The only reports if people sucessfully returning tk Thailand are those on flights organized through the embassy (some people have reported taking a flight from a dufferent country and working with multiple embassies (maybe you coukd talk to your local embassy about thus as an option). If you are in a country where your embassy will not help you then I am not sure there are any options at this time. All commercial flights are banned from Thailand and there is no official date for this ban to end. And yes ubfortunately different embassies follow their own procedures. Best of luck.

Reason they cancel is no commercial flights with passengers are allowed to land and have passengers get off in Thailand currently, there is no date when this will change. Only repat flights or cargo flights where passage is aranged through the embassy can bring passengers to Thailand. The airlines just accept bookings and hope they will be able to fly because it helps their cash flow.

Or 400k in a bank account in your name only for 2 months (money can come from inside Thailand or outside).

Remembet while the comes fron a high level source it is not official until approved by the cabinet and published in the Royal Gazette. While sounds promissing it is not official and could change.

@David ********

need proof of salary for you alone. Requires pay and tax records.

@Todd ********

yes commercial flights have been banned and will continue to be banned for now. If you get a COE the only way to get to Thailand os through flights organized through the embassy. That is not necessarily easy (limited flights and some embassies propritize all Thais) but nothing had changed due to the event in Rayong.

@Todd ********

I am in Thailand now. Yes this incident caused some panic (big overreaction in my mind) and the Thai news is publishing some wild stories. But if you follow the government announcememts nothing has really changed. Repat flights are arriving as normal - several reports from people arriving today. Commercial flights have been banned for a while so no change. Only change is they banned Egyptian military flights and auspended VIP flights (think private jets) until the rules are changed for those.

@Todd ********

NOT TRUE. There are still flights arrived today and more tomorrow. They are redoing rules for VIPs entry but the normal repatriation flights are still arriving.

If you want to do a 1 year extension at the end of rhe 60 day extension make sure you have the required 400k Baht in a Thai bank account before you get the 60 day extension. Money must be in account for 2 months before you apply for the 1 year extension. Of course if the boaders are open before the 60 day extension runs out (not sure this is likely) then you can bounce and continue to use your visa. But best to be prepared

@Breck *******

Yes, i suggest just follow what Todd wrote earliet and you should be fine