Can Non-Immigrant Visa Holders Apply for the New COVID-19 Extension in Thailand?

@Max *******

15 day visa on arrival needs to have a letter from their embassy or they can't get the extension and it has to be the original letter not an email.

@Mannu *********

Sorry to hear about that. Then again that's just a small rinky dink immigration office and she should go try at Samui OR the real office in Surat Thani

@MarGuyvin **

the government doesn't put out english PDF translations 😕 this is thailand

@Tara *******

it mean you can apply for a 60 day covid extension if you cancel your ED visa extension. It's not guaranteed you will get it, so I'd say stick with the ED visa you're on

@Li ***

you're on your own, you deal with the office and the restrictions those offices have 😕

@Федор *******

ANY russian on ANY extension or visa can get the letter from their embassy and get the 30 day embassy request extension so nothing changes for them

@Daniela *****

IF your embassy gives the letter you will get a 30 day embassy request extension. IF they don't issue it you mark the form saying they don't issue it and you should be able to apply for a 60 day covid extension

@Axel *******

last week was still the OLD covid extension program that ran out on Friday the 25th and it said Non-Imm holders COULD NOT get a covid extension

The new program that started on the 26th (Saturday) says they can apply this time. SO go back and see

@Abigail **********

contact your embassy and see if they will or won't issue it.

@Aurélien ********

it says you can APPLY for one and are not prohibited from applying, doesn't say they'll give you one 😛

@Damo *******

STV's are tourist visas and they have always been able to get covid extensions under the programs that have ran. It's the individual offices that are denying those AND because covid extensions are 100% discretionary if they say no, you try another office

@Danielle ****************

should work, cancel the ED extension and apply for the 60 day covid extension.

@Bim ******

no idea, you're looking for logic where none is to be found. I stopped doing that here in thailand a long time ago 😕

@Jess ********

They were correct, from Jan 26 to March 25 the could NOT issue covid extensions to anyone on a Non-Imm visa or extension SO all you could get would have been a 7 day get out of thailand stamp

NOW (March 26th to May 24th) the covid extension program in effect DOES appear to allow 60 day covid extensions on Non-Imm visas / extensions.

All you can do is go to your immigration office and ask, BUT be prepared to get out when that stamp runs out if they say nope they can't do anything.

AND while it's off topic I'll answer this much; DO NOT go to Malaysia and try the thai consulate in Kuala Lumpur for a tourist visa. GO to Cambodia and use the one in Phnom Penh like people are doing. That consulate in KL is not user friendly and people are being required to do a LOT of hoop jumping to get visas from there.

If you have more questions about this MAKE YOUR OWN THREAD (as it's getting far off from the topic of this one) 🙂

@Jess ********

, go to your immigration office and see, as far as the other questions make your own thread asking about it