Thailand Elite with previous overstay

[KPB831]

Hi, I need to know if having a previous overstay, 2010 for 2 months, fine paid at the airport on the way out, re-entered Thailand 3 times since and left within the time of the Visa, would have any effect on an application for a Thailand Elite card, I know Immigration check you out, but was wondering if anyone in similar circumstances now has a TE card.

I have a new passport as the old one with the visa history on expired

[SoFarAndNear]

Serious? How long have you been in Thailand? Did you never heard the stories of foreigners who overstayed for years and decades and just came back..... your 2 months overstay 4 years ago with a different passport is absolutely unimportant...

Edited September 25, 2014 by SoFarAndNear

[KPB831]

I was in Thailand the first time for three months, 1 month visa on arrival, 2 months overstay, paid at the airport on the way out in March 2010, with no police involvement

returned 3 times over the last 4 years, 2 weeks each time, for holiday

I have a new passport with no visas in it

but noted on the TE website that Immigration will check me out when I apply, as this is TE and not just a holiday visa will they view it more strictly, if so I will take another route rather than have a "refused visa" sitting on my record somewhere

[paz]

They can checking criminal records. Overstay is not criminal and does not get you banned. If you pay for the card they will give it to you.

[seabass69]

I would expect that giving them money would trump any scruples they may have regarding criminal activity, dubious character traits, prior overstays, or being a farang.

[Mencken]

Why not apply and see what happens? What am I missing?