Overstaying your VISA in Thailand is a good way to get yourself thrown in jail and deported forever.
If you do NOT qualify for a proper VISA, do NOT COME!
Simple!
The authorities are always on the look out for you!
This is what happens:
Phuket Immigration discovered 186 foreigners who had overstayed their visas in Phuket in a seven-day crackdown from April 28 to May 4, 2023.
Of the 186 found to have overstayed their visas, 182 paid their respective fines while five foreigners were arrested, Phuket Immigration announced this morning.
According to a Phuket Immigration infographic, police arrested one Egyptian national, one Danish national, one Burmese national, and one Chinese national.
Of the 182 foreigners who surrendered, 41 were from Russia, 16 were from Kazakhstan, 15 were from the USA, 15 were from China, 10 were from the UK, and 85 were from elsewhere in the world.