Paulinho Posted October 23, 2018 Share Posted October 23, 2018 Hi, Delay on Visa from VN embassy. I can collect at 4pm 24th (my Thai visa expires 24th) but might be queue. Worst case I leave at 5pm. Back to Condo close by. 15 minutes. Get baggage. All mad rush and stressful. Book flight hotel etc... Last flight to Hanoi is 7.05pm. If I'm in taxi at 5.30pm and in rush hour might not make it for check in. May take an hour. 6.30pm. Thoughts? I'd rather take the 11am flight the next day. 1 day overstay. Leave home at 8am. Scared of risks of being stopped etc... Could you advise? Thanks, Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubonjoe Posted October 23, 2018 Share Posted October 23, 2018 If leaving from either airport in Bangkok you will not be fined 500 baht for less than 24 hours of overstay. The only risk is getting caught on the way to the airport but showing a ticket out of the country should eliminate any problems. To save all the rushing around and the overstay you could apply for an extension at immigration, pay 1900 baht and be granted 7 days to leave the country after it is denied. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulinho Posted October 23, 2018 Author Share Posted October 23, 2018 (edited) 35 minutes ago, ubonjoe said: If leaving from either airport in Bangkok you will not be fined 500 baht for less than 24 hours of overstay. The only risk is getting caught on the way to the airport but showing a ticket out of the country should eliminate any problems. To save all the rushing around and the overstay you could apply for an extension at immigration, pay 1900 baht and be granted 7 days to leave the country after it is denied. Thanks @ubonjoe I don't have time for a massive wait at chang wattana. And I'm due in VN for business 25th. Ill have the ticket printed and take the risk. Will be 8am I'll head off. Presume most police won't be doing roadblocks at that time... Thanks as ever for your advice. P Edited October 23, 2018 by Paulinho Typo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elviajero Posted October 23, 2018 Share Posted October 23, 2018 Even if you were stopped by the police — if you’re on the way to the airport and have booked flight — they are not going to arrest you. You might risk (very low) being extorted by a corrupt opportunistic cop, but the authorities do not prosecute people on short overstays, especially someone on a one day overstay who’s on their way to the airport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulinho Posted October 23, 2018 Author Share Posted October 23, 2018 1 hour ago, elviajero said: Even if you were stopped by the police — if you’re on the way to the airport and have booked flight — they are not going to arrest you. You might risk (very low) being extorted by a corrupt opportunistic cop, but the authorities do not prosecute people on short overstays, especially someone on a one day overstay who’s on their way to the airport. Thanks for that. P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sydebolle Posted October 23, 2018 Share Posted October 23, 2018 You can take the risk as the chances are next to zero that you're being picked up between 24th midnight and 25th departure - take it easy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulinho Posted October 23, 2018 Author Share Posted October 23, 2018 Just now, Sydebolle said: You can take the risk as the chances are next to zero that you're being picked up between 24th midnight and 25th departure - take it easy Cheers.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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