Foreigners arrested for long overstays in Phuket
published : 3 Jul 2024 at 13:15
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Achadthaya Chuenniran
Four foreign men were arrested for overstaying by from 234 days to over five years during random visa inspections in Phuket on Wednesday morning.
Immigration officers made passport checks at locations where overstayers were likely to be staying as part of "Operation X-ray‘’, aimed at catching visa offenders.
They arrested two Egyptians, one Pakistani and a Russian.
The four were an Egyptian who had overstayed for 1,898 days; a Pakistani with 1,734 days overstay; an Egyptian with a 234-day overstay and a Russian with 413 days.
Their full names were not released.
All were charged and handed over to local police.
The owners of the places they stayed were fined for not reporting foreigners staying there within 24 hours of their arrival.
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Vocabulary
- charge: to accuse someone officially of committing a crime - ตั้งข้อกล่าวหา
- fine: to be required to pay an amount of money because you have broken the law - ปรับเป็นเงิน
- immigration: dealing with people entering and leaving the country - การตรวจคนเข้าเมือง
- immigration officer: an official who works for the government agency dealing with people entering and leaving the country and those who want to live there - เจ้าหน้าที่สำนักงานตรวจคนเข้าเมือง
- offender: a person who is guilty of a crime - ผู้กระทำความผิด
- overstay: stay in a country for longer than you are allowed to stay, not leaving when your visa to stay in the country ends -
- overstayer (noun): a person who stays in a country for longer than they are allowed to stay, not leaving when their visa to stay in the country ends -
- visa: an official document or mark in your passport that allows you to enter or leave a country for a specific purpose or period of time - วีซ่า, เอกสารอนุมัติที่ประทับตราบนหนังสือเดินทาง
