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    i guess i will be the last one to get a covid extension

    in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits

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    14 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

    Think you have asked this a few times. You think of it as two separate extensions. 

    It's one extension and you were given an under consideration period.

    In reality its already approved.

    You are returning just to be rubber stamped. Think of it as automatic. 

    Gotcha, thanks for clarifying that. But it does sound like I'm screwed after. I think my prior visa was non-immigrant which they seem to now be cracking down on.

    i guess i will be the last one to get a covid extension

    in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits

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    16 hours ago, ThaiVisaCentre said:

    You can apply for the covid extension until March 25th now.

    This is fine for anyone which has a Tourist Visa or Exempt entry visa, or has a COVID extension based on one of these visas.

    HOWEVER if the visa before your covid extensions was a non-immigrant visa you MAY NO LONGER obtain covid extensions.

     

    My Volunteer visa lasted until November. I got a 2 month Covid extension until January. I applied for another Covid extension, but current stamp is good until early February.

     

    Will the February immigration check in be extended another 30 days?

     

    After that it sounds like I must leave the country, is that correct?

    Told twice to "come back tomorrow"

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    Posted · Edited by Hal65

    5 hours ago, Caldera said:

    Does your stamp say "application of stay is under consideration"

    Yes it says this one. So I guess you were correct in your last post.

     

    Also in blue ink they wrote "913/65." I have no idea what it means.

     

    913 days is 2.5 years. I sure hope they aren't relaying how long I've been in the country continuously! Because i think it is roughly that amount of time.

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    Told twice to "come back tomorrow"

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    Posted · Edited by Hal65

    Ok guys, here's what happened.

     

    1. I waited in line between 8:30 to 10:30am to get a ticket. The lady directed me to make copies on site and affix my photo to a page where she put some roll on glue. I was then told to return at 1pm.

     

    2. I came at 1pm and was home 4:30pm. As you can imagine, there were a lot of people. A fellow from kansas I was chatting to, who waited the same amount of time, was told at the final step to come back Monday. When he asked why, they said "too many applications." So they are turning people away as a sort of throttle. He said they were going to tell me the same thing.

     

    3. I get to the counter and give my stuff. The lady says I have the wrong papers because I am renewing, not applying new. She points me to a little room to get the right thing.

     

    4. Now outside of any proper process I cut the line and go straight the desk. The lady is staring at me and on edge. She wants to verify I'm here, I guess. She tells me to call my landlord and give phone to her. My landlord verifies something to her in Thai and then Lines me receipts. THis satisfies the immigration lady. She does a few stamps and marks and sends me back to the original counter.

     

    5. They finish processing me, return 100 of my 2,000 baht, keep the papers and passport and tell me to come Monday. I ask "what time" and hear 'up to you."

     

    So I think I've secured another 30 days unless the rumors about the Vol messing people up turn out to be true. I give myself 80-90% chance to be good. I also think I'm going to go ahead with an Elite visa now. This <deleted> is too much for me.

     

    Edit: The Kansas guy's stay expired on Monday, mine expired today.

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    Thai Elite with an overstay

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    I've heard one can not get a 20 year Thai Elite visa if they have an overstay.

     

    Are any overstays counted or just severe ones?

     

    I have a 10 day overstay from 7 years ago. I paid a 5,000 thb fee (IIRC) to a  BKK customs official who grumbled to show discontent. After that, never another issue. 

     

    I think I was on tourist visas at the time. Since then I have been stringing a chain of EDs and Volunteers more recently.

     

    The overstay was on an old passport. I understand all old passports are linked to new ones.

    Chinese takeout

    in Western Food in Thailand

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    Went to Hungry Panda on Soi Lengkee. Reminded me of Panda express in the US: Orange/lemon chicken, teriyaki beef etc. Pretty good stuff albiet kind of pricy (~250-300, rice extra)

    Checked out the pics of other Chinese places but it's a whol lot of soupy, stringy bs without much sauce for taste. I guess in this part of the world you have to specify "American style Chinese" to get the taste right. Does anyone know another good place or is this it?

    Switch passports if you have a volunteer visa?

    in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits

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    This suggestion was made in another thread. People said that the volunteer visa organization was busted and now immigration is blacklisting everyone they see with a volunteer visa stamp from that organization. But one work around is to get a new visa (like a covid visa), get a new passport, and transfer the non-volunteer visa to the new passport: 

    Anyone able to comment on whether this will indeed work? And whether the volunteer visa is indeed causing a blacklist?

     

     

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