What are the risks of being deported in Thailand for overstaying a visa?

Just read this sometimes I wonder if it’s worth it.

Really public forum and a question like that. Wow. But obviously not asked by a criminal mind.

Don't ever break the law, in a foreign country.

By the way, never break the law ......... anywhere

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No words

This forum is not for anyone

Who wants to read honest information, you know the Thai law good bye

This isn't a third world country like America, of course you get deported for being in Thailand ILLEGALLY.

They take ‘overstay’ very seriously.

Depends how many days or ? overstayed.

in 2003 i went to thailand from Hawaii on a 3 month ticket and thought i was allowed to stay all 3 months with no border runs. thankfully i decided to go to Laos near the end of the second month. i hit the laos border but Thai guards informed me i was overstay almost a month. told me all the money i had was barely enough to pay my fines. i said well, ok, i won’t go through into Laos for a few more days until my next check is deposited into my account. the guards said fine, i would be staying there in immigration hold. i quickly decided that better to pay up than stay in the hole they reserve for overstay. no jail time and lesson learned. i had less than $10 a day left for a week but still better than the alternative.

All you need to know is, basically, don't do it.

Just get the extension. Which you can do weeks and weeks before your expiry date; the extension is added to your *existing* due date, so you don't lose any time. In other words, if your due date is April 1st, then your new due date will be 31st, whether you go in on March 10th or March 31st.

Extension costs 1,900 Baht, one days overstay costs 500 Baht *if you surrender at immigration/the airport and do not have an interaction with police which requires them to look at your passport* (if you get unlucky and/or irresponsible and have such an encounter with police, you get a 5 year blacklisting for even just one days overstay).

So by opting for overstaying instead of getting the extension, you save 400-1,400 Baht *at the most*.

The risks just do not match the saving.

once for possession of weed. saved me from going to Phuket right before the tsunami 2004. thankful. spent a month in3 different jails.

The rule is simple.

If you are caught on the street by Police on overstay even 1 day.

It is detention, deportation and ban.

It happens, in most cases it would be someone having interaction with police that requires your details.

If you surrender (this means show up yourself) at immigration or the airport, you are able to pay required fines and extend or exit whichever is applicable.

over staying is directly offending the Thai King & Government & can lead to lengthy bans / problems go pay the 20.000THB max fine at immigration leave & come back ... hopefully they let you back in... :(

dont overstay, its the direct ticket to problems. the forms are a bit long but just do them, pay the fee, get a visa. its easier than dealing with troubles.

Just put, "asking for a friend" after the end of your question 🙂

Jackass 👀🎉⚘️🙏

Another idiot.

I know people that have been, once they manage to get out of jail

Lots of ducking and diving on the islands.

Many ,and after a stay in immigration prison

I did a 6month tourist visa

I failed to realise I must exit the country after 60 days then re enter , I don’t know if this counts as over stayed but I “overstayed” 14 days 🤣🤣

Did a boarder run payed 7000baht at the border then returned into Thailand 🇹🇭

Maybe I guess if you don’t have this 6month visa or a visa to show your intention of staying a long time you’d get slapped abit harder for over staying ?

It’s social media !! keyboard warrior heaven unfortunately I’ll put money on it there words would be different face to face

Many. But they are all back in their home country now

No but my friend was deported after being thrown in immigration jail for a few months living in squalid conditions and was also blacklisted for 5 yrs. He was caught on only a couple of days overstay. Overstay is not a joke.

Are you from police ? 😅

around 10 people get transferred to the detention center at the airport every other day, so please do not underrate overstay

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Never… just have too pay 😝😆😝

500 e very Day…,

A number years ago I went to my agent to do a visa run for my edu visa. I had 2 blank pages left so never thought anything of it, however he said I needed a minimum of 3 to do the run. I only had a few days left and my embassy said a new passport would take weeks. Immigration said they would allow me 11 days over and then I would have to turn myself in. I applied for a new passport and contacted every type of officials details I could find to get it sped up and luckily it arrived in time but I was in extreme panic mode.

I know someone who had their passport stolen, they had a police report and had used it to order a new passport, they visited immigration and asked what they should do, immigration response was they couldn’t do anything until the new passport arrived.

When it arrived they went to immigration to see what they needed to do.

They were shown a picture on a screen of them in line at the airport, and asked if that was them.

Then asked to sit and wait, shortly after immigration police came and took them into another area.

They were asked if they had a ticket to leave Thailand or finances to buy one.

Their ticket was 3 months away, so then informed they needed to buy a ticket that day or be detained until their current booking came about.

Then they asked if they could get their Thai girlfriend to come and discuss the situation.

After she discussed the situation with immigration the situation improved and other options were made available.

They purchased tickets to leave Thailand the next day.

There is more to this story but I will not reveal it here 🤔

I have know people that should have been but wasn’t, lol

Bangkok airport.

The overstay fines are just their no bonus money. Just make it to the Airport asap

I just left 2 months ago 2 year overstay. If you make it to the airport just have 20k baht to pay at the passport checkpoint and you will only have a 3 year ban if less than 3 years overstay.

You will find lots of Nigerians near BTS nana 😂

You don’t seem to be a very bright chap.

Just be legit and extend. Why risk it? And then post on social media of possible intention of breaking the law? Lol

Imagine asking on facebook if anyone is currently on overstay, see a lot of dumb questions on here but that takes the cake

Only deported after jail time 😂

Why do you ask?

Has your visa expired?

I read some here requested an extension after overstaying a few days and paid fine but got the extension as well.

I have no clue why people would want to chance it considering they like Thailand so

Much. Be respectful and honor your visa and follow the laws

@William *****

yes many people. And banned for 5 years too

I know someone who was.