do i have to bother extending now on a visa-exempt entry?

[BananaBandit]

My visa-exempt runs out pretty soon. 

 

Do I have to bother trying to get my (first) 30-day extension?   Or does the new COVID extension announcement take care of my situation?

 

Let's say I'm nagged by doubt about the issue... and i go to immigration office, will they take my 1900 baht and give me an (unnecessary) extension?  Or will they likely just tell me that I don't need to do anything?

...Let's say the COVID extension keeps repeating until.... 30 June....Can I show up to immigration on 1 July and pay 1900 baht for my ("first") 30-day extension ?
 

[BritTim]

There is no need to do the extension. If you go to the immigration office, they will tell you there is no need to do the extension.

 

I do not think you will be able to get a regular 30-day extension on top of the automatic extension(s). It is assumed that you will leave Thailand as soon as it is practicable to do so. Once the automatic extensions cease, it will be assumed you are able to leave.

[TigerandDog]

Once the automatic extensions cease, you have 7 days to exit Thailand.

[ubonjoe]

18 minutes ago, TigerandDog said:

Once the automatic extensions cease, you have 7 days to exit Thailand.

Where does it say that?

What they will do when the emergency degree ends they will give time for people to leave the country by land or air. I think it will be 30 days.

[Russell17au]

3 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

Where does it say that?

What they will do when the emergency degree ends they will give time for people to leave the country by land or air. I think it will be 30 days.

This is a very big problem on here. There are too many saying things that they do not know what is going to happen and that causes much grief and worry for many people

[audaciousnomad]

36 minutes ago, TigerandDog said:

Once the automatic extensions cease, you have 7 days to exit Thailand.

That is INCORRECT.

The 7-days stipulation is only for holders of BORDER PASSES. Those are usually given to migrant workers/biz-owners who frequently cross the land borders into Thailand from Cambodia/Laos/Myanmar.

[sambum]

44 minutes ago, Russell17au said:

This is a very big problem on here. There are too many saying things that they do not know what is going to happen and that causes much grief and worry for many people

Well said!

[allenberg]

45 minutes ago, Russell17au said:

This is a very big problem on here. There are too many saying things that they do not know what is going to happen and that causes much grief and worry for many people

+1. Very true, but we are very fortunate to have several  who are expert in their field: medical, electrical, visa, economics, etc. And then, we have the "dirty dozen," who will try to BS their way though every conversation. 

[Bigz]

Anybody knows what's the situation with multiple entry non immigrant o visa holders? Still need to go to immigration to get 60 days extension? Or get 30 days automatically same as tourists?

[Max69xl]

1 hour ago, Russell17au said:

This is a very big problem on here. There are too many saying things that they do not know what is going to happen and that causes much grief and worry for many people

There's been several articles online since the PM accepted Immigrations proposal about amnesty for every type of visa holder. There's also been explanations concerning the three groups of visa holders. Why do you think you have to read posts here at TV? 

[Russell17au]

10 minutes ago, Max69xl said:

There's been several articles online since the PM accepted Immigrations proposal about amnesty for every type of visa holder. There's also been explanations concerning the three groups of visa holders. Why do you think you have to read posts here at TV? 

I do not have to read the posts here. If you had of bothered to read my post you would have been able to read that I was having a conversation with Ubonjoe, but you did not read that conversation properly before you jumped in with you incorrect assumed something. From now on under your orders I will ask you permission in future to read anything on TVF. Goodbye troll

[AgMech Cowboy]

5 hours ago, ubonjoe said:

What they will do when the emergency degree ends they will give time for people to leave the country by land or air.

I'll go with Ubonjoe's advice. There will be no need to assume. The government will tell you how much time.

[Deserted]

So if I may ask as I am also slightly confused and have heard different answers. This Friday my 30-day tourist visa expires. So what should I do?

[ubonjoe]

17 minutes ago, Deserted said:

So if I may ask as I am also slightly confused and have heard different answers. This Friday my 30-day tourist visa expires. So what should I do?

Nothing until the emergency decree ends.

[Deserted]

Ok, thank you.

[TigerandDog]

On 4/11/2020 at 1:36 PM, audaciousnomad said:

That is INCORRECT.

The 7-days stipulation is only for holders of BORDER PASSES. Those are usually given to migrant workers/biz-owners who frequently cross the land borders into Thailand from Cambodia/Laos/Myanmar.

Not according to the Prime Minister. During an interview on  television last week, which my partner translated, he stressed that those who were receiving automatic extensions or extensions using embassy letters would have 7 days from when their extensions expire to leave the country once the state of emergency was declared over. e.g. if you have received an extension to 10th May and the state of emergency terminates on 30th April those affected would have until 17th May to leave the country. I am yet to see, read or hear anything contrary to that.

[TigerandDog]

On 4/11/2020 at 1:20 PM, ubonjoe said:

Where does it say that?

What they will do when the emergency degree ends they will give time for people to leave the country by land or air. I think it will be 30 days.

Joe see my response above, and it also correlates with what CM Immigration told a friend.

[BritTim]

1 hour ago, TigerandDog said:

Not according to the Prime Minister. During an interview on  television last week, which my partner translated, he stressed that those who were receiving automatic extensions or extensions using embassy letters would have 7 days from when their extensions expire to leave the country once the state of emergency was declared over. e.g. if you have received an extension to 10th May and the state of emergency terminates on 30th April those affected would have until 17th May to leave the country. I am yet to see, read or hear anything contrary to that.

Based on that interpretation, everyone who received at automatic extension (so far until April 30) would be obliged to leave at nearly the same time. Assuming the automatic extensions really did end April 30, that would imply that those on automatic extensions would leave between May 1 and May 7. Did the PM have in mind that even those without automatic extensions would be forced out of the country as soon as their regular permission to stay ended? I strongly suspect that something was lost in the translation here. Certainly, the Ministry announcement did not suggest any such thing.

[Ashto]

This link was sent out by Thailand Elite last Saturday:

https://immigration.go.th/content/visa_auto_extension