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Do I have to leave Thailand before midnight on the date stamped in my passport?

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Mar 15, 2023
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Max *********
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If my passport is stamped March 22 do I have until midnight March 22 to depart Thailand? Thanks
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Yes, if your passport is stamped with March 22 as the last date you can stay in Thailand, you must leave before midnight that day. This means you can clear immigration until 11:59 PM on March 22. However, some travelers have reported facing issues if their flights are after midnight, and it is suggested to check in before the stamp date if possible to avoid complications.
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Micha ***********
First day overstaying is free of charge ( at least for me was like that) normally they do like that… bkk immigration… but better not coz more annoying then paying isto wait at the line there … takes forever
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Scot *******
It's too bad there are so many haters on here.
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Colin *********
@Scot ******
 why are the Admin not speaking to these people? Admin decide who can join the group. I'm sure that they can decide if someone isn't worthy of being in the group because of their behaviour toward others. Another rule, besides the current two, should be introduced, focusing on member behaviour towards other members. I joined a handful of Thailand related groups about a month ago. After my first two posts in two of the groups, that received a lot of comments, I decided to leave those two groups because far too many comments were negative and also focused on advice that I wasn't seeking.
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Scot *******
@Colin ********
 - people should just keep their mouths shut if they can't help.
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Mho ****
I will leave on 21 Mar before midnight to play safe
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Colin *********
I'm new to all this stuff...am I missing something?

Why not leave the day before, rather than on the last day?
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Graham ******
@Colin ********
 Because the OP gets 24 hours less in Thailand
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Graeme **********
@Colin ********
 bloody good question. Very difficult to fix stupid
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Colin *********
@Graeme *********
 yes, a good question, but you might also like to read my response to
@Eugene *********
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Colin *********
Yes, it looks to me that all you're pointing out is that you think that the original poster is stupid. It might seem like it to you, if you're very experienced in all these things, but many are new or relatively new to these matters and personally, my view is to be tactful. Yes, before you say it, I remember my question that you responded to, but that wasn't being mean, but a 'prompter' for future.
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Max *********
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@Colin ********
 Sometimes people have constraints like medical appointments, and the only stupid people are the ones that are afraid to ask questions that may seem obvious. I t is easier to ask then to get in trouble with immigration due to an overstay. But sadly there are 2 many mean spirited farang in Thailand which causes people not to ask questions though they may appear stupid. I do not judge you to be one of these people but they are on this thread. Small petty people.
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Nick *******
As long as you get through immigration by 12 midnight. Then no problem.
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Rich *****
We have now reached an all time low!
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John ********
Yes
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Johnny ********
well you should have passed immigration at that time but could have a flight at 0200
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Оливер *********
🤦
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Frank **********
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Yadav *******
Just pass through immigration before 11:50 pm
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Adnan *******
Depart immediately
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Kevin *********
Phone Immigration and ask.
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Alan ******
Yes because 1 minute later, it's 23 march.
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Joana *******
You can always go to imigration explain the situation and maybe they can make an extension based on your ticket up to 7 days.
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Han ********
The date that you most leave by is stamped in your passport. Just look at the date, so you can go through exit immigration anytime on that day. Or if after midnight then not usually a problem.
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Bob **********
Yes
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Tony *******
Duh
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James **********
I often get a 2am flight out the following day. And just make sure that I pass immigration by midnight.
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Paul *******
Why? I hate red eye flights. Better to fly out during the day or at least earlier in the day than that.
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James **********
@Paul ******
 it works for me.

I take a Valium. Sleep the whole way, wake up in Europe at 7am feeling fine and not needing to adjust to the new time zones.

Been great for me.

Yes the alternative is to fly out at midday and stay awake the whole time - which I also do sometimes - I can sit and watch movies all day so plane journeys are easy for me 😊
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John *******
Really Am I missing something or is this a trick question 🤔
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Leslie *****
@John ******
 no u didn't , just a missing words of UNTIL .. bad English .
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Martin *********
Yes
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John *******
You must have given this some thought, what’s your answer to your question. Here might be a clue, is there a time on the stamp?
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Cliff *********
@John ******
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Good one!
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Lloyd **********
You can board next say as long as you book in before 12.. but uou can sstay longer ig you have a few bucks to spend on overstay..
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Karim ***************
@Lloyd *********
 you don’t get fined for 1 day over stay
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@Karim **************
 beg to differ... it stays immagration official's discretion.. during Covid they started with letters from our embassy saying we couldn't travel. Which they told me when I arrived for my renewal. So next day I went to get my letter and rushed back immagration and they told me I am 1day late, and have to pay a fine of 500baht. I told them it was because of the new changes.. she told me flatout to pay or just go... needles to say
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Sameer *******
Once I overstayed by a day, and I wasn't charged a fine.
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Phil ********
Immigration officers have been known to hassle people whose plane departs after midnight of their last stamped in date. (technically the next day, even though they're going through immigration on their last day)

Typically the fine is waived, but the passenger still receives the violation stamp in their passport.
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Paul *******
@Phil *******
 Not if you pass through immigration before midnight.
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Phil ********
@Ադամ *******
Նույնիսկ թռիչքային մղոններ չեն, ենթադրում եմ:

🙃 lol 555 😁
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@Ադամ *******
Հուսով եմ, որ ավիաընկերությունը փոխհատուցել է ձեզ պատճառած անհարմարությունների համար:

Cheers 🍺
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Ադամ ********
@Phil *******
 Ավիաընկերության անձնակազմը, որը ճանապարհորդում է «անվճար», ոչինչ չի ստանում
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@Phil *******
 I read this debated before. I never left the final day but I had an experience one time on 30 day visa exempt status. My Northwest flight suddenly canceled so, went back to a hotel . They did not stamp people in again they "cancelled" the exit stamp! This took hours for a near full B-747. Assume then the stay to last day types would then have been on overstay.
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Bob ********
Once my 23.30 flight was delayed for two hours and I was charged I day overstay at immigration.
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Paul *******
@Bob *******
 you really tried to get every last second out of your stamp. Knowing your flight out was so late, you should have applied for a 7 or 30 day extension before leaving, giving you piece of mind. Overstaying, even for one hour is never a good idea.
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Bob ********
@Paul ******
 This was years ago, didn’t occur to me at the time.
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@Stefan ***
 Nornally 2 hours I think, anyway, in this case - we couldn’t check in until after midnight.
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@Bob *******
 but did you go through immigration before midnight?

They’ve never checked what flight I’m on.
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@Bob *******
Couldn't you check in prior (@ 21:30, for example) and stamp out before midnight?

The airline didn't allow you to check in as though the flight was on time?
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@Phil *******
 No - we couldn’t check in until after midnight.
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@Bob *******
 then you hadn’t cleared immigration before end day. And if it’s one day only, they don’t charge overstay.
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@Todd ********
 Charged me 500 baht.
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Todd *********
@Bob *******
 unlucky. You are the only one this century.
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Phil ******
@B**
 bad luck
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Eugene **********
I would imagine you will need a stamp before 11:59 before you enter the international transit zone
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Graeme **********
If you have difficulty working out the correct answer to your question then perhaps you need to do travel with a carer😝😝
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Eugene **********
@Graeme *********
 chill out angry pat
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Chris ******
@Eugene *********
 far too many of these clowns in the forums..Dont know what happened to them ?? too much Ego from the bar girls calling them sexy man or too much Leo ...odd cxnts are a plenty .
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Eugene **********
@Chris *****
 a never ending barrage of hot air !
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@Eugene *********
 ya cant fix stupid
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Corey *******
@Graeme *********
 it's ok to ask stupid questions if you really need help and don't know the answer, but are nervous and want to be sure.
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Colin *********
@Corey ******
 ohh wow!
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Eugene **********
@Corey ******
 wow
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Graeme **********
@Eugene *********
 look at the general gist of these responses by others. There seems to be a common denominator. Can you work it out
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Graeme **********
@Corey ******
 back in 2018. Great to see I have some fans. I would argue that my post is significantly more in-depth than the post being responded to.
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@Graeme *********
 no worries. I'm sure I'm your biggest fan 😅
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Graeme **********
@Corey ******
 or stalker😎
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Eugene **********
@Graeme *********
 actually you can .. kinda like we are doing for you now. With patience and understanding!
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@Eugene *********
 well don't ask stupid questions. I think I'm much more chilled than you by the sound of things😁
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Eugene **********
@Graeme *********
 see there you go.. with the typical “stupid question” remark. Travelers are nervous, they are asking for some help some reassurances bc your brain works differently under pressure … like I said Angry Patrick syndrome ! Help someone without taking a shit on them….
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@Eugene *********
 well said regarding passengers (possibly being nervous, especially when people are maybe not used to travelling overseas or dealing with immigration, Visas etc) Maybe the person asking the question could naturally have a bit of a nervous disposition, who knows 🤷🏼‍♂️

It's very unfair to belittle someone, especially when you know nothing about them. Perhaps do it with a good mate for fun.
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Paul ********
and if the wheels leave the ground at 12:01, the pilot has to return and you pay 500bt overstay 🕶
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Phil ********
@Colin *********
Can with my VPN...
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Wayne *********
@Paul *******
 ha ha incorrect but i like the idea, once you pass through and have passport stamped your airside in no man's land so they have already left Thailand prior to plane departure
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Ադամ ********
@Wayne ********
 Go book a flight on Lufthansa from BKK to US. While you are in the transit area business lounge in Frankfurt attack somebody. Tell me what happens next?
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Ադամ ********
@Wayne ********
 Right. So then one can shoplift at King Power free from fear of prosecution under law because one has already “left Thailand”😂
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@Ադամ *******
 you come under the laws of the country your intended flight is registered under!
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@Nick ***************
 For sure if you commit a crime on an intl aircraft you can be subject to prosecution by which government the aircraft is flagged under.
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Phil ********
@Nick ***************
Once in the air, perhaps.

I love this series:

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Colin **********
@Phil *******
 can't be viewed in Thailand
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@Colin *********
How about this one?

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Wayne *********
@Ադամ *******
 can try but then you come under federal laws
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@Wayne ********
 The airside departure terminal is simply a section of the airport restricted to employees and passengers who have completed immigration checks. The idea it is some kind of no mans land is incorrect. Some people think foreign embassies are sovereign territory also. Nonsense, from the bar-stool.
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@Ադամ *******
 your obviously a lawyer or think you are. If you transit in a country you have not arrived in that country otherwise you would need a visa in some countries to do so.
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Stuart *********
Yes. 11:59pm to be pedantic.
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