Can my friend apply for a new tourist visa after exhausting extensions in Thailand?

The CCSA announcement clarified that, in addition to airports, only four land border posts were open to tourists and expats: Nongkhai and Udon Thani (near the Laos border) and Songkhla and Satun (near Malaysia). But entrants there still need to apply in advance via the digital platform Thailand Pass by uploading several documents including vaccination status, proof of booking into a Thai hotel pending the result of the RT-PCR post-arrival test, the US$20,000 insurance requirement as well as personal documentation. This process can take up to seven days according to the Tourist Authority of Thailand website.

Cambodia or Singapore are the best options for an air travel visa run.

Cambodia is cheapest and is where most people are going.

If he has more than a few Covid stamps, it’s possible he could have trouble getting a tourist visa in Cambodia or a visa exemption on arrival at BKK.

If he’s in that situation, it’s worth looking into having a good visa agent help with the immigration or visa process.

Keep in mind that if immigration thinks you’re doing a visa run, it doesn’t matter if you went to Cambodia for 1 day or 2 months, they could give you a hassle.

It’s going to come down to what previous stamps/visas are in his passport and the mood of the embassy staff or immigration officer he deals with.

As l understand it the border is only open for frayet

The ironic thing is that you are very firm about what you want this thread to be yet you are asking one of the most asked question ever on this thread. You can type keywords and find the same question everywhere in this group. To answer your question... the border is only open to people with a Laotian guide, so very few people have gone there. And those who did have not come back with a tourist visa. I've read only 2 people who did the trip and they had re-entry, they were on long term visa.

P.S lots of people they told last one have been able to get another

Border to Laos not open for individual foreign tourists.

There are many many posts about this specific question.

Cambodia and flying would be his best bet and not flying into Bangkok.

Will add your post into Cambodia topics section look through there. We have had no reports yet of people being able to go over to Loas via land border as tourists (doesnt mean it hasnt happened) but border has been open for few months now.