If your visa expires on an official holiday, is an overstay imposed for extending it the following business day?

[keysersoze276]

Hi all!  Just realized my visa tourist expires on the Queen's birthday (Monday, August 13th).  If I go on Tuesday the 14th to get a 30 day extension, will I have to pay an overstay, or is that waived because the immigration office is closed on the day it expired?

 

[BritTim]

The normal policy is not to fine you if you go to immigration on the first day they are open after your permission to stay expires. However, there is no good reason to leave everything until the last day. Your 30-day extension would be added to August 13 even if you applied for the extension around August 7 (which would be what I would do).

[keysersoze276]

6 minutes ago, BritTim said:

The normal policy is not to fine you if you go to immigration on the first day they are open after your permission to stay expires. However, there is no good reason to leave everything until the last day. Your 30-day extension would be added to August 13 even if you applied for the extension around August 7 (which would be what I would do).

Thanks, Brit Tim!  Woah!  I could go to immigration a week before it expires and get the extension, allowing me up to the expiration date on the 13th and then 30 additional days?  

[Mark1066]

Yes you can and no they shouldn't fine you this time (at least I wasn't fined for doing exactly the same at least twice I think).

[keysersoze276]

That's pretty cool.  Thanks!  I always thought it was 30 days from the day you got the extension for some reason.  Great to know I was wrong!

[BritTim]

2 hours ago, keysersoze276 said:

I could go to immigration a week before it expires and get the extension, allowing me up to the expiration date on the 13th and then 30 additional days?  

Correct.

[PoorSucker]

As BritTim said you don't lose any days going early. 

[OJAS]

5 hours ago, Mark1066 said:

Yes you can and no they shouldn't fine you this time (at least I wasn't fined for doing exactly the same at least twice I think).

I would have thought it highly unlikely that they could fine you for overstaying if, in fact, you have not overstayed when you apply for the extension!

[Mark1066]

10 hours ago, OJAS said:

I would have thought it highly unlikely that they could fine you for overstaying if, in fact, you have not overstayed when you apply for the extension!

Sorry, I meant they shouldn't fine the OP even if he applies for the extension on the 14th.

[KhunBENQ]

17 hours ago, BritTim said:

if you applied for the extension around August 7 (which would be what I would do).

Any date in the week from August 6 to 10 would be OK.

But to avoid Monday and Friday, Tuesday the 7th sounds good.

 

Are you in Bangkok?

 

Some nitpicking: Queens birthday is on the 12th.

A Sunday this year.

So Monday 13th is a substitute public holiday.

[keysersoze276]

3 hours ago, KhunBENQ said:

Any date in the week from August 6 to 10 would be OK.

But to avoid Monday and Friday, Tuesday the 7th sounds good.

 

Are you in Bangkok?

 

Some nitpicking: Queens birthday is on the 12th.

A Sunday this year.

So Monday 13th is a substitute public holiday.

Thanks for all the replies from everyone.  I am actually in Nonthaburi.  The immigration office is out in the middle of nowhere surrounded by rice paddies.  lol.