Can I extend my visa under the current amnesty if I have a specific stamp?

Oct 9, 2020
4 years ago
Jennifer ********
ORIGINAL POSTER
Good evening... I have this stamp does anyone know if I can get it extended on the visa amnesty? Really confused .. thanks in advance
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The original poster is confused about extending a specific visa stamp under Thailand's visa amnesty, which is set to end on October 31. Community comments clarify that while a new amnesty has been implemented allowing foreigners to stay until October 31, the poster’s specific circumstances regarding their stamp may disqualify them from the extension without additional paperwork. There are mixed experiences shared about obtaining extensions at immigration offices, suggesting the process can vary.
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Poompui ************
Tod *********
Nope, you're out of luck.

The reason you got that extension was 2.25 <- medical reasons. Sadly for you, that doesn't qualify for the "free to stay until nov 30"

AND

seeing as that stamp runs out Nov 8 AFTER this current amnesty does (Oct 31st) this current amnesty doesn't even affect you at all :(

You'd need new paperwork to apply for an extension.
Jennifer ********
ORIGINAL POSTER
@Tod ********
I do live in chon buri I live in jomtiem have done since December last year .. and it wasn’t a bride as I have a receipt for the payment made thanks very much ...
Tod *********
Ahh, NOW the truth comes out
@Jenn****
:P "they made me pay a little extra" <- meaning you had to pay a bribe to get the extension and you didn't get it in the province you live in.

How about you don't purposely deceive people and play off like you just rocked up to your immigration office and got the extension above the table ;) :/
Jennifer ********
ORIGINAL POSTER
I got it next to me in chon buri they made me pay a little extra but it was the same as a taxi ride there so I’m not complaining ....
Tod *********
@Jennifer *******
will wanders never seize :P Did you get that extension at the Chachoensao immigration office (the place you got that 90 day medical extension) or did you get it at the immigration office in the area where you live?
Jennifer ********
ORIGINAL POSTER
@Tod ********
actually got it extended ... with no paperwork apart from the manditory tm7 tm30 and a other few forms
Brian *****
At the end of October the amnesty ends.

You can go to immigration and apply for a 60 day extension.

That was the condition for the now amnesty extension.

Don’t wait till the last minute.

Sort it now.

You can reckon there will be no visa amnesty extension end of October.

(New visa amnesty allows foreigners to stay in Thailand until October 31, with 60 day extensions)

The visa amnesty, twice extended, expired on September 26. Then another amnesty was launched yesterday which allows foreigners, without visas or with lapsed visas, until October 31 to sort out their visa situation. The grace period acknowledges the problems many foreigners are having organising flights back to their home countries at a time much of the world has an acceleration of cases. Extensions will now be 60 days each.
Brian *****
@Garrett **********
Well so much for not knowing.

Seems you are to lazy to check it out yourself.

So if anyone is waiting for another amnesty. Tough on those that do. October gives all , time to sort the visa application.

Information —————

Foreigners currently on visa amnesty, who didn’t make the initial September 26 deadline to file for extension, can extend their visa between now and October 31. The Immigration Bureau is trying to reduce overcrowding at local immigration offices and say that no matter what day the 60 day extension is made, it will go into effect on November 1.

In an extremely last minute decision last week, the government extended the visa amnesty, which had expired on September 26, to October 31. Under the new regulations, extensions are now 60 days each.

Those who already paid 1,900 baht get a 30 day extension by the initial cutoff are advised to get the stamp changed at their local immigration office, allowing them to stay until November 30 at no extra cost.

Many foreigners had scrambled to get their visa sorted out before the deadline, crowding immigration offices. Police even threatened arrest for overstay. But many did not make the cutoff and were unable to leave the country. A foreigner in Nakhon Si Thammarat, who was in the process of filing for the 30 day extension, says she was fined 2,000 baht for overstay on September 30, before the new regulations were official and published in the Royal Gazette.
Garrett ***********
@Br***
Dosen't sound like you know...
Brian *****
@Tod ********
yes I know.

I bet it won’t happen again.

Again.

Check it out with immigration. Simple
Tod *********
there is NOTHING about the 60 day extension written into the latest amnesty decree (the one that extended amnesty from Sept 27th to Oct 31) :/

AND

just so you know amnesty has been granted FOUR times

-First time; granted April 7th 2020 amnesty from March 26th to April 30th

-Second time; granted April 21th 2020 amnesty from April 30th to July 31st

-Third time; granted July 29 amnesty from Aug 1st to Sept 26th

- Forth time; granted Sept 30 amnesty from Sept 27th to Oct 31st
Neo *****
there may be another amnesty
John *********
Amnesty ends nov .
John *********
My error tod , sat 31 st 🙏
Poompui ************
Tod *********
that is false, amnesty ends Oct 31st
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