Some people are saying that I should go to Suan Phlu to pay the fine and buy my ticket thereafter. Any difference?

Suan Plu is the immigration jail - there is no administrative facility there anymore - that moved to Chiang Watanna Road a decade ago. You want to clear overstay at airport as you depart to avoid any chance of jail.

There no immigration office at Suan Plu it closed many years ago. The only thing there is the Immigration Detention Center (IDC). That would probably be where you would be sent if you treed to clear your long overstay at an immigration office.

Some people are saying that I should go to Suan Phlu to pay the fine and buy my ticket thereafter. Any difference?

Those people telling you this are clearly not your friends.

Clearing at the airport is always best.

whoever is telling you to deal with this at Suan Plu is giving you some highly dubious advice. Listen to Ubonjoe on this one! I cleared a longer overstay at the airport and took around 30 minutes as had to stamp into new passport. I would have NEVER gone near Suan Plu!

As told above, it`s a really bad idea to surrender yourself at Suan Phlu. You will for sure get arrested and kept at IDC for at least 2-3 days, before you must pay for a new ticket for deportation. I am amazed your embassy gave you this advice. Wow.

Here is what awaits you if you choose this (from my own experience):

After entering the premises, you will be taken care of, and treated like any other overstayer. No 20.000 bath payment, as you will be presented before a judge lagter on.

You`ll be stripped of clothes, phone, luggage etc. You may wear one set of clothes, and be able to bring along a small bag, containing just a few things.

The first night (probably two) you will stay in a cell downstairs, together with 10-15 people, all waiting to be presented by a judge. The law says you must be presented within the next 48 hours. It took that, and some, for me.

You will be transported there (takes about an hour), and must pay a fine of 3-6000 bath.

When you get back, you will get into a bigger room, usually with 70-80 people. And be prepared, the conditions are extremely poor and bad. You won`t get further from paradise than this.

First after these minimum of two days, are you able to buy a ticket home, with help from the lady called Miss Apple, downstairs. But it ca take a while before you actually get to talk to her, so if unlucky, another couple of days go by.

Your final trip to the airport may as well be in handcuffs, so you understand this is NOT a peasant way to leave the country.

However, mark that if you choose this, the trip home will come out cheaper, as you don`t have to pay the 20.000 bath fine at the airport. Just the 3-6000 fine from the judge instead.

But it is definitely not worth it.

Just don`t even think about Suan Phlu, go to the airport in due time, make sure they will have time enough to sort out the passport issue before your plane leaves.

No one knows for sure what they will do now, but my guess is they let you eventually go, with minimum hassle.

Clearly your best choice.

Good luck!

Edited March 30, 201610 yr by thaibreaker