With living in any country as an expat comes with responsibility.

In Thailand it is MY responsibility to ensure that I do a 90 day report.

MY responsibility to ensure that I have the correct visa.

MY responsibility to ensure that I have the correct visa extension.

MY responsibility to ensure that I have the correct documentation.

MY responsibility to ensure that my passport is valid.

As a UK citizen I cannot renew my passport at my embassy but get it renewed this March via the UK PPO. I had to send it straight to the UK at my expense and it cost me about 8,500 baht.

With my new passport it is MY responsibility to drive 125km to the Immigration Dept at Nakhon Sawan and get all the stamps changed over.

It was MY choice to marry a Thai lady 15 years ago.

It was OUR responsibility when we had our son 10 years ago.

It is MY responsibility to look after and take care of both of them and also my Thai Mother in law.

I figure that if I can do that at 70 years of age now when my mind and body are not what they used to be how hard can it be for anybody else who is younger than me.

If you post on a public forum then please don't complain if some of the posts are not always the ones you would like and hope for.

I firmly believe that some 70% or more of the posters on TVF do have the correct visas and do rty to do the right thing legally.

I also remember the furore back a couple of months ago when the government tightened up on visa running. What a moaning, wailing and gnashing of teeth there was then from visa runners who had to suddenly obey the laws of Thailand or quit and get a proper visa.

You got caught and a good thing. What makes you think you can ignore the rules/Law. Please don't come back.......criminals not welcome

You got caught and a good thing. What makes you think you can ignore the rules/Law. Please don't come back.......criminals not welcome

Funny, one guest trying to tell another guest that they are not welcome..... sort of silly.....

Is there a maximum penalty on late 90 day reporting?

Can that be added to the overstay penalty or already included?

Interesting people keep referring to blacking as a new rule

Overstay has always been illegal but often ignored because the consequences were small.

There is no new rule. Only increased consequences of breaking existing laws

Is not police that apprehended me,on my bad luck i have been sitting on my balcony at time that immigration police car passing by suddenly stopped in home front and came out immigration officer that know me for 10 years, probably just wanting to make good impression to hes boss, he asked me about my passport and visa. .rest you can imagine.

Talk about unbelievable bad luck?????????

Unbelievable bad luck for only being a girlfriend during the 4 years plus overstay.

Unbelievable bad luck.

Wow she is patient. You are lucky after 4 years she didn't want to get married (or 4 years not long enough to know how you feel about her)

Love her so much you can't leave her to do visa runs but not enough to marry her?

You can took a chance and now need to pay the piper

I feel bad for anyone suffering but I don't believe she is the reason for the overstay.

This OP`s life and choices are none of their business.

Once he posts his life and choices on a public forum, they become the business of the forum.

You want to keep your life and choices private, fine; but don't publicize them on a public forum and then have someone claim they are none of the business of that forum.

Is not police that apprehended me,on my bad luck i have been sitting on my balcony at time that immigration police car passing by suddenly stopped in home front and came out immigration officer that know me for 10 years, probably just wanting to make good impression to hes boss, he asked me about my passport and visa. .rest you can imagine.

Talk about unbelievable bad luck?????????

We are often the authors of our own bad luck, and this case the OP is the author of his bad luck.

The odds of being apprehended at home are low, and not being apprehended high - so the timing of the apprehension could be considered due to bad luck - but the OP is the author of the situation and the officer was just doing his job.... Just because people have done stupid things, does not mean that we have to stop having sympathy for his situation (that he created).

Hope your visa matters will be solved soon. Just ignore the bitter expats high-horseshitting here. They always came out of the woodwork in threads like these and they would not lift a finger to help a fellow expat.

You are taking care of your sick girlfriend while these pathetic turds make their little speeches about law&order. The irony could not be any greater.

Hope your visa matters will be solved soon. Just ignore the bitter expats high-horseshitting here. They always came out of the woodwork in threads like these and they would not lift a finger to help a fellow expat.

You are taking care of your sick girlfriend while these pathetic turds make their little speeches about law&order. The irony could not be any greater.

I hope he gets his visa matters solved soon as well, but I also think he may be lying to himself....... It has been very easy to stay "legal" in Thailand using one of many methods (some which are now being tightened).... so blaming his situation on his sick girlfriend to absolve himself of responsibility is a little delusional. Most people on this world can be self-destructive in a similar manner.

Hope your visa matters will be solved soon. Just ignore the bitter expats high-horseshitting here. They always came out of the woodwork in threads like these and they would not lift a finger to help a fellow expat.

You are taking care of your sick girlfriend while these pathetic turds make their little speeches about law&order. The irony could not be any greater.

Having a 'sick' girlfriend is not a reason, it's an excuse.

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Unbelievable bad luck for only being a girlfriend during the 4 years plus overstay.
Unbelievable bad luck.

Wow she is patient. You are lucky after 4 years she didn't want to get married (or 4 years not long enough to know how you feel about her)

Love her so much you can't leave her to do visa runs but not enough to marry her?

You can took a chance and now need to pay the piper

I feel bad for anyone suffering but I don't believe she is the reason for the overstay.

Could you explain what exactly marriage means when two people from completely different religious beliefs come together? And don't get it wrong, marriage is all about religion.................

I have been 'married' to a Thai for the past 15 years, and apart from the piece of paper we were given then, it means absolutely nothing to either of us to be honest. We got married simply because of peer pressure, that won't happen again to be sure..........................

Hope your visa matters will be solved soon. Just ignore the bitter expats high-horseshitting here. They always came out of the woodwork in threads like these and they would not lift a finger to help a fellow expat.

You are taking care of your sick girlfriend while these pathetic turds make their little speeches about law&order. The irony could not be any greater.

He could ake a lot better care of his GF if he stayed here legal............................she is just an excuse...

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Unbelievable bad luck for only being a girlfriend during the 4 years plus overstay.

Unbelievable bad luck.

Wow she is patient. You are lucky after 4 years she didn't want to get married (or 4 years not long enough to know how you feel about her)

Love her so much you can't leave her to do visa runs but not enough to marry her?

You can took a chance and now need to pay the piper

I feel bad for anyone suffering but I don't believe she is the reason for the overstay.

Could you explain what exactly marriage means when two people from completely different religious beliefs come together? And don't get it wrong, marriage is all about religion.................

I have been 'married' to a Thai for the past 15 years, and apart from the piece of paper we were given then, it means absolutely nothing to either of us to be honest. We got married simply because of peer pressure, that won't happen again to be sure..........................

Marriage for me as a nonbeliever and my wife as an ocaissioanal Bhuddhist was never about religeon and no I didn't get it wrong.

Marriage for us is being together and legalising our relationship, making sure that our son is legitimate, ensuring that she gets what she is entitled to from my pension providers, making a firm commitment, making sure that our son gets both Thai and English nationality and all his rights in both countries, my continued support for them both.

I took my wife to the UK 15 years ago and got married quite legally in a registry office and it means a lot to both of us.

Given the same choice today we would both do it all over again.

I am still in love with my wife just as much as when I met her 21 years ago. Her maybe not so much but it is not something she opens up about.

We did not get married because of peer pressure but because we wanted to

This OP`s life and choices are none of their business.

Once he posts his life and choices on a public forum, they become the business of the forum.

You want to keep your life and choices private, fine; but don't publicize them on a public forum and then have someone claim they are none of the business of that forum.

I see your point, but still don`t agree with you.

Simply because he told the story to get help and advice, and provided the information for that reason only.

Not to defend his actions, and discuss it any further.

I can`t see why his case can`t be limited to just giving him some meaningful advice, just because it is posted here on Thaivisa.

Edited October 6, 201411 yr by thaibreaker

His post seemed as much about shock and empathy as about getting information.

Facts:

he overstayed more than 4 years

Got caught by immigration (provably made someone angry)

HIs visa status and citizenship.

The rest was looking for sympathy.

Someone cancels health insurance and tries to get again when needing expensive surgery gets no sympathy but can get advice.