‘Irishman’ nabbed after 11 year overstay in north-east Thailand

[Kung-fu Hillbilly]

July 16, 2019
By The Thaiger

"Nakhon Ratchasima Immigration, along with local tourist police, have arrested an Irishman,Samuel Caleb Birch, who has been on an overstay of 4,192 days. That’s nearly 11 years and six months!"

"According to his visa, he arrived in Thailand through the Malaysia border at on January 17, 2008 on a 90 day tourist visa valid up to April 15, 2008. Despite the report from Naew Na saying he was Irish, ThaiVisa reported that he was actually from Taunton in Somerset, England and was married with a Thai wife and two young children."

"A GoFundMe account had been started for Samuel to raise funds to help him in his predicament but a search by The Thaiger this morning couldn’t turn up an account under the name “Samuel Caleb Birch” (or other variations of the name).

https://thethaiger.com/hot-news/crime/i ... t-thailand

[Clutch Cargo]

The pig head in the photo has been pasted on by Naew Na

To protect his identity or thai xenophobia?

[Doc67]

Maybe his wife got sick of him and grassed him up. Quicker and cheaper than a divorce. Or am I being too cynical?

[phuketrichard]

He has a go fund me page to raise money for his fine (20,000 baht) and flight back to his country
He wont have to worry about coming back, sad for wife and kids, as he will be blacklisted for 5 years

[ExPenhMan]

He has a go fund me page to raise money for his fine (20,000 baht) and flight back to his country
He wont have to worry about coming back, sad for wife and kids, as he will be blacklisted for 5 years

10 year ban for 5-year overstay. He overstayed more than 11 years.

However, he got arrested, so:

For those who get arrested and prosecuted, a five-year ban will be imposed to foreigners who overstayed for one year and a 10-year ban for those who overstayed for more than a year.

Source: legal.co.th

[phuketrichard]

He has a go fund me page to raise money for his fine (20,000 baht) and flight back to his country
He wont have to worry about coming back, sad for wife and kids, as he will be blacklisted for 5 years

10 year ban for 5-year overstay. He overstayed more than 11 years.

However, he got arrested, so:

For those who get arrested and prosecuted, a five-year ban will be imposed to foreigners who overstayed for one year and a 10-year ban for those who overstayed for more than a year.

Source: legal.co.th

LOL my bad,

[Yerg]

11 years undetected is some going. I'm still unsure how/why. He turned up 11 years ago, all bright-eyed and (probably) honest and 11 years later... It begs the question, what happened??

[Clutch Cargo]

11 years undetected is some going. I'm still unsure how/why. He turned up 11 years ago, all bright-eyed and (probably) honest and 11 years later... It begs the question, what happened??

[jaynewcastle]

I wonder why he won't pay his fine or for his flight back home ?

[Yerg]

I wonder why he won't pay his fine or for his flight back home ?

Does it say he won't or that he can't? I'd argue that after 11 years of not paying and evading, it's more than likely that he can't than he won't. Not to worry, the delightful UK will bring him home and slide him straight on to various benefits in order to pay for his next trip.