Originally Posted by
kyamato
I will need to extend my toursit visa for a few days (staying in thailand for 35 days). Do I need to personally appear at the immigration office or can the hotel (Shangri-la) take care of visa extension for me?
Do you have a Tourist Visa? Did you apply for this visa at a Thai Embassy or Consulate before traveling to Thailand? Or are you from a country which allows for a 30 day Visa Exemption?
If it is a real Tourist Visa it can be extended, in person at Immigration at Chang Watthana, for 15 days and 1,900 baht. If you entered on a 30 Visa Exemption stamp then that normally cannot be extended. However Immigration does seem to give 7 day extensions, again in person and 1,900 baht, more often than not. Figure on ~ 400 baht in taxis to/from Immigration, and 3 ~ 5 hours all in.
You could also go overland, say to Cambodia, exit and re-enter, where you would be stamped in for 15 days. There are mini-van services available for this purpose.
Your other option would be to pay the overstay fine, which should be 2,000 baht ( 4 days at 500 baht per day, given the one-1day grace period) at the airport upon departure.
It would be ideal to get a Tourist Visa which covers the length of your stay; this would also remove the possibility of an airline denying boarding when traveling to Thailand.