What happens if I overstay my Thai visa by a few days?

Overstaying any amount of time is best avoided, but it’s nowhere near as serious as these bootlickers here in the comment section make it out to be.

Don’t overstay and you shouldn’t have a problem!

Don't overstay is a better advice. You had 180 days to leave, how is it even possible to mess that up?

What you'll find with a certain demographics of expats living in thailand is they sit at home or the pub all day and like to fear monger and belittle people online.

no in actual Thai law for the next 70 years you can be pulled out the line at any time. The next PM has already said overstays will be punishable by 20 years imprisonment and conditional entry for 40

Don’t tell ppl to overstay at all! You’re giving them 20 years in prison

I've been here years and never overstayed once. I think of my visa status here as a parole hearing, as in if I mess up it might put a big red flag on me that affects applications years later. In reality, it happens often with all sorts of people. I know literal millionaires that have came with families for holidays and had to pay a few days over stay fine due to messing up on dates/time. Like many have said here, the other more immediate issue is if you get stopped by the police and your on overstay as immigration jails are probably not very nice and deportation could result in a 99 year ban. My uncle lived here 7 years and got arrested, jailed and deported over cannabis about 4 months before they legalised it in Thailand and now has a 99 year ban from the country and has to live in neighbouring SE Asian countries as a result. If you care about staying in Thailand keeping a clean passport/visa/personal record is important.

Sounds Like „Steel only bubblegum..“

Dumb advice, never overstay, no excuses, it will count against you at some point.nYou clearly are lazy and giving dangerous advice. If you know IO at a high level, you would always ensure you never over stay.

Yep, there is very little problem with overstaying/paying the fine, getting the stamp and leaving the country

It's only if you're caught out inside the country while on overstay (by running off the rails some other way) that you run into issues

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As the passport control officer pointed out, you hit 90 days of overstay and you're banned for a year when you exit the country 😮

Idiot

How much was the fine? People go crazy with an overstay like it's a major crime. Chill people, go back to being a normal Karen.

The mumblings of a moron, just be respectful and follow the rules.

I don’t even understand how people overstay on this visa. Go explore SE Asia my dude. Don’t just sit in Bangkok. I’m out of the country every 2 months max

sounds stupid. not a good advice

"That is, for me and those at BKK airport immigration, not true." First of all, you will probably not see your visa canceled (for 4 days and no previous offense), but you may be refused at the border later, as this will remain in your profile and immigration history. Secondly, you may have no issues while others do; don’t turn your personal experience into a general rule. Thailand doesn’t work that way. So "keep your overstay minimal", no keep it non-existent.

Bragging about an overstay is pretty low. Have some self-respect and respect for the kingdom of Thailand.

An overstay isn't something you want to minimize. You'll be higher on exception reports that may not only hurt you but others in the future.

Stupid post. "keep your overstay minimal and you won't have a problem". The fact that you just paid a fine this time doesn't mean that everything is over. Your name and hour passport got a small red flag now which might affect the application of other visa in the future or get "extra attentions" each time you come in or leave the country. NEVER overstay in Thailand, even it's just for 1 day.