abrokefarang

Don't risk it. Airport worked for my 5 yr overstay. Paid 20k in a back room and I was free as a bird.

Both. I paid 20k baht and had a stamp put on my passport. I overstayed 5 years. 3 days is pretty tame around here.

why is it stupid comment??

some people live in the out of the way villages,never come to the big citys

i have several friends who are on 5 or 6 years overstay

no family in the out side world,they all read & write thai

their happy're that a pig in a mud hole

I also had a friend that was on 5 years overstay when he was arrested, jailed for a time, heavily fined then deported with a red stamp.

How does a person even function in Thailand without a valid visa/permission to stay? How do you buy or rent a car or motorbike, rent a house or apartment, no $#!t your pants every time you see a checkpoint ahead? One can't possibly have much of a life. People are routinely arrested on overstay here in Phuket, and several people living upcountry have posted about receiving visits from police and immigration checking their status.

Listen. I will be honest. In the 5 years here I was caught red handed TWICE. Once when I tried to book a hotel and the lady flipped through my passport. I nearly shit my pants. She clearly saw I was past my due date. I went back to my hotel room and was just expecting any minute the police would come back knocking on the door. Another time when I tried to rent a motorbike. Lady saw I was expired. She KNEW. If that lady would have reported it the police I would have been COOKED.

Just some friendly advice... Give them a paper copy of your passport if you are on overstay. Never give them the real thing. And don't book hotels and rent motorbikes.

Being on the big o is really scary everyday. Never a good idea to do it. I would never do it again.

Hi all. Finally ready to take care of the visa problem tommorrow. I am so scared I feel like shitting my pants. I am going to the airport to pay my fine of 20k. Can I stay in Thailand or do I have to take a plane flight out? Assuming I am not thrown in idc? About my visa situation.. Long story but I moved here and gradually fell behind on going on the twice monthly Cambodian visa runs. I was too afraid to do anything about it for years. Now I'm ready. It's been a long time.

Is $500 a month doable? I have very little savings but a small income coming in each month from the internet.

How much is rice? Eggs? etc at the market? Obviously I will be cooking at home. And what is the cheapest accomodation I can find? I need the internet as it's my income source.

I know it's not much but I'm looking to an alternative to living homeless on the streets here or elsewhere. It's not much better in the usa these days(same as being in prison).

Hey all. I am about to get kicked out of the house. I have very little money left and nowhere to go. I have at most 10,000 baht or less to restart my life here as my wife wants me gone asap(long story but I am being left without any money). What can I do? I want to know where I can get the cheapest place to sleep for a month(not more than 2k baht a month Thai apartment since I have so little money right now) and get my life back on track while I get some money in my bank account. It's some of my own fault I never saved any money and now I am flat broke here. Yes it's a nightmare but it is reality for me. Where can I go? I cannot afford more than 1-2k for a Thai apartment and a couple thousand MAX for food for the next couple months while I get my financial life back in order.