I'm positive they are affixing at the airport... some services have only just restarted (like the buggy service). But anyway, Thailand Elite member services are the best to advise, they are super helpful (I should think so for the price we pay😂)
You can get the visa affixed at the airport on arrival, the EPA services are all back to normal. Thailand Elite contact centre are very responsive and will be able to answer your questions.
There's also this group you can join Thailand Elite Visa Members Group
I'm edging towards the tourist visa too, because I really don't think they can live here. But on the offchance they surprise me, it would have been nice to have had a bit of leeway with the visa. In the past when I've mentioned having to have 800k in the bank here for the Non O, they haven't seemed keen
they are 65. They've been talking about living out here but I'm not sure they could handle it, so this is an opportunity for them to see if they could live for an extended time as they've only been for 3 week holidays.
I just wanted a little flexibility with the visa in case of flight cancellations or Thailand being put on any kind of quarantine list by the UK
they have been coming to Thailand for the last 14 years once a year for a holiday to visit us for 3 week holidays. They are talking about living here in the future but I think they need to see if they can live here first, so this is an opportunity to do that.
Somebody posted around 30-40 minutes ago about closing their under consideration stamp at Samui immigration office on Community Online Pin Board Koh Samui