2 Days overstay or extension?

[asialife]

Last month a made a miscalculation and had 1 day overstay when I went for my visa run to Malaysia. When i returned (the same day) the immigration officer took his sweet time giving me my 30 days visa exemption. Eventually he did though.

This time it's even worse, I'm flying to my home country for a few weeks but with three days overstay. The plane leaves just after midnight so I will hit airport immigration before 12 am so it will be 2 days overstay.

So my question is, should i go to airport immigration and pay for the two days overstay or get an extension. Getting an extension would involve me renting a hotel room for two nights because i live in a private condo. 2 days overstay might be cheaper. On the other hand, having those overstay stamps in your passport may get me into trouble when I come back.

I do plan on getting a tourist visa when i come next.

Another thing I've been wondering about. Doing a one day visa trip to Malaysia works. It's cheap and fast, and surely more comfortable then a border run by bus. But i wonder if it is necessary to leave the country at all. Wouldn't it be possible to just go through immigration and back immidiatly? I then thought about the entry stamp of Malaysia what would be missing in your passport. But, If you go to a country like Hong Kong, you don't get a stamp at all.

I'm very interested in the first question, the second would be a bonus if someone knows about this :-)

TNX

[ubonjoe]

After the one day overstay the slowness of doing your stamp for the new entry was probably because you did an out/in on the same day.

A 2 day overstay should not be a problem if you have a tourist visa for entry when you return.

Whether you will have a problem applying for the 30 day extension because of proof of residence would depend upon where you apply for it. Not all offices are asking for it.