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What does 'admitted until xxx' on my passport mean for my stay in Thailand?
if the stamp in your passport says:
admitted until xxx
does that mean, you can stay in Thailand until xxx 23:59 or does it mean: leave before xxx?
A friend of mine was charged by Immigration with overstay 500 THB for one day.
admitted until xxx
does that mean, you can stay in Thailand until xxx 23:59 or does it mean: leave before xxx?
A friend of mine was charged by Immigration with overstay 500 THB for one day.
Answer summary
When your passport stamp indicates 'admitted until xxx', it means you can stay in Thailand until 23:59 on that date. However, it is important to go through passport control and be stamped out before that time to avoid any overstay penalties. A margin of one or two days before the stamp date is advisable for added safety, as overstays of less than 24 hours may be waived, while longer overstays could incur fines.
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Tod *********
You won't be charged for an overstay of under 24 hours when you fly out <- they waive the overstay fine if it's under 24 hours, and if it's over 24 hours you pay for 2 days <- 1000baht
Enrique *****************
Just leave one day or two before that to be on the safest side. Don't make things more difficult than they are.
Bart **************
@Enrique ****************
why? You can stay until no longer permitted.
Jerdian **********
@Bart *************
because if you are flying your flight might be cancelled. Eg right now the airbus 320 flight cancellationsEnrique *****************
@Bart *************
By 'difficult' I meant 'risky' in case your flight is cancelled or whatever may happen.Bart **************
@Jerdian *********
Now that's a fair reason indeed. But there's nothing 'difficult' about leaving on the last day.
Wannikea *********
You need to go through passport control and get stamped out before 23:59. It doesn't matter if your flight is after that.
Bart **************
@Wannikea ********
that's what you'd expect, yet we keep reading reports from some the the date printed on the flight ticket is what matters. I'm not saying it makes sense. I'll say it does not. But that's what we see, at least sometimes 🤷
Jan ***********
@Bart *************
yes .. it happened to me. I argued that I checked out of Thailand in time but since my flight was after midnight, they still charged me 500 bath.Tod *********
Something is not right
the MINUTE you're over 24 hours you pay for TWO days overstay (the day that would have been free if you'd gotten out before 24 hours and the next day that rolled over at 12:00AM)
you'd have gotten a 1000baht fine.
you got an image of that 500 baht fine stamp from the airport?
@Jan **********
there is no 500 baht overstay by air,. 😕 the MINUTE you're over 24 hours you pay for TWO days overstay (the day that would have been free if you'd gotten out before 24 hours and the next day that rolled over at 12:00AM)
you'd have gotten a 1000baht fine.
you got an image of that 500 baht fine stamp from the airport?
Jan ***********
@Tod ********
of course I checked in well before midnight, and then I also stamped out clearly before midnight, and my flight was 1.05 am. I was already 1 day over ( which was free) but they considered it to be 2 days over since my flight was after midnight. (That's what they told me) So... Accordingly they charged me 500 bath. This was a few years ago I must add.Tod *********
@Jan **********
they couldn't have charged you because you stamp OUT after you check in for your flight, so you either stamped OUT of the country before 11:59PM or you didn't
Roland *********
@Jan **********
i did this once checked out at 23:30 for 2am flight and were no problem on last day stamp. Btw i heard 24h overstay usually fee waived too. Also can be badass officers always 😅Wannikea *********
@Bart *************
I don't know what to say other than this must have something to do with an early check in time, for instance I don't think you're going to be let through passport control before midnight if you have a 4:00 a.m. flight. Regardless my understanding is it's always been the time you stamp out.
Andreas ********
xxx 23:59 you have to cross the passport check point
Ellie *******
you can stay until 23:59 on the day on the stamp without being fined for overstay or stamped mentioning overstay.
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