Can I pay my overstay fine at the airport if I need to leave Thailand?

@Vin****

just checking, did you get out okay?

Good Luck

@Vin****

, just a question, seeing as it appears no one has a definite answer, can you tell us when you finally do pay your overstay fine where you ended up doing it? If it's too much trouble it's okay but it sure would be good to know.

@Tre***

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@Rus****

and actually everyone, let's understand how the banning works on overstay situations,

IF you turn yourself in which is what you do IF you go to the immigration office, or present yourself to stamp out of the country by air or land, you cannot be banned unless you overstay for MORE than 90 days. You show up, pay your fine, get your stamp and are on your way, period, end of story.

The same cannot be said IF you get caught out inside the country while on overstay. You can be banned for 5 years on an overstay of ANY amount of time, (even a single day's overstay IF the officer wants to be hard core about it). Once they decide to pursue it;

you'll be arrested,

you'll be taken to IDC,

you'll see a judge,

the overstay fine will be waived,

you'll be fined (a small amount)

you'll buy your own ticket back to your country on a flag carrier,

they will charge you money to take you to the airport,

You'll get the deported stamp and get the black list banning stamp in your passport.

They will also give your passport to the cabin crew on the flight and you get it back when you hit the ground in your country.

So the short answer is DON'T overstay OR if you do DON'T get caught out inside the country on overstay before you can get to a checkpoint, clear the fine and stamp out of the country.

Good Luck all

Won't help you today, but for future reference Qatar Airways now fly to CM, without the Bangkok change.

When flying internationally, we have gone through immigration at the regional airport many times. Probably will not work if flying a low cost, but should be OK with Thai or Bangkok Airways. Then you would get yr stamp in CM.

Good luck 50 days jeeze sounds like you did that on purpose and you can be banned after 10 days soon good luck sometimes even jail to

Be careful on your way to the Airport. If there are any police check points on the way your passport might get inspected, especially if you're on a bus. If that does happen, just hold up the ID page and smile. That may well be all they want to see.

I think you aren't gonna stamp out in Bangkok because the Chiang Mai leg is domestic and you usually pay when you stamp out of the country.

Just allow yourself some extra time, you're not gonna get banned because you're turning yourself in (which is what you do when you go to stamp out at a checkpoint ;) ).

Be ready to cough up the 20K baht, get the overstay stamp in your passport and you'll be fine.