Medical reason for extending tourist visa past Sept 26

[cubism001]

My brother with asthma lives in Chiang Mai.  The visa extension/proposal I read about is for people like him.  He is 72 years old and has asthma; he is seeing a Thai dentist about dentures for replacing all his teeth. His asthma and age would seem to put him in the correct category to stay, because travel to any country would be hard on him.  If he became infected with covid-19 he would become extremely ill, especially stranded. Now he is safe.

 

Please consider this as a valid question and reply if you have a link or answer from an authorized source.  If you need more information, I am happy to provide it.  Thanks.

[BritTim]

Under normal circumstances, your brother would not get a medical extension on the basis you describe. The rules are strict. Usually, they are for people ill in hospital, unable to travel to the airport and get on a plane. It is possible that Immigration might be less strict at some offices under the prevailing circumstances, but I am doubtful.

 

It is an open secret that some agents can arrange 30-90 day medical extensions based on fraudulent applications. The risks are low (but not zero) if you want to consider this kind of illegal activity.

 

On what basis is your brother currently in Thailand? Usually, it would be possible for him to stay in Thailand as a retiree. If he is not already in Thailand on a Non O or Non O-A visa entry, this requires converting from his tourist entry to a Non Immigrant type entry, and it may already be too late to arrange this, but you could try. If he is already in Thailand on a Non Immigrant entry, there is a couple of weeks left to get the application in. An agent can help if there are difficulties satisfying all the requirements.

 

Whatever you decide, it is now urgent to take action.