I would recomend that you get a long term visa appropreate to the reason for your stay in Thailand.

If you overstay by a couple of days: 1. If you submit to Immigration and pay the designated fine, probably no further problem. 2. If you leave the country after this overstay, Immigration may put an overstay stamp in your passport which may cause you problems if you subsequently try and reenter Thailand. 3. If caught by police or Immigration (maybe even on your way into the departure airport), you would be subject to a prison stay, a big fine and excluded from reentry into Thailand for an extended time. It is never worth overstaying.

Yes. But, personally, I find it easier to have two seperate bank accounts. I keep the 800,000 thb in one account and leave it there. I have a second bank account that I use for my day to day transactions.

If you have the 800,000 in the bank it is easy to do yourself without an agent. Why pay ,ore than the 1,900 charged by the Immigration Office.

@Spencer ******

I would refuse. I am not willing to support corruption. I would offer to pay if they were willing to have their pjoto taken with the money being handed over. I would than take the phot to the Chief Immigration Officer and expose the cooupt policemen.

@Tim *******

You have just supported corruption in Thailand. Congratulations.

Tell the Immigration Police that you wil pay it at the Immigration Office and request a receipt. The request will dissapear.

@Max ************

Not whaqt he posted. He posted: "Ok so Tuesday I went and applied for my retirement visa renewal". The stamp in his passport would be: Extension of Stay and not permission to stay.

@Charles *******

OK. What Immigration office?

@John ******

Is there a land border between Thailand and Indonesia?