i emailed with the NY embassy and offered to send them my last trip, over 30 hotels across 8 provinces and mentioned Phuket was currently having flood warnings at the end of November and they just didn’t care
Having a short term visa showing proof of leaving isn’t the craziest request. Needing to show full booking confirmation for 2-3 months is actually absurd, especially given the severe weather that impacts many regions.
Onward tickets and fully cancellable booking confirmations to satisfy the requirements
very rarely do you see people going for a second 30 day extension, which doesn’t exist. So “winning the lottery” has absolutely nothing to do with the “leave in 7 days stamp”
Not getting the first 30 day extension would be as rare as you say as thats generally just a formality
Also i think Mike meant he was being sarcastic, not ironic. You definitely have to be pretty out to lunch trying to get back to back extensions, much less after overstaying.