I saw someone just post about it in the last couple days, but can't remember what Facebook group. They were successful though and I think they said it took 3 weeks

Ask the embassy you will be applying at. The each set their own requirements. Someone else's answer doesn't matter to you because they used a different embassy.

@Munly ******

if you apply online for e-visa before your trip it's a much smaller sticker

@Chris ********

first of all he's not in immigration, he's in the MFA and has absolutely no say about anything to do with immigration. Second of all, nothing he says matters and things can change any time like they already have at many embassies about applying for the visa.

Leaving the country is not an extension. You get an extension from the immigration office.

No one can really answer this. The visa only started 3 months ago and Thai embassies have already started to tighten up the requirements a lot from when it was first released. No one, not even immigration, knows what will be required for the 6 month extension. They could require you to prove all over again the reason you got the visa in the first place, and at some point that could potentially also become a requirement to enter the country on the visa after the first time. No one really knows what the future holds because it's so new. So you can either roll the dice with the new visa and pay 10k baht for the chance along with constant border bounces, or go with the sure thing which is the retirement visa at 1900 baht per year (and no required border bounces either).

@David ********

It also gives you this huge pop-up when you select that you are in the US.

@David ********

It's literally the very first page of the application, before you even actually start entering everything. You cannot proceed until you select which embassy.

@Sasi ***********

it's not a free visa. It's not any visa. A visa is something you apply for any pay for. It's called visa EXEMPT meaning you are exempt from needing a visa. It's not a visa.

@David ********

when you filled out your application you had to choose a Thai embassy at the very beginning. The selection you chose is where your application went. If you followed the instructions then your embassy should match this map. If you didn't follow the instructions and chose a different embassy, your application will probably get denied.

You can try contacting the embassy you submitted your application through. They are the ones processing your application so they would be the ones that could provide a status.