.

Unlike the UK where if there illegally, put them up in nice hotel and give them everything, like food, clothes, medical, phone and an allowance! 

 

Quite, Thailand is a progressive country when dealing with illegal immigrants. UK is piling up it's own funeral pyre doing nothing to stop thousands a week pouring in costing 8 million a day. Which country is more sensible, the one looking after it's citizens or the one bankrupting them?

[KhunLA]

1 hour ago, NoshowJones said:

I am the last person to have automatic respect for a countries laws, of course I will respect anyone's laws if in my opinion they are fair.

Let me put it this way. When I came to Thailand to stay, I was required to go to the border every 90 days for a stamp in my passport. I did due diligence and saw that this was a fair way of staying in the country, I did that for a couple of years and then was a school teacher for a few more years.

So I did everything legally and had a work permit. So when that finished I thought I could go back to the way things were when I first came to stay in Thailand. No chance, of course I could put 800,000Bt in one of my bank accounts, but I did not agree with that, so I had to go to an agent 500 Ks away in Pattaya to get sorted out , of course this came at a price.

Compare that to when I first came to live in Thailand a few years previous, better still compare then to now when I have to make regular runs to pay an agent, do 90 days reports. Is it any wonder I have no respect for Thailand or some of their laws.

It is so, so different to when I came here 20 years ago, and very much for the worse.

 

I came to TH, 25 yrs ago, and did the same as you the first 5 ish years, 90 day bounce, till I turned 50 yrs old, then did the extension of retirement or marriage.   Still here, and Imm rules/laws haven't changed one bit that I noticed.  

 

Though do to scammers, continually caught & publicized, laws now simply enforced and scrutinizing of applicants a bit more, due entirely to the scammers of the system.  

 

Laws are there for a reason, to protect the Thai job market, and make sure visitors can actually afford to live here.   Especially if an oops is thrown their way.  Too many can not, and hospitals get stuck with the bills, when it does happen.

 

If someone has the finances, health insurance and or oops fund, and won't be a burden on Thai system, then OK, fine to use an agent, though I'd prefer them not to.   But every retiree certainly doesn't need 65k a month / 800k a year to live here.    Married is a bit different, and you really do need 40k or 400k to exist here.

 

Those that can't meet the financials, and live month to month, with no safety net, then those are the ones I have not respect for, and happy for the enforcement of the laws.  Sadly, too many here in the state.

[GroveHillWanderer]

6 hours ago, Iron Tongue said:

His ankles look photoshopped.

I can understand if he was Somali or Ethiopian, but no-way a O'Brien Dinino.

There is no fixed association between surname and skin colour.

 

For instance,  this is Soledad O'Brien, a well-known American broadcast journalist.

 

 

And yes, that is her birth name, not her married name.