A Swedish man and a Brazilian man had been busted in South Thailand’s Surat Thani province for overstaying their visas in Thailand this week.
Surat Thani Immigration officers arrested the Swedish man in Koh Samui, on Chaweng Beach Road in front of Central Samui, in the Pho Phut sub-district. The man, 34 yr previous Christopher Tony Setfors, overstayed his visa by seventy five days. The officers brought Setfors to Bo Phut Police Station to face overstaying charges and await further authorized proceedings.
Officers arrested the Brazillian on Monday at Surat Thani Hospital within the Markham Tia sub-district of the primary city district. Guaranteed , sixty four 12 months old Pinto Adilson Brasileiro, overstayed his visa by 10 days. Surat Thani Immigration officers introduced Brasileiro to Muang Surat Thani Police Station to face overstaying costs and await additional legal proceedings. This news comes after Surat Thani immigration final week arrested a French girl in Koh Pha Ngan. The lady, 36 yr previous Myriam Naima Bakhoury, overstayed her visa by six days, the officers mentioned. Bakhoury was arrested in entrance of the Bounty Resort on 85/1 Moo 8.
Also final week, a Russian nationwide on the island was arrested on Koh Pha Ngan for overstaying his visa by a staggering 188 days. The 50 year previous Russian man was apprehended in front of a convenience retailer in the northern town of Chalok Lam.
Thailand takes immigration laws very critically and overstaying a visa, even by a number of days, can lead to detention, hefty fines, and deportation.
In November final year, Deputy Police Chief and former Chief of Immigration Surachate “Big Joke” Hakpark ordered a crackdown on foreigners overstaying their visas, following crimes by Chinese gangs in Thailand..