What Are My Options?

[steves_the_1]

well before you all start telling me what a idiot i am please post your words of wisdom

ok here it is my old passport expired two weeks ago which i forgot about.

as soon i knew i ordered a new one which arrived today great but now im overstayed 5 days,

now i've been think i go to immigration and transfer the old visa pay overstay.Is it a must have a plane ticket or would they extend my torist visa minus 5 days for overstay or would i have to fly to penang

[rainman]

as far as i know, if you run into an immigration official before leaving the country and paying your overstay fees at the airport or any other official exit, you could face jail time for overstaying. so it may not be a wise idea to go to the immigration office before leaving thailand, at least not without a lawyer or enough money to buy your way out of jail.

[steves_the_1]

as far as i know, if you run into an immigration official before leaving the country and paying your overstay fees at the airport or any other official exit, you could face jail time for overstaying. so it may not be a wise idea to go to the immigration office before leaving thailand, at least not without a lawyer or enough money to buy your way out of jail.

so you reckon that if i just go to the airport pay the fine fly off somewhere the return should be ok

so what abut my new passport and the entry stamp in the old passport dont i need to transfer it to the

new passport ????

[Noel]

well before you all start telling me what a idiot i am please post your words of wisdom

ok here it is my old passport expired two weeks ago which i forgot about.

as soon i knew i ordered a new one which arrived today great but now im overstayed 5 days,

now i've been think i go to immigration and transfer the old visa pay overstay.Is it a must have a plane ticket or would they extend my torist visa minus 5 days for overstay or would i have to fly to penang

If what you say is true, IMHO your best bet would be to present both passports at Don Muang on your way out.

You could always try your luck at Immigration, but 'up to you'...

[steves_the_1]

looks like a cheap flight to penang then

[rainman]

or a 30 days run to cambodia would do too...

[lopburi3]

or a 30 days run to cambodia would do too...

Not! That would be the last choice. Not only is transport to that region often checked for overstay Cambodia has been known to refuse entry to anyone with an overstay stamp so you would be arrested and deported upon return to Thailand. Below is official notice on Aran Immigration website:

Overstayers can pay overstay fine at Aran immigration checkpoint.

- Note: If you have paid the overstay fine and are stamped out of Thailand, the Cambodian Immigration could reject entry and send you back to Thailand without stamping you in and out of Cambodia. In this case the Thai Immigration will have to send you to Immigration Bureau in Bangkok for investigation/interrogation/deportation.

- Cambodian Immigration could reject entry for different reasons. This is nothing to do with Thai Immigration.

*** Please note that if you are on the way to the border, police or immigration officers can check your passport, and if you are found to have overstayed your visa they will arrest you and send you to the nearest police station, and then to court.