A youth in Phuket was recently (read: soon 2 weeks ago) sentenced to 1 month in jail for overstay.
The overstay was in the range of briefly over 1 year and it was the second time he was caught doing it.
(First time only meant 6 days in immigration detention before money for flight-ticket was arranged.)
So please everyone, take notice. He, and his friend that also was caught on overstay, went with the same attitude as some other posters here, counting that 20k at the airport was a cheap price and that no-one would ever be sentenced for it. They, as it was now proven, were wrong. And so is anyone here claiming that overstay isn't so serious
http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/535412-swedish-youth-sentenced-for-1-month-in-jail-for-overstay/
