I went to the Thai Immigration office earlier here in Bangkok to apply for another extension based on tourism. I am currently on my first 30-day extension based on tourism that is set to expire this Friday. When I submitted the form for 30 extension based on tourism, the immigration officer gave me another set of forms to fill-out which is the forms for Unable to Travel due to COVID-19 instead. Not sure why. After filling out the forms, they asked me to contact my Embassy and ask for the Confirmation Letter and ask me to go back once I have the letter.

Should I proceed with the extension request for Unable to Travel due to COVID-19 or should I just ask and insist that I would just like a 30-day extension based on tourism?

The Unable to Travel due to COVID-19 extension is good but I’m afraid that if my Embassy doesn’t respond as soon as possible or process the letter, I won’t have have enough time to process my visa extension because it will expire this Friday already.