Macas67

Hi all,

I'm on an Education Visa and about to do my 90 day reporting in Bangkok. Can I get a proof of residency for my first Thai licence from immigration? Or do I need to go to the British embassy and pay their ridiculous charge of 2,500b?

Cheers.

Thanks guys. So just to summarise, I have no other choice than to fly out of the country and visit an embassy for a 30 or 60 day tourist visa?

Hi all,

So I'm close to ripping my hair out over all this! I'm getting conflicting views from everyone I seem to speak to.

Lop, hopefully this will make some sense to you. I originally entered Thailand in August 2010 on a 90 day, single entry, non O visa. The school my wife was working for then had that changed to the 12 month, multi entry, non O In the November. I can't see anywhere that states its an extension, only that it says that length of stay is until November this year.

I've been told by different people that I will now have to fly out, visit an embassy and fly back in again to get a new tourist visa (brief note here, my new job includes a non B visa, but I need a visa in my passport to start with apparently) at the same time, paying the overstay charge on my way out. (this person told me that if I go to immigration, they'll simply arrest me!!)

Others have said that skipping into Cambodia is an option and some say go to immigration, pay the charge then go out and back.

I'm happy to pay the overstay and sort out the tourist visa, but I need to do it ASAP as I'm seriously running low on funds, I therefore need to do it as cheap as possible.

What's your thoughts peeps??

Thanks again to everyone who's chipped in so far

Latest stamp says "non re" 23 oct, until 11 nov (which is the expiry date of the one year visa).

The two week info came from a travel agent I visited this afternoon in my soi. I wasn't sure how much I could trust what he was saying though, as he quoted me 7000thb for a 30 day visa, which I could do once I've paid the overstay charge. He didn't seem to genuine to be honest.

Thanks for all your feedback so far guys, my departure card has only the arrival date stamped on it :-S

Hi all,

So I need a little advice, apologies if this has been asked before, I couldn't quite find the answer I was looking for on the rest of the forum. I've been staying in Bangkok, Thailand on a non O multiple entry visa. My visa was issued in November last year. I returned to the uk for 3 months and came back to Bangkok in October, 29 days before my visa was due to expire. I spoke to the embassy in the uk before flying and they told me that, as my visa was due to expire in November, I would get 90 days extension from the date I arrived in the country.

Now forgive my lack of savvy on this subject, but until yesterday (upon acceptance for a job here), I never thought to check my passport at all, but it seems the guy at the airport simply stamped it with a 14 day job and left it so that it looks like my visa still expires/expired on 11th November. I'm now in a serious quandary as it looks like I've over stayed by 21 days, which incurs a substantial charge, as you probably know. In not certain on the likelihood of the guys at the immigration office admitting there was a mistake made and sorting it out for me, or will they just sting me with the 10k+ charge and boot me out?!

Your thoughts, knowledge and experience on this matter will be greatly appreciated!

Cheers,

Dave