@Benjamin *****

thanks for your input. That totally makes sense..

To be honest I am not too worried.. with history of their constantly changing conditions for visas during covid, inconsistencies and taking in consideration current situation it seems unlikely for “things” to go wrong.. for now 🤣

@Astrid *********

well i brought deportation as to see how unlikely it looks... thats just not convenient for anyone..at all,even for the most farang hating nationalist :D

regarding your points i do not mind no 1 at all.

no 2 makes sense. and no 3 thats what gonna happen.

my point of the first comment is that after 29 there will be some sort of rules how to get visas, until borders open it just illogical that it wont be any. And all wanted to do is simply to warn people who have their visas valid for more than a month from now and going to immigration (specifically chiang mai) with hope for 60 day extra visa and not getting it! it was crowded..

p.s. last time CM recorded a covid case was 12 days ago.. so if we dont fuck up next 2 days we will leave the orange zone ;)

it will all be fine

@Astrid *********

ok, then my question is why are they instructing everyone on coming back on 11 feb (in cm), if they are not gonna give that extension...- then what? 11 feb i go to the immigration and i get deported?

its not that they made lots of sense before, but this also... just dont connect.

on my experience today in chiang Mai immigration office. I literally explained what they are doing in that immigration office. I did not tell them not to go to other offices or anything else. Simply spent there all morning, and everyone who was getting extensions today on covid/tourist visa thing got the same.

So chiang Mai is giving everyone 14 day under consideration stamps already (went today, my visa expires 29th, and got a stamp with 11th feb) so if you have a visa which runs out end of feb - no point going now to chiang Mai immigration just to try to “hack” the system there... you will just add to already existing crowd. (It was busy and slower than usual today).

On the other note, they already gave me papers which I will need after I get full extension (approval of extension on 11feb) and they are all dated 24APRIL. Which is weird cuz I am applying only for 60day (standard). So I go with the flow but these bunch of papers are kinda ringing a bell about existing plans on prolonging extension periods or so.