Thailand Immigration confirms new overstay rules are now official

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Thailand Immigration confirms new overstay rules are now official

BANGKOK: The website of the Immigration Bureau in Bangkok has today (22nd July 2014) posted a new announcement regarding its rules for overstay.

Today’s announcement is further confirmation on the proposed crackdown on foreigners overstaying in Thailand, which Thaivisa.com published earlier this month.

The announcement which is written in both English and Thai details the penalties for overstay as follows:

Warning !
The aliens who violate The Immigration Act, B.E.2522 by overstaying more than 90 days in the Kingdom of Thailand will be forbidden from re-entering the kingdom for a certain period of time as follow ;

Overstay more than 90 days forbidden 1 year
Overstay more than 1 year forbidden 3 years
Overstay more than 3 years forbidden 5 years
Overstay more than 5 years forbidden 10 years

In the case that alien is being apprehended
Overstay less than 1 year forbidden 5 years
Overstay more than 1 years forbidden 10 years


It should also be noted that today’s new rules as detailed above confirms the removal of the proposed lifetime ban for overstaying 10 years or more, which Thaivisa.com informed its members of on Sunday 20th July 2014, following the announcement of longer visa exemptions from next month.

The announcement on the Immigration website can be found here.


-- thaivisa.com 2014-07-22

 

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Question....


We know that turning yourself in is the way to minimise the penalty. However, if apprehended it refers to "less than one year overstay, forbidden 5 years".

Is this over 90 days and less than one year ?

It seems that 90 days is the general trigger point for getting a ban (and under this would be the 20,000 Baht maximum penalty).