Is it okay to leave Thailand on the day after my 60-day visa expires?

Oct 29, 2024
8 days ago
Khay ****
ORIGINAL POSTER
If my 60 days visa ends on the 7th but my flight to leave is on the 8th is that okay? Or do I need to extend?
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TLDR : Answer Summary
The general consensus in the comments is that it is advisable not to overstay your visa in Thailand, even by a day. If your visa ends on the 7th and your flight is on the 8th, you should ideally seek a visa extension to avoid any potential fines or complications, such as receiving a stamp in your passport that could affect future entry to the country. While some comments suggest that overstaying by less than 24 hours may be overlooked without a fine, many strongly recommend extending your visa for a small fee to ensure peace of mind and compliance with Thai immigration laws.
Thierry *******
Yes
John ********
You can overstay by 24 hours and there'll be nothing held against you.
Garrett ***********
@John *******
You get a stamp in your passport
John ********
John ********
If people haven't ever overstayed, which I did three times, although two times were only by 1&2 days. The other time was 3 days and that was because I'd put my passport with all required documents into the Nigerian Embassy, off Sukhumvit to process a visa and work permit. I submitted this application on a Thursday and before I submitted my passport I told them I need it back by at the latest the following Monday. They said I could pick it up on the Monday morning. When I went back on the Monday, there was a notice on the gate of the Embassy, saying this Embassy is closed until Thursday for the King of Thailand birthday celebration. So there was me stuck in Bangkok for three days which would of made me overstay 3 days. I went to immigration in Bangkok, explained to a lovely lady IO., what had happened, she made a note of it, gave me her personal card and told me if you have any problem with police or any other officials, get them to call me and I'll put it right for you. She said when you leave you'll have to pay, at the time it was 200 baht a day, so 600 baht. Got my passport hopped on a plane to Udon Thani, straight to Vientiane on the bus, paid the fine and did a border bounce and that was on a visa exempt thirty days entry, when I had the problem. So immigration in Thailand, if you've got a genuine reason for an overstay, as long as it's not an abusively long overstay, they won't or shouldn't hold it against you.
Declan **********
Never get the red overstay stamp if you can really help it. Just extend

It can cause you problems here in the future and when entering other countries too
Henrik *****
Never overstay !

Make a extension, even when it cost more.

If your flight is early, you can pass the Immigration before midnight, then you haven’t overstayed.

Next time only count to 58 days.
Bora ********
No problem be relax
Michael ******
I remember overstaying on one accasion accidentally, after Leaving from Heathrow on the 1st November arriving on the 2nd and completed 30 days flight booked on the 2nd of the next month l went through immigration at Bangkok Airport and got told to go to a desk behind immigration and a senior immigration official said to me l had overstayed l said how? When l stayed Thailand exactly 30 days?

He replied your 30 day visa exempt begins when you board your flight from London to Heathrow, l apologised and said l didn't know my 30 days begins when l board flight to Thailand,

Anyway he wavered the 500baht fee and well you know now, on your way.
Graham ******
@Michael *****
Your 30 days started when you got stamped in, that was day 1 (not day zero) so your 30 days stay included 29 nights, not 30.
Michael ******
@Graham *****
Not according to thai immigration, but that was 10 years ago.
John ********
@Michael *****
So you were under Thai immigration duristriction when you clambered onto your flight in London πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚
Michael ******
@John *******
Yes according to immigration at airport, what's hilarious then?
John ********
@Michael *****
Well according to your post they told YOU your 30 days allowed in Thailand started in London @Heathrow. If that's not hilarious I don't know what is πŸ€”
John ********
@Michael *****
Your thirty day visa exempt started when you boarded your flight from London to Heathrow πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚
Steven *******
The other benefit of getting an extension instead of overstaying by one day is you could be stopped by the police on the way to the airport, then jailed, then deported. The odds of being stopped are very low but not zero. The consequences are very high.
Graham ******
@Steven ******
Correct, why would you risk deportation and a 5 yeat blacklisting to save 1900B
John ********
I don't believe some of the ridiculous comments on this. Obviously by people who have no idea of overstaying and with regard to a comment, it's not worth risking a five year ban for a one day overstay, that is the most stupid comment I've ever read.
John ********
@Graham *****
What a load of _ h _ _ e. A five year ban for overstay of one day. You should give up whatever it is you smoke. πŸ˜‚
Graham ******
@John *******
so you can't read
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John ********
@Graham *****
I can read moron and I have three experiences of overstay and I used to travel in and out of Thailand tens of dozens of times unlike the touristy, I have retired there experts. By the way, how do you think I post replies if I can't read?
Graham ******
@John *******
Ok so you can read but cannot understand what the risk is which which is explained on the Overstay Form (number 27 in the list) you sign at some Immigration Offices when you get your extension. "In the case that the alien is apprehended

Overstay for less than one year

forbidden from entering the kingdon for 5 years".

Go on overstay for as little as one day and if you get stopped in a police checkpoint or bar raid and asked to produce your passport (a low risk but still a risk) then the above applies. 5 years blacklisted, simple enough for you?
John ********
@Graham *****
Hypothetical, not realistic is that enough for you? By the way when I'm in Thailand I don't frequent the sort of places where immigration or the police might visit. Those places are for lonely old farang men πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚
Nicole **********
I would rather be safe at a cost of 1900 Baht than sorry as I was not built for prison 🀣 Take the risk get one immigration officer in a bad mood because he had to deal with another farang and it's game over. Do the right thing even if it costs a little more.
Nicole **********
A 7-day visa extension in Thailand costs 1,900 Thai baht (THB). This extension is usually granted for medical reasons or to those who entered Thailand with a 30-day visa waiver or Visa on Arrival.

The extension is added to the existing stamp in the passport, rather than issued as a new visa. The process is usually quick if all the correct documentation is provided.

Here are some other visa extension fees in Thailand:

Education visa: 1,900 THB for each extension

Tourist visa: 1,900 THB for a 60-day visa extension, or a 30-day extension

Overstaying a visa in Thailand can result in fines, deportation, or imprisonment. The fine is 500 THB per day, up to a maximum of 20,000 THB. Overstayers may also face future travel restrictions or difficulties obtaining visas.
Henrik *****
@Nicole *********
Stop misinforming people.

THERE IS NO WAY TO CHOOSE 7-day EXTENSION.

And you do not want to have that stamp in your passport, it’s a clear alarm that you have not been compliant with with Thai law.
Greg ***********
@Nicole *********
the 7-days actually is not a "visa extension" at all. It is a "denial stamp" that says "application for extension denied, you have 7 days to leave the kingdom". The "7-days application denied stamp" is a kind of a grace period. It doesn't make any difference to an actual 30-days touristic extension of the stay permit, as it also costs a fee of 1900.- THB
Nicole **********
Greg ***********
@Nicole *********
and BEWARE! - the 7 days start on the date of the application. Unlike the 30 days touristic extension, which you will get issued on top of your current stay permit
Greg ***********
@Nicole *********
again, you are WRONG! The "7-day application denied stamp" starts on the day you applied for! You will lose all the days left on your previous stay permit if you apply too early
Nicole **********
@Ralph ******
they are getting very sticky at the borders since the exemption visa came to effect. I would sooner do the 7 day extension and not have an issue next time you try to enter than to pay the fine get a stamp and be refused entry next time because of such a small oversight.
Frank **********
@Nicole *********
there is no 7 day extension. Its a "get out of Thailand" sticker. They do not have to give it to you. It's up to Immigration as they can make you leave when you're Visa and extension is expired.
Khay ****
ORIGINAL POSTER
@Nicole *********
oh right I didn’t know you can do just a 7 day extension I thought after 60 days it’s 30 automatically
Henrik *****
You can not do a 7 day extension, only 30 days.
Greg ***********
@Khay ***
the 7-days extension actually is no "extension" at all. It is a "denial stamp" that says "application for extension denied, you have 7 days to leave the kingdom". A kind of a grace period. It doesn't make any difference to an actual 30-days touristic extension of the stay permit, as it also costs a fee of 1900.- THB
Ralph *******
@Nicole *********
Yes, me too. I calculated my leaving date very carefully before booking so that I leave on day 60.
Ralph *******
I think this is quite a common mistake people make. Immigration are probably used to it by now. Can just pay a 500 baht fine but you may get a stamp in your passport.
Nicole **********
You can do a 7 day extension. Make sure to keep the blue receipt from your extension also. We did an extension and got to customs only to be told my partner overstayed by a month according to their records and wanted to charge him. Apparently the systems are not linked.
Henrik *****
The 7-days extension stamp is a red flag in your immigration history, and much worse than 1 day overstay.
Ralph *******
@Nicole *********
Can you? I’ve never heard of it.
Nicole **********
@Ralph ******
you get a 30 day extension and then 7 days for cases like the above where you are out on travel arrangements. For the life of me I can't remember the cost of 7 days. Not sure what part of Thailand you are in. They do it at the Blue Port immigration office.
Greg ***********
@Nicole *********
you are confusing things by a stone throw . . . the 7-days extension actually is no "extension" at all. It is a "denial stamp" that says "application for extension denied, you have 7 days to leave the kingdom". A kind of a grace period. It doesn't make any difference to an actual 30-days touristic extension of the stay permit, as it also costs a fee of 1900.- THB
Ralph *******
@Nicole *********
It’s not my post - I’m not looking for an extension.
Robert *********
Never overstay !!!

Never get the red stamp..

Just go do the extension .
John ********
@Robert ********
Not required for one day.
Robert *********
@John *******
I absolutely disagree .if you are stopped and checked it's of to immigration prison .

You won't like it much
John ********
@Robert ********
How would you know someone wouldn't like immigration prison so much! Past experience on your behalf then?
Robert *********
@John *******
what a stupid Remark, seriously ?

Who the f would like any Thai prison
John ********
@Robert ********
Blah blah blah! I only make stupid remarks for a reason. Like someone scaremongering to a person asking if their visa expired on the 8th of a month and they were flying out the next day and yours truly starts commenting that they might ban the person for five years. I've had a lot of experience regarding IO's in time gone by, so I know what I'm talking about, including overstays on my part. Unlike a lot of people, I do not comment on anything unless I have experienced the issue. Hope this explains and enlightens you.
John **********
@John *******
there's no real problem with short overstay IF you make it to the airport. The problem comes if you are involved with the police while on overstay, even 1 day, when you will be arrested and deported.
John ********
@John *********
Well your plane might crash also. Depending on what sort of person you are, why or how could you get involved with the police. Incidentally when I lived in Udon Thani, I was stopped on a regular basis by the police on roadside checks for driving licences and at the time I had a tatty old British licence that didn't contain a photo. Not once was I ever asked for my passport and one time I was pulled up for speeding between Korat and Khon Kaen by radar. They told me I was doing 140kph and the limit is 90 kph., which to be honest I wasn't aware of. Anyway wasn't asked for either passport or driving licence. Just fined 200baht.
John **********
@John *******
probably not much you can do about a plane crash, even if you stop flying you might be hit by debris. An extension on the other hand...
John ********
@John *********
As long as someone knows the rules about overstays, as the questionnaire asked, stating that their visa expired on the 8th and they were flying out on the ninth, the chance of an encounter with an official (police) is about as much a risk as being in a plane crash.
John ********
@Robert ********
You talk s_ _ _ e
Stuart *********
If the overstay is less than 24 hours then they will usually waive the 500 baht fee, but you’ll get a stamp in the passport saying so.
Khay ****
ORIGINAL POSTER
@Stuart ********
Thanks guys but if i do renew it then go back the the UK for 2 weeks and then come back in the country will I have to leave when I reach 90 days or will i be able to get a new visa on arrival again
Khay ****
ORIGINAL POSTER
@Sylvia *******
thanks Sylvia so if I renew after the 7th of November for another 30days and leave on the 10th and come back on the 25th I will get a new 60day visa even though my old one hasn’t expired?
Sylvia ********
@Khay ***
if you coming in and out of the country the immigration issue an exemption visa at their discretion. Better you apply for a visa as nay get refused entry
Greg ***********
@Sylvia *******
if it is his second visa-exempt entry, he won't have any problems re-entering Thailand. Applying for a tourist visa in a neighbouring country has become more difficult, because some have switched to the E-Visa online system, requiring complicated upload of documents and proofs, and others require an appointment to use hteir facility, and have a long processing time, some for over 1 week!
Lynnette *******
@Khay ***
don't wait till 7th to extend. Do it before that. The 30 days is added to the current exempt entry date.
Greg ***********
@Khay ***
you won't receive a 60-days visa on a visa-exempt entry. All they give you is a 60-days stay permit. Which means, if you extend your stay permit (again, you are NOT on a visa!) now for 30 more days, you avoid the overstay (and probable future problems!) and your 30 days extended stay permit just becomes invalid when you exit Thailand
Sylvia ********
@Khay ***
next arrival start all over again with a 60 day exempt stamp. One day overstay is just 500 baht fine at airport sometimes
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