Overstay.. What To Do Help?

[toffo9]

Overstayed about 4 months and have been offered a backdoor visa ... 26000 to clear the overstay and 13000 for a 3 month visa.. Now i dont want to go down that route but if i go to my gf home in buriram and pay the 20k at the border near her will i b detained??? and what visa will i get for coming back in and how long for.. Thanks for your advice in advance...

[Basil B]

Visa by the back door, sounds like a Nigerian scam, max fine = 20,000 unless you really piss them of as they can lock you up, possibly this is not the best thread for visa advice.

If you do get a forged stamp and/or visa in your passport you will be in big trouble and no body can help you there.

[johnbarpic]

Must say I am very confused that you overstayed in the first place being aware of the recent crack down

if you have an option pay up nut at the right level ie :- where you get an offcial stamp any false stamps are adding to your problem.

I know of two guys who have both overstayed & went to the monkey house when they tried to depart until it was sorted.

not sure of your nationality but this is not UK no pussy footing about you really have screwed up

PAY UP and go to your home country just in case you over stay again.

[smokie36]

Hmmm some ropy advice here. H2ODunc posted a report on this in the last couple of days. His friend had a four year overstay.

Paid the 20k Baht...went to Malaysia and got a new 3 month visa. No problem at all. If I can find the thread I'll leave a link.

EDIT: The link here.

[Lite Beer]

Moved to Visas.

[lopburi3]

You should always pay at airport on the way out of the country for max safety. A border crossing would only get a 15 day stay and other country could refuse to allow your entry which could result in arrest and deportation from Thailand on your return. You could also be arrested en-route.

You did not provide details but if first post is your staying in Thailand it would involve false visa paperwork which is a serious crime and could result in up to ten years in jail time according to a published report in an English language newspaper today, even if not considered terrorist activity. Something you don't want to get involved with. The overstay can be cleared - don't make it potentially much more serious.

[CharlieH]

Do it right, go to the airport, clear the overstay, go to Malayasia or similiar and get your visa and comeback. Trying to use "alternatives" is not a wise course of action, and one you could regret for a long time, ........... do it right mate!

[gotlost]

Why go to Malaysia? Fly from Bkk to Vientiane. They are still issuing free double entry tourist visas FREE a the the Thai Embassy.

[H2oDunc]

As already posted I have just got back from a trip where the guy had a very long overstay. Not a word was said at immigration he simply paid the 20,000 baht and left. he got a free 3 month visa in Penang again without anything said. Forget the dodgy visa as having a forged visa is far worse than having no visa. BKK to Phuket then Firefly to Penang. PM me if you want the number of the agent we used in Penang. He has some good contacts at the consulate there.

[toffo9]

Thanks for your help and advice... If i fly from buriram wats the nearest country from there and can i fly out then stay in hotel for 1 night and fly back in??

[Lite Beer]

Go from Bangkok. They have the facilities to deal with your problem.

Check up www.airasia.com

[PoorSucker]

Thanks for your help and advice... If i fly from buriram wats the nearest country from there and can i fly out then stay in hotel for 1 night and fly back in??

Fly from BKK.

For visa at a consulate, turn in application before lunch and pick up the next day after lunch.

[davidj949]

Why go to Malaysia? Fly from Bkk to Vientiane. They are still issuing free double entry tourist visas FREE a the the Thai Embassy.

Are they tho???

Re: Vientiane...your comments are toatally opposite what is said on other thread...ie no double entries given...or have i missed something?

[lopburi3]

Double entry is well known to be issued by Vientiane. But if you have a history of visas you may not get any from Vientiane at present.

[Basil B]

Just a few things.

You keep going on a about Buriram, I travelled Pattaya to Surin a few weeks ago and there are a lot of police check points on route, we were stopped going and coming back.

If you are stopped before you get to boarder or international airport (with valid ticket to fly) you are likely to be arrested and sent to detention centre where you are held until you leave the country, if you are unable to buy ticket for a flight and pay the fines due you will be sent to court where a term of imprisonment will imposed.

Buriram Airport is a small domestic airport, with no international flights, the only schedule flight seem to be NokAir http://www.nokair.com Don Mueang-Buriram return, Friday & Sunday only.

For some unknown reason, Thai Immigration is like a cat that catches a mouse half kills it and lets it go then catches it again and so on, so it catches overstayers and lets them back in the same day, why so many people have to play the part of the half brain dead mouse is beyond me.

[ericthai]

Just a few things.

You keep going on a about Buriram, I travelled Pattaya to Surin a few weeks ago and there are a lot of police check points on route, we were stopped going and coming back.

If you are stopped before you get to boarder or international airport (with valid ticket to fly) you are likely to be arrested and sent to detention centre where you are held until you leave the country, if you are unable to buy ticket for a flight and pay the fines due you will be sent to court where a term of imprisonment will imposed.

Buriram Airport is a small domestic airport, with no international flights, the only schedule flight seem to be NokAir http://www.nokair.com Don Mueang-Buriram return, Friday & Sunday only.

For some unknown reason, Thai Immigration is like a cat that catches a mouse half kills it and lets it go then catches it again and so on, so it catches overstayers and lets them back in the same day, why so many people have to play the part of the half brain dead mouse is beyond me.

Wow you guys and your if you get caught by the police, yes you guys are correct but every time you guys make it sound like they have all these checkpoints just looking for over stayers, let me ask you (basil , how many checkpoints did you get stopped and asked for your passport? I bet not one. I live in Surin and travel to my office in Bangkok every week for a meeting with my staff. I have been stopped at a few checkpoints but in the last 10 years i have never ever been asked for my passport from the police, not once. I even had an accident a few years ago where a another car hit me and even then the police did not ask for my passport only my license and insurance papers. When i get stopped at check points they always ask for my driver licenses which I give to them, sometimes they make up excuse for some as they say "coffee money", but most of the time is nothing. only one time did they want to check my car in the trunk and my bags and again they did not ask for my passport.

Now you are absolutely correct that if you are on an overstay and police catch you, you will have problems and Im not condoning anyone to over stay, but ever time one of these guys post about an overstay all you guys come out of the wood works and starts scaring these guys about the police like the police are on the hunt to find over stayers, hell the police need help from police in other countries to find criminals here.

For the OP, I agree with some of the other posters, best and safest thing to do is to go to BKK airport, Buriram airport does not have any international flights so best is to go to BKK airport and fly to either Laos, Cambodia or Malaysia. Seems Penang in Malaysia is still issuing free tourist visas along with Laos. The flights are not that expensive. However if you don't have the money for a flight then your option is to travel to the boarder, from Burirum I think the closest would be chong chom which is Surin. You would not be able to get a visa there only leave and then return to Thailand and get 15 days visa exempt. Again it is a chance you take being caught, but like I said they are not out hunting you down.

[lopburi3]

I agree the chance of detection in road travel is slight but you are much more likely to be stopped and asked for passport ID close to, en-route to a border crossing than in a normal traffic stop inland.