We have not heard of any word about the extension deadline being extended another round.
So if your visa expires soon apply ASAP, or prepare for alternative options to prolong your stay.
If you wish to use our services, and your current covid visa extension expires before October 10th we can assist with a 60 day covid extension without losing any days.
Plenty of travelers have reported trouble obtaining a 60 day covid extension directly on top of a visa exempt entry / tourist visa, and are pushed to first apply for a 30 day extension they should be obtaining.
Your experience confirms that it is possible to apply on your own, but the general consensus at the moment is that not currently the norm.
What you are trying to do is possible through the standard route of applying on your own its just enforced differently depending on the office, history, and officer.
There are plenty of people who have obtained a covid extension directly on top of their tourist visa / exempt entry in this group.
We assume your intention of doing this is to prolong your stay as you fear the covid extensions may not exist past August 24th. Under normal circumstances you should be applying for the 30 day extension, and the officer may feel that you are abusing the covid extension, as you still can obtain the 30 day extension. But another officier may not mind, and still allow you to obtain the covid extension as you technically may still qualify for it.
This is not Thailand specific, and there are many countries which have processes where an officer can use their own discretionary powers to determine what should be done. You may get denied the first attempt, and then approved the next attempt as your situation can fall in-between the lines.
We honestly do not believe that these 60 day covid extensions will even be possible later this year, as they have already reduced the deadline extension term to only 1 month. It was supposed to be extended until September but it was only extended until August. We interpret this as a tapering off of these types of extensions. Because of this you may be better off by applying for a Tourist Visa before your next arrival (you may use the evisa system to do this).
"bypass" would be the wrong word as we just ensure that the extension will happen as requested. You can attempt to do this on your own as well, but a successful outcome will depend on multiple factors.
You can try asking in this group to find out which specific provinces are handling the extensions how you prefer, but keep in mind this may require traveling to another province if you are in a unfavorable province.
You can obtain a covid extension extension on your own without an under-consideration stamp, but it may depend on which immigration office you apply at as well as your history, and the officer.
Not all offices enforce the guidelines the same way, and there is sometimes room for their own interpretation. This also changes from time to time. Some offices always issued under-consideration stamps, and then they stopped, and some do it sparingly.
You can try asking in the group, and I'm sure you will have many reports of full 60 day extensions without an under consideration-stamp.
This did happen before in 2021 but it did not last that long.
However they were not doing 45 day extensions, it was still 30 days.
Also they have submitted this proposal multiple times already this year, and the main reason.
We believe the core reason it was approved in 2021 was because of the 14 day quarantine which was required. Before without the addition 15 days you would not have enough leadtime to apply for some visas (after your quarantine you would only have 16 days if they did not extend it).
Once thailand launched the evisa system the need for this was not as necessary, and that's most likely why it was so short lived.