Stuck in Thailand but cannot exend visa

[thaiboy84]

Good afternoon,

 

My Tourist visa expires on March 27th (i already extended it for 30days) and my flight to France has been cancelled and I can't do a IN/OUT in Malaysia as they just closed their borders yesterday.

What borders in South East Asia are still open ? Someone has the same problem as me ?

Thank you for your suggestions ...

[from the home of CC]

maybe time to go home..

[Tayaout]

Depends where you are but Myanmar is still open. 

[jackdd]

I speculate that embassies of other countries will start issuing letters to get 30 day extensions soon.

Try contacting your embassy what they say about it, maybe in a few days you can get one and don't need to leave Thailand.

In case you want to do a border run, the borders to Myanmar are still open, and the big border crossings to Laos as well, so you could just go there.

Edited March 17, 2020 by jackdd

[Bruce Aussie Chiang Mai]

Think can still go to Vietnam ok.

[likerdup1]

Suggestion: Do some reading about actual facts ... here you'll get a lot of off the cuff old information, conjecture and forum members who fancy themselves a lot funnier than they actually are.

Best thing to do IHMO is check with airlines about which destinations are still available from Thailand. Go to one of them and hang out until this thing blows over (which may be months) I hope you have some money stashed away and not a 2 week millionaire.

If it must be local, last I checked (and things change daily) Vietnam is taking flights also parts of the Philippines.

Edited March 17, 2020 by likerdup1

[KhunBENQ]

20 minutes ago, Tayaout said:

Depends where you are but Myanmar is still open. 

The major borders to Laos are still open (Vientiane, Savannakhet).

 

Edited March 17, 2020 by KhunBENQ

[KhunBENQ]

7 minutes ago, likerdup1 said:

Best thing to do IHMO is check with airlines about which destinations are still available from Thailand.

Also check latest information from French consulate about evacuation routes?

(assuming the OP is French citizen)

[orchis]

there are flights operating to France.

[ThailandRyan]

16 minutes ago, KhunBENQ said:

The major borders to Laos are still open (Vientiane, Savannakhet).

 

Sorry, just saw the Thai Laos borders are still opened

Edited March 17, 2020 by ThailandRyan

[Tagged]

You have to contact your embassy, and Im sure they will keep flights open to bring people home. No excuse to overstay at all!

Edited March 17, 2020 by Tagged

[KhunBENQ]

6 minutes ago, orchis said:

there are flights operating to France.

AF165 to CDG departed today at 11:17, 13 min ahead of schedule.

 

[sanemax]

1 hour ago, Bruce Aussie Chiang Mai said:

Think can still go to Vietnam ok.

Do you just think that or are  you sure of that ?

Vietnam has recently changed their Visas availability

[DrJack54]

1 hour ago, Bruce Aussie Chiang Mai said:

Think can still go to Vietnam ok.

I agree. If he is French he cannot enter visa exempt but can obtain visa for Vietnam.

Must not have traveled in the list countries outlined by Vietnamese authorities

 

[sanemax]

3 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

I agree. If he is French he cannot enter visa exempt but can obtain visa for Vietnam.

Must not have traveled in the list countries outlined by Vietnamese authorities

 

Temporarily stop issuing e-Visa for foreigners who are in or have recently visited areas where Covid-19 is spreading

 

Vietnam is suspending tourist visas for travelers who have been in the United Kingdom, Northern Ireland and Schengen countries 14 days prior to their planned arrival starting Sunday at noon because of the novel coronavirus outbreak, according to a statement on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ website.

 

 

The ban also includes those who “come from” these regions, the statement said, without further explanation.

 

 

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-14/vietnam-to-suspend-entry-of-tourists-from-uk-schengen-nations

 

[ubonjoe]

16 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

I agree. If he is French he cannot enter visa exempt but can obtain visa for Vietnam.

Must not have traveled in the list countries outlined by Vietnamese authorities

 

"Effective 12:00 pm Viet Nam local time, 15 March 2020:
1. All visa on arrivals are suspended.
2. Passengers who have been in or transited through the United Kingdom or a Schengen Member State in the past 14 days are not allowed to enter Viet Nam. This does not apply to passengers who travel for diplomatic or official purpose.

Source: https://www.iatatravelcentre.com/international-travel-document-news/1580226297.htm

 

 

[Maestro]

5 hours ago, thaiboy84 said:

 

My Tourist visa expires on March 27th (i already extended it for 30days) and my flight to France has been cancelled and I can't do a IN/OUT in Malaysia as they just closed their borders yesterday...

 

The airline that cancelled your flight must arrange a booking for you with another airline, at their expense.

[DrJack54]

14 minutes ago, Maestro said:

 

The airline that cancelled your flight must arrange a booking for you with another airline, at their expense.

Might be in theory but in practice perhaps not.

In last couple of week's I have had return to Osaka cancelled also Jetstar return HCMC to Melbourne. The later not cancelled but put on problematic list. The options are very clear and limited. Money back or credit or free date change apart from fare difference. Also unless you go to airport office you deal with robot online.

Refunds take often a month+.

Edited March 17, 2020 by DrJack54

[mstevens]

18 hours ago, jackdd said:

I speculate that embassies of other countries will start issuing letters to get 30 day extensions soon.

Try contacting your embassy what they say about it, maybe in a few days you can get one and don't need to leave Thailand.

Both Australia and New Zealand have urged their country's nationals to return home, citing the fact that commercial flights are being cancelled. For those who don't act quickly, goodness knows what is coming...

[DoctorG]

19 minutes ago, mstevens said:

Both Australia and New Zealand have urged their country's nationals to return home, citing the fact that commercial flights are being cancelled. For those who don't act quickly, goodness knows what is coming...

eg: QANTAS have withdrawn 90% of their overseas flights.

[Tagged]

13 minutes ago, SCOTT FITZGERSLD said:

not clear what is it that you want.

you want to leave thailand to another SE country? or go back

to france? or go in / out?

like most french people i know, you first express your confusion than expect

other to clarify it for you.

my advice to you is to stay here in thailand for the next few weeks, even as overstay,

Good on him to be detained and wait for a flight home. No one wants that. 

13 minutes ago, SCOTT FITZGERSLD said:

than just pay the fine when and if you leave.

france is going under right now and in few weeks there will be bodies and blood coughing

poeple anywhere.

other SE countries don't have the same high quality health system thailand has.

If you have insurance or can pay for it!

13 minutes ago, SCOTT FITZGERSLD said:

and most important - this virus does hate hot tropical weather.

We really do not know that yet!

[SCOTT FITZGERSLD]

4 minutes ago, Tagged said:

We really do not know that yet!

we do know it.

for a fact.

simply go to hospital and see if it is full with thousands of sick people.

it is really scary to see how the world can be shut down in a mattar of days

by a bunch of idiots

[Tagged]

3 minutes ago, SCOTT FITZGERSLD said:

we do know it.

for a fact.

simply go to hospital and see if it is full with thousands of sick people.

it is really scary to see how the world can be shut down in a mattar of days

by a bunch of idiots

The good thing we will know quite soon, and no need to argue about it, and it is not important information for the OP. He just need to cope with the rules set by the system, not argue about the hype around the corona or not. 

 

Suggesting overstay, is the most stupid thing to do! 

[SCOTT FITZGERSLD]

1 minute ago, Tagged said:

Suggesting overstay, is the most stupid thing to do! 

overstay is not allways a bad idea.

his chances of getting caugth are very slim.

anyway he will stay at his room most of the time, as the whole world

is closed.

than when he leaves, after 3-4 weeks or months, he just pay the fine and

can get a cheaper flight home.

this might even save his lives because france is going to hell soon.

[mtls2005]

20 hours ago, thaiboy84 said:

my flight to France has been cancelled

 

You should be able to book a flight.

 

For example TG 930 is in the air now.

 

There's a QR flight via DOH (QR 0835/QR 0039) on Monday, 23 March, 17,675 all in.

 

There are still quite a few options but don't spend time posting on the internet, book a ticket and fly out ASAP.

 

What was your flight (carrier, flight no. and routing) which was canceled?

[Billy Bloggs]

20 hours ago, from the home of CC said:

maybe time to go home..

dumb thing to say as a lot of airlines arent flying to home countrys now

[EricTh]

Why is your flight to France cancelled? Has France closed its borders?

[sanmyintmaung]

20 hours ago, Tayaout said:

Depends where you are but Myanmar is still open. 

Anyone from Italy, Iran, France, Spain or Germany — or anyone who has visited those countries in the last 14 days — need a similar medical certificate to fly and will be quarantined in a Myanmar public hospital for 14 days after arriving.

https://www.nytimes.com/article/coronavirus-travel-restrictions.html

 

[drbeach]

20 hours ago, Bruce Aussie Chiang Mai said:

Think can still go to Vietnam ok.

Definitely not. Vietnam is basically closed to westerners for 30 days and you'd need to fly there or pass through Laos or Cambodia first. What the OP and everyone in his situation needs is an open border with a direct neighboring country that can be accessed by road.

[Fatman666]

24 minutes ago, drbeach said:

Definitely not. Vietnam is basically closed to westerners for 30 days and you'd need to fly there or pass through Laos or Cambodia first. What the OP and everyone in his situation needs is an open border with a direct neighboring country that can be accessed by road.

I did a visa run at Phu Nam Ron Thai-Myanmar border this monday. No problems there. Payed 960THB. All done in 45 minutes. Maybe a option.