What options do I have to resolve my overstay situation in Thailand?

@Michael ***********

you basically have two options. Leave the country, pay the bt20,000 fine, and be banned for 3 years, or stay in the country, getting a lawyer or whatever, and when immigration catches you, you will be arrested, fined bt20,000, and banned from re-entering for 10 years. The only thing, from my understanding, that an attorney can help you with is possibly reducing the blacklist time after you've been out of the country more than the first year. For an 18 month overstay you will be banned from re-entering Thailand. The question is for how long, and that's determined by what you do. There is no buying your way out of an overstay by using a crooked agent. Immigration takes overstay of more than 3 months very seriously. Before covid it was the number one violation they went after. Now that covid extensions have ended, overstay will again be a high priority endeavour by immigration. It is very serious, and you are looking at a 3, or 10 year ban, depending on what you do now. At an 18 month overstay, you will be arrested on the spot if you go to immigration, even with a lawyer.

@Michael ***********

You asked for the group’s advice. the advice is pay the fine and accept the ban.

@Michael ***********

a lawyer won't be able to do much for you on your circumstances. Ultimately it's your responsibility to ensure you remain legal in Thailand and whilst you might get the agent in trouble, albeit this is unlikely, it won't change your situation. Likewise with the immigration officer, he might get put into the naughty corner but you won't get any backdated stamp in your passport or any leniency.

As others have said your best bet is to pay the fine when leaving Thailand and serving the ban. If you get caught then you'll be in a lot more trouble than voluntarily leaving.

@Michael ***********

Thai visa centre in BKK is your answer. Use that spelling of centre. Use Line to interact