This just highlights the problem with the immigration rules in Thailand. The amount of foreign people who have family in Thailand and can't get back there.
when you say priority...... What do you mean exactly?
For example, if I were to book a ticket online with Qatar, will they ask if I have a long stay visa or do you mean at suvarnabhumi immigration...... If its the latter, how will that work, I'm already there?
Unfortunately for the likes of the OP and myself, the Thai government will not take this into consideration when thinking about lifting the travel ban. I left my family in Thailand on March 6th to do a 3 week rotation and have not been back since.