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23 hours ago, mfd101 said:

Thai Immigration appear to be being reasonable in the current situation. You should contact your nearest Immigration post (in person) a little closer to your expiry date and ask the question.

Who told you they are reasonable? 

No need to wear mask if you are dead. 

5 minutes ago, jackdd said:

Look at point 3 in the document in the OP by Ubonjoe.

An IO could issue you a 30 day extension for being affected by the Corona outbreak, but they have no obligation to do this. So you should try it with begging.

What kind of begging would suffice? Should I try to kiss the hands of the immigration officers? Not the best idea at the Covid times, I guess. What else?

1 minute ago, timoti said:

What about people who can't get a letter and just got a 7 day extension only once, that can not be given again? In this case, what are we supposed to do but overstay as they won't give even 7 days anymore without a letter from the embassy. I mentioned it in more detail here:

https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1155503-does-chunburi-immigration-office-allow-second-extensions-due-to-coronavirus/ 

We are supposed to leave the country. 

3 minutes ago, bbi1 said:

What was the exact date that your permission of stay were to expire before you applied for any of the 2nd extensions?

I will reply for him: he wrote above his previous extension was to end on 29.03.

8 minutes ago, bangkokboy888 said:

I applied for renewal on 23 and was denied. So I think they’re counting from that date as 30 days after is apr 22

But it never was like this before. It should always start from the date your previous visa/extension ends. The date of application was always irrelevant in the past. 

4 minutes ago, vermin on arrival said:

No his original date out was March 29 and then given 7 days to April 5, but today they only gave 30 days from the date of application

The day of application was today. They actually gave him An extension from the day of the ‘refused’ application on 22 or 23... Stingy as hell. 
 

1 minute ago, BangkokReady said:

So the seven days they gave from the end of his visa like a normal extension, but the 30 days they gave from his date of first applying.  How miserly.

Yes , that is ridiculous. Even not from the day of application (today). 

Today my embassy has informed me one more time that they will NOT give me any kind of letter for the purposes of prolonging my stay in Thailand. Can I take this reply to the Pattaya immigration? Will they care about me more than the embassy of my own country? Yes, for sure!

6 minutes ago, BangkokReady said:

They hate the fact that they have to do this and want us gone as soon as possible.

This is exactly what it feels like. They gave him the minimum they could give starting from the date he first time ASKED them to prolong his extension. Which is an absurd.

2 minutes ago, jackdd said:

I guess his permit to stay expired on 22.03., then he went to apply for an extension. His extension request was denied and he got 7 days to leave the country (29.03.)

Now he applied again and this time the extension was granted. The 7 days to leave the country is probably not considered as a regular extension, so the now granted extension starts on the day his previous permit to stay expired, thus allowing him to stay until (22.04.)

 

Same happens in case you were on overstay and apply for an extension, the days which you have been on overstay will not be added. So if somebody with a 10 days overstay applies for an extension, even though he pays 5k THB fine, he will only be allowed to stay 20 more days.

Unfortunately you are wrong. Here is his quote:

-they denied me on monday and gave me seven days to apr 5

20 minutes ago, nomad2019 said:

Ive allready got 30 days extension untill aprill 11th.

Will i get a further 30 days and is there a cost 1900 baht.

Advise please thanks

It’s a lot of time until 11 of April. Hard to guess what the situation will be by then. 

3 hours ago, bangkokboy888 said:

Guys to just clarify they are not ignoring the directive. Just their interpretation requires a letter from embassy WITH NAME OF INDIVIDUAL previously letters were only generic with no names. 
 

this applies to everyone not just Americans. Of course we are trying to be all inclusive. 
 

at CW 630 and multiple lines to get into building 

Social distancing thai immigration style

7 minutes ago, Mattd said:

And do you think that is the only cost? No overhead, no salaries, nothing? I repeat the admin cost is the same regardless, whether that is 1 Baht or 1,900 Baht is irrelevant.

I always thought that these fees are a kind of a tax for a visitors using The public facilities in Thailand (like the roads, beaches etc). So why the one using those public infrastructure for 7 days pays the same amount as the one using it all year long?

By the way, the easy calculation will show you that if those fees were a big part of administrative fees like salaries etc - then every one of those working at immigration would have 100 k usd salary a month at least. 

11 minutes ago, EricTh said:

Does that mean you will be fined or you have to leave the country immediately?

7 days extension given instead. For the price of 30 day extension - 1900 thb.

11 minutes ago, Gweiloman said:

But were you just ‘visiting’ (like a real tourist) or were you actually ‘living’ here? My daughters come here every year as tourists. They stay for 3-4 weeks. We travel around the country, enjoying the sights and sounds and flavours. They then return to the UK where they ‘live’. 
 

In all these years, they’ve never had a problem with IO’s in Swampy or DMK. 

 

See the difference?

 If you are familiar with the Thai nightlife terminology you should know that though there is a clear distinction before Short time and Long time - still both terms refer to the one and the same type of mongering activity. Same with the tourism. You can be a one day tourist and you can also be a long time tourist exploring the place on a, so to say, DEEPER level.

Same photos could be made yesterday at Pattaya immigration. Same amount of people, no distancing whatsoever, just checking the temperature when letting you inside the building (obviously to protect themselves, not you who already spent 40 minutes standing face to face with other visitors). I regret for not making the photos.

Found one on the internet. Pay attention - there are several lines under the roof not seen at his photo. Later all these people are let in inside the mail building where at least 100 people stay in the crowded and small place.