Stop being so risky 🤷

You can go to a local hospital, I flew back from Cambodia on the 5th Jan, I live in Sa keao and I had a choice of two hospitals to go to here for the 2nd test. There is a link somewhere with all the hospitals you can go to in each province

@Mark ***********

just a heads up, If you're doing that I would get your flights sorted asap, I went earlier this months and I got the usual type price of about 5000thb return. However, I saw on a group yesterday someone posted that they can't find flights for less than 250 euros return and that is like a week or more in advance. With Cambodia being the only place open close by and with them canceling extensions now for non imm visa holders, everyone is now going to be going to Cambodia to sort out their visa situation which means the prices are going to be sky rocketing due to demand so I'd say get it done now so you don't end up paying crazy money or finding out there are no flights available. My flight was on the 2nd to phnom Penh and it was completely full.

@Ellie ******

I know I was lead to believe that you just needed to show the 400k to apply for it and that was when the 2 months seasoning clock starts. I though you got an initial 90 days then when you go back and your money is seasoned they then give you the 1 year extension. I only put the 400k in a couple of weeks ago so thats why I'm now having tk do it this way

@Ellie ******

I was expecting to be able to get it yesterday but my immigration office said no unfortunately. I have to get another 30 day then 60 day to visit thai wife and then I can get the 1 year extension. I'm aware of what the rules are but as you know, this is Thailand and every immigration office does things differently. I'm not that bothered, I'm still getting it I just have to go about it this way and it'll cost me 1900thb more for the extra extension which is nothing I'm the grand scheme of things 🤷

@Andrew ****

I just went for this extension yesterday, I came back into Thailand 5th Jan on visa 30 day free. Immigration yesterday told me I will need another 30 day visa free extension, then once I have 15 days left on it, so in two weeks, I go back and they will give me a 60 day ext to visit Thai wife. Then once I have 15 days left on that I can get the ext for 1 year based on marriage. I was told I have to keep my 400k in the bank now for the next 90 days just to make sure there are no problems

You need to have 15 days or more left on your current entry visa apparently to get the ext based on marriage which I didn't know so I have to do it this way

They will know it's from an agent if they pick up on it and that basically makes you guilty of breaking immigration and visa laws and leaves you basically at their mercy

@Paolo ***********

you may have a bit of an issues when you do go for the extension but you will probably be okay in the end. I have been here 7 yrs always on non b but about 6 mths after the pandemic hit I got a medical one through an agent. When I then went to get onto the COVID extensions they picked up on the medical one as it was from korat immigration and Im in another province. They said is this from an agent and we said yes, luckily I had my Thai wife with me and after about 15 minutes of conversation about it, they let me go onto the vivid extension but he wanted an 1000thb.

Using agents for things like this seem like a good idea but then when you want to do something legit it could come back to bite you. A lot of expats use agents for the marriage extension but I haven't as you are stuck using agents then forever.

If you can take a Thai person with you it might be a good idea to try smooth thing over just in case you get pulled up on it. This was my experience, of course you might go and nothing will get said but just a heads up

@Tim ******

No, but I live in Sa keao right on the border, it was in the news around here recently that there have been talks about opening the land border to Cambodia. These talks were just before Christmas and there is an Article online about it, but then omicron hit. Now the test and go has come back it stands to reason those border talks will also resume. There was no date given in the article I read but they were talking that it would be very near future. Perhaps that is why they have said no more covid extentions for the people on non immigrant visas, as they are planning to open land borders. Obviously just a guess but based on all this info its a fairly educated one, the land borders have to open at some point 🤷

@Stacey ******

I was in Cambodia 3 days and then flew back to Thailand at the beginning of this month