@Garrett **********

or the overstayer refused to pay up. I read a few years ago an European lady refused to pay 3 days overstay at a land border and was locked up. Unfortunately, the bureaucracy did not work as it should have and she was "lost" for a number of days... in jail.

@Garrett **********

the news article does not provide other details, but consider this: if the overstayer was leaving the country, why not fine and let him/her go to the airplane? Surrendering to the IO at the airport is strange, but if the airport IO did the same as the town's local IO, he/she would normally not be detained and put in the news. Very strange.

@Bonnie ********

you got it! I still see grown men still acting like 12 yos. No joke.

@Bonnie ********

some folks get in trouble, and others too, as a result of incorrect beliefs. He thought bringing the girl over was like bringing the LOS scene to his bedroom, as if a souvenir. Then they would live together happily ever after. Walt Disney made those fairy tales for children. I feel sorry for those who did not grow up. What happened to these two, if true, is practically tragic. Have seen this several times already, and it does not end well, like a Disney story.

@Moadi *****

$3000 a month sometimes is not enough to cover rent.

$2600 in LOS goes a *lot* farther than $3000 in USA. Simple math. Now she realizes that too. In LOS the going rate is $30, while in USA is ten times that. Sorry for the guy.

@Frank *********

I've had many conversations with English teachers here in LOS, and the teaching of English as a Foreign Language bears little resemblance to the academic teaching we went thru on the average US, British school or univ. Basically, the teaching that we know is lecture based because all students are already fluent speakers. In the EFL environment, lectures are worthless because the students do not bring the language from their everyday life. Instead it is introduced by sound, pronunciation, listening, imitation, role playing, and a host of activities and tasks that replace the absence of childhood learning. Most of us do not remember how we learned to speak, but remember going to school already speaking. This is also the reason why the EFL teacher should not speak Thai to the students in or out of the school. It is the student's responsibility to learn English, not the teacher's to learn Thai. I had difficulty inderstanding this too. Hope this helps to clarify.

You could find work. There are *many* foreigners living in Thailand, employed, usually at schools as language teachers. If they do well and keep both school staff and students happy, they may be here for years. International schools pay the best. These intl schools also hire math, science, social studies, and IT teachers too. Check out and look up "Dave's ESL Cafe" website too. Also look at the pic below to get an idea of what a university offers (sorry, appl time has passed for this one). Steady job, monthly income, work permit, no visa runs... it is a good arrangement. They do require a 4 yr degree about 99.9% of the time. Good luck!

There is a good chance they do not know what you are talking about and much less for them to ever find out.

Just as Stuart said, at the clinic they check you still have a pulse and blood pressure for ~100 THB. All they want is a CYA doc. Good luck.

@Vit ********

US Dept of State (as printed on the pp bio page)