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Is it possible for a Chinese citizen to extend their Visa on Arrival for one more week in Thailand?

Aug 9, 2022
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Shirin ************
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Does anyone know is it possible to extend visa on arrival for Chinese citizen for one more week at immigration office? If yes please share information how we can do it, Thanks in advance
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Yes, Chinese citizens can extend their Visa on Arrival for an additional week, but they must apply for a standard tourism extension at a local immigration office. They typically receive a 7-day stamp to leave Thailand if they go for the extension. To extend for an additional 30 days, there is a fee of 1,900 THB, and currently, there are Covid extension options available until August 24, requiring potentially an embassy letter.
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This is information for standard 30 days tourism extension
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李**
you can extend 1 month now.get a letter at visa china and then go loccal immigration
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Shirin ************
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@李**
maybe possible to contact to those which in in BKK? Not quite sure that Phuket has centers like that
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yes i think where is the china embassy .where you can find the china visa center

you should use wechat get a appointment first .then you can get a letter

normal time is monday and Thursday

depends where you are
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, try to find the contact information of the Chinese embassy in Thailand or serves Thailand.

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Shirin ************
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will try, thanks a lotπŸ™
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VOA too? Where can I find visa china center?
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Even IF they arrived VOA VISA ON ARRIVAL ???
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sure

get letter from china visa center

chiangmai and bangkok i knew

other places im not sure
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that's 😊 surprise. As far as I understand, those who arrive VOA are not eligible for any extension of stay.

If they have arrived with tourist visa then they can get the 30 day extension of stay.
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Ellie *******
That is not a standard extension. It's an extension based on the embassy's request.

As far as I understand, it's not only for Chineses but some other VOA nationalities, too.

But you sure need to get the original embassy letter saying request the extension.
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Chinese people would get 7 days to leave stamp if apply for a tourism extension on their VOA stamp. With these 7 days, they MUST leave Thailand. If this is sufficient, just try to apply for 30 days tourism extension for a 1,900 thb fee at the local immigration office.

Currently, they can try to apply for a Covid extension until 24 August. But they may or may not be required an original embassy letter. Anyway if it's not approved, the result would be the same, they would get a 7-days-to-leave-Thailand stamp.

Just be reminded, that those 7 days most likely start on the day of application.

This is Covid extension information.
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Shirin ************
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Thank you for the information!
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