ThaiHome Posted April 30, 2009 Report Share Posted April 30, 2009 Sometime in the future, and they keep putting the date off, all passports will have chips. At that point they will do as they now do with requiring them to be machine readable, and make biometric chips mandatory... TH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shygye Posted April 30, 2009 Report Share Posted April 30, 2009 ... but there is no standard on what biometric data should be on the chip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tartempion Posted April 30, 2009 Report Share Posted April 30, 2009 I understand from famous grouse's blog the man has to pay a 20k overstay fine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheekyboy Posted May 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2009 Friday, May 15, 2009 Simon Burrowes misses flight from Phuket! Mr Burrowes during an interview after his release on bail in February. PHUKET CITY: It seems that British tourist Simon Burrowesâ??s troubles in Thailand will never end. His flight out of Phuket left at 3pm today, but, in a situation that is all too familiar to Burrowes, he was not on it. Immigration officials at the airport told him they wanted to make some â??additional inquiriesâ? before permitting him to board the plane. A police officer accompanying Mr Burrowes decided that Mr Burrowes would have to go to the Phuket Immigration Office in Phuket City â?? and miss the flight that had been paid for by an anonymous Thai benefactor. This time, it seems, he kept his cool. â??It's not that much of a surprise, really,â? he told the Gazette, explaining that after all he had been through, he was fully prepared for a hitch. â??Itâ??s nothing. It really is nothing,â? he said, sounding resigned. Accompanied by the police officer and a Thai national who has been helping Mr Burrowes since he was released from prison, the luckless muay thai fighter is, as this report is posted, in a car heading for the Immigration office in Phuket City. Friends of Mr Burrowes are attempting to secure him a place on another flight later today. â?? Dan Waites Friday, May 15, 2009 Burrowes update: more jail time possible! PHUKET CITY: Simon Burrowes may have to spend a night in a cell at Phuket City Immigration Office while his case is processed, the Gazette has learned. An officer at immigration said Mr Burrowes should be able to leave the country tomorrow after â??some paper workâ? is completed. This might mean he will have to spend a night in jail, the officer said. Thai jails are not unfamiliar to Mr Burrowes, who spent three weeks in Phuket Provincial Prison after losing his temper with an Immigration officer at Phuket International Airport. Mr Burrowes was due to fly out of Phuket today at 3pm after receiving a one-way ticket home to the UK, paid for by an anonymous Thai benefactor. When he reached Phuket Airport to catch the flight, he was told that some unspecified â??additional inquiriesâ? would need to be made. In what might have felt like a case of deja vu to the muay thai pugilist, the flight left without him. He was driven to Phuket City Immigration Office, where he remains. A foreign gentleman is understood to be attempting to secure Mr Burrowesâ??s release today. For our previous report, click here. Immigration officials would not permit a Gazette reporter to interview him and the officer in charge of the case at Immigration was reportedly â??not available for commentâ?Â. Martin Carpenter, Honorary British Consul in Phuket, said he was aware of the situation. â??We will provide Mr Burrowes with any assistance that we can to make sure he can get back to the UK,â? he said. â??The Immigration department are probably only following procedures,â? he said. â??I donâ??t even know if the Immigration department knew if Mr Burrowes was actually leaving this afternoon.â? The consulate had not received a court report following the Burrowes case and did not know his exact immigration status, he said. â??It is up to the individual and their legal council to understand exactly what his immigration status is,â? he added. The Gazette has been unable to confirm whether the latest detention is related to unpaid overstay fines. Mr Burrowes earlier told the Gazette that he thought the public prosecutor in his case had managed to get his 20,000 baht in overstay fines waived. â?? Dan Waites and Gazette reporters Print this story | Send it to a friend Send Letter to Gazette Editor Phuket, Thailand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheekyboy Posted May 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2009 geez they have a problem with this guy ,merciless tormenting him without end Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Central Scrutinizer Posted May 16, 2009 Report Share Posted May 16, 2009 They are seriously busting this guy's balls. Petty bullshit to get back at him for daring to mouth off. Little pissants showing they have the power to make life miserable for anyone that pisses them off. Very 3rd world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavanami Posted May 16, 2009 Report Share Posted May 16, 2009 You're not in Kansas, Toto! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shygye Posted May 17, 2009 Report Share Posted May 17, 2009 He has it better than the royal that died in Thai immigration detention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dean Posted May 17, 2009 Report Share Posted May 17, 2009 I'd say there is a considerable difference between Thailand and Kansas, having lived in one for 4 years and the other for 48 years. I won't tell Tigermoth that you stole his slogan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheekyboy Posted May 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2009 Sunday, May 17, 2009 Homeward bound: Simon Burrowes finally gets off Phuket Mr Simon Burrowes is now on his way back to Wembley. File photo. Mr Simon Burrowes is now on his way back to Wembley. File photo. PHUKET: After spending a his final night in Phuket under the observation of Phuket City Immigration officers, British national Simon Burrowes finally left Phuket at 5.50pm yesterday aboard a Silk Air flight destined for Singapore, where he was scheduled to catch a connecting flight to the UK. Asked why Mr Burrowes had to spend his final night on the island under the supervision of immigration officers despite completion of his court case and payment of a 500-baht fine for verbally abusing an Airport Immigration officer in January â?? when he originally planned to go home â?? an immigration officer told the Gazette that as Mr Burrowes had no money to pay for accommodation, they had to make sure there were no more problems. Before coming to Thailand, Mr Burrowes was living in rented accommodation in Wembley, North-West London. He planned to return to his job and home after three months in Phuket. Due to his extended stay in Thailand, he now faces bleak prospects back home, where he no longer has a job or housing. Mr Burrowes said that he had â??learned a lotâ? from his experience in the Land of Smiles, but had no plans to ever return here. Mr Burrowesâ??s troubles in Phuket began in January, when he was held up at Airport Immigration by officers who suspected his passport may not have been genuine. The suspicion was initially aroused because Mr Burrowes appeared to be shirtless in the photo on the passport, which was in fact legitimately issued. As officers tried to verify the passport, Mr Burrowes realized his non-refundable flight would take to the skies without him. He then became angry and abusive toward the female immigration officer holding his passport. After pointing a finger at the officerâ??s face and shouting, â??Give me back my [expletive deleted] passport you [expletive deleted] bitch,â? Mr Burrowes snatched the passport back from the officer and walked away from the counter. That move turned an already bad situation into a complete nightmare. He was arrested and spent three weeks in Phuket Provincial Prison before being bailed and ordered to appear in court on verbal abuse charges. Mr Burrowes initially planned to fight the charges, but pleaded guilty on the day. He was fined 500 baht and released. Penniless, Mr Burrowes was finally bought an air ticket home by an anonymous Thai benefactor, but when he tried to catch the flight on Friday afternoon he was again foiled by inadequate paperwork â?? he didnâ??t understand that he needed to get a police report and then have his visa renewed at the Phuket Immigration Office in Phuket City, some 50 kilometers away, before he could be allowed to leave. Once again, he had to miss a non-refundable flight. It was apparently â??third time luckyâ? for Mr Burrowes yesterday evening, however. He was last seen by the Gazette successfully passing through Immigration for his flight to Singapore â?? again paid for by a friend. â?? Tiparintron Tanaakarachod and Nick Davies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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