What should I do if my tourist visa has expired and I'm in Thailand?

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I need help. I fu**ed up. I normally have a non working visa OA but because I didn’t understand the roles I ended up with one month tourist visa. I done one visa run and after one month planning again get another month at immigration office. I don’t know what to blame to for this.....but I forgot about what date this was. When checking today I see to my horror that it gone out the 14:th January. What can I do now? Is it to late to get an extra month? Or do I just leave and go back? Will I then get into trouble for missing the date with this much? 

Please advise me!

Please advise me!

Ask Thailand · Answer

If you have overstayed your tourist visa in Thailand, the best course of action is to leave the country as soon as possible. You will need to pay a fine of 500 THB for each day you have overstayed. It's advisable to book a flight out of Thailand, as attempting to leave through a land border may not resolve your overstaying issue. Plan your exit carefully, as it's important to pay the fine in cash at the airport before departing. Additionally, consider applying for a proper visa once you are back in your home country or in a neighboring country.

Tod ********* · Answer

Okay, face it you're not the first foreigner who forgot to look at their entry stamp and actually see how long they're allowed to be IN thailand, nor are you the first person to overstay either.

AFAIK: you cannot get a 30 day extension at an immigration office with that long of an overstay.

I agree with other posters the safest way out of the country is to show up at the airport, pay your overstay fine (500 baht a day since the 14th of Jan, or 19 days overstay 9500baht) and fly out and back in.

It is NOT the overstay that causes problems, it is getting caught out on overstay on something else while inside the country that will run you off the rails. Remember there is no overstay banning for turning yourself in on an overstay of under 90 days (which is what you do when you show up to fly or stamp out of the country) BUT if you get caught on an overstay of even a single day the law is written so that you can be banned for 5 years.

Good Luck you have your answers,

Ron ******* · Answer

Now, I don't know if it's true or not but I can remember something, somewhere being posted, that some land borders won't allow you to clear an overstay and send you to an airport.

Gregor ********** · Answer

don't attempt to travel to a land border, follow Robert's advice, book a flight and get out of Kansas as fast as can.  Fly to Vietnam,  Hongkong, Kuala Lumpur, Penang or Singapur or whatever. From out of there you can apply for a tourist visa on any of their Thai consulates

Robert ******* · Answer

Get a ticket to another country and fly out, be aware that the fine is 500 Thb a day and you have to pay in cash at Immigration before you can fly out. Get a proper visa before you come back.

Benjamin ****** · Answer

You're currently on overstay. You can not extend this visa to my knowledge. Your best bet is to leave the country tomorrow and pay the fine. It's 500THB a day. I'm not sure which border would be best because I don't know where you're located or your nationality.

You can leave, and return on a 30 day visa exempt (assuming yu're from a visa exempt country).

You can leave, and return on a 30 day visa exempt (assuming yu're from a visa exempt country).

James ******** · Answer

You will have to pay a fine on leaving.

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