What are the conditions for the extended Covid visa in Thailand until March 2022?

@Wil****

Visa on arrival costs 2000 baht, you pay in the airport. If you didn't pay, it's an exempt entry.

@Paolo ***********

Me same Chonburi immigration till 1. March

Sanny Antikainen, Until now, after the first normal extension to the visa exempt, other covid extensions could be done in an unlimited number, with the new rules you have to wait for the details, but it seems so

71 days for covid extension, it is regular?

Right, They gave me 71 days for covid extension, maybe the IO not very good for mathematics

@Lyndon ***********

They gave for my cousin 45 days for the extencion of Visa Exemption (runs out on 30th of this month). He can also extend it with the Covid visa +60days, right?

@Lyndon ***********

Thank you so much for the detailed explanation! That definitely answered all my questions 😊 I’ll try to get it extended once it’s time and see what happens 😄

@Benjamin ******

Yes, they are correct the first extension you get is 30 days. Now the covid scheme has been extended you will be able to apply for that when you have less than 30 days remaining on your stamp and get a further 60 days.

The covid extension scheme now runs until /22. In which case you could apply again, once you have less than 30 days left on your new stamp and before and get another 60 days. Each covid extension is 1900 the

Note, the first covid extension gives 60 days from when you apply.

The second adds 60 days to your stamp. There will be an optimum time to apply for your first stamp and still be able to get a second. Hope that makes sense

@Benjamin ******

Almost all immigration offices ask you to get the one time regular 30 day extension first, before they would even consider a covid 60 day.

@Tom *********

you go in here

Exempt ?

@Florian *******

looks like 30 days visa exempt entry.

@Florian *******

what does your arrival stamp say. e.g. W30?

@Jeremy *******

Or was it Thailand / the Thai tourism-reliant economy that benefitted from them? Lets hope that side is working on a Plan B, too. 😉

@Jeremy *******

Always, always have a Plan B. Agreed. But the truth is: For most younger than 50 years old, there is no better alternative. As all the alternatives for younger people come with either a lot of unwanted strings and restrictions attached (ED and B visa), or are just much more expensive (Elite).

@Ka**

Yes

@Stanley ******

I would assume it us based on the last valid visa one held. So probably no. But wait for more details.

Paul Weinhardt that’s 90’s-to early 2000’s thinking

Paul I guess they have a database. But TIT... 🤷😅

@David **********

yes probably but will immigration let you back in if they see you’ve been in Thailand for a long time? In the ancient pre-Rona days the land border hoping for 30 day extensions was coming to an end or no more than 3 consecutive times at one point, the SETV visa for life was becoming more restrictive as well…so if they go back to what they were they don’t have to let you back in…even the airport immigration was scrutinizing border hopers and the rules for air entrance were unlimited in/outs, border hopers always had encountered the few immigration officers that would not let you pass

@Lyndon ***********

Amen. The old brigade, thinking they own this country, just because they get an easy long term visa based on nothing but being, well, old, they will be even more frustrated now. Good news today.

@Lyndon ***********

the worst thing about the "should go home" brigade is that they are pretty much always douchebags who somehow got themselves here then ended up in the "can't go home" crew (ie. Knocked up a bar girl, then told their home friends & family that it wasn't an accident inorder to not look like a brain-dead git - it was a conscious choice to stay here because of true love." - and y'know, the resultant attitude is "yeah I'm pretty much native Thai now, and we don't like farang in our country."

@Stuart ********

thanks, now I understand. Yes, I can see that causing a problem for many 😟

@Jess ********

im told they base it on the most recent visa in your passport.

Paul Weinhardt Yeah I still think it’s based on the visa entry stamp type. Aren’t we technically “tourists” on these extensions ?

@Billy *****

I understand it’s good for Tourist Visa and Visa Exempt. The question some of us have is - is the new clarification based on the visa you entered the Kingdom in on or will they look at your secondary visa. Example. Entered in on a tourist visa but had the ED visa for some time. When my Thai Partner read the announcement - it appears to reference the visa we entered in on originally. 🙏🏻

My thai wife read the article and they specific mentioned that restriction on the "non immigrant visas" only for the renewal. Other than that would be consider resume as normal !

@Jess ********

Unless you changed to another visa in-country, I would assume.

@Frank-Steven **********

I wouldn't have left it any later than today. Wise move

@David **********

Stuart is a concrete guy