What options do I have to extend my stay in Thailand after receiving only a 7-day extension?

Jan 4, 2023
2 years ago
Duarte ********
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Hope get some help.

I just went to extend my stay, I need 25 days before I go back to work, but they only give me 7 days even i just did 1 extention last year.

What would be the best option to get some more days.

Can I make a family visit, have thai sons, or a border run would be easier?

Thanks
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The user is facing a situation where they were granted only a 7-day extension on their stay in Thailand, despite needing 25 more days. The responses suggest that their only viable options now are to leave the country within the given time frame or to conduct a border run to re-enter Thailand with a new visa-exempt entry. It was also indicated that trying to extend based on family ties was no longer an option since the request for a second tourist extension was denied.
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Graham ******
Your only option now is a border bounce to get a new visa exempt entry. You missed the boat with an extension to visit Thai family as that was the only further extension you could have got but you requested a second tourist extension which is not allowed hence your 7 days to leave stamp.
Robert *******
What kind of stay do you have and for what kind of extension of stay did you apply or what is the reason that the Immigration Officer told you when they not approved your application.
Robert *******
@Wilhelmina *******
Not that impossible, but I can agree that he did not knew the rules
Wilhelmina ********
@Robert ******
2nd in-Thailand 30-day extension is possible?! Lemme read again then.
Robert *******
@Wilhelmina *******
Please read my comments without changing the content,'
Lloyd ********
he had a visa exempt entry and had already extended it.
Lloyd ********
He never asked about that last time he posted, just wanted to know where to go for a regular extension
Robert *******
@Lloyd *******
Why he did not apply for the 60 day Extension of Say based on visiting family as he has sons.

Or allready did and played to much games without applying for the correct visa to stay long term
Duarte ********
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@Robert ******
i didn't and i ask her there if I could do it she said I have to leave and come back in before being able to do it
Lloyd ********
They gave you a "7 days extension denied extension", you MUST leave the country within 7 days you have NO other options.
Steve ********
@Duarte *******
Just don't go to Cambodia! Laos is the better option
Lloyd ********
I believe all land borders to Myanmar are still closed
Duarte ********
ORIGINAL POSTER
@Lloyd *******
I'll try to find someone who can take me to Myanmar border
Steve ********
@Duarte *******
Good luck with that! Myanmar borders are closed
Duarte ********
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@Steve *******
ill find somewhere else thanks
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