Thai officials arrested an overstaying French lady in Koh Pha Ngan this week. Sura Thani Immigration officers mentioned in a Facebook submit that they arrested the woman on Monday in entrance of the Bounty Resort on 85/1 Moo eight.
The girl, 36 year outdated Myriam Naima Bakhoury, overstayed her visa by six days, the officers stated.
She was taken to Koh Pha Ngan Police Station to face overstaying expenses, and is waiting to be deported, The Phuket Express reported. It was not clear how Bakhoury was caught.
This information comes after stories that another overstayer was additionally busted in Koh Pha Ngan earlier this week.
Nothing to it was arrested for overstaying his visa by a staggering 188 days. Surat Thani Immigration officers confirmed the arrest of fifty yr previous Leonid Toisloi. Toisloi was apprehended in entrance of a comfort store within the northern town of Chalok Lam earlier this week.
As with Bakhoury, authorities charged Toisloi for overstaying his visa. He can additionally be being held at Koh Pha Ngan Police Station, awaiting deportation. It isn’t known how Toisloi got here to the eye of the immigration authorities.
Thailand takes immigration legal guidelines very significantly and overstaying a visa, even by a few days, can end result in detention, hefty fines, and deportation.
In Surat Thani, the province that contains Koh Samui, Koh Phangan, and Koh Tao, the immigration office is employing new technology. Officers have equipped Smart Patrol Cars with advanced facial recognition to verify foreigners rapidly. Immigration officers are patrolling in WiFi-enabled vehicles, often a BMW, to crack down on foreigners who’ve overstayed.
Surat Thani Immigration Police, and Koh Pha Ngan Provincial Police went on a tour of Thailand’s fifth-biggest island in November on the hunt for visa overstayers within the kingdom..