What should I do if I have overstayed my visa in Thailand for more than 90 days?

Feb 17, 2023
2 years ago
Please someone help me what should I do if I overstayed more than 90 days in Thailand
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If you have overstayed your visa in Thailand for more than 90 days, the recommended course of action is to go directly to the airport with a booked flight out of the country and prepare to pay a fine of 20,000 baht. Be aware that you will likely face a re-entry ban, which typically lasts one year. It's crucial to avoid police contact before leaving, as being caught could lead to more severe penalties including a longer ban. You may also have recourse to report any scams that occurred but should not expect leniency from immigration officials. Document any evidence of being misled by visa agencies and prepare to explain your situation candidly at the airport.
Paul *******
You'll be deported and blacklisted for at least 1 year. Best is to go to the airport, be apologetic, have 20K in cash and a ticket back to your home country or any other country you have the right of entry and plan not to return to Thailand for at least 12 months.
Arianna ************
You will pay for the fine...
Mai ********
Be polite,dress properly,offer your excuse and say sorry I forgot.

They gave me a warning and let it go.
Paul *******
@Mai *******
They wouldn't give you a warning for 90 days or more overstay, you'd be blacklisted and deported. If less than 90 days, it's OK, just a warning and probably more difficult to re-enter the country in future.
Falcon *******
pay the fine at the airport and go home...
Jeff ********
This dude is full of crap. Fake profile, fake name, fake intent. Wonder why he keeps ignoring suggestions and continues to talk about "clearing up ban?" Wonder why he keeps asking to friend people on here? Social engineering people. That's all this is.
Carsten **********
surrender to immigration at the airport, and do not get caught by police outside the airport before you are leaving. face the music, and you will can come back after some short time somewhere else.
Cave *********
Pay the fine, come back in a year or more..?

I won't judge as to how this happened but.. like why.
Paul *******
Despite his desperate, evasive answers with little details, it sounds to me this is what happened:

1. He found a dodgy visa agent to seek help with an extension of stay, shortly before his visa or entry stamp was to expire.

2. He partied way too much in the meantime, forgetting about his visa extension

3. He tried to contact the agent or retrieve his passport but was unable to make contact

4. By now more than 90 days have passed, the agent did a runner and may have handed back his passport, but without delivering his extension. Of course the agent took off with his money anyway.
Jeff ********
@Paul ******
you're giving the guy way too much credit. He's a fake profile. If you've notice he keeps asking to add people to his friend's list. why? Social engineering is all this dude is about. Fake profile, fake intent.
Jason *********
Total fake profile. Can spot it from a mile.
Billy *********
Gtfo
Nick *********
Sneak across the cambodian boarder
Paul *******
@Nick ********
well, you've admitted your girlfriends father is committing a serious crime. Very easy to report him for doing that.
Paul *******
@Nick ********
go back to school and learn how to spell MORON!
Nick *********
@Paul ******
why don't you try and make me
Paul *******
Lao border is better. Cambodian border is full of land mines. BTW it's border not "boarder". That has a totally different meaning.
Nick *********
@Paul ******
go fuck yourself. My girlfriend's dad snuggled people across daily . Why don't you go join a spelling contest Mr knows it all
Jeff ********
@Nick ********
snuggle! 🤣
Kevin *********
You’re going to the Monkeyhouse!
Ekrem *******
Buy your flight ticket to home and prepare 20k for overstay fine and go to airport, after you pay fine you can leave.
Joe **********
They will kick you out of the country when you get to the airport. Everybody wins!
Gunner **********
@Joe *********
why are you a government shill?
Оливер *********
Ugh, are you that thick?

Pack your belongings, buy a ticket and head to the airport. Pay your fine at immigration, get stamped out and fly home. After a bit more then a year you can come back.

Is this so hard to understand?!
Paul *******
Might not be easy to get a visa even after the overstay period has ended, though it's possible.
Patrick ********
@Оливер ********
you are a very sad man
Steve ********
Easy to cross the Mekong at Khong Chiang into Laos. Go into the thick jungle, hang out there for about ten days, then stagger into the closest village and ask someone if the war is over yet, and did America win
Paul *******
@Steve *******
would be much easier to cross at a land border, which can easily be found just a little south of Khong Chiam. Just cross into the jungle and keep heading east and once you see some signs of civilization, check the signs are in Lao script. Then you know you've made it
Darren ******
@Steve *******
they would all laugh cos they know America didn't win anything 🤣😂😂
Jeff ********
@Darren *****
we won freedom from you colonialists.
Darren ******
@Jeff *******
next u will tell me u stopped the Germans 🤣🤣 u mean u sat in the shadows waiting for the end of the war then came in to claim victory 🤣
Jeff ********
@Darren *****
Your last name says it all. Now toot along crayon eater.
Darren ******
@Jeff *******
and u won nothing since 🤣🤣 and the French helped u back then 🤣😂
Corey *******
I know a spot deep in the jungle where you can cross over into Malaysia. This will fix your Thailand problem. You can just say you got lost in the woods for months.
Muzzy *********
@Corey ******
or allians took me some where I don't know. ( It is good story too )
Martin ****************
Maybe the only scammer here is him. Looking at the story and his profile I would be carefully to get in touch with him personally.
Otto *********
Go home.
Danilo ****
Troll
Giorgio *********
Tell them you died yesterday.
Patrick ********
It ain't that bad I've been on over stay many times over the last 43 years just get your cash out and for Christ sake don't get pulled over by police in the meantime
Joseph *********
Airport and leave. Prepare 20k for the dine and might get to enjoy jail time.
Bryan *****
Sheen ************
Don’t post here as you will only get the wee boys and the “look at me, I’m so humorous” responses.
Chris ***********
@Sheen ***********
Stupid questions regarding overstay that already have clear answers available on the web, will recieve humorus responses. Why do you bother reading and posting here at all ? The visa advise here can be very helpful for legitimate questions big man. Humorous responses are great fun to read, but insulting an belittling everyone here and the visa advise page itself is not so great.
Frank **********
Plastic surgery and become ladyboy.
Pam ********
Go to airport b4 boarding pay immigration the fine, and hope they dont bar you from re entry for too long.
Lye **********
Continue to overstay since you're already doing it? 🤣

Perhaps pretend you have dementia?
Simon **********
Fake
Alan ******
Go to jail when you pass GO ... GO bar lol
Jason ******
Stay with your bar girl
Av **********
Pay fine leave
Chris ***********
Tell immigration you got so stoned that you forgot where you were.
Patrick ********
Don't watch the film midnight express
Noel ***********
@Patrick *******
. Contact Grace at Thai Visa Centre. And ignore all the other advice which is nonsense
Patrick ********
@Noel **********
true but he hasn't said how long
Marc ********
@Patrick *******
is about Turkey not?
Patrick ********
Marc ********
@Patrick *******
Not quite Thailand then😆
Brian ***********
Run to the airport and leave
John *******
Who knows how thai immigration will react but I don't think will be in your favour you maybe be granted a longer stay in Bangkok Hilton 🤣🤣🤣
Gary **********
How and why would you overstay your visa?
THAI ******************************
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4) Ask a friend if they have heard of them

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Mark *******
Why would you do that ???
Michael *********
Straws!!!
Eh *******
I recommend you find a lawyer asap. Every minute counts.
Kornelia *********
Of course I don’t advise you to do that but someone told me that in such situation the only option is to report your passport as lost and make a new passport.
Pete *****
@Kornelia ********
no. Changing passports doesn't make them think you are a different person now. I know from experience.
Mikko **********
@Kornelia ********
That would add only more problems. Entry date is on immigration database.
Kornelia *********
@Mikko *********
theoretically yes but I was told that only information they store is your passport number. Following that if the passport is lost and you don’t remember the number it might be not possible to check it.

Other data like your name or date of birth is not enough since there might be two people with same details.
Mikko **********
@Kornelia ********
They store your passport info, entry data (point of entry, entry date etc), fingerprints and picture plus possibly some additional data that immigration official enter the system. "Losing" the passport wont help.
Kornelia *********
@Mikko *********
, makes sense. Thanks for clarification!
Ivan ********
Panic
Michael *******
No excuse for overstaying that long. You deserve whatever they throw at you. Its people like you that make getting extensions and visas for others more difficult.
Alan ******
Michael Sharp good answer
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Pay and ban! No other way!
Shane *****
Check in at local jail
Pete *****
@Shane ****
they don't care even if you go there personally. The only way is to collect 20.000 baht and leave
Muzzy *********
Don't do panic just to to airport with a flight ticket to your country or some where outside of Thailand you will be fined 20.000 baht not more and if you pay that money no problem but you will get stamp for do not enter to Thailand again for long time that's all
Paul *******
@Muzzy ********
nonsense they have biometrics now. Can't evade the overstay ban by doing that.
Muzzy *********
İf over 90 day you can't clear up my friend you better go out Couse if they find you outside they will make big big problem for you and you have to pay more then 100.000 but if you go airport and pay 20.000 it will be no problem if you flight on same day. ( But if you change your passport and your name you can come again ) bit long story brother
Ñahøm ***************
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@Muzzy ********
u don’t want to get ban sorry anyway I can clear up
Jabeen ********
You should come back to your country simple 😁😁😁😅
John ***********
And no, you can't take your girlfriend with you, assuming this is why you are crying about being banned for such a short period of time or you are hiding out in Thailand as so many people are.
Maxim ***********
@Ñahøm **************
I have PM you. I have contacts.
Dhilla ********
How did you get scammed? Does the stamp of your visa is fake?
Alan ******
Read his question, forget about the replies.
Alan ******
Dila S I read his question, I got no time to read the pathetic comments, kindly read his question begging for help lol
Robert ***********
@Alan *****
He said he was scammed by an agent.
Alan ******
He say nothing about being scammed, he over stay 90 days, that's it ?????
Dhilla ********
@Alan *****
he mentioned about being scammed by an agent, kindly scroll up the comments 'till the first comments.
Ñahøm ***************
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@Dila **
no visa
Dhilla ********
@Ñahøm **************
So, how did you get scammed by the agent if you doesn't hold any valid visa?
Nicky *******
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Josh ****
Ok there's only one thing you can do. That is to surrender to immigration at departure. Chaeng Wattana won't be interested in dealing with you. You will have to pay 500 baht per day until a maximum of 20,000 baht. If under 90 days of overstay and you pay the penalty you will receive a black stamp in your passport notifying of your overstay and that you paid the penalty. Doesn't matter where your departure is to. You will be able to return to Thailand but I'm sure they will expect you to get a proper visa before returning if it's under 90 days of overstay. If over 90 days overstay you will probably revive a 1 year ban. Again nothing you can do. If you pay the fine they will allow you to leave the country and you will be entitled to come back after the ban period. If you don't pay the fine then it can become a criminal offence. You cannot bribe immigration or use agents for this purpose. There is only 1 way to deal with this.
Ñahøm ***************
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@Josh ***
can I clear up my ban already 90days
Zane **************
To clarify, if you have a departure ticket at the airport and 20k baht to pay the fine, you won't go to jail, but if you're caught on the street by a police officer and they find out that you overstayed your visa they will arrest you and you'll have to wait an unknown amount of time until you get deported
Zane **************
@Ñahøm **************
if you are caught outside of the airport your ban will be 5 years. So your options are a one year ban or a five year ban and a possibility of some jail time while they wait to deport you
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@Ñahøm **************
you confirm will get ban,no need to question anymore,just go to surrender at airport as soon as possible,if get arrest you will get ban more long!
Josh ****
@Ñahøm **************
if it's already past 90 days overstay you will receive most likely receive a ban. It's the law. Mistakes do happen, that's why they allow the 90 day allowance, beyond that it's just down to you. Thailand clearly isn't the place for you, it's probably best to move on to somewhere else. They will allow you to leave freely if you surrender at departure immigration and pay the fine. If you are caught by the police within Thailand or you do not pay the overstay fine on the way out, there may be more severe consequences.
Marc ********
Russell *******
Leave and pay fine on exit. You don't want to get caught in Thailand , so leave as soon as possible
Robert *********
Go speak to your embacy
Adam *******
Herbert - HDVISA can advise
Stephen ********
Play silly games win silly prizes. If you know you are overstaying accept the consequences. Don’t think you can bribe people if you have enough money to bribe people you should have got the correct visa. Life is simple only fools make it difficult
Durrant ********
If you go into hiding they have to find you. If your caught you go to jail. If you hand yourself in you must pay 20k fine purchase a ticket out of the kingdom and be banned for a period of time. Trying to bribe will land you in jail. So I suggest hand yourself in before you are caught for the best result
Nigel *********
Even though you were scammed by an agent, unfortunately, there is nothing that Thai Immigration can do to help you. Their line is YOU are solely responsible for your legal stay and visa status in Thailand. Your only course of action is to leave Thailand asap by air, pay your fine 20,000thb and accept your ban. There is nothing you can do about the ban. Don't believe any agent as they nearly all lie all the time.
Chris *******
@Nigel ********
absolutely correct 💯
John *******
Lube up well
Wayne *********
Bangkok Hilton if you get arrested
Onne ***********
how many day,s
Albert *******
As you can see young man you’re not going to get much help

From the jerks on this page . I’ve also experienced a bunch of negative reactions . The curator of the page should weed out these fools and clean up the page so real people with real

Issues can get a little assistance. Furthermore , I’d recommend that you go to a reputable visa service agent and get advice from professionals. At least they’ll give you up to date immigration info on your particular situation probably for free . We all make mistakes and it’s not the end of the world . Good luck
Alistair **********
@Albert ******
you get a lot of negative comments, but there isn't anything a visa agent or lawyer can legally do. As many have said.
Albert *******
@Alistair *********
who said ANYTHING about legally ? 😂😂. In Thailand money talks . The visa agents know the immigration agents that can “bend “ the laws to help clients for a fee ! I know for 100 percent. Furthermore , if you live your life always listening to people telling you what CANT be done you’ll never be truly successful 😉
Frank **********
@Albert ******
sure make another wrong decision of doing things the incorrect way and compound the problem.
Bill ***********
@Albert ******
He sounds too stubborn and green to pull off anything subtle or sophisticated. I can't quite get why he's ignored about 40 reasonable replies suggesting he pay the fine and leave. Something we don't know?
Ñahøm ***************
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@Albert ******
can I add you?
Matthew *********
Book a ticket and leave say apology at airport you will be fine don’t let it go 90 days or then it’s 1 year out
Ian ************
Pack all your belongings up ready to be sent home. Avoid the police.

I wouldn’t recommend trying to sneak over border crossing like a comment suggested , there is 99.9% chance you will be caught and then you will be in bigger mess than now.

Go to local immigration ASAP and explain the situation with all evidence of the agency who scammed you and point out to them it’s your first time in Thailand (they should be able to confirm this on the system / via passport stamps). You really need to take a thai speaking translator with you to understand fully.

Be prepared to pay a big fine and face a ban, but if you are very lucky and plead innocence you may get away with just a fine.

Good luck.
Ñahøm ***************
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@Ian ***********
I’m ready to pay the find but I don’t want to see any ban on my passport I really need help with that
Ian ************
@Ñahøm **************
A ban is a possibly , you have to realistic about that. It’s not just a few days overstay , it’s months. Maybe speak to a reputable agent (check reviews online) for help. Get something arranged ASAP, avoid the police as the punishment will be much stronger if you don’t go to immigration yourself.

Good luck.
David **********
Lot of people get screwed over by employers and agents even when they try hard to do the right thing. Its very common.
Fratech ********
Swim from nong Khai to loas
David **********
Go and sell lottery tickets on the street until you are deported after 7 years as just happened to one man. Or go and hide in one of the big caves in the mountains. Seriously though, go and sort it out as if you are stopped and caught by immigration it won't be good.
Martin ****************
Maybe there are some agents around who could solve your problem. I would contact every agent in Bangkok and just ask if they can help you. Most of them have good contacts and can maybe sort something out ;-)
Paul *******
Well just contact the agent that sponsors this page! In the meantime, be prepared to leave anyway, don't expect that the problem will definitely solve itself just because an agent gets involved, though they do have connections and money solves most problems in Thailand. Just dont expect too much.
Martin ****************
don't see a request
Ñahøm ***************
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@Martin ***************
I would love to add you
Martin ****************
Ñahøm ***************
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Ñahøm ***************
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@Martin ***************
accept my request
David *********
Bend over,lube up and take it like a man snowflake
Wayne **********
Pay
Klaus ******
Bye. Bye 👋
Kevin ******
Go to.jail
*****
fine and probably banned for 5 years
Kevin ******
Don't forget your ky
Roger *******
Run Forest Run!
Alan ******
Prison for at least 15 years, but can speak fluent thai when you are released, so its not all that bad, plus loads of boyfriends, no bar fine. Free rice every day, mmmmmm, I might over stay,
Paul *******
You forgot the free fish heads.
John ******
@Alan *****
nonsens
Alan ******
John Blom it was a joke, ps, the correct spelling is nonsense.
David *********
Buy a ticket out of Thailand and pay your 20,000 fine at the airport.
Ñahøm ***************
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@David ********
I’ll be van I don’t want to get ban maybe if I want to clear up
David *********
@Ñahøm **************
well put your trust in another dodgy agent then.
Kal *********
You can't sneak out to do a boarder run come back ?
Wayne *********
@Kal ********
the computer system will show he still suppose to be in Thailand so sneaking out will not help only make things worse
Ñahøm ***************
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Frank **********
That is pretty stupid.
Sophie *********
Go to immigration, explain the situation, pay the fine and accept any ban they will, almost inevitably, impose. (Your ban will likely last a year and your fine will be 20k).
Ñahøm ***************
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@Sophie ********
then are they going to clear up my ban?
Wayne *********
@Ñahøm **************
you will not bribe or pay your way out of the ban. Pay the 20,000baht fine and leave ASAP. You get stopped and question by police and they find you have overstayed you will be arrested. At airport immigration take the fine money and you get on the plane.
Maxim ***********
@Wayne ********
Yes, you can. Money buy everything in Thailand, but it's not cheap.
Wayne *********
@Maxim **********
yeh well good luck to him trying
Ñahøm ***************
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@Sophie ********
I might ended in jail that’s my fair is there any way to clear my ban
John **********
@Ñahøm **************
I wouldn't go near an immediate office. Go to the airport, pay the fine and leave. They will almost certainly also hand you a ban
John ******
@Ñahøm **************
no way to clear the fine. Most important do not arrested before you have reached and spoken with immigration officers. 90 days overstay and contacted immigration's yourself one year ban. 90 days overstay and caught by police: 5 years ban. You can try to negociate down
Ñahøm ***************
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@John *****
there is no way to change the ban by money
Prieto ****
I wouldn't try brive police to clear the ban, specially if you are not savy enough (based on you being scammed already with the visa), you might end up in a much bigger problem. If you have evidence of you being scammed you could go to the tourist police and let them know you have been victim of a scam and you are leaving the country
Sophie *********
@Ñahøm **************
Though people can be detained. These guys had overstayed by 4 years though so..
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Sophie *********
@Ñahøm **************
Do you have a good reason for this overstay? Do you have a Thai friend who can accompany you to immigration?
Ñahøm ***************
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@Sophie ********
I don’t I swear I don’t have anyone 🥹
Sophie *********
I think you'll just be fined, banned and sent home:
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Ñahøm ***************
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@Sophie ********
I really don’t want to get ban I can pay money for that maybe to clear up
Sophie *********
@Ñahøm **************
I think things are changing on the money exchange front...
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Ñahøm ***************
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@Sophie ********
I didn’t get it sir can you explain me please
Sophie *********
@Ñahøm **************
I'm a woman. I suggest you do as others have suggested - book the first flight out of the Kingdom and be prepared for the consequences. What I'm trying to say above is that it may not be possible to bribe your way out of this situation given the recent crackdown on officials who've been taking them. Good luck.
Ñahøm ***************
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@Sophie ********
thank

You so much and apologize for the wrong … I will add you and talk tu you
Steve *******
I do not understand why you would overstay when you know the repercussions.
Paul *******
@Josh *********
they probably took his money and didn't deliver the promised extension. By the time his passport was returned to him, his original stay had expired by more than 3 months
Ñahøm ***************
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@Steve ******
apologize for that it’s my first time here and the city is with a lots of scams and it’s the agent lied to me it’s my first time in Thailand
Josh **********
@Ñahøm **************
what exactly did they do?
Chalinee ********
@Ñahøm **************
i got same issue with scammer agency check dm pls
Shaun *********
No excuse for overstay especially this length of time.

You'll have to take the consequences now.
Ñahøm ***************
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@Shaun ********
I really need help not blame please
Kool *******
Just remember, you won't be able to come back and get anything.
Chris ***********
Pay your fine go home
Phil ********
This muppet is still in LOS

🙄
Phil ********
Then you contact the Thai embassy in a neighboring country with your home country.
Phil ********
You can try to clear the ban through the Royal Thai Embassy in your home country.

The fine here will be 20,000 baht in cash.

Get a receipt.

You will be ok if you go to the airport soon with an air ticket home and the cash for the fine.

Don't worry, be happy.

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Ñahøm ***************
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@Phil *******
we don’t have Thai embassy in my country
John **********
@Ñahøm **************
you are from Ethiopia? There's a consulate in Addis Ababa so that would be where to contact
อาจารย์ *******
Phil ********
Now, just worry about getting arrested before you get to the airport.

Pack everything you want to take home. You must have an air ticket back to the country of your citizenship.

Go to the airport, apologize to immigration officers, pay the fine, apologize many times. Be very polite. Do not be pushy, be contrite.

See what immigration officers say.

Do not wait, do not get caught by the police before you get to the airport. You will be arrested and put in immigration detention jail.

You can negotiate with the Royal Thai Embassy in your home country.

Please be careful,

Get on the airplane, sit back, relax and enjoy the flight.

Good luck.

Never mind. Mai pen rai.
Ñahøm ***************
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@Phil *******
omg thank you so much is there anyway I can clear up my ban sir?
Phil ********
It's good you can pay the fine.

Why did you overstay 90 days?
Ñahøm ***************
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@Phil *******
scams everywhere it’s my first time and the agent scammed me
Ñahøm ***************
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I can pay any fine or money I just wanted to clear up my ban I don’t want to see the ban in my passport or in the system
Ñahøm ***************
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How do I do that because it will affect my travel history sir I really need help
Ñahøm ***************
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@Chris **********
where am

I going to negóciate ?
Ñahøm ***************
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@Chris **********
how much maybe?
Chris ***********
Anything here is possible but nothing is free
Ñahøm ***************
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i don’t want to get ban is that possible if I pay my over stay fine and get clear from the ban or pay any money get new visa
Michael *******
@Ñahøm **************
Should have thought about that 90 days ago.
Richard *********
as above u wont be able to avoid the ban and stamp in ur passport< if u were worried, you should have left before 1 month overstay
John **********
@Ñahøm **************
you won't be able to avoid a ban. You won't get a visa. All you can do is leave, pay the fine and accept the ban.
Ñahøm ***************
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@Chris **********
how much would tell me please
Brandon ************
Avoid police and pack everything you own. Go to the airport, pay your 20,000₿ fine and get your ban from Thailand depending on how long you are on overstay.
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