Retirement Visa/Overstay

[Will27]

I'm on a marriage extension and have no idea how retirement visas work.

 

A friend rang me tonight.

He was on his first retirement visa which he thought expired next month.

 

Unfortunately, he either misread or likely forgot that it expired 2 weeks ago.

He is now on a 14 day overstay.

 

He will go to Immigration to clear up the 500 Baht per day overstay fine tomorrow.

 

What is the procedure then, does he need to apply for a new retirement visa straight away?

To make matters worse, his passport (US) only has 1 blank page.

 

Would appreciate any advice as he's quite worried.

 

TIA

[Caldera]

If he meets all the requirements for a 1-year extension, chances are they'll let him pay the overstay fine and still process the extension. But he better makes sure that his application is flawless and that his remaining blank page is in fact a usable "visa" page, not an "endorsements" page.

[DrJack54]

50 minutes ago, Will27 said:

A friend rang me tonight.

He was on his first retirement visa which he thought expired next month.

At a guess he had a 90 day stamp from a Non O? 

Has not done an extension. 

So this was to be his first? 

To even consider trying to obtain a 12 month extension the 800k must have been in bank for two mo tha to meet compliance. 

 

Your post is tad confusing. What do you mean.,.. What actually expired. 

The Non O or the 90 day stamp.Check passport to see date of current permission of stay. 

 

Given only one page remaining in pp then not good situation. 

 

 

[Will27]

9 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

At a guess he had a 90 day stamp from a Non O? 

Has not done an extension. 

So this was to be his first? 

To even consider trying to obtain a 12 month extension the 800k must have been in bank for two mo tha to meet compliance. 

 

Your post is tad confusing. What do you mean.,.. What actually expired. 

The Non O or the 90 day stamp.Check passport to see date of current permission of stay. 

 

Given only one page remaining in pp then not good situation. 

 

 

He told me this was his first visa, but I

know he was doing 90 reports online, so maybe he meant this was his first extension.

 

The money has been in the bank for 12 months plus so that won't be a problem.

 

I'm not sure if this makes a difference, but the original visa/extension was granted in another province.

 

He has relocated and is hoping he can reapply in Chiang Rai.

 

I guess he will find out today when he goes to Immigration.

[Tod Daniels]

Well if he's doing 90 day reporting then he's definitely on an extension of stay. 
 

At most offices a short overstay isn't a problem (under a month or so) and you just pay the fine apply for a new extension and they issue it to you 

The "one page left" is much more concerning, because IF they have an 'old style' US passport that the last couple pages are marked 'endorsements' many immigration offices will not put extension stamps on those pages. 

As other posters said, he needs to get his ducks in a row documentation wise, get to his immigration office, clear the overstay fine and apply for the extension (if they will let him) ASAP !! 

 

[DrJack54]

37 minutes ago, Will27 said:

He told me this was his first visa, but I

know he was doing 90 reports online, so maybe he meant this was his first extension.

Since he has been doing 90 day reports then he must currently be on a 12 month extension. 

So this extension coming up is not his first extension. 

Appears simple case of missed his expiry date and didn't apply for next extension. 

This happens and immigration can opt to allow payment of overstay fine. (as @Caldera explained) 

More common would be few days overstay. 

Today will be very interesting for him. 

Has he done a TM30 for this new address.  One page left in pp is the wild card. 

Please post any update. 

 

[Tod Daniels]

Just for peoples' information on the OLD United States passport this is the difference between "regular" passport pages and those last pages that are for "endorsements" that immigrations won't usually stamp