Hi all I said I would write about my experience on today.

 

Just to recap I was already on an extension just before all the borders closed. This was stamped on 6 March and expired on 6 April.

 

I went to CM immigration on 2 April and got my Under Consideration stamp with told me to attend in person today, 24 April.

 

I arrived around 8:30am, it wasn't busy and as soon as I had my temperature taken at the gate, I had handed over my passport and received a red ticket in Under 2 minutes. 

 

I was told to come back at 4:00pm later in the afternoon to pick up the passport. ( be careful not to lose the red number card or you will need a police report ) 

I arrived back at 3:30pm but had to wait, they were sticking to the 4pm time they told me in the morning, which was perfectly ok for me.

 

At 4pm they started calling out the numbers which ranged from 1 to around 130. They were not in any real order and were all over the place.

 

My number was 35 and I received my passport back just before 6pm. It was stamped until 6th May. 

 

I asked about what I need to do then and was told I need all paperwork and embassy letter to reapply again, and the 1900thb fee. The July 31st thing does not apply to all of us, so be very careful. Many people were bringing this up, the immigration didnt seem to know and thats probobly the reason I was there so long. So if going take a hat, its still outside and very hot. Hopefully this will be useful to anyone who is going to CM immigration for the same reason..

Thanks for the feedback. You're not the first one to report that so despite what others keep saying, it's starting to be clear that the amnesty does not apply to people who got under consideration stamps. I was told before (in Bangkok's office) that my case isn't covered by the April 30 amnesty and I doubt it will be by the July 31's, if it's just an extension of the previous order. 

 

What is very concerning is that if they expect us to bring an embassy letter, how are we gonna get it? Are they gonna force us to report every week to the immigration just to get more under consideration stamps while other tourists can just enjoy the amnesty?

18 minutes ago, lee b said:

I asked about what I need to do then and was told I need all paperwork and embassy letter to reapply again, and the 1900thb fee. The July 31st thing does not apply to all of us, so be very careful.

I think that was some ill informed officers. You will not need to apply for another extension.

There is nothing in existing in the ministerial order on April 7th  that is in the process of being extended until July 31st that says you do.

The only reason you had to apply for an extension was because you needed one prior to April 7th.

 

30 minutes ago, lee b said:

( be careful not to lose the red number card or you will need a police report ) 

This is just the volunteer guy trolling the people, probably because he is bored of people losing their queue card.

You won't have to file a police report stating that your passport is at the immigration police office ????

 

32 minutes ago, lee b said:

I asked about what I need to do then and was told I need all paperwork and embassy letter to reapply again, and the 1900thb fee. The July 31st thing does not apply to all of us, so be very careful. Many people were bringing this up, the immigration didnt seem to know and thats probobly the reason I was there so long.

They just act stupid because they want the 1900THB. Once the order is published in the Royal Gazette i guess they would confirm that this order exists when asked. But if somebody is uninformed and applies for an extension they would probably still accept the application and the money.

When i was there to get my final stamp i also saw people applying for the extension based on embassy letter, this doesn't mean these people have to apply, just that they let them apply if they want to. Same with 90 day reports, if somebody wants to do one, he still can.

The point of the post was just to inform people of my experience today. It was never intended to mislead anyone of the immigration rules. I thankyou for replys above I feel better after reading them.

Now I am puzzled:

Had visa extension to 4th Apr.

At 2nd Apr got under consideration up to 24th Apr.

I was sure I was auto extended up to 31st of July?

If not what an I to do?

Thanks.

 

Edited April 25, 20206 yr by lorbhaim

40 minutes ago, lorbhaim said:

Now I am puzzled:

Had visa extension to 4th Apr.

At 2nd Apr got under consideration up to 24th Apr.

I was sure I was auto extended up to 31st of July?

If not what an I to do?

Thanks.

 

Somebody in another thread asked such a question already where i explained the details, so i quote myself for this:

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1) You had a permission to stay until 29th March, thus you are automatically extended, you don't have to worry about overstay.

2) You have an under consideration stamp in your passport which orders you to report back in person on the specific date.
It doesn't matter if you show up on the immigration office or not, you won't be on overstay due to (1).
But if you don't go there you are obviously not following a written order given to you by an IO. Probably Thailand has a law somewhere which says that you have to follow orders given by an IO. By not going you would be breaking the law, no idea if they would ever try to fine you for this (going there does obviously serve no purpose).

 

If you want to be 100% safe you go to get your final stamp.

If you don't go the worst thing i could see is something like a 1000THB fine in the future because you didn't show up at the immigration office when you were ordered to, but maybe they just don't care about it and nobody will ever try to fine you for it. Some immigration offices (not CM though!) even told people that they don't have to report back.

 

Edited April 25, 20206 yr by jackdd