Overstay,counted in days.
It gets more expensive and more consequential the longer it runs, and the worst version is the one where somebody waits another month hoping it resolves itself.
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General information, not advice about your case. Procedures change, so where a detail matters to your application we confirm it with you rather than print a figure here that could be out of date.
Days, and what they cost
If you are already over, read the last section first and then come back to the rest.
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How it counts
Jump to sectionOverstay is counted in days, from the day after your permission to stay ended.
The fine
Jump to sectionWhat accrues, and where the amount stops accruing.
Thresholds
Jump to sectionWhere a fine stops being only a fine, and what changes at each point.
What to do
Jump to sectionThe order of actions today, and the things not to do.
A number, not a mood
Overstay is arithmetic. That is the good news, because arithmetic can be dealt with.
How the days are counted
Counting runs from the day after the last day of your permission to stay, and it does not pause. It is one number, and everything that follows depends on how large it is.
The fine, and its ceiling
There is a daily amount, and there is a point beyond which the amount stops growing. That ceiling is the reason a long overstay and a very long overstay can cost the same in money and differ enormously in everything else.
Why the number is not here yet
This is the page on the site where a plausible invention would do the most harm, because someone would plan a departure around it. The figures appear once they have been checked, and not before.
Hua Hin Visa Concierge is a private visa and immigration administration agency. We are not a law firm and we do not provide legal advice. All applications are decided by the Thai authorities, and no outcome can be guaranteed.
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Come and see us, or message us on WhatsApp or LINE. We have handled this before and will tell you plainly where you stand.
Thresholds, and the order of actions
Presenting yourself and being found are different situations, and they are treated differently.
Where the thresholds sit
Beyond certain lengths, an overstay stops being a matter of money and starts affecting whether and when you can return. The thresholds are specific numbers of days, and which side of one you are on matters far more than how you got there.
Presenting yourself, or being found
Coming forward and being stopped are not the same situation. The difference is one of the few parts of this that is still in your hands, and it gets smaller every week.
What to do today, in order
Count the days, exactly. Find your passport and your last entry stamp. Tell someone who does this for a living what the number is, before you book anything or go anywhere near a border.
Then act on the answer the same week.
What not to do
Do not wait another month hoping it resolves itself. Do not take advice from a forum about your specific number. Do not make a border run to see what happens.
When you need a Thai lawyer instead
Some situations are past the point where filing and accompanying you is the help you need. If yours is one of them we will say so on the first conversation rather than the fourth, and we will say who to see. We prepare and file documents; we do not go to court.
The page this guide feeds
One service page, and the two guides that sit either side of it.
Extensions of stay
Read the guideRetirement, marriage, dependant and tourist extensions, prepared and filed.
90-day reporting
Read the guideOnline, by post or in person, and what to do when you have missed one.
The admin calendar
Read the guideEvery recurring filing, when it falls, and how the dates interact.