Can you stay longer than 9 months in Thailand with an STV through a COVID extension?

Covid extension on expiring STV experience, can you really stay longer than 9 months without leaving the country?

Let me briefly share my experience...

On 18th Dec my STV will expire for the last time, and in theory I am supposed to leave the country because I have used both of my extensions.

However, I decided to go to my local immigration office in Nakhon Si Thammarat and attempt to get a covid extension, otherwise my options would be a visa run to Cambodia.

The covid extension was successful, and all I needed to show was a copy of my passport and visa + extension form. No medical insurance required.

So, if you have used all you STV extensions totalling 9 months, don't worry. Go and try to get a covid extension, as they are likely to extend the covid amnesty well into 2022, from what the officer told me.

Please note* this experience was easy and unique for me, however each immigration is different. I know that they also extend STVs beyond 9 months in Samui. I have attached 'evidence' of my experience in a photo below.

Thanks all you wonderful people!!