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Beautiful topic!

I know about 20 Thai who all 20 do not wish to take the vaccine while they could just get it by making an appointment.
And here I read several posts about how all those people want it but cannot get it. Even if it is true in some cases, it shows how we live with very different perceptions of the same situation. How interesting!

Regarding the original OP post.. As others said, I would certainly not be surprised if you need something like a vaccine passport (for visa extensions, for entering the country, etc..). So there is not a lot of hope for the scenario you like to see...

I was told to go home last week. Well, they gave me the stamp for exactly one month from that date, but not the 60 days extension.
Unfortunately I don't know the exact details of their reasoning. Background story below in case that might be relevant in some way.
 

I arrived at the end of December on a normal Tourist visa. I've stayed in Si Racha all this time, and went to their immigration office first.  
They told me to go home earlier this year already, but then I went to the Pattaya immigration office where I got the extensions without any questions.. until now.
(I know one other case of someone who was staying here who had to leave in april because she did not get the extension here, and did not try at another office).
So last week I went again to Pattaya for another extension, and this time they told me they will not do it anymore, I had to do it in Si Racha where I stay. And in Si Racha they told me that they will not give me the extension.

Since I am very grateful to be able to stay here that long (to be with my girlfriend), and was planning to go back anyway before the end of the year, I did not ask more questions and don't know how that decision is made. They did ask my girlfriend if we are married and why not, so maybe their decision is based on that as well.....

So I went to Jomtien again today, and got my passport and a stamp that I can stay until May 22nd. So I got 60 days Covid extension.

By the way, I went at 10 in the morning (on a friday) and there was no line at all. I walked straight to the desk and got my passport within a minute.

Good luck to anyone else!

So I went to the immigration office in Jomtien today.  They needed 2 copies (1 of passport mainpage, 1 of the page with the most recent stamp that says I had to come back today) and they took my passport. I have to come back tomorrow.

19 hours ago, hav said:

They didn't tell you about possible flights going back like the other immigration?

No, in Jomtien they did not ask me any questions. They only asked me to write down my phone number, and sign some passport copies. Besides that, all forms were accepted without any questions..

So I have to go back there tomorrow, and then I know if it was actually succesful.....

2 hours ago, Peter Denis said:

The lady that told you that was dead wrong, and sent you on a useless trip to Bangkok Immigration and dutch Enbassy just to hear there what was obvious from the start > that you are eligible for the 60-day covid-19 extension.  And the fact that your application after that useless trip is currently 'under consideration' (first stage of the approval process) proves this.

Yes, it was a female officer. She said my only choice would be to get a letter from the Dutch embassy, but she added that that would be very unlikely to get. I contacted the embassy by email, they replied within a few hours. I went to Bangkok on own initiative, and now learnt that it was pointless. The people who I spoke there were helpful and friendly. So for anyone without a tm30 yet, it is a good recommendation (that was made here before) to get it done in Bangkok and go to the immigration office there.

Thanks for clarification!

13 minutes ago, Phillip9 said:

Did they ask you for a TM30?  I thought that is required for the covid extension but the system is not working.  

I did the TM30 when I asked for the 30 day extension, and got a 'receipt of notification' attached to my passport with the address where I (the 'alien') reside. It does not say tm30 on this paper in my passport, but I am pretty sure it was the TM30 form.

12 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

The extension will be approved. It is just a formality for it to be approved by the division headquarters.

You have nothing to worry about.

Ok, that sounds great! I tried to not be too happy too soon. But I guess I can celebrate a little.

Thanks for all the replies! I try to reply on most questions.
(I wanted to do this earlier, but I could not access this website for 2 days or so)

Last month, my landlord and I registered my address in Si Racha. (and then I got the first 30 days extension). So I have a 'receipt of notification' with the address attached to my TM.6 form attached to my passport...). I was really confused as to why I needed that, since I was just a tourist, but for a longer stay it makes sense.
So this made it pointless for me to go to Bangkok, I have to get my extension in Chonburi. But in Bangkok they said the Covid extension should be possible for the Netherlands and on a TR60 visa.

When I went to the immigration office in Si Racha, they only looked at my passport and when noticing it was Dutch she said the Covid extension is not possible for the Netherlands, since it is safe to go home. They did not accept my forms (and obviously not ask for the 1900 baht.)

The Dutch Embassy in Bangkok does not write Visa support letters for people on a tourist visa and says any decision is entirely up to the immigration officer.

Today I went to the immigration office in Jomtien, Pattaya. They took all the forms (tm7, covid extension, etc and gave a form that I take notice of all the overstay rules that I had to sign too). And of course I paid the 1900 baht, and now my application is under consideration.

My original passport stamp says I am permitted to stay until march 23th.
Now I got a stamp that I have to go back to the Pattaya office on march 25th.

So I guess this is somewhat good. But of course I have no idea what the procedure is going to be when they tell me I get no extension on the 25th. In that case I suppose I have to leave the country immediately, and will have some overstay days...?
But I will just wait and see what they tell me on the 25th.. not much I can do otherwise.

"Did they asked you in immigration for the Quarantine + Hospital certificates in order to extend?"
No one ever asked me for the quarantine certificate. Insurance papers only checked at the airport and upon arriving at ASQ.

@djhotsox i am sorry to hear your story. Best of luck to you and your fiance!

ps.
I also would loved to have the STV (up to 3 time 90 days stay), but that was not available when I applied for my visa, but it was right after, and before I actually went to Thailand. I thought it would not be smart to apply for a second visa, a second COE, and change all the things... But now I regret it. STV can only be requested in your home country. ????

Also, the embassy websites said earlier that the first extension would be 45 days (to give you the 15 quarantine days back). And and some point there were several sources that talked about 60 days extensions (but that might not be official). I am not sure why and when they made this only 30 days again.

If I have to fly back to the Netherlands soon, I might apply for the STV as soon as possible and come back to Thailand (doing ASQ again etc..). But that is pretty ridiculous. (not to imagine if a few days overstay will affect this).

Good luck to anyone else!

2 minutes ago, FritsSikkink said:

Not everyone is staying on Covid extensions, many have valid  visas or extensions of stay.

Damn, you got me there! I mean everyone on short stay visas who are ok to stay longer. Will correct it.

7 minutes ago, mtls2005 said:

Immigration is probably aware that there are two (2) daily direct, non-stop flights BKK-AMS.

Ok, yes I understand that. I guess I am mistaken that everyone still get's the 60 day Covid extension (which was still the case a few weeks ago if I am not mistaken)

Just came back from the Immigration office (in Si Racha), and they could not give me the 60 day Covid extension. I have to arrange it with the embassy, and they said it is very unlikely since I am able to travel back to the Netherlands (where I am from). I guess this is correct, but my flight was cancelled again (but that is another story, I sum it up below.). I think the Netherlands still has a negative travel advice, and my flight was cancelled, so I think that should be reasons to stay in Thailand for a little longer. Let's see what the embassy says about this. I will update this post as soon as the embassy replies to me.

Btw.. i am in Thailand to be with my girlfriend, we were separated for a full year, and then the Tourist visa was the only way to get here. I arrived with a 60 day tourist visa at december 24, which they extended for 30 days, and now it expires later this month.

I write this since I thought everyone got 60 day Covid extensions until now. So my questions:

- Anyone got a similar experience than me?

- Anyone got a Covid 60 day extension very recently? On a tourist visa?

- Anyone had to fly back to his/her own country this month (or very recently, or is planning to do that very soon)??

- Any advice how I could stay longer? What would you do in my situation?

Lufthansa rant: please NEVER EVER fly with this <deleted> company (although I am not sure if any airlines handles stuff better in this Covid time). I booked a return flight last year, it was cancelled due to Covid, and they promised my money back (phone call with customer center) within 10 business days. Obviously it never came, not even after many messages and calls. At some point they said they only could offer a voucher. Then I had to book a flight in December (very stressful and no flexibility because of ASQ bookings/insurance/ COE etc etc). I used a voucher with the amount of my original booking price, and had to pay about 80% of that price on top of that (ok, the original price was very cheap). Flew to Thailand (yeah!), and then my return flight was cancelled, and it is not likely that I will get any money back.
So I paid 1.8 times the price of the original retour flight and only got a single flight so far. If that was not bad enough the voucher came with more disadvantages: the new flight had to be from the same airport as the original flight (or maybe it was the same country). This was a problem, since my original departure airport was Amsterdam, but German airports like Dusseldorf (closest to my home) and Frankfurt are my preferred options. Because of the Covid tests, and reducing the chance of missing a connection, I wanted to make one flight movement (Frankfurt - Bangkok), but this was not possible. So I was forced to board in Amsterdam and sit in a fully booked plane with people from all over the world that change flight in Frankfurt. Really stupid policy. Of course Amsterdam was the most expensive option. Dusseldorf was about 200 euro cheaper, Frankfurt was the convenient direct flight.
So I feel they take advantage of desperate people who take a flight to their loved ones with no flexibility because of al other requirements. Their customer service is <deleted> and all their promises are a lie.