What are the implications of the new visa extension amnesty in Thailand?

@Joe **********

I am told to get the correct Visa to stay but I cant without leaving the Kingdom which is not possible currently because the borders are closed. If I fly out then I will not be allowed to return. This makes no sense to me!

Same source as the op. Still needs gazetting.

Truth in that.

Two Foreigners married to each other and staying in Thailand do not follow the visa / Extension pathway above

Jamie and others - There are TWO type of marriage "Visas"..

First type?. Foreign marries Thai woman. He goes and gets a 90 day Non Imm O Visa intended for marriage. Next He and She take marriage license, photos and lots of documents to Thai Immigration. He applies for an Extension of Stay one year with all the docs and photos Plus proof of 400,000 Baht in the Bank or proof of

40,000 Baht each month for 12 months from abroad. (the sequence of may vary). Key phrase "Extension of Stay).

Other way - Foreign man marries Thai woman. He takes marriage license, letter from wife and copy of her Thai ID card to the Thai Consulate in Savannakhet, Laos or Ho Chi Mihn City Vietnam. He pays 5000 Baht, presents docs, fills out an application for a Non Imm. O Visa One Year Multi-Entry based on marriage. No financial requirements. He must Exit and Reenter Thailand at least once every 90 days to get another 90 day stay in Thailand. Key WORD = VISA

You have to have a visa here, as a non-Thai. You can only get a Non-O Family if you are legally married -- it is a requirement to gain the visa. There is also Non-O Retirement, which requires money in the bank.

If you get your Non-O Family by coming in from another country (Lao, VN, CM), then you have to come-and-go.

Without open & easy access between borders a lot of people are in limbo. Example: If I have a Non-O family and have to make a border trip each 90 days, then I go to VN, have a two-week quarantine there, return to Thailand and go through another two-week quarantine -- and have to buy a new insurance policy, be in a queue to get back in, and pay all the costs. Meanwhile the wife & children are here and the business languishes. Maybe in two months, things free up and doing that becomes normal.

@Jamie ****************

they all came here on the crazy train 😂 Enjoy your time and hope there is a smooth exit to China soon!

they will be lucky if they can do only one of the 3....

@Fred ********

why do they have to?

@Fr**

who they hell would want to go to the UK?!

How would they still be here? I can't see selling post cards being that lucrative (it's been months and months.)

@Te***

lol. Missing a few mighty important details. Wait out. Caps lock off lol

Lazy googling. All I can say is the first one was March 15, 1858. That was a Monday...

when published in Royal Gazette

@Steve *********

some of us can't do anything about it unless they open the damn borders which allow visa runs for people not able to apply inside the country on there current visa

sorry

@Billy ******

, i don't understand your photo post meaning , plz explain me a bit ,...

@Steve *********

- If the Thai Govt. and Thai Immigration does nothing to allow / facilitate Border Crossings - Nothing - absolutely Nothing can be done to help the greater majority of people stuck in Thailand - Except Leave and not be able to come back for 3-6-9 months

@Steve *********

well you're lucky at least you've got something to look forward to 😁

Truth 000%

@Steve *********

, why should i apply for visa for after 26sep. If i don’t know situation , of course make sense for many people wait until closer to 26 sep. to know what is better and not bcos don’t care !!!

Thank you Thailand! I'm ok but look at what people are up against. There's a race war in the US, whites are getting assaulted and shot in the streets thanks to the George Floyd event, Europe doesn't strike me as a picnic to attend either. It's a big pain in the arse to travel back that's assuming you can get a seat at a price you can afford, so I think most people are like, um, is this virus nonsense over? Can I just travel freely to my next destination without all this extra nonsense? So yea, it'd be nice if everyone who is here can just chill for however long it takes for things to get back to normal. It'd be nice if Yellowstone erupted and the lava flowed east. The world would be a better place. Let's hope those US Navy ships in the Phillipines don't end up causing us grief here.

@Steve *********

if this is just another amnesty extension and nothing else has changed then a lot of people will not be able to do anything to Improve their situation in just the same way as it has not been possible for the last 3 months.

@Steve *********

I can’t imagine that happening...🤣

The above B Visa Holder who is Managing Director of hid/her Thai Registered Company who has been on a Non Imm. B Multi-Entry Visa. If and only If that person has been adhering to all requirements of taxes, Social Fund Taxes, Annual financial statements and a multitude of other required document filings with DBD, Revenue, Social Fund and other departments.

Same for Non Imm B Multi-Entry Visa Holders - unless the Thai Border Opens... The only thing that can be done is find an Accountant acting as a Visa Agent - work with the B Visa holders' company/ employer... draw up a mountain of documents - pay a tea money under the table and File for a One Year Extension of Stay. This is very difficult to do for many teachers, dive instructors and others odds and ends B Visa Employees.

Unless something else happens relative to Thai Border opening the only thing a Non Imm O Multi-Entry holder can do is scrape up 400,000 Baht - get it in a Bank Account and Apply for a regular one year Extension of Stay. That's it.

@James **********

how does it help? Looks like it’s a continuation of the same.

@Todd ********

😂😂😂👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻Cheers brother! Hahahahahahaha

I don’t know if I am part of the crowd, but I can assure you that life is way better when you aren’t waiting with baited breath for announcements about amnesty extensions.

Should've said "true of any government statement" 😅

I'll certainly drink to it. Although, that would've been true of any statement :)

Try not to be such a sheep-like, sock-puppet, wanna-b-thai foreign suck up once in a while.. The change will do you good :P

@Anne ******

Newspapers here apparently don’t have the final say here, like they do in other countries - and maybe that’s a good thing...

It's draft announcement

@Anne ******

why?