One Day Overstay

[Briggsy]

Just spoken to a friend who was holidaying in Samui on a 30-day visa waiver. He left Samui and stopped in Hat Yai en route to Malaysia. Tried to book the train but it was full. He booked for the following day. He arrived at Sadao on the train and was one day overstay. He was charged 500 Baht. He only had a credit card. He was told to take all his stuff off the train as he had to pay 500 Baht. He managed to hitch a lift back to the town and find an ATM from which he made a withdrawal, motorbike taxi back to the station/border, paid the 500 Baht and just made the train. First time in Thailand and he didn't really have a clue.

I thought one day overstay was waived though. Is this not correct?

Edited January 14, 2008 by Briggsy

[PhilHarries]

My only overstay on a visa exempt stamp was one day and I just got a bit of a runaround at Don Muang and then stamped out with no fine, but that was way back in '92. Maybe the immigration staff down there don't have too much to do.

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Edited January 14, 2008 by PhilHarries

[dr_Pat_Pong]

Just spoken to a friend who was holidaying in Samui on a 30-day visa waiver. He left Samui and stopped in Hat Yai en route to Malaysia. Tried to book the train but it was full. He booked for the following day. He arrived at Sadao on the train and was one day overstay. He was charged 500 Baht. He only had a credit card. He was told to take all his stuff off the train as he had to pay 500 Baht. He managed to hitch a lift back to the town and find an ATM from which he made a withdrawal, motorbike taxi back to the station/border, paid the 500 Baht and just made the train. First time in Thailand and he didn't really have a clue.

I thought one day overstay was waived though. Is this not correct?

They only seem to overlook one day at BKK airport. ( Finewise I mean )

[dr_Pat_Pong]

Just spoken to a friend who was holidaying in Samui on a 30-day visa waiver. He left Samui and stopped in Hat Yai en route to Malaysia. Tried to book the train but it was full. He booked for the following day. He arrived at Sadao on the train and was one day overstay. He was charged 500 Baht. He only had a credit card. He was told to take all his stuff off the train as he had to pay 500 Baht. He managed to hitch a lift back to the town and find an ATM from which he made a withdrawal, motorbike taxi back to the station/border, paid the 500 Baht and just made the train. First time in Thailand and he didn't really have a clue.

I thought one day overstay was waived though. Is this not correct?

[Crossy]

I thought one day overstay was waived though. Is this not correct?

Not correct anywhere other than at airports, even there if you've more than one day overstay the first day is then charged.

Your friend was travelling to Malaysia with less than 20 dollars in his pocket? Unbelievable, if I have less than 2000 Baht (the cost of a tank of diesel) in my wallet I feel seriously underfunded!

[dr_Pat_Pong]

I thought one day overstay was waived though. Is this not correct?

Not correct anywhere other than at airports, even there if you've more than one day overstay the first day is then charged.

Your friend was travelling to Malaysia with less than 20 dollars in his pocket? Unbelievable, if I have less than 2000 Baht (the cost of a tank of diesel) in my wallet I feel seriously underfunded!

Smart way to think.

[swain]

I have been here five years and they have never asked me to show funds. But the other day I did have a strange thing happen. Strange for Thailand that is. I was leaving and I was over one day. They should have zapped me 500 baht but they guy smiled and just waved me through. He knew what he was doing when he gave me the one day over. Ok fine... went into Burma spent some money on knockoffs and what not and was coming back into Thailand when the guy doing my visa said you are over one day why didn't you pay. I told him the guy waved me through but this didn't sit well with him. He took me back over to the exit side of the border pushed me through the crowd leaving and marched me up the front and told the guy I had not paid and told me I pay NOW. fine fine... they had to find my departure card which took them 10 minutes and everyone in line is giving me the evil eye. Even when they found it they took their time doing the paper work again another 10 minutes.. and no one was allowed to go ahead of me. finally got the money to them, got the papers signed and they gave me my passport. Turned around to leave and the guy that had marched me over in the first place was waiting to see the receipt to make sure I had paid. Always something different.. just plan on that and you will be fine.

[sriracha john]

Land borders it's not waived. On a trip to Laos, a travelling companion paid a one day overstay... at 7:30AM.... for an overstay length amounting to 7hrs30min past the expiration of his stamp.