What should I do about my visa overstaying in Thailand after entering on a visa exemption?

@Tim ******

Okay you got mostly correct answers from the other posters (and I deleted the ones that weren't correct).

Sadly for you, you didn't get the visa approved in time to enter thailand (so while you do hold a valid tourist visa for thailand) you DIDN'T use it to enter the country on and you clearly got in on a 30 day visa exempt entry. AND you've clearly overstayed that stamp.

SO while you might prefer not to pay a fine that's not in the cards 😮 ,

IF you wanna stay longer (without leaving and coming back to use your still valid 60 day tourist visa) you need to do exactly what people say, GO to the immigration office pay the overstay fine at 500 baht a day (which as of today is 20 days overstay or 10K baht) and THEN apply for the 'regular' 30 day extension for 1900baht.

OR

You go to the airport, pay the 10K overstay fine, fly out and back in (meeting all the entry requirments again) and this time present your still valid eVisa tourist visa PDF and you'll get stamped in for 60 days,

There is no way to get out of the overstay which you have accrued and are continuing to accrue at 500 baht a day 😕 You didn't enter on a tourist visa (as you weren't approved to even HAVE a tourist visa until after you were already IN the country) you're here on a visa exempt entry,

You got one option of you don't wanna leave; go pay the 10K baht overstay fine and get the 30 day extension for 1900baht. 🙂

You are definitely on overstay. The fact you have a visa is irrelevant as you did not use it on your entry.

Totally on overstay. They are right

You most certainly did overstay. You could try to pay the overstay at immigration, then if they let you, apply for a 30 day extension. Then also if they let you, apply for a 60 day COVID extension. Not sure how much of an issue the overstay will be for all of the above.

Your fate is fixed. Pay the fine and then immediately ask for a 30 day extension 1900 baht. You could extremely briefly explain your confusion but it would only be good for sympathy, nothing to circumvent your situation.

You overstayed cause you entered without visa. Stamp in your passport is the only thing that counts

When you entered Thailand, you didn't come in using a tourist Visa. You entered on an exempion giving you 30 days. The stamp in your passport is the only thing that matters.

The fact your visa was approved after entering doesn't matter, you did not enter Thailand using it. You are on an overstay.

As Robert said above, you should leave, pay the fine and try re-entering using the Visa.

You definitely overstayed, get that taken care of ASAP.

You came to Thailand without any visa and got a 30 day Visa Exempt Entry stamp.

That you have now an e-mail that you can use to enter Thailand does not give you extra stay inside Thailand.

You are on overstay since 18 March as stamped as Admitted to Stay in your passport.

I would say, leave this country, pay the fine and you can come back using the Tourist Visa you got by e-mail.