I was in the same boat and was told we do not fall into the amnesty. I went ahead and extended. Was a breeze because no one is at immigration now. But that was in Ubon. Your local immigration office may say something different š
Ditto what everyone said. But as far as TriCare goes there is no verbiage in the statement of benefits that specifically says āCovid 19ā coverage or whatever you want to call it.
I thought I remember that when they were asking for returnees to have coverage it had to specifically state Covid coverage.
So looking in the magic 8 ball IF they require the same thing down the road youāll probably need some sort of external policy specifically for Covid.
Maybe it is best for me that I did my first extension this year and had to do all of that for the first time. But also had to show divorce decrees as well. Didnāt seem that difficult to be honest.
If you cannot find a hotel check AirBnB. They are still booking and CHEAP. We are in Ubon and planned a 1 June departure for Pattaya. Got a condo for $13 USD per night. There was one for $9 but wasnāt open for the full dates we wanted.
I did mine via Thai post. That was with the US Embassy in BKK. Not sure where you are from but if a yank itās really easy. I did it all from the village and it took less than 2 weeks from when it left my hand until I had it back here.