I’m actually on an education visa that is expiring and going to try do the emergency extension, using the letter from my embassy which I already have. Do I still need to go to the new location?

I live in Pra Khanong, where did you see the photo shop?

Hey everyone I might have some good news. If you check the British embassy website page about covid extension ( it now seems to list a smaller list of requirements for the extension letter. And, the cancelled flight thing is no longer on the list of requirements! See attached screen grab from the above page.

Thanks for sharing. I will be interested to know if any UK citizens are successful at getting this letter even if they don't strictly meet all the criteria. For example I might try this out but I don't have a cancelled flight home. I do have a cancelled flight to Malaysia though. Maybe I'll throw in a plea to make an exception for me because of my extenuating circumstances etc. Worth a shot. Would like to know if anyone else tries something like this and succeeds.

My situation is actually even more complicated and annoying than I had explained initially: I actually need to renew my passport before I can get the Elite Visa put in it. I only have two pages left and they need three blank pages. To renew my passport I made an appointment with the office that takes care of that in Bangkok. My appointment is on 9th April. 3 days after my current visa expires. Because originally my plan had been to do a visa run, come back in on 7th April, renew passport 9th April, then wait for new passport to come and for elite visa approval letter.

So basically because my current passport only has 2 pages, even if I were to get the elite visa approval tomorrow it wouldnt help me, because I’d still also need to renew my passport first and the earliest appointment I could get to do so was 9th April.

Hi Robert, please refer to my comment directly above your comment for the answer to that question ;-)

I’m on the initial 90 day entry period. My extension got botched. I was supposed to give my visa consultant my passport so she could start the process for getting the extension letter in January when I came in on the current visa. But I didn’t, and didn’t realise I needed to until late Feb by which point my consultant said it was too late to get the letter from the Education Ministry.

Yep I agree, overstaying is definitely not an option for me as I don't want to risk my Elite Visa.

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My girlfriend just received this type of letter from the Malaysian embassy in Bangkok. There was virtually no queue there and she received the letter same day. She had to give them a letter stating her situation and photocopies of her passport, IC card, and entry stamp.