First of all, I wanted to thank you admins for your help and invaluable advice! Second, I wanted to tell you my STV extension process today just in case it helps others in the same situation.

After spending there few hours from 10 AM to closing time I finally got it! Basically the hotel I had stayed at with Test & Go never sent me the ASQ certificate as requested by the Bangkok Immigration Division. They said that as I had entered the country on T&G all I would receive is the Covid test result. As suggested by someone here I emailed Immigration for assistance (I didn't get a reply on this point or any other point, if not just the generic list of documents from their website).

Anyway, I risked it and went to Immigration with what I had, plus documents from my previous stay, just in case.

So, I got there at 10 AM and I must say the queue was moving fast so I was seen about an hour later. All was OK (by the way the Immigration Officer didn’t pay much attention to the hotel bookings, whether they were prepaid or not), but he wanted to see proof that I had paid for the original Test & Go hotel (strange that this information didn’t seem that important when I got to Bangkok first?). I had brought the hotel booking confirmation saying ‘Paid’ and my PayPal receipt but they only wanted to see something from the hotel. This might be my misunderstanding of the payment proof they want though, but again I don’t understand why it’s so important at this stage when I would have not been allowed to get in the country if I hadn’t paid for the T&G hotel? Anyway, I had to leave my spot in the queue and email the hotel to get the information. To cut it short, two emails, two phone calls, and 3 hours later, I got the right documentation, at which point I had to go downstairs to print it and bring it upstairs AND restart the queue. This time I had to wait an hour and a half! I was seen at around 4.25 PM!

Anyway, another member of staff re-checked the information even though the IO from the morning told her everything was OK and after 20 minutes I finally got the extension! I also was told to do the 90 day reporting.

All in all it was a stressful situation considering I hadn’t slept much (and I don’t perform well early in the morning, I’m not a morning person at all!), but thankfully I got there. The insurance was quite expensive so I'm considering if I will extend again after July.

Good morning!

I am going to extend my STV visa in mid March and currently collecting all my documents. While doing that I notice that I didn’t receive a ASQ certificate by the department of Disease control and only have my negative covid Test result. I entered Thailand in December thru the Test and Go scheme. After contacting my hotel they told me that they only give certificate to people who do 10 day quarantine and people from test and go don’t need it.

Is this true? Because it’s very much written in the STV extension documents list as a must and now I am very unsure. Has someone extended their STV and enter with test and go as well and did not have the Certificate? Should I be pressing the matter more with the hotel?

Thank you for your help.

#stvextension Good weekend, everyone 👋 I am on an STV that expires on 8th April. I have started to collect the paperwork for the extension application. The Test & Go hotel has finally replied to my email (only at the third time!) asking for the ASQ certificate as asked by the Bangkok Immigration office. Well, the hotel replied with this, "while you checking out , we do already gave to you the Test result certificate.". Apart from the fact that the Covid test result didn't show any information on the hotel stay, I don't think this is what the immigration office would be asking, right? I presume it's an actual document telling them that I stayed at the hotel on this date with the Test & Go scheme? Or maybe I am misunderstanding?

Or is there a different wording that I can use/terms from the Thai government that I can use to make them understand what type of document they need to provide?

I don't have an actual hotel booking confirmation from them either, as I had booked another hotel originally who then moved me here when they were asked to change to hospitel. The change was made 2-3 days before leaving for Thailand. The original hotel chased them a few times to get me an actual confirmation booking, but by the time I had arrived in Bangkok it had still not arrived, so I'm not sure they are very organised!

Thank you as always for the help 🙏

Hi All, yesterday I went to apply for my Special Tourist Visa (STV) extension for another 90 days in BKK, and was told I had everything in order except for 1 document: The ASQ certificate from Department of disease control issued by the hotel you first quarantine in.

I arrived in Phuket on Oct 31st, on the first version of the sandbox program. I am double vaccinated from Canada. At the time, all you needed was to quarantine until you get your first negative test taken at the airport. I got mine within 24 hours. Then you were to free to leave your Hotel as long as you stay in phuket. I checked out on Nov 15th, but was not given this form. From what I understand, the hotel was not issuing this document at the time. I reached out to the Hotel, and they claimed they could not issue this document for me, but will look into it with immigration and see what they can do. I'm a little worried, but have some time, my current visa is valid until Jan 28th.

Question1: Am i missing something here? It feels like I'm being squeezed out due to changing requirements due to covid.

Question2: Any recommendations as to how i should proceed?

Thanks in Advance! I believe everything will work out, but the doubt is starting to creep in.

Hey everybody,

I am now almost 3 month here in Thailand with the STV visa. So it ends on the 20 of May.

When do I have to go to extend the visa?

Can I go to every immigration office or just selected once?

And the most important, what do I need to extend my visa?

Thanks in advance

Do I need copy of TM30 to extend STV visa?

Unsure.

Anyone extended an STV special tourist visa? Just wondering what paper work I will need? Thanks,