Can a visa-exempt foreigner get a longer stay in Thailand due to a Thai partner's medical condition?

Thanx for reporting back

@Pat***

:)

Well, at least they tried, :/

AND

at least they got the regular 30 day extension. (y)

So after that they can just go border-bounce and get a 30 day visa exempt entry then extend that for 30 more days if they need to ..

@Patrik *******

doesnt get more simple that this! good luck!

not unheard of, i have done it twice.

@Tod ********

i never advised you to delete my posts, i advise people to read them and comprehend so they dont need to be harvested, but never mind, good luck!

@P**

, (I took your advice and deleted most of your comments due to relevance)

Just so we're clear medical extensions of stays go thru the immigration staff doctor who reviews the treating physician's recommendations that a person not be allowed to travel or that a person be allowed to get an extension based on being the care giver of the sick person. They are the person who ultimately decides IF an extension due to medical reasons can be issued.

Personally, I've only seen those "care giver" medical extensions be issued for immediate family not in the instance of a girlfriend.

If I was a betting man I would bet they would be denied an extension because they are certainly able to travel and a border bounce (no matter where you are in thailand) doesn't take more than a day.

Still it will be interesting to see what transpires IF they do apply

Glenn Styles I agree. the term is an oxymoron. So why mention it?

@Tod ********

I havent mentioned politics. There seem to be alot of "advice" on this group based on opinions and belief as opposed to constitutional mechanics of porting/travel-documents. Everything i have posted here is to help people get their facts straight. If you dont like facts then ban me. Do me a favor, I have better things to do than to lecture law to people who dont appreciate it.

@Per *********

I will caution you this one time only about your ranting on the political situation in thailand.

Leave it for another group.

It has no relevance to visa advice.

You want to help people with visa advice please do so, you want to run on about something else, find another group.

Thank you in advance for your cooperation (y)

Let me know how he goes getting a visa extension then ;)

Citizenship has everything to do with it. She is Thai so she doesn't need a visa and both of them can't aply for a visa extension for a foreigner based on a thai in hospital. Nice idea, but there is no rule on visas for this reason. So there is no fiction, there are only rules.

Per kristian, A very noble concept. I’m not sure that immigration law works that way though.

@Michael *******

because the patient wants him to be her ward/caretaker for the betterment of her health.

Why would the Dr write a letter for the Swiss boyfriend of a Thai woman in hospital....??

Just do the normal thing. I hope his girlfriend recovers in time