LIVIDZX wrote: ↑Thu Jan 28, 2021 8:08 pm

BacardiWoke wrote: ↑Thu Jan 28, 2021 5:29 pm They lock you up and tell you they’re keeping you until you pay and they hope this encourages you to find or borrow the money. They let you go only when they are convinced you cannot pay.

Is this 100% accurate? Hard to imagine they want you hanging around when you're literally booked on a flight.. the punishment being a 3 year ban.

If it's anything like Thailand it's absolutely accurate. I pitched up at the airport in Bangkok to get a flight home having overstayed my visa and assuming I could just pay a fine and be on my merry way.

Three months later I was still in a 120 man cell in the IDC wondering when this nightmare would ever end.

You don't want to fuck with visas. Sob stories about how you didn't know about the latest regulations or whatever aren't going to fly I'm afraid.

GusKnocks wrote: ↑Thu Jan 28, 2021 6:08 pm

PSD-Kiwi wrote: ↑Thu Jan 28, 2021 6:04 pm Yes, several blacklisted people entered on new passports, didn't take long for the authorities to get a hold of them and give them the boot again though.

Why let them in?

By all accounts they entered via lesser used land borders, technology not up to speed in some of those places. As soon as they applied for Visa EOS's they were immediately flagged up.

Ref entering on a new passport and obtaining an EB EOS after previously having ER's in previous passport, not sure exactly why, just a loophole or the DoI don't care, fk knows?

I entered on a new passport once, still had a valid MEEV EOS in other passport (which was full) which for some reason I stupidly shoved in my check-in luggage in my rush to get to the airport after a drunken night out in Dubai, so applied for a new VOA. Immigration asked why I was applying for a VOA when I already had a valid Visa EOS in another passport...yep, even I was surprised.

Having seen the DoI's database and how everything is linked, I can assure you that it is very comprehensive...if things are overlooked it is usually down to human error.

Khmu Nation wrote: ↑Thu Jan 28, 2021 9:01 pm

LIVIDZX wrote: ↑Thu Jan 28, 2021 8:08 pm

BacardiWoke wrote: ↑Thu Jan 28, 2021 5:29 pm They lock you up and tell you they’re keeping you until you pay and they hope this encourages you to find or borrow the money. They let you go only when they are convinced you cannot pay.

Is this 100% accurate? Hard to imagine they want you hanging around when you're literally booked on a flight.. the punishment being a 3 year ban.

If it's anything like Thailand it's absolutely accurate. I pitched up at the airport in Bangkok to get a flight home having overstayed my visa and assuming I could just pay a fine and be on my merry way.

Three months later I was still in a 120 man cell in the IDC wondering when this nightmare would ever end.

You don't want to fuck with visas. Sob stories about how you didn't know about the latest regulations or whatever aren't going to fly I'm afraid.

WOW. You had the money to pay the fine and still got locked up for three months?? How long was yr overstay bro?

Didn't that Kampot crime writer guy show up at immigration on long overstay with a ticket to the Philippines and they just let him leave?

GusKnocks wrote: ↑Fri Jan 29, 2021 12:29 pm Didn't that Kampot crime writer guy show up at immigration on long overstay with a ticket to the Philippines and they just let him leave?

“Crime writer”?
Didn’t he just copy what actually happened. Terribly written book. Full of inaccuracies and hyperbole.

No wonder they let him leave.

whatwat wrote: ↑Fri Jan 29, 2021 12:57 pm

GusKnocks wrote: ↑Fri Jan 29, 2021 12:29 pm Didn't that Kampot crime writer guy show up at immigration on long overstay with a ticket to the Philippines and they just let him leave?

“Crime writer”?
Didn’t he just copy what actually happened. Terribly written book. Full of inaccuracies and hyperbole.

No wonder they let him leave.

Fair enough but he still got out without paying haha

For entertainment about a 7000 $ overstay (but alas won't be too useful as a getaway trick i'm afraid
post318097.html?hilit=kid%20overstay#p318097

I don't know what to say but what should need to be done For overstaying more than a year like 15 months I am kind of really worried I am leaving in june 15

I am leaving in june And according to my knowledge I over stayed almost a year and 2 month and I am not sure that I can cover the whole penalty fees