FinickyFarang

5 hours ago, Grumpy John said:

I asked the question "why 2 days before state of emergency comes in".  Well the wife's answer was 'it takes time for the army to get organised'.   So I said if Cambodia suddenly attacked Thailand it would take 2 days to fight back.  But apparently thats silly as Cambodia is not going to attack Thailand......

 

OK,  I am not going to ask any more questions!

Well, to be fair, it takes time to stage troops to attack.  Cambodia would have to position their troops near the border to attack which would then give the Thai military to stage their troops for attack. 

So, taking 2 days to mobilize the military and stage them where they are needed to enforce the state of emergency is not unreasonable.  I doubt even most western countries could roll out the military throughout the country with under 2 days notice. 

28 minutes ago, elviajero said:

Yes it’s right. The application for the 60 day extension acted as the 90 day report.

 

A 90 day report is to notify immigration of your address. You did that with the extension.

Fantastic!  Thanks! 

I have a ME Non-Immigrant O visa (expires Sep 2020). 

I was unable to get out of the country to do a border run via land before they shut things down so I went to immigration today to get a 60 day extension. 

I last entered Thailand on Dec 28, 2019 and I was supposed to leave Mar 26, 2020. 

Immigration gave me a 60-day extension until May 25, 2020. 

I asked the immigration official if I needed to do a 90 day report because my total stay from Dec 28 - May 25 without be longer than 90 days and he told me that I didn't have to do a 90 day report. 

Does that sound right?  Should I be worried about getting whacked with a fine when I try to request an extension for reasons of marriage?  Or will I get a surprise if I try to leave and come back again on this extension? 

I know, way back in the day when I had an ED visa, I had to get it extended every 90 days, but there was no 90-day report.  Is that what's going on here?  

Is the logic that since I obtained an extension, thus showing proof of residence in the process, that the 90 days is not required? 

I know I should have gotten a better answer from the immigration office but the person I was speaking with just kept saying "No have to do 90 days" without really explaining why.  :-)