Dan Dan no if you pay the baht fine and have a ticket out that same day you don't get deported though any overstating now is not recommended but if he got picked up it's a whole different ball game

Ok as someone who stupidly over stayed their visa by 6 months twenty years I'm in a certain position to answer this though twenty years ago is alot different than the present the thais are rightly so being much more stricter on entry and abuses of the visa system the days of border runs as long gone.i won't go into why I ended up overstating it's a long story but anyway I managed to sort money out got a plane flight home went to the immigration and paid the baht fine they told me at immigration that because I'd paid the fine and got a ticket out o wouldn't have problem coming back and that was true as I came back in 2009 2010 and 2015 no problem I now have a new passport and have since been back 2023 2024 and am here at present for 3 months no problem. Now in your case did you go to the airport with ticket out and pay the fine because that makes a big difference in that case I'd go to the thai embassy and get a visa and check if you are ok to go though that's not 100% guaranteed they might still refuse entry at immigrations definitely don't try to turn up hoping to get a visa on arrival that's not going to happen.now if you were pick up by the police and had overstayed you would be taken to the immigration centre and stay there until you got money for a ticket out pay the fine and would be deported and probably banned for 10 years.if you do manage to get back to Thailand expect for at least the next 10 years extra scrutiny of plans outward ticket and funds and for goodness sake don't even overstay by one day.well if you do get back into the country enjoy but break a single law even a traffic law.i have to admit your chances for the next 10 years are 50 50 Thailand is not playing about anymore.and you will have some explaining about how you survived and what you were doing in that one year of overstay

Nigel Middleton me too it wouldn't let me carry on to I'd filled in the departure date and flight details

It is a requirement and even though I always have a return ticket since I have been coming to Thailand since 91 I've never been asked some airlines won't let you board with out a on ward ticket I've only had one problem with that British airways wouldn't let me board because though I had a return ticket is was a one year open ticket and my Visa for Thailand was 2 months I had to quickly buy the cheapest ticket out before that visa run out.i managed to get a cheap refundable ticket to Kuala Lumpur

Darren Jones up to 10 days you get a fine but to be honest this will only work in you favour if you are at the airport with a ticket home

If you get caught before hand you get the fine and maybe 1 to 5 year ban.paying the fine at a border crossing a good chance they won't let you back in for a year.i best thing now is not to overstay the days of border runs and paying the overstay are long gone

Best to stick to the rules if you don't want a problem

Graham Seal yes this has been law for along time it's just now they are getting much more stricter with it

@Frank *********

ok mr perfect

Jonathan Milburn if he applies for a visa he should be ok I wouldn't risk just turning up and hope for a visa on entry though

Darren Jones yes the days of border runs and overstating your visa and just paying the fine and shucking your shoulders is long gone.i did once overstay 6 months long story.got money together ticket home and paid baht fine.this was 17 years ago fortunately never had problem coming back in Thailand at the moment for months but I wouldn't even overstay for one day now they are very strict

อ้วน อเล็กซ์ I was with Etihad flying today flight got cancelled.travel agent got me a alternative flight which doesn't stop over in the gulf states