Will Expats Need a COVID-19 Test to Renew Extensions of Stay in Thailand After January 25th?

ATTENTION ALL MEMBERS:

There is shit-storm out on the thai related inter-web that started with a post by Richard Barrow speculating that all people getting extensions will need a covid test after the 25th of Jan.

It is 100% speculation and at this time there is no factual evidence from the thai government or immigrations that this is happening.

The change made to the immigration act is for people ENTERING the country.

I will link to the Thai Visa / The Nation News Forum article

AND

I will highlight the last line on their article:

Thaivisa’s advice - wait for further information on this one. Despite being published in Royal Gazette, this may not apply for the vast majority of people reading this post. Don’t panic!

At this time we are NOT allowing posts about it and we are not allowing comments about it. We are waiting to see what the thai government says about it first.

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