What should a 42-year-old male do if he loses his passports and is overstaying in Thailand?

This man should try to get friends and family to help him pay off the overstay and fund a ticket home. If this is not an option he should first reach out to the embassy and see what solutions are available. The addiction obviously needs to be dealt with but taking care of the passport/ overstay issue is the first concern. Then getting help for this addiction. Just my two cents

Given his background Bohdan Nahaylo should have much better sources of information than a Facebook group. I could have missed it among 120+ comments but I don't see that he's followed up on his original post. 🤔

This sounds like a wind up post to me 🤔

Get his parents to fly over and walk into his embassy hand in hand and tell them what happened!

Go visit his Embassy.

Go to your embassy get a replacement passport and get a one way ticket home

How much did he sell the two passports for ?

Where is he now？We will send the police to catch and deport this overstayed foreign drug addict. Trash

Wth? He should have gone to his embassy IMMEDIATELY

Contact his Embassy and or consulate. They will tell him what to do. What is his Country of Passport? When did his visa expire?

Go to his embassy and get home. Generally can’t work as a foreigner.

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He cant get a job. He needs to leave fast if he needs rehab. Go.

Go home fool

Report passport missing - order new one in country of origin and get someone to bring it over … and go home at earliest opportunity…

He doesn't have any other options but to get advice from his countries embassy on what he needs to do to get an emergency passport to leave the country.. He may have to file a police report to satisfy the embassy for passport replacement but I would ask thier advice first because presenting to the police on overstay is likely to get him arrested and put in immigration detention.. And he will still need assistance from his embassy anyway.. So talk with the embassy first for advice.. Trying to find a way to legally remain in Thailand will be impossible now and the longer he delays it the harder things become and penalties just get bigger..

Sounds bs to me sorry why haven't they gone to the police or the embassy?

Until the loss/theft is reported to police the embassy will not help. The embassy will not under any circumstances circumvent legal requirements. The issue this person has, from what I can see, is they have for whatever reason overstayed their visa. The only way it is this is too surrender to immigration/police either at the boarder or domestically. They may have motivating circumstances as to why they have overstayed but whatever that train is the fact they have breached their visa conditions still remain. Sorry and good luck.

Because of the terrible FB format, I can't see if you've answered what is CLEARLY uppermost in so many commenters' minds: whether or not the guy is on OVERSTAY. So, forgetting those who have NO IDEA,,,,,,,, whether he is or not on overstay,,,,,,,,,,, if it were me, the first thing *I* would do is go to MY EMBASSY, and see what they say,,,,,,,,, you know, since their JOB is to help and protect their citizens. Then follow their advice.

No of what he needs to do will end well for him. Jail time until his embassy issues an emergency passport.

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Personally i would go to embassy first see about the rules about this, If the embassy can do emergency travel document get it buy a ticket asap (guess he needs help with that) go to airport pay 20.000 fine (help again ) and go home, will be blacklisted but no time in immigration cells

Go home

File the missing passports with police, go to his embassy fir an emergency passport and go home. This sounds too messy

If he is overstay, he will be arrested and deported. Paying maximum fine of 20k.

Go back home. Do not try to stay any longer.

Start with his embassy and they should be able to guide him.

Get married to a Thai that wants to live in his home country. Once everyone has visas divorce. Or do what I used to do. I hated visa runs so I would go to Malaysia border stamp out and pretend to walk to Malaysia but turn around and walk back in with no stamp. I'd stay running my business under the table then when I needed I'd go back to the border sneak out and go stamp malay and come back to Thai for 30 days haha I did visa runs 2 times a year for 12 of the 15 years there. So he can walk out sneaky like but Thai immigration police are stupid and lazy so it's easy. Walk out go strait to Malaysia police and say it was stolen right then from a guy wearing a brown shirt and you don't know what to do and the Malaysia police will do the report and let you go the tour embassy. Get a new passport which will have a new number and start all over new because Thai immigration can not fathom the idea of a new passport number. The problem with the passport number is what caused me to learn to sneak by and do my trick. Good luck

Thai people have had enough of foreigners expecting we just need to accept other countries’ problems.

He need to be deported for overstaying and get help in his own country.

Go get a passport made by a Chinese criminal gang and start working at a scam center while going to NA meetings. That solves it.

Deal with the lost Passport. Next, go home cause jobs and rehab in a foreign country is a bad idea.

Wtf, best thing his parents can spend their money on is a one way ticket. Some people should never be given passports. 42 and living off the bank of mum&dad

Wow this is a very messed up situation to be in and either way it’s not going to be a fun ride!

he is screwed. lots of good advice here: but it doesnt sound like he is in any condition to do what is necessary, He will likely be arrested eventually and will spend some time in jail until he or his family can raise the money for the overstay and a plane ticket. His future is not in Thailand.

First go to the police. You need the document for the passport to be lost. Then you need a ticket and the baht fine. You go straight to the airport and show on the check in the money. Then on immigration you pay and go. Last week I sent a German this way.

There's really only one answer...go to the embassy and get an emergency passport. Tell them the situation and hopefully they will help him get home.

Depending on the overstay...might catch a fine and be blackballed from ever entering again, but at least it will be better than jail 🤷‍♂️

Sounds dodgy

Junkie who probably sold his passports to criminals to buy crack

Gtfo of Thailand

Immigration have heard every excuse you can imagine - lost/stolen passport is a common lie. They will have a record of your entrance date!

He is staying in Thailand without a visa, doesn’t have a passport, doesn’t have work and has an addiction. He should go back to his home country and work on his problems. I hope he gets arrested.

Rehab ? Job ? - on an overstay? Are you insane. Embassy asap. Emergency travel document. Get a one way flight out asap.

Go to the embassy ASAP.. no choice what so ever.

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Rehab ? 🤔

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Juste impossible. Its completely illegal. As he didnt go to the police and both embassies to inform the loss of passports, we can imagine he just have sold them. So he will be arrested and deported at his own expenses and will be forbidden access to Thaïland for a very long time, may be for ever !

Rehab…that’s all you need to know.

He will be sent back, Not allowed to Return...

There is one word this worries me, rehab, means he has a drug or alcohol problem. It sounds he is in Thailand quite a while and overstayed for a longer time. The only way out of this is get sober, go to the embassy and ask for help. I would avoid the police, because the will find out about the overstay and he will not leave the Police station on his own. Don’t worry about the cost because it will cost. But it will be much cheaper than going to jail in Thailand and wait for deportation. Only my opinion.

He's going to be sitting in IDC for a long long time unless he gets travel documents before he turns himself in at immigration. He'll need a plane ticket flight direct to his country, 20,000 baht in cash for overstay fine, and he'll need to make it to the airport immigration with travel document or passport.

🤔 Look likes waiting to choose between "Lost passport or Had stolen passport" because no job and visa expired.

Your mention of Rehab suggests that there may be addiction involved. As suggested by many, get back home ASAP. Theres no provision for rehabilitation in a Thai prison.

Why 2 passports?

People should make copies of vital documents, paper ones, reduce and laminate, or photo graph them. It's called being responsible for yourself.

First step is to get a new passport

The truth

He's an id10t

Overstayed

Didn't lose passports

Doesn't have money

Is scrounging off his parents

How can he get a work visa while illegally in Thailand

Please think

His only choice is to hand himself in. It’s that simple! Face the consequences of his actions asap!

Probably just another drunk idiot who can't even remember his name....

Not allowed to work in Thailand anyway

Go home

Вітаю пане Богдане. No chance in Thailand for him to legitimize his stay, get a job, the worse think he will have problems in the future travel to Thailand. This is a critical situation that requires immediate, careful handling to minimize the risk of arrest and prolonged detention. Because he is currently overstaying without a passport, job, or legal status, he cannot simply apply for a job or a visa right now. He must follow a strict, sequential legal path to regularize his presence or arrange a controlled exit.

Resolving Legal & Passport Status (Most Critical)

He cannot be hired or join a private commercial rehab program while actively on an illegal overstay. If stopped by police before self-surrendering to immigration, he faces immediate placement in the Immigration Detention Center (IDC).

1. Obtain a Police Report Immediately: He needs to go to the local Thai police station closest to where his passports were lost or stolen. He must report the loss of both Western passports and obtain an official, stamped police report. This report is his temporary "shield" to show he is actively resolving his identity.

2. Contact His Embassies in Bangkok: He must schedule an urgent appointment at his home country's embassy or consulate. Using the police report, he needs to apply for an Emergency Travel Document (ETD) or an emergency passport. Embassies usually issue these quickly for citizens in distress.

3. Address the Overstay at Immigration: Once he has the emergency travel document, he must present himself at the Central Immigration Bureau (or the main immigration office handling overstays in Bangkok).

• The Cost: The overstay fine in Thailand is 500 THB per day, capped at a maximum of 20,000 THB.

• The Reality: Because his overstay is likely long, paying the 20,000 THB fine will be mandatory. Furthermore, because he is surrendering with a long overstay (over 90 days), he will be subject to a re-entry ban ranging from 1 to 5+ years upon departure.

• The Best/Economical Path: The safest and most economical strategy is a controlled voluntary departure. He should use emergency financial assistance from his parents to pay the 20,000 THB fine and buy a one-way ticket home. Attempting to get a "new visa" inside Thailand after a severe overstay without leaving is generally impossible

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@Greg ******

they have just opened a shelter for this sort of thing.

Go to the market and buy a lamp....then rub it and hope for a 🧞‍♂️........

Before anything else he should have his head examined

So Bohdan, why don’t you answer a few of the questions so that people can better understand your friends position better.

Contact your embassy in that country for them to help you

Was passports lost stolen sold or given to someone as collateral

no job no visa? How does this relate to losing two passports.

Well are the passports lost or stolen, go to the embassy and report it. Then you mentioned rehab and no visa or job, sounds like a bloody mess or BS. Sort the passport problem.first.

File a police report for the lost passport, go to the embassy request an emergency passport to go back home. Get a one way ticket and leave.

The moment he "lost" his passports, he should have immediately gone to the embassy to get an emergency passport. And leave the country before the visa or permit to stay expires. The moment he went into overstay, he is liable to get checked and arrested by Thai police and deported. Now he is already on big trouble and there is no way he can even hope to find a job. He needs to get his papers and surrender or go to the airport and pay the overstay and hope the immigration do not escalate

Odd question is this 42 year old Italian ? Swear I heard a story from a woman about a guy in this position living with her at one point needing professional help

He needs to leave immediately if he’s over staying and if he plans on staying here again long term, he needs to pay the fines and amend that asap and respectfully.

He needs to report his passport lost or stolen to the police and contact his embassy for a new one, which embassy will depend on which passport he entered Thailand on.

Is your friend also on overstay? In which case it's probably best to try and avoid the police, contact the embassy and see what they suggest. Overstay is a serious issue and if caught on overstay he will likely be arrested, deported and banned from Thailand

Has he been to police to report lost passport?

Has he contacted his embassy ?

He has to start by getting a new passport and if there’s no visa or extension he’s on overstay and needs to leave immediately

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