JacksSmirkingRevenge Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 It's Tuesday, we have another cabinet meeting today. The previous two weeks have been just talk and proposals. Nothing has been done, nothing is official. Another week has passed and nothing has changed. I hope this week's cabinet meeting has some official results. And hopefully the proposal that passed LAST WEEK becomes official. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post robinlovie Posted April 7, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted April 7, 2020 To follow up - I renewed an initial exemption today at Muangthong Thani. 7.5 hours. Absurd. Same process as usual except it takes forever and is at the ass-end of town. Stupid waste of an entire day. 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post eppic Posted April 7, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted April 7, 2020 Robinlovie, Thanks for reporting back. So this was a first extension of the visa exemption, right? The one that was supposedly not necessary based on the "no need to queue" (for those arriving after Mar 1) announcement from the MFA spokesman? We also had a report here that those arriving for these extensions were told there was no need to report to immigration -- obviously false news. May I ask what time you arrived? Honestly, we will stay at home and wait for the swat team to bust down our door for overstay before I will force my wife and small child to endure 8 hours of this idiotic nonsense. I have tried to avoid the Thai-bashing here, but in this case the Thai authorities truly deserve all the abuse directed toward them. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kratiam Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 So what happened at today's (7th April) cabinet meeting about automatic extensions? I have checked a couple of media sources and there seems to be a deafening silence. Or, did I miss something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubonjoe Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 6 minutes ago, kratiam said: Or, did I miss something? There was topic just posted about. It is awaiting the PM's signature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinlovie Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 1 hour ago, eppic said: Robinlovie, Thanks for reporting back. So this was a first extension of the visa exemption, right? The one that was supposedly not necessary based on the "no need to queue" (for those arriving after Mar 1) announcement from the MFA spokesman? We also had a report here that those arriving for these extensions were told there was no need to report to immigration -- obviously false news. May I ask what time you arrived? Honestly, we will stay at home and wait for the swat team to bust down our door for overstay before I will force my wife and small child to endure 8 hours of this idiotic nonsense. I have tried to avoid the Thai-bashing here, but in this case the Thai authorities truly deserve all the abuse directed toward them. Got there at 8.15. I think they open at 9. Yes - i had also been told confidently elsewhere that I didn't need to even go and get the regular extension on a visa exemption arrival. And I hoped maybe that was the case. It certainly wasn't. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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HandsomeTallFarang Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 This is confusing. Are automatic extensions for Tourists who entered after March 1st an official thing or not? I entered back from USA on March 16.... sooo do I need to go waste an entire day at the immigration office or not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treetops Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 2 minutes ago, HandsomeTallFarang said: This is confusing. Are automatic extensions for Tourists who entered after March 1st an official thing or not? I entered back from USA on March 16.... sooo do I need to go waste an entire day at the immigration office or not? You want a regular extension I think, not a Covid one. There is no change to these, except to ask why would a tourist arrive here on March 16th given the situation then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ubonjoe Posted April 8, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted April 8, 2020 13 minutes ago, HandsomeTallFarang said: This is confusing. Are automatic extensions for Tourists who entered after March 1st an official thing or not? I entered back from USA on March 16.... sooo do I need to go waste an entire day at the immigration office or not? We do not know what the final version of the order has in it. But we should know something soon. The order has been signed already by the PM and the interior minister. Now waiting on a translation of it. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubonjoe Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 A unneeded post has been removed. See this topic in the news forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pontious Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 30 minutes ago, ubonjoe said: A unneeded post has been removed. See this topic in the news forum. It is in English on the news forum - can we just have one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fm2002 Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 I’m a bit confused. I read the article published in The Nation. It says automatic renewal until April 30. Is it 30 days from date of expiration or April 30? https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30385641?utm_source=category&utm_medium=internal_referral Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bahtty Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 Its April 30th, then they will decide to extend it until the end of May if required. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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