{"id":7019700,"date":"2025-02-28T12:07:56","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T11:07:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visamundi.co\/?p=7019700"},"modified":"2025-02-28T12:25:47","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T11:25:47","slug":"in-thailand-a-british-man-who-has-been-living-illegally-for-25-years-is-arrested-by-the-authorities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visamundi.co\/en\/blog\/en-thailande-un-britannique-en-situation-irreguliere-depuis-25-ans-est-arrete-par-les-autorites\/","title":{"rendered":"In Thailand, a Briton arrested after 25 years in the country illegally"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 60-year-old British man has been arrested in Thailand's Chiang Mai province for overstaying his 25-year visa. The man had arrived in Thailand in 2000 on a 30-day tourist visa and had never left the country since.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A \"Record\" according to the Thai police<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The man admitted to having arrived in Thailand in early 2000 on a tourist visa. He was living illegally, as his visa had not been renewed. He lived in Bangkok for 13 years and Chiang Mai for 12 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His identity has not yet been released since his arrest on Monday February 24, in Chiang Mai province, during an operation by the immigration services against illegal foreigners. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\"After checking his name in our immigration system, he has been entering Thailand since 2000 and has never had another stamp in our system since then.\"<\/p><cite>said a senior officer of the<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The man managed to renew his passport in 2018, although the document never received any further immigration stamps. He will be deported to Britain. The man had had a child with a Thai woman and was living jobless in the country, thanks to money from his family in Britain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An officer involved in the operation told AFP that the man had been in Thailand for 9,135 days. The previous longest overstay was by a Pakistani, at 10 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"978\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visamundi.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Capture-decran-2025-02-28-a-12.00.47-1024x978.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7019707\" style=\"width:490px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visamundi.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Capture-decran-2025-02-28-a-12.00.47-1024x978.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.visamundi.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Capture-decran-2025-02-28-a-12.00.47-300x286.png 300w, https:\/\/www.visamundi.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Capture-decran-2025-02-28-a-12.00.47-768x733.png 768w, https:\/\/www.visamundi.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Capture-decran-2025-02-28-a-12.00.47-13x12.png 13w, https:\/\/www.visamundi.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Capture-decran-2025-02-28-a-12.00.47.png 1066w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 60-year-old British man has been arrested in Thailand's Chiang Mai province for overstaying his 25-year visa. The man had arrived in Thailand in 2000 on a 30-day tourist visa and had never left the country since. 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