Will Thailand extend the amnesty for overstayed visas due to COVID-19?

@Ettore *******

. Point is taken. People will stretch the truth to the nth degree in order to stay in Thailand. I have said before that there are millions of people around the world claiming Covid 19 is a hoax, but ask any foreigner in Thailand, and they will swear on the lives of their children that Covid is real, it's alive, and it is running amok in their home country! 🤣🤣

@Janin *****

people who get a letter from there embassy can now apply for 30 day extension

@John ******

, read my comment. I mentioned the encrouchment of the forests by those exploiting tourism. To be more specific, hotels and resorts encroached on national forest lands illegally to expand their operations. There are actually no burning off of the forests intentionally like in the Amazon basin. There are the burning off of rice and sugar cane fields, but not forests to expand farm land, like you are implying. And the commercial fishing industry has nothing to do with tourism. In the last 6 years 25% of illegally encroached upon national forest lands has been reclaimed, and rehabilitation started, with another 40% of cases in court. It doesn't matter how much you charge as an entry fee, when too many tourist descend on a place, it gets damaged. As far as your tourists that plan their holiday weeks, if not months, in advance, if they do not do a little bit of research about where and when they are going to a place, to find out what to expect, they are stupid tourists, and the cause of most of the problems, because they are the ones greatly exploited, without them having the least bit of clue.

@Bobby *******

, remember, opening land borders involves the other countries doing it also, not just Thailand.

@Bobby *******

personally I hope they keep the mandatory insurance, not necessarily for covid but general insurance to cover you. Should be mandatory worldwide in my opinion.

@Bobby *******

.... or offer an envelope with 500 baht inside 😂

@David *****

. Realistically, people's individual personal circumstances are not the responsibility of the Thai government. If the Thai government are reliant on a couple of thousand tourists to support their economy, they're already too far gone! People who have a genuine reason for remaining in Thailand should be able to stay and if they have the correct visa they will, but people who arrived six months ago as tourists have no claim to stay indefinitely.

@Bobby *******

Some would surely love to.

@Joe **********

your an amature looking for easiest way legal or not... I do everything legally.... Now say again who will be banned

@Joe **********

and that should worry me how ? I tell the legal way you tell the illegal way😂😂😂🤣😂🤣🤣😂😂🤣🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

@Joe **********

been here 15 years whose naive

@Joe **********

I'm on amnesty and when sept 26th comes I will leave the country. Till then I will teach at my school as I have been told by DOL and immigration I can legally do that....paying an agent to pay an immigration officer "tea money" is why the problem exists in the first place... But according to Thaiger newspaper today all visas will be checked that were got during amnesty. So maybe you'll be part of the new tourist attraction called Thai Prison Service... Why you just don't do things legally I don't understand your non b is legal with the province your agent payed for it in...it is not legal in the Thai immigration database and to do it during amnesty throws up more red flags than a Chinese democracy meeting

@Steven *************

There will be no question of my Extension of Stay. It has already gone to Bkk Headquarters for review and came back Approved. I was sitting at the I/O's Desk the entire time - two visits. You are just very inexperienced and naive

@J**

You have a non B based on an Amnity company though right? No WP? I've never heard of anyone getting a yearly extension off that before.

@Garrett **********

- No I did not form my company under Amity. I bought an existing company with a new Thai Partner (while under a Retirement Extension of Stay). Then went to get a 90 day B Visa and soon thereafter got my Work Permit. (Actually a common route). Then the next year I decided to go to Penang and get a One Year Multi-Entry B Visa (not an Extension of Stay)... This required me to leave the Thailand on a Border Run every 90 days. Which I actually prefer.. Because I then never interact with Immigration.

@Hel***

Wrong

@Garrett **********

B is a working visa right? The company I was working for always renewed for whole years.

@Helena **********************

The B is for Business.. whether working for a company or owning a company (share holder and Director). The Work Permit from the Ministry of Labor allows one to work

@Joe **********

thanks for the clarification 👏

@Bobby *******

yes someone’s recommendation I join the group about a week ago. Many people trying to get back in have or are considering buying a new elite visa although No one so far has been able to get a visa stamp at their local Embassy and Even in the elite Visa company is not guaranteeing the new holders will get in earlier than other tourist. It seems Some people are so desperate they just can’t wait to see how everything shakes out. There is so much confusion on that page

@Todd ********

So the suggestion of getting such a letter is a waste of time for two reasons... Many Embassies not issuing them and Immigration not honoring them.

Thanks for the info

@Joe **********

that's unfortunately a fact on both counts. At least so far. Will be interesting to hear if ANYONE has been successful in acquisition of a 30 day extension from a thai immigration office.

@Todd ********

I did... twice..... 30 days and 60 days so my visa now expires on the 12th October, I recall your comments quote “ paying for nothing when the government has extended for free” Now it appears my 1900 baht wasn’t such a bad investment after all as I didn’t need letters from the embassy or have to prove that I can’t fly back. 😉

@Mo *****

lol. Wtf are you talking about 😂. Anything you have paid now to ‘extend’ to Oct 12, is an extension of exactly 16 days lol. And that is most definitely NOT the 30 day visas for post amnesty we are talking about here

@Todd ********

sure is now 😉

@Mo *****

lol. U paid 3800 baht for 2 weeks

And just to clarify , I went early to avoid the stampede just before the amnesty ends

@Todd ********

I have a 30 day extension which I paid for ( stamp in my passport says 30 days )

@M*

what is the start date? And what kind of extension?

@Todd ********

tourist extension I went to the immigration office on the 14th July got 30 days then I went again on 30th July and got 60 days starting from 13th August and ending 12 October

@Mo *****

😂 I am sure they appreciated your donation. You paid 1900 for nothing with first extension as you were on amnesty. And another 1900 to extend from 27 sept - 12 Oct. Money and time well spent 🤷‍♂️.

@Todd ********

the point would be IF you could get a letter from your embassy and immigration would accept it why would you go through the process now. You would surely extend on the 25th September.

@Andy *******

because it clearly states that any extension 30 day extension can be granted NOW and will have a commence date of 27 Sept...

@Todd ********

thanks for that, I had missed that. It makes sense not to have everyone applying on 25th September,

@An**

yes. That is definitely not their plan lol

@Andy *******

. Don't all extensions run from 27 September anyway?

@Bobby *******

, I'm not doing that. To people who cannot or want to leave, charge them 4000 or 5000. Better to stay with those who are there than to wait if a tourist enters.

@Joaquina ***************

. I don't know of any process where a tourist pays 4000-5000 baht for extension. My understanding from the updates is that all tourists must leave by September 26. A friend of mine has a flight out on September 30 and went to immigration to get a four day extension, but was told he cannot get one, and to just pay the overstay fine at the airport.

@Bobby *******

, I know it doesn't exist, what I'm telling you is that they could do it, just like Indonesia has done

@Joaquina ***************

. Ah ok. Yeah, there's lots they can do, but they won't. The amnesty has been six months, if they were going to do something it would have been done long before now. I think it's a security thing for Thailand. They want the tourists out, as they feel they've been here long enough, and for others to either get the right visa now, or to similarly leave the country. Thai immigration did republish the instructions yesterday in a number of languages, so that it's clear to all nationalities what the process is for leaving

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