I have the reply from Thailand elite no application for two months only yesterday. My own circumstance is nothing to do with money. The borders are closed. Not one knew the amnesty would end or presumed so because there has been no announcement. And notice you didn't address the overwhelming majority are migrant workers unable to even consider getting back home. They can't simply fly out.
I find some of the comments here lack compassion or empathy from those who are fortunate enough that there visa status is sorted making disparaging comments. Not all on the Amnesty are tourists taking a free ride. Those tourists will have homes and jobs they desperately need to get back too but unable to do so because the country's airports have been more or less in lockdown since March. I know of a few. There are migrant workers unable to back home because the borders are closed with no work in Thailand. There are people like me that after 7 years of living here legally in order to get a retirement visa need to border bounce that under normal circumstances would be no problem but unable to do so and as of next week are on the Amnesty and desperately needed it to be extended until the flights and borders are back to normal and causing untold stress.
If they suddenly end the Amnesty with less than three weeks notice it will be a huge PR disaster for this country unless what some believe if the governments agenda is to want to clear out Westerners once and for all I can promise you even your so called safe visas at some point they will come after you making extensions of stay almost impossible. Even Thailand Elite have stopped taking applications so what does that say about how safe your visas are.
I find some of the comments here lack compassion or empathy from those who are fortunate enough that there visa status is sorted making disparaging comments. Not all on the Amnesty are tourists taking a free ride. Those tourists will have homes and jobs they desperately need to get back too but unable to do so because the country's airports have been more or less in lockdown since March. I know of a few. There are migrant workers unable to get back home because the borders are closed with no work in Thailand. There are people like me that after 7 years of living here legally in order to get a retirement visa need to border bounce that under normal circumstances would be no problem but unable to do so and as of next week are on the Amnesty and desperately needed it to be extended until the flights and borders are back to normal and causing untold stress.
If they suddenly end the Amnesty with less than three weeks notice it will be a huge PR disaster for this country unless what some believe if the governments agenda is to want to clear out Westerners once and for all I can promise you even your so called safe visas at some point they will come after you making extensions of stay almost impossible. Even Thailand Elite have stopped taking applications so what does that say about how safe your visas are.