Any Visa Help For Overstay During Crisis?

[gk10002000]

Does anybody know if tourists that have expiring or expired visa on arrivals or other types are getting any relief from the Government? Surely, some people must have over stayed their visa when their flights were canceled.

Thanks.

[Lite Beer]

Does anybody know if tourists that have expiring or expired visa on arrivals or other types are getting any relief from the Government? Surely, some people must have over stayed their visa when their flights were canceled.

Thanks.

Providing they have a flight ticket as proof, they will not be charged overstay.

[Mario2008]

No overstay fined if you can show the original airline ticket out. See anouncement on the Tourist Authority website. Also has information about free hotel stays and food.

http://www.tourismthailand.org/news/content-1380.html

Edit:

Oops, not on TAT website anymore about overstay. But immigration website reports this:

According to Anti-Government Protesters blocked Suvarnabhumi Airport terminal since 26 Novermber 2008, the immigration checkpoint-Suvarnabhumi Airport could not provide visa service for entry and departure of foreigners. Some foreigners’visa might expire from this situation. Then Immigration Bureau will give exemption for those foreigners by the Immigration Act 2522 B.E.. For claiming expired visa foreigners need to present valid passports and airplane-tickets (which show departure time)

posted on30 Nov 2008

http://www.immigration.go.th/nov2004/en/ba...;section=notice

[Maestro]

It is still on the TAT website at http://www.tatnews.org/tat_release/detail.asp?id=4071 but a printout from the immigration website is more authoritative if it should be needed to show to an immigration officer who does not yet know about it.

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Maestro

[gk10002000]

Thank you. Glad to see they are doing that. Can't imagine the bad Publicity if they started fining people for overstaying due to airport closures! They will have enoug of a problem recovering from this mess as it is.

[PoorSucker]

Thank you. Glad to see they are doing that. Can't imagine the bad Publicity if they started fining people for overstaying due to airport closures! They will have enoug of a problem recovering from this mess as it is.

Like when they demanded work permit for volunteers after the tsunami.

[12DrinkMore]

Like when they demanded work permit for volunteers after the tsunami.

I believe that quote came from some official on Phuket a couple of months after the tsunami, but, as far as I know, no volunteer ever had a problem.