Can non-immigration visas still get a COVID extension if their expiry is before March 25th?

Sadly, I don't see a reason to keep commenting open on this post. For questions about this extension of stay, please read my post at

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Thank you

Can you border bounce, return to Thailand, and apply for a 60 day extension of stay based on unable due to COVID-19? It is not a strategy I would recommend. Here's the potential time frame in doing a border bounce and getting the extension of stays (Note: I'm also excluding the timeframe of acquiring a Thai Pass)

Assuming a person decides they want to bounce today:

1. A visa on arrival is no longer being sold to enter Cambodia, however, the eVisa is. The eVisa takes 3 business days, per their official eVisa site. Earliest date the eVisa would be approved is Wednesday, February 23rd.

2. A person leaves Thailand for Cambodia on Thursday, February 24th. The last I heard a person needs to stay at least one day in Cambodia.

3. A person returns to Thailand on Saturday, February 26th, and do one day in a test-n-go facility. They are stamped in for 29 days, or until Sunday, March 27th.

4. On Monday, February 28th, a person goes to an immigration office and purchases a 30 day extension of stay based on tourism. That would let them stay until April 26, 2021

CAN A PERSON APPLY FOR A 30 DAY EXTENSION OF STAY BASED ON UNABLE TO TRAVEL DUE TO COVID-19 IN THAT TIMEFRAME?

MAYBE.

If the immigration office requires a person to have at least 30 days remaining, then an 60 day Extension of Stay Based on Unable to Travel due to COVID-19 can not be applied (since there’ll be more then 30 days remaining).

If an immigration office requires a person to have at least 45 days remaining, then a 60 day Extension of Stay Based on Unable to Travel due to COVID-19 can be applied. If the Extension of Stay is approved, then a person can stay until May 24th .

BUT….

This extension of stay is an optional stamp, and the immigration office does not need to issue the extension of stay. Approach this extension of stay as a bonus - if you get it, great; if not, then it’s not a big problem.

@Mouhsine *******

you asking about borderrun. Technically you can get out, back in on a 30 day Tourist Exemption (if your passport allows) and thereafter apply for tourist 30 day extension. By then COVID scheme expired. Maybe beter to come back on a 60 day visa, and then extend to 90.

Atm there are no 1 day border runs, one needs to do at least Thai pass and Test & Go to get back in ✈️ no landborders are open.

I have no idea what you mean by "rulings", but according to the official announcement, starting January 25th, people who's most recent visa is a non-immigrant visa (or visa on arrival) no longer qualify for a 60 day extension of stay based on unable to travel due to COVID-19.

If you apply for a 60 day extension of stay based on unable to travel due to COVID-19, it will be rejected, and you will have 7 days to leave Thailand.