Just to let people know, I went to Tak Immigration today (Wednesday, September 30th) with my "under consideration" stamp.

Unfortunately, I only got until October 26th for my official extension of stay stamp.

The clerks in that office don't speak a lot of English, so I couldn't get much information out of them. However, my sense is that they are waiting for official instructions from the central immigration office .

The national authorities may have announced this new policy, but the actual nuts and bolts about implementing it haven't reached the regional offices yet. At least, this new policy is not official in Tak/Mae Sot as of September 30th.

I tried to find out when it might become official, but, again, we ran into the language barrier. Nobody could answer any of my questions.

Hopefully this confusion will be straightened out by the time other people return with their "under consideration" stamps, but I don't know when that might be.

DETAILS:

Canadian passport

Tak Immigration Office (Mae Sot)

- Entered Thailand on a 30-day visa exemption

- Received one 30-day extension

- On amnesty since the extension expired

- Applied for 30-day extension with embassy letter

- Received "under consideration" stamp with instructions to return on September 30th.

- Returned on September 30th and was given an extension of stay stamp until October 26th.

-No information as yet if/when I will be able to return and get a new stamp dated for November 30th.