What options do I have to extend my stay in Thailand for an additional 20 days after my tourist visa?

@Daniel ******

I did my first in Koh Phangan and nothing was questioned at any moment, even fro the man next to me who didn’t know if he was on number 🤣

I’m going to head back to Phangan to do the next one purely for peace of mind (plus I do my miss my doggies 🤣)

@Billie-Joe *******

yeah I definitely recommend the south! I’d try this before I voluntarily went in to overstay like other people are saying but that’s just me 😬

@Daniel ******

much more chill 🤣 that one had all the paperwork in a filing cabinet outside so you could crack on before they opened (late) 🤓💜🤣 Agreed! Timing is everything

@Alain ******

I was asked for my passport, by police, just yesterday in Bangkok. Yeah only for the second time this year but there is always a realistic chance of it happening. Not forgetting everywhere you stay asks for your passport

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

and did they check your visa ?

@Alain ******

yes

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

so I guess you're really unlucky 😁

@Alain ******

no, unlucky would have been to have been stupid enough to go onto overstay and then get caught. I was lucky I had my passport with me with time to run on my stamp

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

anyway, it's an option. Maybe he doesn't plan to come back in the next 5 years. I stayed 2 weeks on overstay, nothing wrong happened to me. Just pay at the airport...

@Alain ******

good for you, not exactly good advice though. You could have obtained a further covid extension and still be here legally

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

cannot, I tried everything. Even when I went to the immigration I was already on overstay. They didn't care at all...

@Alain ******

already on overstay... Well what else did you expect? I arrived in Feb 2020 on a tourist visa and ran with covid extensions all the way through. No under the table volunteer visa, thinking I could fool the system... That's where you went wrong

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

yes I get a volunteer visa and then what ? Is it forbidden ?

@Alain ******

how much did it cost?

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

a lot

@Alain ******

how much is 'a lot'? 2000thb isn't a lot

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

@Alain ******

so 48,000 of that was a bribe split between your agent and a bent immigration officer.

Whereas you could have continued with covid extensions at days...

@Alain ******

if you get caught it's a 5 year ban plus a stay in the IDC while you are processed, a flight home on your national carrier airline and additional costs of your secure transfer from the IDC to the airport

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

relax Karen, overstay is good advice on this particular case. 10k baht fine to save arsing a round

@Daniel *****

tell that to the people who are caught and awaiting processing in the IDC

@Stuart ********

what should I say to the IO? And what form should I fill out? Should I fill out same form like I used when extending for the my first 30 days? Or there’s an specific form for covid extension?

@Rassel *************

You’ll need this stuff. Not all offices have the same requirements so it may be slightly different depending on which of the 70+ offices you use.

A copy of your passport data page (signed),

A passport photo,

Proof of filing a TM30,

A copy of your departure card (TM6) (signed)

A copy of your latest entry stamp (signed)

A copy of any previous Covid extension stamps (signed) (Phuket requires this other offices may not)

In Phuket they require the copies to be in portrait not landscape. This means the top of your passport aligns along the shorter side of the A4. Except for the Data Page where most passports are “sideways”

(Other offices may not be as pedantic)

A filled out TM7 (application form for extensions) - the form doesn’t have a space for your email or phone number but just write it on the back (page 2).

A filled out STM2 (acknowledgement of terms of temporary stay)

A filled out “I don’t want to leave because of Covid form” - I have no idea if it has an official name or number.

And 1,900 baht.

The forms are available at your local office. Most have places on site or nearby that can do the copies and photos.

Many offices will give you a “under consideration” stamp requiring you to return somewhere from 5-14 days later where they will stamp for the remaining 60 days. If they do you MUST use the same office to “close out” that stamp. For example you cannot get a “under consideration” stamp from Bangkok and close that out in Chiang Mai 15 days later.

If it’s your first time applying for the extension they’ll date it from the day you apply, so you’d lose any remaining days you have on your current stamp. Subsequent applications would be added on to the existing stamp.

@Yvonne ********

got another option? Best visa suggestion you could advise me? Tq 🙏🏼🙏🏼

@Stuart ********

this is my first time going to phuket and plan to extending my visa, may i know where to go and how about the process and document should I prepare? This will be a big help for me..

@Migg ******

these are the requirements in Phuket.

You can do a visa exempt extension at the main Phuket town office (room 101), at the Patong beach office or at Blue Tree water park.

For a Covid extension you must use the main Phuket town office (room 204).