Barry Morris Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 Hi, i am coming off agent organised 12 month Volunteer visa December 22nd, my agent telling me Volunteer not avaialble and wants 12,000 baht to arrange 60 day covid extension. Says immigration toughening. Anyone have similar experience or other options. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubonjoe Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 Maybe immigration are refusing the 60 day covid extension due to your current extension of stay (it is not a visa) has not been canceled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Morris Posted December 13, 2021 Author Share Posted December 13, 2021 Thanks Joe, that seems to be the stickler, trying to find a way to cancel volunteer visa, then apply myself for 60 day covid. Not sure if i can do without agents help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrJack54 Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 4 minutes ago, Barry Morris said: Thanks Joe, that seems to be the stickler, trying to find a way to cancel volunteer visa, then apply myself for 60 day covid. Not sure if i can do without agents help. Does the agent include the 1900 baht extension fee in the 12k. Don't muck around....use the agent for this covid extension and do the next one (if available) yourself. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Morris Posted December 13, 2021 Author Share Posted December 13, 2021 Yes 1,900 included, guess i already knew the answer, just needed a push, they quoted me 7,500 last week, now this week gone to 12,000. Problem is once you go down Agent track, difficult to reverse. But better to have the security than being in limbo. Thanks for your reply. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoseThailand Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 Those volunteer visas are such a scam! People got tricked into buying them and now they're having huge problems. I know of a guy who had to leave Thailand in October because he was unable to transition from a volunteer visa to a Covid extension. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caldera Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 2 minutes ago, JoseThailand said: Those volunteer visas are such a scam! People got tricked into buying them and now they're having huge problems. I know of a guy who had to leave Thailand in October because he was unable to transition from a volunteer visa to a Covid extension. There's a lesson in there, I think. Whatever the current lot of corrupt crooks deems acceptable won't necessarily be honored by their successors, who might well want to run things differently. It has happened before and it will happen again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whizzergo Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 I came off a 15 month volunteer visa, the agent organised version from Korat. Managed to get a 60-day covid extension in Samui via an agent for 6,000. It's definitely doable, but it's definitely one where you'll need to find an agent who can make it happen. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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