What’s your gut feeling on if they will extend the amnesty

[FlyingThai]

32 minutes ago, Thaidai26 said:

Flightaware. Says not. Check app Pos  1 a day to Fra,Lhr,Ams,   3 a week to Zrh  couple to icn,hkg,nrt.      

Ever heard of connection flights?

[CorpusChristie]

2 hours ago, Ganesh108 said:

Please tell me how my friends from Nepal can get back home, who cannot extend their visas and who are either too young or not interested in going through the rigmarole of a retirement visa just for the sake of not becoming illegal aliens.

 

Thank you. I will forward your kind advice. 

 

 

Fly to India, then overland it to Nepal

[CorpusChristie]

41 minutes ago, Thaidai26 said:

Flightaware. Says not. Check app Pos  1 a day to Fra,Lhr,Ams,   3 a week to Zrh  couple to icn,hkg,nrt.      

You can fly to Amsterdam and get a connecting flight from there , 

[Ganesh108]

3 minutes ago, CorpusChristie said:

Fly to India, then overland it to Nepal

Not possible.

 

There are occasional repatriation flights to India but only for Indian citizens.

[Ganesh108]

Breaking news:

 

https://www.thephuketnews.com/tourists-to-get-unlimited-30-day-extensions-to-stay-after-visa-amnesty-ends-77201.php

[DouglasTsui]

with borders closed,limited flights out, how would you expect the "expats" to leave by the 26th? Teleport?  Elon Musk to the rescue perhaps? 

[Benitostacos]

1 minute ago, Ganesh108 said:

Breaking news:

 

https://www.thephuketnews.com/tourists-to-get-unlimited-30-day-extensions-to-stay-after-visa-amnesty-ends-77201.php

Pay to stay, month by month, a win-win situation for all parties involved. ????

[SEtonal]

 

[uberfarang]

2 hours ago, JacksSmirkingRevenge said:

[email protected]

 

Send an email to this address with the subject "Please let me stay" 

Write why you should be allowed to stay and why Thailand should extend the amnesty.  They'll forward it the people who make decisions.  The more emails, the better.  

 

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Shouldn't it be Thailand the one sending us "please stay" letters? They keep saying how badly they need tourists to come back with schemes like "Phuket model" or "winter visa". We are already here, spending bahts and covid-free. Aren't we a better demographic than what they try to attract with their crazy resort quarantine requirements?

I'd happily pay for a one year legit visa (not the bribe-like volunteer visa) but my only option is elite, and I don't really feel like commiting for 5 years. I have my ticket back but I'd rather stay, waiting for another u-turn. 

[Peter Denis]

7 minutes ago, Ganesh108 said:

Breaking news:

 

https://www.thephuketnews.com/tourists-to-get-unlimited-30-day-extensions-to-stay-after-visa-amnesty-ends-77201.php

Unfortunately when reading the article, it becomes obvious that the 'unlimited 30 day extensions to stay' are conditional.

Gen Pornchai explained that any tourists unable to return home after Sept 26 due to illness are to apply for an extension to stay by applying at an Immigration office and presenting a medical certificate to prove they are unfit to fly.

However, those who are unable to return home due to lack of flights or other circumstances in their home country must present a letter from their home country’s embassy or consulate in Thailand requesting that the foreign be allowed to continue to temporarily stay in the Kingdom, Gen Pornchai added.

So nothing new, and a misleading header and intro, with the ugly monkey coming out of the sleeve later on in the article.

[Benitostacos]

11 minutes ago, Peter Denis said:

Unfortunately when reading the article, it becomes obvious that the 'unlimited 30 day extensions to stay' are conditional.

Gen Pornchai explained that any tourists unable to return home after Sept 26 due to illness are to apply for an extension to stay by applying at an Immigration office and presenting a medical certificate to prove they are unfit to fly.

However, those who are unable to return home due to lack of flights or other circumstances in their home country must present a letter from their home country’s embassy or consulate in Thailand requesting that the foreign be allowed to continue to temporarily stay in the Kingdom, Gen Pornchai added.

So nothing new, and a misleading header and intro, with the ugly monkey coming out of the sleeve later on in the article.

True, but it does seem (from the statements made in the press conference) that if one can get a letter from their embassy they should get the 30 day extension without any issues, where as before there was some doubt.

 

I'm not sure about the folks who can't get letters though. ????

Edited September 3, 2020 by Benitostacos

[Bell1234]

21 minutes ago, Ganesh108 said:

Breaking news:

 

https://www.thephuketnews.com/tourists-to-get-unlimited-30-day-extensions-to-stay-after-visa-amnesty-ends-77201.php

All them people rippied off from Agents charging 30k plus.. Welldone to the rest who held out for another option and not lining the pockets of Agrnts Scaremongering.

Edited September 3, 2020 by Bell1234
spelling mistake

[JoseThailand]

12 minutes ago, Peter Denis said:

Gen Pornchai explained that any tourists unable to return home after Sept 26 due to illness are to apply for an extension to stay by applying at an Immigration office and presenting a medical certificate to prove they are unfit to fly.

 

Is it the same general that said "All farangs out" just before July 31?

[FlyingThai]

9 minutes ago, Benitostacos said:

True, but it does seem (from the statements made in the press conference) that if one can get a letter from their embassy they should get the 30 day extension without any issues, where as before there was some doubt.

 

I'm not sure about the folks who can't get letters though. ????

This guy in question won't be able to procure a letter from the German embassy that's for sure. They don't issue letters.

[Phillip9]

35 minutes ago, CorpusChristie said:

You can fly to Amsterdam and get a connecting flight from there

A citizen of nepal would need a visa for the netherlands which would probably be impossible to obtain outside of his home country.

[JacksSmirkingRevenge]

Yeah, unlimited extensions with an embassy letter.  Not much of a difference to how it is now.  And that'll be frequent trips to immigration because this is not going away in 30 days or 60 or even 90.  Maybe early 2021...

[CorpusChristie]

21 minutes ago, Bell1234 said:

All them people rippied off from Agents charging 30k plus.. Welldone to the rest who held out for another option and not lining the pockets of Agrnts Scaremongering.

Well those people are going to still have to pay 23 000 Baht a year in monthly extensions 

[ubonjoe]

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[JoseThailand]

2 hours ago, CorpusChristie said:

Well those people are going to still have to pay 23 000 Baht a year in monthly extensions 

But with the difference that the money will go to the government instead of immigration officers' pockets.

[treetops]

3 hours ago, Ganesh108 said:

Breaking news:

With a very big "if" tacked on to the headline.

[Jackcwba]

So how does one satisfy the British embassy by telling them I can’t get home?

 

because I wanna make sure they don’t reject my “can’t get home” plea 555
I’m trying to stay here as long as I can Because I can’t begin to imagine what gods country has turned into whilst I’ve been here in LOS

 

anybody successfully had a letter from the uk embassy this month? I’d be interested in knowing what you said in the email and what questions they asked if any, or what documents they require.

 

 

[audaciousnomad]

3 hours ago, Peter Denis said:

Unfortunately when reading the article, it becomes obvious that the 'unlimited 30 day extensions to stay' are conditional.

Gen Pornchai explained that any tourists unable to return home after Sept 26 due to illness are to apply for an extension to stay by applying at an Immigration office and presenting a medical certificate to prove they are unfit to fly.

However, those who are unable to return home due to lack of flights or other circumstances in their home country must present a letter from their home country’s embassy or consulate in Thailand requesting that the foreign be allowed to continue to temporarily stay in the Kingdom, Gen Pornchai added.

So nothing new, and a misleading header and intro, with the ugly monkey coming out of the sleeve later on in the article.

@Peter Denis....expect to see some "agent-assisted" illness extensions.

[Ganesh108]

1 hour ago, treetops said:

With a very big "if" tacked on to the headline.

You're right. I was carried away with hope and enthusiasm.