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Hi RAZZELL. I will be flying with Qatar or Emirates out of Manchester uk December, I'm 77 yrs old male, uninsurable because of terminal bowel cancer & I will stay in Thailand 3 or 4 months which should give me a better way of life than mumping around the UK.

Thanks ubonjoe, I'm best booking return flight to the uk within the 30 days allowed visa exempt entry & cancel the flight for me to stay in Thailand for a full 90 or 120 days by using an immigration agent.

Am I allowed to get a 30 days visa exempt on arrival but still book a return flight for 90 days ? I do intend to extend the 30 days at an immigration office..

Thanks roo860. We Will certainly give it a try.

Thanks Tony M. I will try citizens advice or a UK immigration advisor.

Thanks guys. We did send 2 emails to UK Home Office but as typical here in UK we didn't get a reply. We will try the other options recommend on here, I am on Macmillan patients list so we can try them.

Can anyone here advise. My Thai wife is currently staying in the UK with a 6 months visitor visa expiring on 25/September. I have been diagnosed with Terminal cancer & I will need lots of care & treatment. I would like my wife to be able to extend her visitors visa on compassion grounds so she can help & Care for me which she wants to do. I can get printed hospital paperwork confirmation of my cancer situation. We have applied to UK & Thai embassy's but they said they don't deal with the special extension visa. If my Thai wife has to go home to Thailand it will mean I will be living alone & we will probably not see each other again. Thank you.

It can happen to any expat living Thailand but most think it will never happen. I am desperate to come to live in Thailand but as i am a uk cancer patient although now under control with lots of past medication my annual insurance including past health history would be £4,500.

My friend arrived from UK 25/Feb with 30 days visa exempt, he asked me if he will be able to get a Covid visa with 60 days giving him a 90 days stay here + possibly an extra 30 days stay after a Covid extension. Any advice on this for him.???

Ok & many thanks ubonjoe. 30 days will be sufficient for me so do you think that will be granted for the 1,900 bahts fee.?

I did ask if a 60 day extension was possible & I was told to come before 25th January which was deadline date for 60 days Covid extension, so immigration stamped me the 60 days but I don't know if I can have an extra 30 days?? I am buying a Condo & need extra days.

I'm dealing with Jomtien Soi 5. No I haven't had a 30 day extension I opted for the Covid deadline extension of 60 days ,I thought that would be enough but due to property purchase I find I. could do with an extra 30 days extension.

Thank you Dr jack 54 that is really good information.

I arrived in Thailand with a tourist visa for 60 days on 1/Dec/2021, I was giving a 60 days Covid extension to stay on deadline date 25/Jan/2022 up to end of March , I would like to stay a further 30 days until end of April, will I be able to get the extra 30 days extension ????

None of the ladies are my type at all but I don't think any of em will be too disappointed as I'm old, fat & ugly.????????????????????

I always send from my HSBC in uk to Bangkok bank Thailand. It couldn't be easier, just a £4 charge to send + whatever the rate they give you, usually example 44.70 todays rate , you will receive 44.20, through the Swift system, it will take 3 working days.

I transfer from UK hsbc to Thailand Bangkok bank ,I send Gbp & Bangkok bank do the conversion to bahts. UK charge £4 for any amount but Bangkok bank charge me 1.25% commission, I've had numerous arguments with Bangkok bank about the commission but they still stick to it. I would imagine it's a same set up from HK HSBC.

Can anyone tell me that if I take my new Thai WIFE back to england with me in March 2022 will she be able to stay for maybe 8 months instead of the statuary 6 months visiting visa, she has already been to england 4 times before but as then my Thai girlfriend.

Are we talking about the same 60 days tourist visa that I came to Thailand with or the STV ? My tourist visa 60 days ends on 29 th January which will be Saturday when immigration will be closed, I was thinking of going the day earlier (28th) & hoping for another 60 days tourist visa extension if immigration will do that?? I've not heard about the Covid extension until now which could end on 25th January, I'm not sure about visa extension applications so will it be advisable to get an agent involved as I'm looking for 60 more days = 120 days in total. Any advice will be welcome.

My AQ hotel in Pattaya specifically said if a PCR is positive I would be taken straight away to Bangkok hospital Pattaya for a 10 days stay. I think this family should have read all the itinerary from TUI as im sure it would explain in detail.

I took a walk up eerie Walking St this week at 7.30pm , maybe 4 restaurants still open but empty, all the gogo bars & beer bars are there but pitch black, really weird experience along with about 4 other tourists also taking a look.

Can anyone help my friend? He has a retirement visa expiring 20 Feb 2022 & has only put the required money plus his related pension payment today 13 Dec so he is passed the 3 months requirements, in fact he has maybe 2 months 1 week with the money in his bank, what can he do? Will immigration be lenient & understand his mistake? I think this is his 3rd retirement extension to stay.

I landed at Sauvanaboumi airport Bangkok it was very well organized,I sat & waited 3 minutes for girl to check my TP & was took to the paperwork desk & border control immigration to stamp my passport after a visa check, I went to get my suitcase which was about 2 more minutes, I walked through the green custom area & went to the welcome gate number 10 where a Thai lady asked my name & hotel in Pattaya for 1 night quarantine, after 5 minutes the same Thai lady took me to the car from my hotel, all in it took no more than 30 minutes & I was on my way to Beverly Hotel Pattaya, fantastic place with 2 large evening meals & a breakfast next morning. PCR test,, 4* hotel, hotel car down to Pattaya , all excellent food & free self test kit, 4,600 bahts, 1st class hotel etc.

Just do the test it's no big deal, it took me 5 minutes yesterday then after waiting time for test to show negative I sent the result photo by Line app to my Pattaya hotel & I got a nice thank you sir reply.

Frozen pre cooked turkey needing to be re heated sounds like a perfect recipe for big salmonella food poisoning, make sure people buy a good insurance policy at the checkout along with the turkey.