bluesofa Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 I have a cyclist staying with me who is stuck in Thailand at the moment. He entered on the land border from Malaysia on 15 March with a 30 day visa waiver. On 14 September at Chiang Mai immigration he was given 30 day extension for 1,900 Baht He had an embassy letter as requested. The extension started on 27 September (on the expiry of the third 'amnesty'). Today he went to Udon Immigration to ask about another 30 day extension. They told him in order to get another 30 day visa waiver extension he needed to return to Chiang Mai to do it. He said didn't feel the IO really knew what he was doing. Is it correct he needs to return to Chiang Mai? He said he might go to Khon Kaen first and ask there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritManToo Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 I think they want CM to change the start date of his extension to Nov 1st. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audaciousnomad Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 Check his stamp. If it says, "Under Consideration", then yes he must return to Chiang Mai. If he has "Permitted to stay until", then in theory he should be able to extend at any office nearby where he has checked in to his accommodation (hostel, hotel, etc.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesofa Posted October 12, 2020 Author Share Posted October 12, 2020 6 minutes ago, audaciousnomad said: Check his stamp. If it says, "Under Consideration", then yes he must return to Chiang Mai. If he has "Permitted to stay until", then in theory he should be able to extend at any office nearby where he has checked in to his accommodation (hostel, hotel, etc.) No, it's 'extension of stay permitted' until 26 October. So it's not relevant for that reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audaciousnomad Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 3 minutes ago, bluesofa said: No, it's 'extension of stay permitted' until 26 October. So it's not relevant for that reason. So he should be able to extend at any office now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoseThailand Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 So this was a regular 30 day tourist extension, not a "covid" extension? Since there was no "under consideration" stamp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubonjoe Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 23 hours ago, bluesofa said: No, it's 'extension of stay permitted' until 26 October. So it's not relevant for that reason. He can go to immigration and they will change the permitted to stay stamp to November 30th without needing to pay a fee for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesofa Posted October 13, 2020 Author Share Posted October 13, 2020 43 minutes ago, ubonjoe said: He can go to immigration and they will change the permitted to stay stamp to November 30th without needing to pay a fee for it. Thanks UJ. Any idea why he was told at Udon that he has to go back to Chiang Mai to do this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubonjoe Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 37 minutes ago, bluesofa said: Thanks UJ. Any idea why he was told at Udon that he has to go back to Chiang Mai to do this? I would think it could be done at any office. But I am sure some will and others will not do it. He may have to go Chiang Mai to get it done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max69xl Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 On 10/12/2020 at 6:10 PM, bluesofa said: No, it's 'extension of stay permitted' until 26 October. So it's not relevant for that reason. He needs to extend it at same immigration office where he used the embassy letter for his last extension. That's my guess. There's been another thread about exactly same issue at another office. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesofa Posted October 14, 2020 Author Share Posted October 14, 2020 7 hours ago, Max69xl said: He needs to extend it at same immigration office where he used the embassy letter for his last extension. That's my guess. There's been another thread about exactly same issue at another office. Thanks for that info. I don't suppose you could link to the other thread about it could you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubonjoe Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 8 hours ago, Max69xl said: He needs to extend it at same immigration office where he used the embassy letter for his last extension. That's my guess. There's been another thread about exactly same issue at another office. That was a case where a person still had the under consideration stamp. The person being discussed has already gotten his 30 day extension stamp. On 10/12/2020 at 6:10 PM, bluesofa said: No, it's 'extension of stay permitted' until 26 October. So it's not relevant for that reason. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesofa Posted October 15, 2020 Author Share Posted October 15, 2020 As the OP, update on the cyclist requesting a second 30 Day extension due to Covid. After Udon initially refusing his request and telling him he 'had' to return' to Chiang Mai to do it: It took three visits to Udon immig, six phone calls my wife made to BKK and CM immigration who both said it could be done. On the third visit, the IO at Udon got my wife to phone CM immigration (they weren't prepared to phone CM themselves). The CM IO asked to speak to the Udon IO and basically told him to do it. Ten minutes later the cyclist had an extension until 30th November. Free of charge. (He still has two weeks left on the first extension) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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