When the date of my extension of stay based on original non-imm OA visa comes up, I will have very limited mobility, recovering from an operation.

Is there any leeway (even 7 days as with the 90-day reports)?

if it expires the 1st and u dont do it before the 1st
you NEED start all over

I do it at least 15 days before its due as you dont lose any time

No but you have 30 days, maybe 45, beforehand to get it done.

Just now, JTPR1 said:

Is there any leeway (even 7 days as with the 90-day reports)?

No.

However there are Many reports of extension expiring and immigration processing the application and making you pay daily overstay (500b)

There is a medical extension however can be messy.

As Upnotover pointed out.

Extension can be applied for 30/45 days prior.

Can you do the extension prior to operation.

Is hospital where you are having operation able to assist with medical extension?

@Sheryl might have some advice.

Feel for your situation. I had a fractured vertebrae and no way can I attend immigration currently.

Something immigration needs to address IMO

You have two options:

1. Do the extendion in advance. Bedt choice IMO.

2. Ask hospital to assist in getting a medical extrndion. Onlybprivate hospitals likrly to do thid. Further, what you would get is not a retirement (or marriage, as applicsble) extrlension but s 3 month medical extension snf I am not sure where that leaves your long term visa status.

Try to do the extension before the surgery.

Just now, Sheryl said:

Try to do the extension before the surgery.

OP try to do what Sheryl and Upnotover suggested.

In fact approach immigration prior to medical procedure with special request to process early.

Obviously you would need something from hospital.

This previously has been done.

Keep in mind that some agents can obtain extension earlier than the 30/45.

Doesn't mean that you would need agent to cover financials.

Just now, Sheryl said:

I am not sure where that leaves your long term visa status.

Im pretty sure that after his medical extension he could still obtain the 12 month extension based on retirement.

@Tod Daniels may have advice

OP which immigration office

Just now, JTPR1 said:

When the date of my extension of stay based on original non-imm OA visa comes up, I will have very limited mobility, recovering from an operation.

Is there any leeway (even 7 days as with the 90-day reports)?

Colin, a former member and POTY, is a paraplegic and his wife was told they would have to find a way to get to the Immigration office (Khon Kaen).

Just now, Upnotover said:

No but you have 30 days, maybe 45, beforehand to get it done.

3 months if using an agent.

Once upon a time Immigration officials would visit the location of old and infirm applicants, but apparently no longer. The best you can do now is to try to find a way to apply up to 45 days prior to your deadline.

Just now, Thingamabob said:

The best you can do now is to try to find a way to apply up to 45 days prior to your deadline.

That's the best plan however for folk in various situations that may not be possible.

There should be some options.

Of course it would come with cost to applicant.

The issue is physical inability to visit immigration.

On 5/2/2026 at 8:31 PM, hotandsticky said:

As a offshoot does anyone know what happened to Colin Neal (sp.) or any more of those old posters (my apolagise for going off topic)

Colin, a former member and POTY, is a paraplegic and his wife was told they would have to find a way to get to the Immigration office (Khon Kaen).

Just now, maxcorrigan said:

On 5/2/2026 at 8:31 PM, hotandsticky said:

As a offshoot does anyone know what happened to Colin Neal (sp.) or any more of those old posters (my apolagise for going off topic)

Colin is still around, defying medical science - and still as cantankerous. I don’t think he is active on the forum

Thanks, i have often wonderd about him and others who did'nt switch over to this site for whatever reasons!

The OP should contact immigration

On 5/2/2026 at 6:33 PM, DrJack54 said:

Im pretty sure that after his medical extension he could still obtain the 12 month extension based on retirement.

I definitely recall ubonjoe confirming to me in the dim and distant past that this would be possible.

@DrJack54 I haven't (yet) managed to come across the thread in which ubonjoe stated that it would be possible to resume retirement extensions after a medical extension. However, I have come across one from 2015 in which he stated that it would be possible for a family member or designated person to seek a retirement extension on someone's behalf if they were incapacitated. This would require a letter from a doctor and power of attorney for the person to do it.

https://aseannow.com/topic/809108-retirement-visa-extension-medical-emergency/

I had an elderly friend of mine who 'forgot' his extension was due and was 38 days past the expiration date when we went to try to get his extension

The immigration officer said, as a rule they allow people to apply for new yearly extensions on overstay as long as they're still paying the 500 baht a day overstay fine (which caps out at 20K after 40 days) She said had we came in after the 40th day they'd have said, leave, pay the overstay at the airport and start over BUT in this instance they charged 19K overstay and then 1900 for the year extension

This leads me to believe that you should be able to show up shortly after your extension expires and apply for one

You'd be liable for any overstay fines after your current stamp expires, because unless you had an extension based on medical reasons, the fact you're recovering from an operation and/or have limited mobility don't cut any ice with immigrations even with a letter from the hospital.. That's not how they parse that stuff out.. You apply for an extension for medical reasons BEFORE you run over on your current stamp not after

Edited May 9May 9 by Tod Daniels

Thanks for the replies. Unfortunately I wasn't able to reschedule the surgery. I had it and am now in the immobile phase. Hope it heals faster than the doctors predicted; otherwise I'll just try to do the extension in a wheelchair. The "medical extension" route seems pretty iffy from several of the replies.

Edited May 10May 10 by JTPR1

5 hours ago, JTPR1 said:

Thanks for the replies. Unfortunately I wasn't able to reschedule the surgery. I had it and am now in the immobile phase. Hope it heals faster than the doctors predicted; otherwise I'll just try to do the extension in a wheelchair. The "medical extension" route seems pretty iffy from several of the replies.

If I were in your shoes I would be sorely tempted to have a shot at obtaining a medical extension. Can not the doctors who are treating you provide a suitable letter for this purpose? Indeed, if you are still hospitalised post surgery, could not the hospital handle the process with IMM on your behalf?

3 hours ago, OJAS said:

If I were in your shoes I would be sorely tempted to have a shot at obtaining a medical extension. Can not the doctors who are treating you provide a suitable letter for this purpose? Indeed, if you are still hospitalised post surgery, could not the hospital handle the process with IMM on your behalf?

Thanks. I won't still be hospitalized, so I guess I'll take my chances with a wheelchair. I have heard the CW building is wheelchair accessible and I suppose I can take a lift down to the floor with the banks.

2 minutes ago, JTPR1 said:

I have heard the CW building is wheelchair accessible and I suppose I can take a lift down to the floor with the banks.

They do.

Someone may advise. I vaguely recall seeing wheelchairs in immigration near entry.

It may be possible to take taxi to front door and have helper fetch wheelchair.

Long term some folks with mobility issues will opt for Agent.

2 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

They do.

Someone may advise. I vaguely recall seeing wheelchairs in immigration near entry.

It may be possible to take taxi to front door and have helper fetch wheelchair.

Long term some folks with mobility issues will opt for Agent.

Thanks. I'll call immigration to see if they can provide a wheelchair. If not, I think we may be able to borrow an old one from a neighbor.