What is the estimated number of expats likely to run out of visa on July 31, 2020?

Land border crossing at the end of march

@Paul *******

- did your lady fly in to Thailand or land border crossing ?

@John *********

..so if no visa extension..is it a overstay

@John *********

could be Thailand is waiting to see what uk does and vice versa. Interesting but not helpful.

@John *********

so sorry to hear that. I hope the UK government allow some flexibility for you.

@Billy ******

you should try explaining that, and WHY, to the ‘very entitled’ members in the 2pricethailand group, complaining about land ownership etc. This is Thailand, they answer to nobody, ever, and could ask us all to leave whenever they feel like it. Kicking us on the way out 😂

I have a Non Imm B Multi-Entry One Year Visa - which requires a 90 day Exit and Reentry. I am the Managing Director and Share Holder of a Thai Registered Company... I cannot change Visas or reason for an Extension. I need a Border Run... but current conditions prevent this from happening.

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

- Yeah - Has ANYONE - Any Thai Official stepped up to Contradict him? No there has Not Been!

If you are not affected by this Amnesty ending - Why are you here?

Anyone talking on this thread whose status inside Thailand is Unaffected by this Amnesty deadline - should just Shut the Fuck Up and Get a Life

@B**

it’s likely you don’t see or experience the compassion and empathy because many (like me) don’t give a fuck. That’s a factor. 😂

What a bunch of straight up genuine 100% assholes. Bunch of attention seeking bigots.

@Bim ******

I belive your wrong. It's not a PR nightmare. Ending of the amnesty on July 30th has been known for months. It's not like they have never told anybody when it will end.

The only airport that had been in total lockdown was Phuket. But has since resumed operating. Yes there may not be easy flight options available. But there are options and they do cost money. If you don't have the money then you need to contact your embassy to get a loan to get the ticket paid for. It is life. It may not be fair. But what does complaining about it accomplish?

When did Thai Elite stop accepting applications? I just got my approval letter the beginning of this week. It took 20 days.

@Bim ******

In Thailand it is not useful to have expectations based on what officials said, they change their mind all the time. When someone important says they want to clear out foreigners, he is saying what the Thai people want to hear and also hoping most foreigners leave by themselves.

I have empathy for those who had to stay here by no fault of their own, and are doing the best they can to make arrangements. I have no empathy for people who think the are entitled to everything because they already lived here many years on a tourist visa, nor do I have empathy for those who wish ill on people who do have the right papers to stay here.

It unfortunate that we all seem to think there are only two groups. People on amnesty who are all entitled freeloaders who made no effort to leave and blame everybody for their problems. And fat retired old people who sit in a bar every day watching young girls while drinking beer. Both groups are more varied. 😄

@Bim ******

I had not looked at it that way but you are right. If all those on amnesty many if whom have been supporting their communities through covid and able to continue doing so, are kicked out it will not be long before those with the correct stamp are targeted for eviction. The smirk will then disappear pdq.

@Andrew ******

..yes from china

@Winand ********

I’m spending 180-200K a month. Can I have visa please ?

@Winand ********

i to have thought there will be a money grab. They will offer some one time amnesty visa program to extract more money from those wanting to continue to stay. I think the number is higher than 100,000 as the US Embessy estimated 40,000 USA citizens will be effected by the end of the amnesty.

@Matt ******

Your statement shows a lack of personal knowledge about the situation. Allow me to become a little personal to indulge you.

I have been living and working in Thailand for many years. 3 weeks ago I lost my job due to covid. Losing your job means losing you work-visa. I've been married with a Thai for 2 years but never bothered for the marriage-visa. So now I want to change to a marriage-visa, only problem my application only becomes valid by the end of August, so why I could do with an xtra month of visa-amnesty.

Having told you why I do have personal knowledge of the situation, let me tell you what isn't logic in your comment.

- the people relying on amnesty to live in Thailand stay home all day in their condos.

- 1st: it s illegal to rent condos to tourists. It does happen but it's rather rare. So they d be staying in hotels, resorts or the cheaper inns (still finding accomodation below 300 THB a night aint so easy). The majority will pay about 1,000 THB just for one night. Still having no means to cook for themselves, they will have to go to restaurants or take-aways.

- one of the reasons I love Thailand is the nightlife and how easy it is to get into a conversation with strangers. Since the 1st I have restarted my habit of going out and I see and meat a lot of stranded tourist spending a lot of money.

- these stranded tourists are Americans, English, Italians, etc, but also Russians, Indians, etc. Some get an allowance far higher than what you need to live of here, some get part of their salary doing part of their job back home online. The point is they spend a lot of money, none of it comes from Thailand.

- none of these stranded tourists (with some exceptions like me who await to transmit their visa in another valid non-o visa) would be eligible for non-o, non-oa or non-b visa. They just hope they can keep living like this untill the whole covid-mess clears up and then go back home where they have their house.

So to get back to my earlier point; between 50k and 100k people spending 1,000 THB a day. Just make the calculation is between 50 and 100 million THB a day or between 1,5 and 3 billion THB a month of foreign currency injected in the hardest hit sector of Thailand every fucking month. It's more than the aid-package from the government. There is no way they're going to loose that. Not now! The whole likely - unlikely show which is happening at the moment is in MY opinion a bit of pressure and power-game which is preparing the road for what comes next. A registration of who is here and an official amnesty-extension for which we will have to pay of course. Keeping the Thai economy alive isn t enough, the government wants her piece of the cake.

Just supported my opinion with clear arguments. Don t just give a prejudice about people that you don t know.

@Winand ********

No one is paying 1,000 baht per day. the people relying on amnesty to “live” in Thailand stay home all day in their condos. Otherwise what’s the reasoning for not having a Non-B, Non-O or Thai Elite visa? Either you have family here, married, retired, or work here which means you’d have the correct visa otherwise what other reason do you have besides just wanting to hide out in Thailand because you don’t want to go back to America?

1,000 thb a day can be average only for hotel, or acomodation...