Visa Overstay Fine Statistics 2026: Daily Rates

Thailand fines overstayers 500 baht per day up to 20,000 baht. Indonesia charges IDR 1,000,000 per day for overstays up to 60 days. The US does not use a tourist daily tariff; CBP’s FY2024 overstay report instead counted a 1.15% overall rate (538,548 events) and a 0.43% Visa Waiver in-country rate, while INA 274D civil penalties for failure to depart after a removal order sit at $998 per day. Malaysia’s Immigration Department lists a compound of RM 3,000 and a court fine of not more than RM 10,000 or up to 5 years’ imprisonment for overstaying. This report compiles 10 verified penalty and enforcement figures from government pages, BOI guidance, GOV.UK, CBP, and the eCFR.

This post is for long-stay travelers who treat daily fines as a budget line. That habit is how people buy a ban.

The problem is that “overstay fine” means four different things: a cash tariff at the airport (Thailand, Indonesia), a compoundable offence (Malaysia), an administrative or criminal path with no single EU price (Schengen), and US unlawful presence plus civil penalties that are not a 90-day tourist invoice.

The 10 statistics below are amounts and rates that appear on official sources. Country explainers with procedures: Thailand, Indonesia, UAE, Schengen fines by country.

1. Thailand charges 500 baht per day, capped at 20,000 baht

Thailand.go.th states that a traveler who surrenders at immigration before leaving can pay 500 baht per day, with a maximum of 20,000 baht if the overstay exceeds 40 days. The Board of Investment’s 2025 English immigration briefing repeats 500 baht per day, maximum THB 20,000, and imprisonment of up to 2 years, or both.

The cap is reached at 40 days. After that the cash fine does not grow, but blacklist risk does. Voluntary surrender under 90 days typically means fine plus exit. Past 90 days, re-entry bans of 1 to 10 years apply on the BOI table.

500 baht is small per day and large as a habit. A 40-day “I’ll pay it at the airport” plan is 20,000 baht plus a record. Related guide: Thailand overstay fines, detention, and bans.

Source: Thailand.go.th, process of imposing an overstay fine and BOI immigration briefing (English, 2025)

2. Indonesia charges IDR 1,000,000 per day up to 60 days

UK FCDO guidance states that overstay of up to 60 days requires 1 million rupiah per day, payable in cash rupiah at the airport. Kantor Imigrasi Surakarta, an official immigration office site, states the same IDR 1,000,000 per day from day one, applying through 59 days. At 60 days or more, the office says the path is deportation and blacklisting, with a ban of up to 10 years, extendable by another 10, under current immigration law.

A 5-day overstay is IDR 5 million. A 59-day overstay is IDR 59 million. There is no Thailand-style 40-day cap. Inability to pay can lead to deportation even under 60 days.

This is the most expensive common tourist daily tariff in Southeast Asia in cash terms. Related: Indonesia overstay, Bali fines and blacklist.

Source: GOV.UK, Indonesia visa overstay and deportation and Kantor Imigrasi Surakarta (22 September 2025)

3. Malaysia lists a RM 3,000 compound and a RM 10,000 court fine

The Immigration Department of Malaysia’s “frequently committed offences” page lists overstaying (stay past expiry or cancellation of a visit pass) under section 15(4) of the Immigration Act 1959/63. Penalties stated there: a fine not exceeding RM 10,000 or imprisonment not exceeding 5 years or both, and a compound of RM 3,000.

Malaysia’s model is not a per-day tourist tariff on the public page. It is an offence that can be compounded or prosecuted. RM 3,000 is the administrative number travelers hear at the counter. RM 10,000 / 5 years is the statute.

Do not assume a 500-baht-style daily menu. Leave before the pass expires, including DE Rantau and tourist stamps.

Source: Immigration Department of Malaysia, Frequently committed offences

4. CBP counted a 1.15% overall overstay rate, 538,548 events, in FY2024

The FY2024 Entry/Exit Overstay Report found 46,657,108 in-scope expected departures and a total overstay rate of 1.15%, or 538,548 events. 98.85% departed on time. Suspected in-country overstays were 482,954 (1.04%). Out-of-country (late exit) overstays were 55,594 (0.11%).

The United States does not publish a 500-baht-style daily tourist fine. The official statistic is the overstay event rate. Those events feed ESTA ineligibility, visa refusals, and, in removal cases, civil penalties.

538,548 events on 46.7 million expected departures is why CBP invests in matching, not because most visitors stay. Most do not.

Source: DHS/CBP, Entry/Exit Overstay Report FY2024

5. The Visa Waiver in-country overstay rate was 0.43% of 18.85 million

For VWP countries, the same report puts suspected in-country overstay at 0.43% of 18,853,231 expected departures. Non-VWP countries excluding Canada and Mexico: 2.22% of 12,131,255. Students and exchange visitors (F, M, J): 2.45% of 1,412,627.

VWP (ESTA) travelers overstay less than visa nationals. They still generate tens of thousands of suspected in-country cases before later reconciliation. An ESTA overstay is also a programme-eligibility problem, not only a day-count error. See ESTA refusal statistics 2026.

0.43% is the compliance argument for keeping visa-free travel. It is not permission to stay day 91.

Source: DHS/CBP, Entry/Exit Overstay Report FY2024

6. INA 274D failure-to-depart penalties are $998 per day

8 CFR 280.53, as inflated for 2025, lists INA section 274D penalties for failure to depart at a $998 maximum for each day the person is in violation. The 2 January 2025 DHS inflation rule in the Federal Register shows the same adjustment: $973 to $998. Improper entry under INA 275(b) is $100 to $500 per entry or attempted entry. Failure to depart voluntarily under INA 240B(d) is $1,992 to $9,970.

These are not tourist-overstay airport tariffs. 274D applies to willful failure to depart after a removal framework. Quoting $998 per day as “the US overstay fine for a missed flight” is wrong. Quoting it as the civil penalty on the books for failure to depart is correct.

Tourist overstay in the US is primarily unlawful presence, 3- and 10-year bars, and loss of VWP, not a cash till at JFK.

Source: eCFR, 8 CFR 280.53 and Federal Register, Civil Monetary Penalty Adjustments (2 January 2025)

7. Singapore’s Immigration Act caps a 90-day overstay at a $4,000 fine and/or 6 months’ jail

Section 15 of Singapore’s Immigration Act, as summarized in standard legal commentary citing the statute, makes overstay of up to 90 days punishable by a maximum fine of $4,000 and/or jail of up to 6 months. Overstay beyond 90 days can add caning (or a $6,000 fine if caning cannot be imposed) plus up to 6 months’ jail.

Singapore is the opposite of Thailand’s cheap daily tariff. There is no public “pay $X per day at Changi and go.” The statute is criminal. ICA also warns that overstaying after a cancelled work pass attracts an overstay fine.

If you are comparing ASEAN exits, Singapore is the high-severity, low-ambiguity jurisdiction. Do not test a one-day miscount as if it were Bali.

Source: Singapore Statutes Online, Immigration Act 1959, section 15 via the Act text cited in Singapore Legal Advice, penalties for overstaying

8. Schengen has no single EU fine; entry bans can run to 5 years

EU law sets 90 days in 180 and a return-and-ban toolkit. Fine amounts are national. Public guidance, including Dutch IND material discussed in our Schengen fines explainer, uses example ban lengths of 1 or 2 years in defined overstay bands, inside an EU-level ceiling commonly framed at 5 years.

That is why “how much is a Schengen overstay fine?” has no Commission tariff. Germany, France, Spain, Italy, and Greece each run their own administrative or criminal path. EES now timestamps the breach for the next border.

Budget a national fine if you exit over, and budget a Schengen-wide record either way. See Schengen overstay fines and bans by country.

Source: European Commission, visa policy and national implementation summarized in Staywise’s country fine guide linked above

9. Thailand’s voluntary-surrender bans start at 90 days, not at day 1

The BOI English briefing sets re-entry prohibition after voluntary surrender at: more than 90 days, 1 year; more than 1 year, 3 years; more than 3 years, 5 years; more than 5 years, 10 years. Arrest (not voluntary exit) uses a harsher pair: less than 1 year, 5-year ban; more than 1 year, 10-year ban.

The 500-baht daily fine and the blacklist are separate instruments. Paying 20,000 baht does not buy immunity from a 90-day ban trigger. Surrendering at the airport is the cheaper ban schedule. Being picked up inland is the expensive one.

Nomads who “just pay the fine” at 100 days have paid the cap and bought a 1-year ban.

Source: BOI immigration briefing (English, 2025)

10. Indonesia’s 60-day line is a criminal cliff, not a higher tariff

FCDO and Surakarta Immigration agree: past 60 days you do not keep paying IDR 1 million per day as a tourist. You are detained, deported, and may be banned. Deportation flights are at your expense. Working on a tourist visa can add criminal charges.

The 60-day cliff is why Bali overstay stories split into “I paid at Ngurah Rai” and “I sat in detention.” The first group is under 60 days with cash. The second group missed the window.

If you are at day 50, the fine is already IDR 50 million and the remaining legal room is 10 days. That is not a remote-work buffer.

Source: GOV.UK, Indonesia visa overstay and deportation

What these numbers tell us

Daily cash tariffs exist in Thailand (capped) and Indonesia (uncapped to 59 days). Malaysia compounds. Singapore criminalizes. The US measures overstay rates and saves large civil penalties for failure to depart after removal, not for a two-day ESTA miscount at the airport. Schengen refuses to name one euro amount and shares bans instead.

The traveler error is converting every country into “I’ll pay the fine.” In Thailand that is sometimes possible and still stupid after 90 days. In Indonesia it is possible until day 59 and then it is detention. In Singapore and at a US port of entry it is the wrong mental model.

Fines are the cheap layer. Bans, ESTA loss, and Schengen records are the expensive layer. Count days so you never meet either.

How Staywise helps you navigate this landscape

Overstay fines are what happens after the day count fails. The 7/3/1-day warning is the cheaper intervention.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much is a visa overstay fine?

It depends on the country. Thailand: 500 baht per day, max 20,000 baht. Indonesia: IDR 1,000,000 per day up to 60 days. Malaysia: RM 3,000 compound, or up to RM 10,000 and/or 5 years if prosecuted. The US has no general tourist daily tariff; VWP in-country overstay was 0.43% in FY2024, and INA 274D is $998 per day for failure to depart after a removal-related violation. Schengen fines are national.

Which country has the highest daily overstay fine?

Among common nomad destinations with a published daily cash tariff, Indonesia at IDR 1,000,000 per day (no 40-day cap) is the most expensive per day. Thailand caps at 20,000 baht. US INA 274D at $998 per day is higher still but applies to failure to depart after a removal framework, not to a standard tourist exit desk.

Does the US charge a daily overstay fine for ESTA?

Not as a 90-day tourist till. CBP publishes overstay rates (VWP 0.43% in-country in FY2024 on 18,853,231 expected departures). Consequences for VWP overstay are loss of programme eligibility, possible bars, and future visa trouble. The $998 INA 274D figure is a civil penalty for willful failure to depart in the removal context, listed in 8 CFR 280.53. Do not quote $998 as the airport fine for a missed flight.

What happens after you hit Thailand’s 20,000 baht cap?

The daily fine stops increasing at 40 days (20,000 baht), but blacklist rules continue. Voluntary surrender over 90 days starts a 1-year re-entry ban, then 3 years after 1 year of overstay, 5 years after 3 years, and 10 years after 5 years. Arrest inland uses 5- and 10-year bans. Paying the cap does not cancel the ban schedule. Surrender at the airport is the cheaper ban table.

Where do these overstay fine statistics come from?

Thailand: Thailand.go.th and the BOI English immigration briefing. Indonesia: GOV.UK FCDO guidance and Kantor Imigrasi Surakarta. Malaysia: Immigration Department frequently-committed-offences page. US rates: CBP FY2024 Entry/Exit Overstay Report. US civil penalties: eCFR 8 CFR 280.53 and the 2 January 2025 Federal Register inflation rule. Singapore: Immigration Act section 15. Schengen: Commission visa-policy frame plus national implementation.

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Important: This content is informational and does not constitute legal, tax, or immigration advice. Visa rules, tax regulations, and entry requirements change frequently and vary by individual circumstances. Always verify current requirements with official government sources or a qualified professional before making travel decisions. Staywise tracks your days and surfaces compliance information, but final responsibility for compliance rests with the traveler.