@Yvonne ********

Because until border bounces are possible, they will lose too many foreigners if they remove the Covid extension. You may think that there are a lot of tourists in Thailand right now, but no, very little still. They can't afford to annoy the ones who still rely on Covid extension. When border bounces are back and buses go to borders every day, they will remove Covid extension. For now, people are flying to Phnom Penh to get tourist visa, it's simply not efficient enough so such Covid extensions will remain until border bounce reopens.

@Matt ******

I paid 0 for dowry, even tho we live 30 min from her mom. Not every Thai family follows or cares about such "tradition".

@Nick *********

Would you say it's similarly huge as the difference between not doing vs doing a 5 years Elite Visa for 600k baht + 400k baht extension?

@Lisa *******************

¸Oh, I thought u said that bus will accept copy of passport. I was referring to that because he is with his GF, his GF ID or passport will do.

Just avoid Suvarnabhumi Airport, enter from Phuket, Chiang Mai, etc. Or if you enter via Suvarnabhumi make sure that you have an agent phone number to call to bribe your way in if they want to denied u.

@Terary *********

Even my wife who is Thai did that when she was younger, lol!

@Sam ********

Ive been here 10, no retirement, no elite visa, nothing :).

@Native ***************

This only apply to land entry, but land is close atm.

Why don't you apply for the Special Tourist Visa (STV) which gives you 9 months and then go from there?

Since you are an Indian passport holder, you should avoid entering from Suvarnabhumi, or make sure that you can call an agent to bribe your way in if you are denied entry. Some Indians and Pakistanis get quizzed heavily in Suvarhabhumi upon entry, they get ask documents after documents, and again, its at the discretion of IO which in BKK airport will give you hell a lot of the time. They are "afraid" that you might become illegal immigrant... or wtv, you know, its some kind of discrimination.