It's a very normal 30 day extension, you can get once when being on a tourist visa.

Just if you do not expire on Jan 25th do not go tomorrow since it will be very very busy at IO due to people trying to get a COVID extension (you not eligible for that yet )

@Stuart ********

seems Nicolas is out to call everyone wrong, I love to see his stamps to believe he got a C extension without the normal 30 day extension

@Nicolas *******

no fake news, no lie, just explaining general rule Immigration office follows.

First extend a tourist visa for 30 days, after that can get 60 day COVID extension. This is general rule from immigration office.

An officer could have decided to skip the normal 30 day tourist extension and give you right-away the 60 day COVID extension. Love to see your stamps to prove its done like this, since it's rare. Which IO this happened?

Btw. Pretty harsh to call me out like this whilst I just explain general rules.

Short answer: No borderbounce possible

Long answer: Because borders are closed so Multiple Year visa holders can not borderbounce hence are on COVID extensions. Plus many "tourist" like to stay longer but can not go Malaysia or Laos for new visa, because same border issue.

@Billy *****

it's done before, 5 weeks in advance by multiple people (in KP and Pai)

@Alain **********

Can only get 60 day COVID extension if one extended their Tourist 30 or 60 day visa already with 30 days.

So you will get most likely denied for C-ext and get 30 days. Not 60 days.

Apply for extension on 24 or 25th Jan, some people reported doing so 5 weeks before expiry date of their stamp. At least you can try

@Katy ***************

In case you on a 30 day free visa you can not apply for COVID extension. You can get a regular 30 day tourist extension before the day your current stamp expires.

If this then all eventually runs out you be eligible for a C-extension, if they postpone it after Jan 25 it is

Since you come of a tourist extension you will be stamped from day of application. That is same everywhere.

Not all IO give 15 days under consideration. But many do ATM. Koh Phangan/Samui does not

If you pass Immigration at airport before 23:59 you be fine