I assumed that a day meant 24 hours, that arriving at 11:45 PM on Dec 8 meant that one day meant to Dec 9, two days meant to Dec 10, etc.  I didn't realize it was one day means the 15 minutes for the 8th, two days on the 9th, etc.  So, as it stands now, my flight out is on the 31st day as they figure it.

 

I can drive from Bangkok to the border to go in and out, but that is a wasted day.  I can pay for an extension for 1,900 baht, but since my TM30 registration still hasn't gone through the online entry, I'd probably be hit for late reporting.

 

According to the Thaiembassy.com, a one-day overstay means only 500 baht if they even other to collect it.

 

Is this true?  And are there any other ramifications to overstaying the day?

7 minutes ago, luckizuchinni said:

And are there any other ramifications to overstaying the day?

Well maybe

But normally if you get to the airport without being arrested then they will fine you 500 baht per day up to a certain many days ( maybe 90 ) then they start to hand out bans from entering the country.

The you arrive is day 1 of the 30 days.

If leaving from either airport in Bangkok you will not be fined 500 for an overstay of one day.

One day of overstay is not big deal since so many people have them due to errors counting there days.

Only if caught on the way to the airport would there be a problem.

 

2 minutes ago, johng said:

Well maybe

But he was not apprehended for a one day of overstay. That was only coincidental since they were after him for not paying his bill at a hotel.

The 11:45p.m.was the time when stamped at the immigration desk? 

I have a 5 day overstay which I've been questioned about a few times so I think any overstay is going to draw attention to you, although nothing has come of it yet for me.

 

Also remember you can overstay for one day if leaving at the airport without a fine and with only a small written note in your passport.

Edited December 19, 20196 yr by edwardandtubs

 Not so easy to understand, but very important.

 Once in the airport passing immigration counters to join your flight, with a one day overstay you are an absentminded farang, so this cannot be of great importance and you are therefore logically excused.
In the same conditions but a few hours before, on your way to the same airport, you are an offender and may be detained by immigration before your expulsion from the country like a criminal ... As said already It is not easy to understand for a normally constituted western spirit but it must be admitted! ????

9 hours ago, Tchooptip said:

 Not so easy to understand, but very important.       

on your way to the same airport, you are an offender and may be detained by immigration before your expulsion from the country like a criminal 

 

Aside from people wanted by the police for other reasons, I don't think there have been cases of people arrested by police and deported with one day overstay.

 

And if someone with a significant overstay were stopped by the police,  are they expected to assume if he says he's going to the airport that he must be believed? Or maybe you want the police to give him an escort to the airport to make sure he checks in for his flight?

 

I think even dull western minds can grasp the notion that  being in the country illegally is contrary to the law, but that if you're checking in for a flight out of the country that you are definitely  leaving and therefore some leniency is shown.

 

Posts that seem to suggest westerners have such an innate grasp of fundamental irrefutable  logic, apparently because they have pale skin, and it's a logic that eludes Thais, are ridiculous.

 

I suppose if the police stopped someone in Houston or Manchester or Brisbane or wherever and if that person were found to be in the country past the date he was supposed to leave the country,  those police would just pat him on the head and say "on your way oh esteemed visitor?"

 

 

 

Edited December 20, 20196 yr by Suradit69

On 12/20/2019 at 11:39 PM, Suradit69 said:

 

I suppose if the police stopped someone in Houston or Manchester or Brisbane or wherever and if that person were found to be in the country past the date he was supposed to leave the country,  those police would just pat him on the head and say "on your way oh esteemed visitor?"

 

 

 

 

The police don't stop people and check their immigration status in the UK.

6 hours ago, edwardandtubs said:

 

The police don't stop people and check their immigration status in the UK.

Nor, I suspect , in many places in the USA. 

I did exactly that about 8 years ago, for the same reason. The IO noted it to me, then went over to another desk, handed my passport to a senior female officer who glanced at it, initialed it somewhere and handed it back to the first guy who then without delay stamped me out. No fine.