Unfortunately this is not what happened. The passport and the stack of supporting documentation were returned today by immigration to the agent with nothing stamped in it at all. No 7 day extension to leave the country, no denial of application, nothing. There is something hand written in marker pen on the plastic folder holding the supporting documentation but I will not know what it says until we physically get t back as photo was unclear. So now she is on overstay, despite having applied for extension within prior permission of stay. The agent says the reason verbally given by Immigration was that she did not get a re-entry permit when last she returned to Cambodia, which is untrue. She had a re-entry permit and it is clearly shown in her passport and stamped as used on the date she last re-entered. The only thing I can guess is that the officer who received the application was unwilling to forward it to his superiors/relevant officer for consideration for some reason (or was just verbally told by them not to bother as they did nto want to approve it) , and just made up a fake reason, after holding on to the whole file for almost a month. ☹️ In any event we obviously cannot make a new application now, since she is already on overstay, and she will return to Cambodia, disrupting her schooling and separating from her family. Am I correct in assuming that in addition to the fine, there will be an overstay stamp put in her passport on exit? And for overstay fine, does the day of departure count? Her permission of stay ended 10 July, she will depart about 3 PM on 23 July.
