Does a US citizen need to get a visa if they are leaving exactly 31 days after they arrive?
Or does the day of landing and day of departure not count against the 30 days?
Anyone have any experience on this?
Thanks.
Does a US citizen need to get a visa if they are leaving exactly 31 days after they arrive?
Or does the day of landing and day of departure not count against the 30 days?
Anyone have any experience on this?
Thanks.
I'd say that you do.
You could either show the immigration officer your return ticket and he may be helpful or you'll have to pay a day's overstay.
Day of landing counts as day one.
You will have to pay a fine if you stay 31 days.
To stay absolutely legal you can get a tourist visa
there used to be a day latitude after your visa expired. Not sure now, but the fine is 500 baht a day. A 60 day tourist visa will cost about $50.00.
You can also extend in country the 30 day entry visa an extra week for 1800 baht.
For longer extensions you can get medical letter from the hospital for a 90 day medical extension, also 1800 baht.
Last edited by Mr Earl; 26-07-2012 at 10:18 AM.
Have only overstayed once, by a day, on a tourist visa.
There was no fee to be paid, immigration officer at the airport put an overstay stamp in my passport, no big deal.
Hmmm .. No big deal maybe , but it could well be when applying for a visa for another Country ...
Personally my self i would either arrange my flight so that i'm within the 30 days allotted for your 30 day Visa exemption stamp , or go to the nearest immigration bureau and apply for the 7 day extension , admittedly expensive at 1900 Bht , or if your likely to be near Malaysia towards the end of your trip , just hop over the border entry to Malaysia is free , then turn around after having a spot of lunch and cross back into Thailand and get another 15 days Visa exemption stamp ...
Travel lightly ....
What a load of bollocks.
It isn't any big deal. I had a friend who worked offshore. When his work finished he came here. he got 30 days on arrival. He simply stayed till he next got called. Nearly always over the 30 days. each time he left he would ask the immigration if there would be a problem and they just laughed and said no problem. His passport was filled with overstay stamps. he never had a problem.
Case 2
Another fiend here had a few issues and ended up with just over 3 . 5 years overstay. After listening to all the scaremongering on here and other forums he was shitting himself. All the keyboard warriors were telling him he was going to jail and be deported, raped in the showers by Somchai etc. He asked me if I would go with him when he flew out.
We flew from Samui to Phuket and had a flight booked to Penang. Checked in and went to immigration. No hassle at all. The guy even said it was good for Thailand that Farang overstay as Thailand get big money, 20,000 Baht.
We paid the fine, flew to Penang where the next day he went to the consulate and got a 6 + 3 month tourist visa. He entered back into Thailand the next day without a problem.
I don't recommend overstaying at all but please spare me the bullshit tales of doom about it.
Normally they will not charge you for 1 day but you will get a stamp. if money isn't tight get an extension or do a visa run to a border and get 14 days.
Up to you as they say here.
Treat everyone as a complete and utter idiot and you can only ever be pleasantly surprised !
Tourist visa are 60 daysOriginally Posted by The Big Fella
it should have read 60 and 30 but the 0 seems to be missing. Need a new keyboard me thinks ?
Couple of day overstays are no biggie, the longer ones slightly more complicated but fixable with not too much fuss.
I recently helped an elderly friend get a 4+ year overstay sorted. I used a local lawyer. It cost a bit extra (45K for everything) but he never had to actually see the lawyer, see immigration, leave the country, or get any overstay annotation in his passport, just a nice fresh new one year visa stamp in his passport. Did need to get a medical extension visa as the first part of the procedure, which required a visit to the doctor.
Agreed but only if you present yourself at the airport or an immigration office.Originally Posted by Mr Earl
If you get caught anywhere else then you will be on a sticky wicket
Thanks for the information.
RickThai
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