Will Thailand continue to offer COVID visa extensions?

@Brandon ***********

COVID extensions were never about not having any means of transport out. In fact the very application forms they used for those state as one possible reason to apply the generic statement of “pandemic is still ongoing” - which basically is true for everybody and for a long time still. With Stuart on this one.

@Brandon ***********

There’s hundreds if not thousands of foreigners here that were on valid long term visas that have allowed them to live here for years and years (their wife or family are here and they call Thailand home). Before covid they’d visit Laos once a year, get a year visa, but would have to border bounce every 90 days. No issue. Pop over the border, back 5 minutes later and good for the next 90 days. With borders being closed that option hasn’t been available to them. Saying that the option not to travel to their passport country is no longer valid is irrelevant. Their home is here. Their family are here, their job is here. As a personal opinion I believe the covid extension will remain until land borders are opened and will allow these people to continue their lives, quite legally, living in Thailand. A guess would be 99% of people using the covid extensions are not tourists but long term expats that have no other option because they don’t have the funds for their stay here or some other reason - like they won’t issue a guardian visa in country if you have a child here at school. They’ll extend but won’t issue the initial visa.

@Stuart ********

I am in the same situation but living Thailand soon on the 23rd of December. Do you know if one can apply and get the 2 month extension just before the deadline ?