Overstay tourist visa by 2 days...solutions?

[malone76]

My friend from the UK is visiting here and he extended his 30 day visa another 30 days already. He made a mistake when booking his flight home, and is leaving 2 days past the date stamped on his passport. What are his options other than rebooking his flight? I’ve heard they will charge him 500 Baht per day, so only 1,000 Baht. That’s cheaper and more convenient than changing his flight. Anybody done this? Do you just have cash ready at the airport? I’m concerned he may get an officer who will give him trouble. Is it possible to go to immigration ahead of time and pay the 1,000 Baht ahead of time? Thanks!

[DrJack54]

No trouble at all. Needs to keep head down last couple of days. Pay fine at airport

[BritTim]

If he wants to avoid the overstay (advisable if he might later want to spend a lot of time in Thailand) he can apply for a further extension (which will be denied) but given seven days to leave the country. This costs 1,900 baht (more than the fine) but the overstay can come back to bite in the future.

[Peter Denis]

Two days overstay will cost your friend 1.000 THB (2 times 500 THB) which can be paid in cash at the desk after he passes immigration.

The immigration officer will check him out normally like any other individual leaving the country, but will ask another officer to take him to the overstay desk.

Paying the overstay and getting the overstay stamp in your passport only takes 5 max 10 minutes, I am speaking of experience as I had this twice before when visiting thailand on visa-exempt.

But indeed the overstay stamp in his passport might cause trouble later when he wants to visit Thailand, although I should not exagerate that as we are only talking 2 days overstay.

Note: depending on when his flight leaves he might dodge the overstay-stamp and fine completely.  If his plane leaves after midnight (e.g. between 1 and 3 AM), it is just a matter of making sure that he passes the immigration counter before midnight, so that he is technically only on 1 day overstay.  And - once again according to my own experience - a 1 day overstay is accepted without fine or stamp in your passport.

 

 

 

[kevin612]

Pay the money at the airport