MadMac

As I wrote before, that pretty much confirms that there will be no automatic extension anymore. Probably 30 days on application in person for 1900B.

What kept you out in the cold so long TAT? Inactive posts looming? ????

Ok, bit late but never too late for the party TAT. You guys shoud be the first and foremost to be fired if there is ever anything to be better to be implemented in this country.

Don't need to make this another 90 days discussion. If you don't trust it, go there, simple.

15 minutes ago, lopburi3 said:

You sure?  Many of us who have been here some time can not as are not in the data base they use.

And when no receipt returned you still have to visit them.

 

Agree those that can do online (which is most people) should use that option as it is quick and normally easy.  Mailing is a bit more complex as have to make copies of everything and get stamps, print out return envelope and then mail registered or EMS and hope for the best.  But have had about 90% success so worth the effort.  

Keep the registration slip from the post office. That has the address of the immigration on it in case it get lost. Which is highly unlikely.

You can do it online from 15 days before due date and if this does not work send it by mail. No need to join the party at an immi office.

2 hours ago, Eibot said:

No, I wouldn't assume that. Could also be an amnesty but with the need to register yourself at your local immigration.

It will be an amnesty in any case, or however you would call this, as whatever comes out of this will not be a regular extension. I believe they will grant one more but based on application and payment of corresponding fees.

Since when is it possible to convert a visa exemption? Thats an exemption as the word says.

I'd expect them to offer perhaps another 30 days extension to finalize the amnesty and give people enough time to sort out their things.

Pretty much correlated to the high flying Baht, no surprise here. But besides that the costs for everyone have gone up significantly, not only for "expats and tourists". I don't see any end of this, the Baht will continue to remain high, if not even go higher as western currencies are printed out of thin air and get massively inflated.

9 minutes ago, Berti said:

Wow I did not know that hospitals in Thailand are close to bankrupt.

Sounds desperate.

Sounds like a lot of greed to me, easy money, milk the aliens.

2 minutes ago, Toany said:

I wonder what else Bangkok hospital is doing.  Think I'll give that hospital a miss

It is not Bangkok Hospital, just a hospital in Bangkok, somewhere in Chaeng Wattana.

Perhaps the guy is eying the job of the next health minister, or just looking for an inactive post. Either way, my wife put it together in one word - "idiot".

Pointless argument, but comes again and again. Nobody needs an overpriced Thai insurance with a maximum coverage of perhaps 500k or 1m THB that in the event required does not pay. If you cannot afford to pay such 500k out of your savings you are in the wrong place. Stay at home and don't travel the world.

Just because you may not be able to afford it, still you are here, does not mean that the rest of us should finance more glass palaces for the insurance mafia.

The simple problem is that nobody wants to take any responsibility for anything in this country. Just look at all the back and forth things, one day this, next day that. So for the amnesty, I believe it will only be decided (and perhaps changed again) mid of July earliest.

4 hours ago, Huckenfell said:

I previously applied for and received an O-A visa shortly before the borders closed i returned to my country for some medical treatment, however i was only 5 months into my visa but now stranded outside of Thailand. Question is, why dont the Thai govt credit me with the 7 months which i paid for , when the borders open, but cannot at the present time use.

Your stay in Thailand starts when you enter the country. That can be at the last day of validity of your visa. At least that is the case for normal O. Thus you do not need any credit of lost months as you did not lose anything.

16 minutes ago, katatonic said:

I'm quite happy with my visa on arrival stamps thanks. Had a couple of visa based on marriage but mainly just arrival stamps which worked fine for me for the last 11 years. And this is home.

You did not get visa on arrival stamps, these are visa exemptions. Because of people abusing this facility over the years we got all these sticter and stricter requirements.