theghizmo Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 (edited) An Indian friend of mine came to Thailand on 15 day VOA and then used an agent to get a covid extension for 60 days. For some weird reason, he is not very trusting of the agent who got this done for him. Even though he has a visa extension stamp from an immigration office, the stamp doesn't mention any thing like "covid extension" or mention any reason why this extension was provided. It only mentions the date( 60 days from his voa expiry) till which he can stay. Is this normal? Anyway to verify that this is a valid extension? Edited January 23, 2022 by theghizmo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orchis Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 post a picture of the stamp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritTim Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 It is 99.9% certain that the stamp is legit. The only extensions available for someone on a VOA are Covid or medical. I would not necessarily expect a special annotation indicating the reason for the extension. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theghizmo Posted January 23, 2022 Author Share Posted January 23, 2022 removing personal details due to obvious reasons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theghizmo Posted January 23, 2022 Author Share Posted January 23, 2022 I always thought that covid extensions have a reason mentioned in stamp! this looks like just another normal everyday extension which most of us gets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac Mickmanus Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 4 minutes ago, theghizmo said: removing personal details due to obvious reasons I have a Covid extension and mine gave a date which was 15 days after the application and said that I had to return on that date to get the full 60 days (15 +45 days ) My stamp also says "under consideration" , although some people get the full 60 days straight away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theghizmo Posted January 24, 2022 Author Share Posted January 24, 2022 13 hours ago, Mac Mickmanus said: I have a Covid extension and mine gave a date which was 15 days after the application and said that I had to return on that date to get the full 60 days (15 +45 days ) My stamp also says "under consideration" , although some people get the full 60 days straight away So you need to pay the fees twice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrJack54 Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 (edited) 1 minute ago, theghizmo said: So you need to pay the fees twice? No 1900baht paid on application. Second stamp walk in receive stamp walk out. Edited January 24, 2022 by DrJack54 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac Mickmanus Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 2 hours ago, theghizmo said: So you need to pay the fees twice? No, just once when making the initial application, the second one is "free" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theghizmo Posted January 24, 2022 Author Share Posted January 24, 2022 I wonder if Thailand immigration has any IT infrastructure to maintain the visa validation and extension data Or they still use the "old school way" of relying on stamps on passport for validation. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac Mickmanus Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 6 minutes ago, theghizmo said: I wonder if Thailand immigration has any IT infrastructure to maintain the visa validation and extension data Or they still use the "old school way" of relying on stamps on passport for validation. All the photos they take when getting extensions , suggests its all computerised . When I enter Thailand , all my previous entries come up on the IO screen 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liverpool Lou Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 17 minutes ago, theghizmo said: I wonder if Thailand immigration has any IT infrastructure to maintain the visa validation and extension data Of course, they have, they have had for years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunnny Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 (edited) Your friend should just visit the nearest Immigration Office and ask. Tell him to bring all his personal stuff with him. P.S. The cost of the Covid extension is 1900 thb. If your Indian friend paid , let's say, 500 thb to the agent - chances are pretty high his Visa is fake. Edited January 24, 2022 by Sunnny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enoon Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 (edited) 18 hours ago, theghizmo said: removing personal details due to obvious reasons It's the same as the stamp I got, in person, today. No mention of Covid anywhere. But......the line ending words are set differently on mine, giving a two line warning instead of three lines in the posted image: HOLDER MUST LEAVE THE KINGDOM WITHIN THE DATE SPECIFIED HEREIN OFFENDERS WILL BE PROSECUTED Edited January 24, 2022 by Enoon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theghizmo Posted January 24, 2022 Author Share Posted January 24, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Sunnny said: Your friend should just visit the nearest Immigration Office and ask. Tell him to bring all his personal stuff with him. P.S. The cost of the Covid extension is 1900 thb. If your Indian friend paid , let's say, 500 thb to the agent - chances are pretty high his Visa is fake. He paid way more than that to the agent! More than THB 10K for their service ???? Edited January 24, 2022 by theghizmo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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