Asking for a friend who’s in quite a predicament. Some background: he graduated from a university here this spring with a degree in hospitality, and was one week away from completing his internship at a hotel when the university and hotel jointly closed their internships due to COVID. He wasn’t able to get his diploma, but was told that he has technically graduated, but cannot get his diploma until this spring, when the new graduates receive theirs.

He’s from Nicaragua and there’s no Nicaraguan embassy in Thailand. Nicaragua is currently closed, so he doesn’t think he could even enter Nicaragua, even being a citizen. Not only that, but there are no flights to there anyway. He has been trying to get an embassy letter from the Nicaraguan embassy in Japan, to no avail yet. He had an ED visa that expired on 17th July (his extension stamp expired 18th July). He doesn’t have the funds to continue his education, and was planning to start working at a hotel, until COVID, of course.

Is there anything that he can do besides fly to another foreign country? He is fit to fly, so wouldn’t be using a doctor’s note. Maybe flying to Japan would be his best option? Is there anything that he or I am overlooking? I know this is totally last minute, and I apologize for that.

Just to show some diversity in the border lockdown saga that's plaguing a large number of us. I saw this in the comments sections on an announcement posted on the US Embassy's Facebook page. It's not just foreigners trying to get back into Thailand right now that are struggling, I see the same thing posted in Vietnamese, Malaysian, Philippin, and even US expat groups. Just have to keep our heads up.

Australia just extended their travel ban to September 17th. That means Australians are prohibited from leaving Australia, and foreigners cannot fly into Australia.