Can foreigners with visas expiring in April delay their extensions to avoid overcrowding at immigration offices?

AND the fact that they moved all the tourist visa extensions, 90 day reporting an TM30's to another location helped too :P

Yeah, after the initial rush and panic, the numbers should be lower than usual as most people are already sorted.

So

@T**

are you advising that those on the retirement visa (non immigrant O) not go to immigration early in the 45 day period before their extension expires, but to just go one week or two days before? I am concerned that we may not have freedom of movement in coming months to go to the bank (if they are still open two months hence) to order the required bank statements/letters to get the extention. Otherwise you could have multiple retirees unable to get their extention/meet the requirements/have to relinquish their rental properties/pack and store their entire belongings and rehome their pets with only two to seven days to accomplish this? Surely it is better to get the extension sooner rather than later so that if applications for extension are unsuccessful, there are still flights out of Thailand

@Tod ********

clear and satisfying.... thanks for your kind suggestion.. followed your advice and always done successfully

@Robert ******

I realise it is not a holiday any longer but lot of flights have been cancelled I am now owed from 2 such flights one who will not refund and only issue voucher for future travel and another that have told me refunds take about 45 days so am unwilling to risk losing any more money to airlines only to have no money to feed myself if they cancel again

To leave the country...but not everyone can do this. I know hundreds of peope who eager to leave asap but cuz of blocked borders and cancelled flights they just unable to do it