Thailand visa question No. 033/20: Overstay
Normally you do not need a visa if you do not stay longer than 30 days. Now my question is, I leave on the 31st day and my return flight is at 12h30, do I need to apply for a visa or not? I know it sounds a bit silly but you never know.
Thailand visa question No. 010/20: Overstay
Arrived at Phuket on January 6. On February 5 we leave for Bali again. Now there is a stamp in my passport until February 4th, which means that I have to leave then. My flight is February 5th. Do I now have a problem or will customs accept this?
Thailand visa question No. 002/20: Tourist Visa – Period of validity and period of stay
As tourists we applied for our visas in December for our 2 monthly holiday in Thailand. Despite the correct date of return on the application form, the attached flight tickets, and the hotel voucher, the visa ends 5 days before the end of our holiday. According to the visa office, you can fly back up to 16 days after the expiration date, without extra fines. A few years ago I had to pay 100 dollars pp for a day late; Does anyone know if the rules have actually been relaxed?
Russian on Koh Samui has a visa overstay of 7 years
The immigration and tourist police on Koh Samui have arrested a 32-year-old Russian. They asked for his passport and found that the man's visa had expired in 2012.
Dutchman (46) arrested with expired visa, not allowed to enter Thailand for 5 years
A 46-year-old Dutchman, Alexander de R, was arrested on Monday while walking just outside Big Trees Village, a resort on Koh Samui. The Immigration Police checked his passport and found that his visa had expired on July 21 this year.
Reader Submission: An overstay with sex
This morning, July 11, I woke up drenched in sweat thinking that I had probably forgotten the date to renew my 90-day stamp. I jumped out of bed and indeed found that I should have reported on or around June 21. Twenty days late. 20 x Baht 500 is ten thousand Baht.
My name is Johan living in Thailand for 13 years. I think I have an overstay problem. Need help. Can you help me forward? Need someone reliable and knowledgeable who can advise me what to do. Don't know what to expect now.
You had already answered me, but you do not get a visa, now have an overstay and have to leave the country for a year. But the crazy thing is that I went for a new 3 days every 90 months.
Concerns 1 day overstay. When applying for a visa, do you have to state that you will be in Thailand for 61 days? Or can you also enter 60 days as the day of departure is not counted as 1 day's stay?
I cannot open the Thailand visa file, hence this question. I wish to apply for multiple entries using form TM8. What other documents (or copies) do I have to submit?
Visa for Thailand: Can I pay a fine for 1 day overstay?
I'm going to Thailand again at the end of this year. Unfortunately, I did not pay close attention when booking my ticket. On the 31st day I leave for the Netherlands again. Can I still pay a fine of 1 thb at the airport for 500 day overstay? Or are the rules now so strict that I better apply for a visa extension of 1950 thb at an immigration office in Thailand?
I want to share with you my findings in the IDC with two things in mind, I write it off and I hope you think twice about forgetting to apply for a visa.
Manhunt for foreigners with expired visa successful
The number of foreigners with an expired visa in Thailand has fallen sharply. Commissioner Surachate Hakparn, head of the Immigration Bureau even says that there are no longer any foreigners staying illegally in the country, but that seems mostly wishful thinking.
Immigration police will tackle student visa fraud
More and more foreigners cheat with Thai language studies in order to obtain a student visa. The schools help them by granting a certificate, but they fail if the visa has to be extended.
Phuket police suspected of overstayer corruption
The Royal Thai Police are investigating rumors that police officers in Phuket deliberately failed to report the arrest of 1.730 foreigners to the Immigration Bureau (IB) so that they would not be deported. Of the 2.415 foreigners arrested, only 685 were sent to the IB. It is estimated that 1.730 overstayers (foreigners whose visas have expired) paid bribes to avoid being deported.
Reader question: Overstay of 1 day, what to do?
At the end of February I leave for Thailand, but unfortunately I only have a Belgian passport (travel pass). My booking has been made and I am in Thailand for 31 days. Now the question is how can I rectify this problem of 1 day overstay? I read and hear many contradictions to my question, leave the country for a while, go to immigration, do nothing and just pay at the airport on departure?
Gang hunting: At least 100.000 foreigners illegally in Thailand
The Thai government has launched a manhunt for foreign gangs. Three hundred arrests have now been made of persons with an expired visa. They are suspected of various criminal activities. The detainees are part of a group of at least 100.000 foreigners illegally residing in Thailand.