Smooth

OP, sent you PM.

After looking more closely at my past appointment confirmation email for Counter K: It is just for those filling out the TM7 form (for requesting a 30-day extension). Best to call 1178, unless someone in the know posts in time.

"Applying for a short-term visa (counter K)" is definately for folks extending on Visa on Arrival and Visa exemption stays. I don't see anything else on the list that specifies non-imm O extensions of 60 days. Would that be considered "short term"? Note: You have to book online before midnight, if you're seeking to get an appointment the next day. (Mentioning in case you intend to go tomorrow.)

1 hour ago, patient37 said:

... and reentered Thailand in the beginning of the year on an arrival visa...

To clarify, did you arrive on Visa on Arrival (15 days) or Visa exemption (30 days)? Thanks.

For those extending with young child: I extended my 1-year-old son and my stay at MTT last week. Got there at 6:30. (Suggest getting there by 6:00.) Although you have to wait outside under an awning (coming early enough gets you seats under the awning, otherwise you stand in the sun as it comes up), when they open for processing (@8:00), an officer will (or should) come take you to a priority area (for those with young children/elderly/frail/injured, and you'll be among the first let in and processed--before they have the rest of the people (with numbers) come in. Was done by 9:30 a.m. The main issue to be aware of now is whether MTT will begin ask for the extra documentation (and landlord's presence) mentioned in the thread: "Nine separate documents are now required."

3 hours ago, fondue zoo said:

In relation to the "covid visa" currently given with an embassy letter is it necessary for your wife and or child to also attend? 

I'd rather venture into the heart of darkness on my own if possible.

 

 

 

For my and my young son's initial visa exemption extensions and embassy letter extensions (first at CW, then MTT), we both had to appear. (They need to take pictures.) One consolation is that each visit, we were given priority status (due to my young son).

12 hours ago, eppic said:

Thanks a lot. We have a four-year-old boy and were hoping to avoid the chaos.  So it sounds like the child and spouse are required to come in person?

 

May I ask was this a recent experience? I took my son with my on previous occasions for non-O extensions but had no idea we could have had expedited entry (perhaps this is a new thing?)

Yes, was actually on three recent experiences: for my and my son's first visa waiver extension (U.S. cit.), and for my wife's two extensions of her visa on arrival (each with a personalized physical letter issued from her embassy [China]).

4 hours ago, eppic said:

I need a visa waiver extension for my family as we will be unable to depart for an unknown period (our situation is complicated -- US husband, British wife, dual citizen child - not sure we can easily enter any country and have nowhere else to stay).  We were in the process of relocating to Philippines but delayed because of full Manila lockdown and canceled flights.  We just gave up our non-O extension in Thailand with intention of moving - awful timing and big mistake in retrospect.

 

Anyway, I have never done a visa waiver extension. Will I need to drag my entire family into that virus-infested mess at Chaengwattana or am I allowed to do the extension for all of us?  Will I need proof of onward flight and/or TM30? (we are staying in a condo rental that we also had to extend, have not done a TM30 since a recent Manila trip).

 

Ubonjoe or anyone? TIA

My experience getting a visa waiver extension was straightforward. I got there early with my wife and young son (to avoid traffic on the way, as well as to get an early number), but when I lined up to get a number, they would not give me one because they said those with young children are first to go in at 8:30. (Cool, but best to wait by the door a few minutes before--around 8:15.) A very pleasant surprise, indeed. Once they let you inside (before those with numbers go in), you walk through the first room to the next and get your number at the desk. Others have posted about the visa waiver exemption extension process in detail, but I never saw the "those with children" go first info posted. I realize this does not help avoid the virus, but being among the first in, can mean you're one of the first out (if you did your homework and filled out your forms correctly in advance, etc.--They have a team of helpers in front of the extension section who screen and review your application forms to make sure they are complete, and that you have all the necessary photocopies, pics, etc.). I was not asked about the TM30 or onward tickets. Hope it works out well for you.