@Frank-Steven **********

I do not need sources, as Thailand laws are contextual and money driven. There is a lot of corruption and bribery in the medical field, including during Covid with Hotel/Hospital staff/authority, taking each their cuts for having many foreigners "forcefully" in 10 days isolation in hospital. This is one of the many scheme that you can get caught into if you are not careful. I've been living here since 2010, I was naive like you at the beginning (I'm guessing that you've been here only for a few years), but I've changed my thought process many years ago and accepted to play the "game" the Thai way. What you mention as "nurse visiting you for medication", etc, is part of the scheme to up-charge you with hidden fees.

@Michelle ***********

Yes, but it's possible that it's impossible with Covid extension (to extend while on overstay). I just know that I did extend both tourist visa and visa exempt while being on overstay more then once.

@Helen ************

The only thing that truly suck is the overstay fine that is piling up by 1k baht each passing day (you + husband). You are from Myanmar, correct? What's going on in your country is a lot more stressful then the worse that could happen to you being on overstay here in Thailand. Some people are making it look like a lot more dramatic then it is.

@Frank-Steven **********

No, you do not have to tell anyone nor ask a doctor if you can stay home, this is part of the scam. I have help many people avoid paying tens of thousands of Thai baht by telling them to stand their ground went Hotel and Hospital try to "force" them to go to the hospital. There are many organism/lawyer that help people every day avoiding such scam. Also, "The Thaiger" are not reputable nor trusthworty. They are kinda the laughing stock of foreign media in Thailand.

@Kool ******

You do not get arrested at immigration while trying to extend your expired visa. This is not their job.

The major way that people get caught is thought check-point, which is rare. Cops asked for my passport once in the last five years, and it was while taking the bus to Mukdahan border pre-covid. They are more worry about people that look like Cambodian or Myanmar people.

@Michelle ***********

Yes, on more then one occasion. This is why I was asking

@Kool ******

if the law for Covid extension is different (or if he is guessing). Because if you are on Tourist visa or visa exempt entry, you can extend while on overstay. You will get stamped 30 days which include the overstay days. So if you are on 10 days overstay, you get 20 more days for 1.9k baht + 5k baht overstay fine = 6.9k baht.

@Robert *********

No, the hospital can't because she and husband already on 10 days overstays. But yes, the hospital fee can be 100k+ baht pretty quickly for 4 people.

@Frank-Steven **********

You can self-isolate if you catch Covid, you do not need to tell officials nor will get into trouble. The only trouble is the overstay fine which she cannot avoid.

@Vivek *******

OP husband tested positive 10 days ish ago, it's way too late to contact an hospital to get a letter to avoid overstay fine. Also, the hospital fee can easily rack up to 6 digits (100k baht+ for hospital stay). This is a common scam that I've warned everyone about (getting stuck in hospital when testing positive for Covid). Finally, she is from Myanmar, a country currently in a civil war, her embassy is worthless. She has a better chance at seeking asylum then getting help from her embassy.

@Michelle ***********

Not true, ive extended tourist visa and visa exempt entry while on overstay before.