Weekend overstay and extension dangers

[Sambo5000]

I need to extend my visa tomorrow but Sunday. Will i get charged overstay if go in on Monday? Also. Are there any traps to look out for when extending visa at  Bangkok?

[Pattaya57]

Why didn't you go Friday, or even 1-2 weeks ago?

[Sambo5000]

Quite

[Caldera]

A planned overstay is never a good idea nowadays, you should have gone earlier this week and you wouldn't have lost any days by doing so, as the extension starts from when your current permission to stay expires.

 

That being said, if your permission to stay expires during a weekend or holiday, you won't be charged for an overstay if you go to immigration on the very next working day.

[Sambo5000]

Thanks so much. I have a bank statement as proof of adress. Will this suffice?

[DrJack54]

16 minutes ago, Sambo5000 said:

Thanks so much. I have a bank statement as proof of adress. Will this suffice?

No it will not. 

Seems you are asking about 30 day extension to either tourist visa or visa exempt.

Which immigration office are you using for extension? 

[Sambo5000]

Exempt at IT City

[BritTim]

If no TM30 has been done, move to a hotel tomorrow, and go for the extension Monday with a confirmation of a TM30 from the hotel.

[DrJack54]

6 minutes ago, Sambo5000 said:

Exempt at IT City

You mean Laksi IT mall..Bangkok ? 

They will ask for a TM30. 

Read  BritTim post above. 

[Sambo5000]

Last time I just used a hotel booking. No tm30 required. Will it work?

[Sambo5000]

How do i get a tm 30. No hotels were providing

[Sambo5000]

Exempt at IT City. So a hotel booking for Monday night, just show up with that?

[Sambo5000]

Last time i tried on Sukkhumvit to get tm30 woth hotel booking. None had heard of it. Someone please help me out here

[Caldera]

45 minutes ago, Sambo5000 said:

Last time I just used a hotel booking. No tm30 required. Will it work?

It's hit and miss. If no TM30 has been filed for you in their system with a Bangkok address, there's a good chance that they'll ask you for proof.

 

Staying at a hotel and showing a hotel booking, they MIGHT be lenient with you as it's the hotel's responsibility (not yours), but don't bank on it - you're taking the cake, showing up with an overstay AND no TM30.

Edited July 1, 2023 by Caldera

[DrJack54]

20 minutes ago, Sambo5000 said:

Last time i tried on Sukkhumvit to get tm30 woth hotel booking. None had heard of it. Someone please help me out here

You have left it very late.

For folk on visa exempt entry or tourist visa do not need to do anything regards TM30 UNLESS they plan to attend immigration for a 30 day extension.

Knowing that prior to check into a hotel you ask if they do a TM30 and can provide you with screenshot of filing .

 

You are going to Laksi.

The document check chicks will most likely ask for your TM30. 

 

You have backed yourself into foolish situation. 

 

Edited July 1, 2023 by DrJack54

[Pattaya57]

1 hour ago, Sambo5000 said:

Quite

So why didn't you go Friday, or even 1-2 weeks ago?

[Tropicalevo]

1 hour ago, Sambo5000 said:

How do i get a tm 30. No hotels were providing

Hotels do not usually print out the TM 30 but you WILL be in the system.

Immigration can look online.

[DrJack54]

16 minutes ago, Tropicalevo said:

Hotels do not usually print out the TM 30 but you WILL be in the system.

Immigration can look online.

That is incorrect. 

Immigration OFTEN ask for TM30 screenshot.

 

MANY threads re this.

Here is one 

https://aseannow.com/topic/1294130-exempt-visa-extension-denied-because-of-no-tm-30/

Edited July 1, 2023 by DrJack54

[Tropicalevo]

10 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

That is incorrect. 

Immigration OFTEN ask for TM30 screenshot.

 

MANY threads re this.

Here is one 

https://aseannow.com/topic/1294130-exempt-visa-extension-denied-because-of-no-tm-30/

Think again Jack.

I have stayed in hotels in Thailand for 30 years.

NONE give a screenshot.

The screenshot saves them from looking online.

If you tell them that it was a hotel or that you have lost it, they can check online.

This has happened to a number of people here.

One couple were not in the system. Did not have a TM 30. Their landlord had never done one in his life.

Whilst waiting in the queue at immigration, their landlord called me and we managed to get them recorded.

By the time they reached the counter, the girls checked online.

All good. Sorry, you can go home.

They did not have a screenshot but they do now.

 

Immigration ask for a screenshot because they are lazy but it is not the only solution.
 

[Marky Mark Mark]

12 hours ago, Sambo5000 said:

Thanks so much. I have a bank statement as proof of adress. Will this suffice?

WHAT?

 

I got an extension last week.  Simple extra 30 days added to my 30 Visa exempt.

 

I volutarily wanted to show Checker of documents my TM 30, not the easiet thing to get-many smaller hotel say FKK it, what she said shocked me to the core.

 

Air arrivals Visa exempt dont need TM 30 to get extension.

 

Was she Trolling me or not.  Was she lazy?

 

I was so Proud of my TM30....hahaha.

Edited July 2, 2023 by Marky Mark Mark

[Sambo5000]

I arrived by air. Can anyone confirm this true?

[Sambo5000]

9 minutes ago, Marky Mark Mark said:

WHAT?

 

I got an extension last week.  Simple extra 30 days added to my 30 Visa exempt.

 

I volutarily wanted to show Checker of documents my TM 30, not the easiet thing to get-many smaller hotel say FKK it, what she said shocked me to the core.

 

Air arrivals Visa exempt dont need TM 30 to get extension.

 

Was she Trolling me or not.  Was she lazy?

 

I was so Proud of my TM30....hahaha.

I arrived by air. Do you think i will be ok?

[LS24]

12 hours ago, Caldera said:

 

That being said, if your permission to stay expires during a weekend or holiday, you won't be charged for an overstay if you go to immigration on the very next working day.

I can confirm that after seeking help here. immigration didn't even bring it up.

[Lemsta69]

15 minutes ago, Marky Mark Mark said:

WHAT?

 

I got an extension last week.  Simple extra 30 days added to my 30 Visa exempt.

 

I volutarily wanted to show Checker of documents my TM 30, not the easiet thing to get-many smaller hotel say FKK it, what she said shocked me to the core.

 

Air arrivals Visa exempt dont need TM 30 to get extension.

 

Was she Trolling me or not.  Was she lazy?

 

I was so Proud of my TM30....hahaha.

This was at Laksi Mall IT in Bangkok?

[DrJack54]

9 minutes ago, Lemsta69 said:

This was at Laksi Mall IT in Bangkok?

He entered visa exempt hence it would be Laksi

[Sambo5000]

Can anyone clarify that air arrivals not need tm30 for visa extension? How about tm28 ftom police station?

[Pattaya57]

1 hour ago, Sambo5000 said:

Can anyone clarify that air arrivals not need tm30 for visa extension? How about tm28 ftom police station?

Arrival by air or by land border have nothing to do with a TM30. A TM30 must be done by your hotel when you check in.

 

As well as TM30 done, for your extension you'll need:

 

TM7 form (from immigration)

Copy of passport ID page

Copy of entry stamp

Passport photo

1900 baht

 

Not sure why you think you need bank statements or TM28 from police (whatever that is)

 

Edited July 2, 2023 by Pattaya57

[BritTim]

1 hour ago, Sambo5000 said:

Can anyone clarify that air arrivals not need tm30 for visa extension? How about tm28 ftom police station?

The TM30 has nothing to do with how you enter Thailand. It is a notification of a foreigner staying at the property. Filing it is a legal requirement any time a foreigner stays overnight at a hotel or other dwelling. I find it extremely surprising that a hotel ion Sukhumvit n Bangkok would deny knowledge of a TM30. They should be submitting them online daily.

 

It feels like you are setting yourself up for needing to leave Thailand with an overstay fine, and a need to return to Thailand somehow. Seriously, resolve the problem while you can. Stop trying to be lucky with a strong chance you will not be.

[Caldera]

4 hours ago, Sambo5000 said:

I arrived by air. Do you think i will be ok?

It has nothing to do with how you arrive. Whether they ask you for proof of TM30 is hit and miss as I wrote earlier, as Thai immigration pretty much operates in "crackdown mode". Just be aware that there's a chance that you won't even get past the initial document check without a TM30 receipt.