Thread: Overstaying on a tourist Visa

500 baht per day per person, counter at airport.

but if u get picked up before then (routine traffic check etc) could mean time in da slammer....

500 baht a day x 3 people = 1,500 per day = ouch.

I wonder if that would throw a 2 month old in the slammer for overstaying?

*gulp*

Zorin says that kids under 2 are exempt which makes me think that at only 500 baht a day I would be sweet but then Sir Burr put the wind up me big time!

Okay so looks like it isn't worth it at all.

Nearing the end of our stay I should only be about a 2 hour drive away from the Chong Mek border in Ubon Ratchatani.

Would I be able get an extension at that border? If so, will I need to take my kids with me as well?

Just get a Tourist visa.problem solved.

^means a 60 day visa as opposed to the 30 day visa exemption you get on arrival.

Dr Bob, thanks for explaining that.

Can I get that at the airport? Expensive?

I assume you'd have to get it at your nearest outback Thai consulate.

Originally Posted by MeMock

Dr Bob, thanks for explaining that.

Can I get that at the airport? Expensive?

Consulate or embassy only. 2 working days. $45 Aus. Don't know whereabouts you live but here's a list of consulates in Oz. Everything you need to know is here:

Visa Information, Thai Embassy, Sydney

Australia, Royal Thai Embassy, Canberra
111 Empire Circuit, Yarralumla, A.C.T. 2600, Canberra
Tel: +06 273 1149, 273 2937
Fax: +06 273 1518
E-mail: info@thaiembassy.org.au
Website: http://www.thaiembassy.org.au

Australia, Royal Thai Consulate General, Sydney
Level 8, 131 Macquarie Street
SYDNEY, NSW 2000
Tel (02) 9241-2542, 9241-2543
Fax (02) 9247-8312
E-mail: thaicon-sydney@diplomats.com
Website: Home

Australia, Royal Thai Consulate-General, Brisbane
87 Annerley Road
South Brisbane, Qld 4102
Australia
Tel +61-7-38467771
Fax fax: +61-7-38467772
E-mail : admin@thaiconsulate.org
Website: Royal Thai Consulate-General, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Australia, Royal Thai Consulate General, Adelaide
Level 1, 72 Flinders Street
Adelaide SA 5000
Tel (08) 8232-7474
Fax (08) 8232-7474

Australia, Royal Thai Consulate General, Melbourne
Suite 301, 566 St Kilda Road
Melbourne Vic 3004
Tel (03) 9533-9100
Fax (03) 9533-9200

Australia, Royal Thai Consulate General, Perth
Visa section, 4 th floor, Durack Centre
263 Adelaide Tce
Perth WA 6000
Tel: 9221-3237
Fax: 9221-1635
Email: jamjohn@highway1.com.au

You can also extend the 60 day tourist visa for another 30 days giving you a total of 90 days. Visas must be obtained outside of Thailand.

better, ask for one week extenstion from the Immigration. Go alone, don't involve the kids, and when you leave, they might or might not fine your kids, but if exempt, problem solved.

Originally Posted by DrB0b

Don't know whereabouts you live but here's a list of consulates in Oz.

He lives in the middle of nowhere. He'll have to go on a two week trek just to get the visa....

Thanks for all the help.

If I can find out if Chong Mek can do it then i might just leave it at that as I will not be sure if we need to overstay until close to the end of the trip.

If not then I guess it will be easiest to send our passports and money to the thai embassy in Perth.

Anyone every gone through chong mek?

Originally Posted by buad hai

Originally Posted by DrB0b

Don't know whereabouts you live but here's a list of consulates in Oz.

He lives in the middle of nowhere. He'll have to go on a two week trek just to get the visa....

Thank goodness for Australia post

Originally Posted by Butterfly

better, ask for one week extenstion from the Immigration. Go alone, don't involve the kids, and when you leave, they might or might not fine your kids, but if exempt, problem solved.

So if I get an extension from imm in bkk they still may fine us when we go to leave?

so never mind a thnaks to KW - just sirr Bur - thank u very much!

Originally Posted by MeMock

So if I get an extension from imm in bkk they still may fine us when we go to leave?

Not you, but the kids if not exempt

Originally Posted by MeMock

Originally Posted by Butterfly

better, ask for one week extenstion from the Immigration. Go alone, don't involve the kids, and when you leave, they might or might not fine your kids, but if exempt, problem solved.

So if I get an extension from imm in bkk they still may fine us when we go to leave?

Nope,if you extend,then all is ok as long as you don't overstay the extension.Personally.I would have thought that shagging around in BKK for an extension would be a pain in the arse.Plus I think they carge THB1700 each???

Getting your visa by post in Oz, seems easier to me.

Getting a visa by post is easypeasy.(google up your local consulate and follow instructions) Best to avoid overstay issues if possible.

Originally Posted by MeMock

Theris a strong possibility that we may over stay our 30 day tourist visa (myself and my 20 month and 2 month olds) by a few days.

I guess your missus has a Thai passport and your children are registered in it since they don't have their own.
So it's basically only you that can come in question for overstay.
As someone else mentioned, get a 7 day extension from an immigration office at the last day of your 30.
1900 Baht and you'll be sorted.

How can we fly overseas if my kids don't have their own passport?

The two kids and myself are on Australian passports, wife as you said has a thai one.

^Get the kids a Thai passport, it'll only cost 1,000 baht and lasts 5 years.