Looking for some advice, please.

Am a UK citizen planning a 3 month (90 day) stay in Thailand.

I understand I should benefit from 60 day visa exempt stay on arrival and may then be allowed to extend for a further 30 days.

If so and in which case, when should I attend at the Immigration (or whatever) office for my bolt-on 30 days because, assuming the extension is granted, does the additional 30 day period commence on the day it is approved or is it counted from the last day of my 60 day visa exempt period?

For example, if I arrived on April 1st, what would be the last day in June beyond which I would be classed as having overstayed if I attended at the office, say, 3 days before my 60 day period was up?

The Time and Date website calculates that 90 days from 1st April would be 29th June (including both the 1st April and 29th June in its calculation).

Effectively, if intending to arrive on 1stApril, should I book a return flight for 29th June when booking my flights or would that mean I would have to apply for an extension on the very final day of my initial 60 day exemption?

What I don't want to happen is book my return date and find it causes an overstay I have to either pay a fine for (as well as receive a blot on my passport) or pay for an expensive flight adjustment.

Hope that’s clear enough but would welcome any questions so as to help clarify.

Many thanks.

Hi , I’m asking for advice on best option , I arrived on 60 day visa exempt 14/11 and planed a trip to Laos which was cut short I fly back to Australia on 21/1/2025 and my visa stamp is good till 19/1/2025. I’m in Chiang Rai , I go to immigration pay 1900 baht for 2 days or pay a overstay fine , I come 2 or 3 times a year for holidays 🙏

Hi. I’m in a bit of a pickle here. My son and my visa expires on 12th Nov. My 500k bank deposit will be 3 months on 13 Nov..ie one day late. Must we leave the country on the 12th or can i just go on the 13th to immigratio and get a slap in the wrist and a fine for it? Or would they take it seriously and throw us out. Obviously any risk is not worth taking. So want to know if anyone knows for certain what the consequences are. Thanks much

I got my dtv visa yesterday. My children are with me in Thailand (under 14).

Do I have to pay to get a visa for them? What happens if they overstay by several months with visa exemption? Thank you

For those who are on a student visa, did you have to cancel your visa at immigration before leaving? I read if you don’t cancel, you might be denied entry once you try to re enter on another visa as you will be considered as overstayed for not cancelling the previous visa before you left.

Also for those who did cancel the student visa at immigration, after cancellation, how many days were you allowed to stay in Thailand before leaving?

Hi All,

I have just flown back into Thailand today, but the immigration officer has only stamped me in for 30 days rather than the 60 days I am allowed on my multi entry visa. I only just realised when I got back to my accommodation. Can I go to an immigration office to have this corrected? Thanks in advance.

I heard about a possibility to get 7 -10 days extra extension on the tourist Visa.

Do you know anythings about this?

As the Immigration is closed until 17 th I ask here..

I have already extended my tourist Visa with 30 days and will need to stay at least one more week. Do you know if the give extra days and in that case how the procedure is?

Perhaps time to post this here again.

Overstaying your “admitted until” date in your passport is breaking the law.

Many times on here people ask is it ok to overstay - 1, 2, 5 days etc. The fine at the immigration exit desk is 500 baht per day of overstay. Some airport immigration officers will waive the fine if it is only 1 day, but you’ll still get a small stamp in your passport in Thai saying “overstay fine waived as under 24 hours”. 100% you’ll be fined at a land border

HOWEVER if you are stopped inside the country for any reason - like at a police check point - even on your way to an airport or border crossing then be prepared for a whole lot of trouble.

The police may arrest you as you have broken the law. If they do you’ll be fined in court and then sent to the nearest Immigration Detention Centre, where you will be kept until you buy a one way ticket back to your home country. If you don’t have the funds for that you will be kept there until you find some means of raising those funds. Once you have your ticket, you will be deported and blacklisted from entering the country for up to 5 years.

Sounds dramatic but it sometimes happens. 500 baht a day sounds cheaper than an extension for 1900 baht at a local immigration office but in the overall scheme of things it is never wise to overstay.

For those who want to argue that “I’ve never had an issue on overstay - so you’ll be fine” Is akin to saying “I got away with breaking the law - so you will too”.

There have also been reports of some having issues with getting visas or entries to other countries because of their overstay stamp in Thailand. Russia and Singapore spring to mind. It may not affect you coming back to Thailand but it could potentially be an issue going somewhere else.

Brandon Thurkettle Hope you don't mind me asking a question, but you seem to be the fountain of all knowledge wrt visas etc.

My gf has an aquantaince from Japan. She has had couple of overstays now, albeit a few days on each occasions (×3). At what point do you think immigration will say that she's a constant offender and ban her from entering Thailand? MTIA

“Does anyone know how emergency 7 day visa or overstay affect future entry and visa applications? “

Trying to figure out whats the best for me the end of December 🙏🏽

I wanna fly back in March 2024, and just wondering, if that can be problem that time for me

Thanks