What will happen if foreigner stay in Thailand exceed their visa? (Overstay Visa in Thailand)

Just knowing that stay exceeds the visa in Thailand!! Many foreigners misunderstand that the visa validity and period of stay are the same. Some people estimate the visa date based on the length of stay or forget the visa expiration date. This causes an error in overstaying the visa in Thailand. Therefore, to prevent the occurrence of overstaying the visa, the Wonderful Package would like to introduce information regarding residence permit in Thailand.

The meaning of the Visa Validity and the Period of Stay.

• Visa Validity is the period that visa holders are allowed to travel to Thailand. Noticeable from the visa sticker in the passport book.
• Period Stay is the period that visa holders are allowed to stay in Thailand. Noticeable from the inbound stamp in the passport book.

You can see the definition of the Visa Validity and the Period of Stay in detail at  https://bit.ly/2X5X1Ld

What is Overstay?

Overstay is the foreigners residing in Thailand beyond the permitted date on stickers, visas and inbound stamps.

For example, you enter Thailand on 1 August with a 60-day tourist visa and are permitted to stay until 29 September. If you remain in Thailand after 29 September without renewing or extending your Thai visa, it assumes that you overstay and have to pay fines. Also, you are not allowed to enter the Kingdom under the conditions and time specified by the Ministry of Interior.

What will happen if you stay exceed your visa or permit of stay in Thailand?

• When realizing that you stay exceed your visa, you should solve the problem as soon as possible. Even if you overstay just 1 day because it is considered illegal in Thailand and a high risk of imprisonment.
• If you are detected that stay exceeds the visa limit in Thailand, you will be detained and punished in the Thai Immigration Detention Center. After that, you will be deported or imprisoned in Thailand.
• But if you haven't been detected and will leave Thailand, you have to pay a fine of 500 baht per day, a maximum of 20,000 baht including being banned from entering Thailand again.

However, it depends on the intent and duration of your overstay.

Overstay can occur in many cases. For example:

• No intention to overstay, such as misunderstandings about visa expiration dates or residence permits. When realizing, you have to hurry to pay fines at the Immigration Checkpoint before traveling out of the country.
• There is a need to overstay such as an accident or illness resulting in a stay and cannot extend the visa or extend the period of stay in time.
• Intention to overstay, such as knowing the date of the visa expiration but intend to not extend the visa or extend the period of stay. In this case, there is a high chance of being permanently banned from Thailand and imprisoned.

Occasionally, the Immigration Police often random check foreigners staying in entertainment venues on the streets, popular places of tourists, companies that hire foreigners to work, and various checkpoints. Therefore, to not be at risk of being arrested, you should not overstay or residence permits. If there is a need or want to stay in Thailand legality, you should apply for the visa renewal and renew your permit. It is better to leave expire or overstay.

What the penalties are for overstay?

1. If staying longer than the allowable period, you can surrender at the Immigration checkpoint before traveling outside Thailand with a fine of 500 baht per day and a maximum of 20,000 baht (when staying more than 40 days).
2. If staying longer than the allowable period and not traveling outside of Thailand (90 days or more) is a serious offense. You must be punished by law with a fine of 20,000 baht and deported and do not allow to enter Thailand for the specified overstay period.

For example, Russian tourists traveling to Thailand with a 30-day tourist visa, and the visa expiration date is 31 January. He / She misunderstands that the visa validity is 45 days, so stay longer until the return date, 5 February.

In this case, equal to tourists stay longer than the 5-day visa period, should report to the Immigration checkpoint before leaving the country with a fine of 500 baht x 5 days = 2,500 baht.

The table of fines and the prohibit periods for returning to Thailand is as follows:

Therefore, foreigners requesting a visa to enter Thailand regardless of what type of visa, you should understand the visa validity and duration of stay, and should not overstay. However, if it is found that the visa has expired while still in Thailand, it is very important to act correctly and quickly to not to be banned from entering Thailand next time.

If you have further questions, please contact the Wonderful Package. We are willing to give advice and service to all of you.

You can find out how to extend each visa and request to go back to the country at

• Tips on renewing a Work Permit  https://bit.ly/2XwVkpf
• Getting to know Non-Immigrant Visa "O"  https://bit.ly/3eoZ0QB
• What are the required documents to extend an International Student Visa?  https://bit.ly/3d8nugO
• Chinese or Foreigner who already have Visa Non-B, don’t forget to apply Re-Entry Permit!  https://bit.ly/2X6vFog

Thank you for information from;

• Department of Consular Affairs www.immigration.go.th
• Thai Embassy www.thaiEmbassy.com

会发生什么？当外国人的泰国签证到期后逾期逗留。

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