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Is there something going on near Asoke-Sukhumvit area?? I think I'm hearing gun shots.  

If anyone is near the area and has information please let me know.

Will 60 day Covid extensions be continued after January 25th 2022???

I read about today's cabinet meeting.  They extended the emergency decree, but I haven't read anything about the 60 day Covid extensions being extended.

12 hours ago, harada said:

Singapore has just doubled its number of cases in one day, I think the Minister of BS may be a tad optimistic here considering the way that Omicron is spreading.

I hear the ambulance almost every hour.   Sometimes 2 or 3 per an hour.   It wasn't this much before Omicron.  

1 hour ago, ubonjoe said:

Which passport office? Their are several of them located in various provinces.

Office in MRT Khlong Toei

18 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

11 hours ago, lolalol said:

The big one is the Passport Office for Thai Citizens.

The small one next to the Amazon Cafe and Dunkin Donuts is the Document Legalization Office.

It can be done at either office. The main office also does legalizations and etc as well.

Oh. I didn't know that.  When I went to the Passport Office they told me to go to the other office.

Hostels have upped their price. A LOT.  Like over 50%.  

28 minutes ago, may11 said:

Counter K at MTT for covid extension is as usual. No one is asked for ticket.

At CW, some are asked for tickets and some are not.

Yesterday I went there with a friend and she faced that ticket prob.

Tomorrow I will go again. Hope good luck for me and family.

When did she enter Thailand? With which visa?

1 minute ago, seff55 said:

Not sure but I believe everyone is being sent there for covid/tourist extensions. I was one of about 10 others waiting for their passport to returned.

4 minutes ago, seff55 said:

Not sure but I believe everyone is being sent there for covid/tourist extensions. I was one of about 10 others waiting for their passport to returned.

So, do you recommend me to go to Nonthaburi instead of CW? Or do I have to go to CW then to Nonthaburi?

11 minutes ago, seff55 said:

The new office in Nonthaburi. I visited CW but they sent me there. ???? (Bangkok)

Thanks for the update! 

But why did they send you to Nonthaburi? 

Did they send other applicants to Nonthaburi as well?

11 minutes ago, jackdd said:

What visa do you have? Tourist, non-immigrant, visa exempt?

I've entered with Tourist Visa

4 minutes ago, JayClay said:

I successfully converted to a Non B during the visa amnesty. I would think it's still possible to do so under covid-19 extensions.

 

Do you have all the required documentation, notarised and legalised? For me that was the biggest problem as I had to send my degree certificate back to England and get a solicitor to deal with the entire process for me and I had limited time before the amnesty ended in order to achieve this (eventually managed it with just one day to spare)

Since embassies are open again, I think I can do them at my embassy.  But will I need an original copy of my diploma?  Could an affidavit suffice? 

2 minutes ago, JayClay said:

I successfully converted to a Non B during the visa amnesty. I would think it's still possible to do so under covid-19 extensions.

 

Do you have all the required documentation, notarised and legalised? For me that was the biggest problem as I had to send my degree certificate back to England and get a solicitor to deal with the entire process for me and I had limited time before the amnesty ended in order to achieve this (eventually managed it with just one day to spare)

Thanks for your input. 

I actually don't have it notorised nor legalized... I just have a scanned copies of them.  

Is it required to have those documents notorised?  

Hello, I am applying for teaching jobs here in Thailand. I'm current on covid extension.  

I would like to know if schools will be able to get me a non immigration b visa and work permit, without having to leave the country. 

I read somewhere that I may have to leave the country to convert my visa.  

I've also read somewhere that schools will contact visa agencies to help me out. 

Please let me know if you guys have successfully secured a teaching position and converted your visa, or know of anyone who have done so.

Many thanks!

2 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

So wrong yet again.

Decisions relating to amnesty and things such as covid extensions have proven track record of being announced AFTER deadlines.

It's like playing Russian roulette for us

6 minutes ago, seff55 said:

@lolalolis right. I've been in Thailand since march 2020 and have gotten all covid extensions without any problems. Seen a couple others who came in January and February 2020 having no issues as well. Went to CW immigration today and they said nothing about flights, sadly, I have to return tomorrow because I was missing the lease agreement(for TM30) from my landlord so I cannot really say yet if I'll be asked, but so far nothing..

Thanks for your input.  Please let us know after you comeback tomorrow!

Maybe IOs are asking for a flight ticket to people who arrived after they started issuing covid extension?  So people who arrived during the pandemic.

Maybe in their logic and reasoning, those people are not entitled to this extension?

Because I remember reading a few posts about people who arrived pre-covid, and they all received another extension with no question asked.

The reason why return tickets are asked less at MTT maybe because, it is more likely that people who entered Thailand via visa exemption may have been real tourists that arrived pre-covid.  Because I don't think many people arrived via visa exemption since the covid outbreak.

And maybe people going to other immigration offices in other provinces are not really being asked for a return ticket is because people there are more likely to have entered Thailand pre-covid, because due to domestic travel restrictions, people who entered Thailand during covid, wouldn't have had much of chance to relocate to other provinces. And if they have, after ease of travel restrictions, maybe they haven't spent much time in Thailand to apply for an extension yet, because they are fairly new to the country. Or not enough yet to raise red alarm or just not enough time yet.

And the reason people  applying at CW are asked for return ticket more often is because, people that arrived during covid are more likely to have entered the country with a tourist visa. 

What do you guys think?

They've already lost this high season and they are assuming that more people will come to Thailand this upcoming low season.

Very interesting.

55 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

What does that even mean.

Covid extensions are currently available and do not require any proof of flights. 

Again as I mentioned. Amnesty might be introduced, however that could be temporary caused by recent cluster imm office.

Prior to that it was almost universally accepted that covid extensions would continue.

Most likely next date would be issued through till end Jan 2022.

Let's stick to the facts.

IMO covid extensions will be issued untill some land borders open.

I just read somewhere that its been extended through till the end of December 2021...

Some people are being asked for return flight ticket, some people are not.....

1 hour ago, Stocky said:

Why would anyone come, everywhere is shut?

They want foreigners to come in and open everything that has been shut,  and then <deleted> off...

International tourism on the way???

Yeah! On the way from Paris to Florence.

Its really amazing how they still haven't built railway from Don Muang airport to central Bangkok.  It should've been built like 30 years ago.  

2 hours ago, JaydenL said:

 

I know that currently there's another extension announced which would give me time until the end of January, but I am completely upset after reading many denial reports and knowing that I've stayed here for so long. I also know that even if I get one, it'd be a short term solution, unless another extension is announced, but again, even if it is, the foreigners who do not like people like me "playing with the system" just constantly increase stress by saying that such extensions are optional, and anyone can be denied.

Where did you read visa extension denial stories?

OP I think most of the people who were denied of extension travelled to Thailand post COVID outbreak. 

I think people like you who arrived pre COVID outbreak get favorable treatment by the immigration. 

Yeah.  I can see what kind of Thailand they want.   

Just destroy things that are internationally appreciable and recognizable in Thailand. 

And build a shopping mall on top of it.   

I can see their level thinking. 

They want what they want to see in other places in Thailand. 

No need to try to talk to them. 

You cannot convince these people.