Phuket Immigration discovers 186 visa overstayers in simply 7 days

In a single week, 186 foreigners in Phuket, southern Thailand, had been found to have overstayed their visas, Phuket Immigration reported this morning.
From April 28 – May four, 2023, 120 cops inspected the paperwork of 216 international targets on the island underneath orders from Phuket governor Narong Wunsiew, Chief of Phuket Police Pol. Maj. Gen. Sermpan Sirikong, and Chief of Phuket Immigration Pol. Col. Thanet Sukchai.
Of the 186 discovered to have overstayed their visas, 182 paid their respective fines whereas 5 foreigners had been arrested, according to Phuket Immigration statistics, reports NaewNa.
According to a Phuket Immigration infographic, police arrested one Egyptian national, one Danish nationwide, one Burmese nationwide, and one Chinese nationwide.
Of the 182 foreigners who surrendered, 41 had been from Russia, 16 were from Kazakhstan, 15 had been from the USA, 15 were from China, 10 were from the UK, and eighty five have been from elsewhere in the world.
Aside from overstaying, Phuket Immigration officers arrested a Burmese nationwide and a French nationwide for evading the immigration authorities.
Four Thais had been additionally arrested by immigration police, one for a traffic violation and three more beneath arrest warrants, in accordance with Phuket Immigration.
Phuket Immigration also reported that between April 1 to April 30, 2023, a complete of 304,485 vacationers arrived on the island and 370,807 reported the address of their accommodation to immigration as required.

While 182 foreigners paid fines for overstaying within the kingdom in Phuket in April, Phuket Immigration reported that no foreigners acquired red or yellow cards final month.
Phuket Immigration launched the yellow and red card scheme in March to combat the problem of wayward foreigners on the island. Cash sees law-breaking overseas vacationers deported from the dominion after two offences..