Foreigners stranded in Thailand due to COVID-19 can now stay until end of March

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Foreigners stranded in Thailand due to COVID-19 can now stay until end of March

 

 

The Thai Immigration Bureau has announced that foreigners who are still stranded in Thailand due to the COVID-19 situation can remain in the country until the end of March.

 

Anyone who had applied for a temporary visa extension due to COVID-19 were permitted to stay in Thailand until 29 January.

 

But according to a new order, signed by Immigration chief Sompong Chingduang, foreigners who apply for a so-called ‘COVID extension’ will be able to stay in Thailand until 30 March 2021.

 

The order will once again be welcomed by those people stuck in Thailand due to COVID-19 and need to or want to stay longer.

 

Anyone whose temporary extension was due to expire are advised to visit their local immigration office for a further extension. It will cost 1,900 baht.

 

Special thanks to Thai Visa Centre for the information.

 

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[ubonjoe 48,743]

The extension of the order for the extensions was approved yesterday the 28th. A day before the order was due to expire that is today.

Now you have until the March 30th to apply for them.

[Nong Khai Man 1,535]

But IF You are STUCK in Thailand now then Surely You'll still be STUCK Come the End of March.....No ??

[orchis 1,483]

The Thai Immigration Bureau has announced that foreigners who are still stranded in Thailand due to the COVID-19 situation can remain in the country until the end of March.

 

That's not entirely correct. You can apply for covid extension until 30 March, so if you apply extension on March 30 and get 60 days you can stay until end of May.

Edited January 29 by orchis

[ubonjoe 48,743]

12 minutes ago, Nong Khai Man said:

But IF You are STUCK in Thailand now then Surely You'll still be STUCK Come the End of March.....No ??

That would be a person's choice. Not stuck is correct word now. The majority of people can travel home or elsewhere if they want to.

I would guess the 60 day extensions order will be extended again near the end of March.

[Salerno 4,621]

11 minutes ago, Nong Khai Man said:

But IF You are STUCK in Thailand now then Surely You'll still be STUCK Come the End of March.....No ??

 

Seriously, who is really "stuck" in Thailand? Other than a few Aussies trying to get onto repat flights I can't think of many other nationalities that have truly been "stuck".

[ukrules 21,637]

50 minutes ago, Salerno said:

 

Seriously, who is really "stuck" in Thailand? Other than a few Aussies trying to get onto repat flights I can't think of many other nationalities that have truly been "stuck".

Who cares? I guess they don't want to see the country entirely devoid of foreigners after all.

[SteezyP 41]

48 minutes ago, Salerno said:

 

Seriously, who is really "stuck" in Thailand? Other than a few Aussies trying to get onto repat flights I can't think of many other nationalities that have truly been "stuck".

 

Take my situation for example. My passport country is UK. So you're right I am technically not 'stuck' in Thailand because it is possible for me to return to the UK. But I have nothing there. My home is in Malaysia and they still will not let me in. So I'm am extremely grateful for Thai immigration allowing me to wait it out here until I can return.

[Salerno 4,621]

1 minute ago, ukrules said:

Who cares?

 

Nobody, but the capitalisation in his post seemed to be making out there are loads of people actually stuck, which is BS, rather than a few genuinely stuck. The Thais have been extremely generous IMO.

 

3 minutes ago, SteezyP said:

My home is in Malaysia and they still will not let me in.

 

That sucks and yes, as per my last sentence above, Kudos to the Thais.

[Mima 1]

Hello ubonjoe, sorry my english is not perfect and i have a little confusion reading the news. My tourist permit of stay get in mtt on counter K  will be expire on 28 feb. Now buy this new order i can go wich day i want on february and get new 60 days extension?

Thank you in advance.

Edited January 29 by Mima

[ubonjoe 48,743]

14 minutes ago, Mima said:

Now buy this new order i can go wich day i want on february and get new 60 days extension?

You can go about 2 weeks before your current extension ends in February.

[kevin612 1,281]

23 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

You can go about 2 weeks before your current extension ends in February.

May I apply this extension if my university ED expires? Because my country USA  has the most COVID cases. Thanks.

[ThLT 59]

2 hours ago, Salerno said:

Seriously, who is really "stuck" in Thailand? Other than a few Aussies trying to get onto repat flights I can't think of many other nationalities that have truly been "stuck".

 

Giving aways/selling your furniture, leaving friends/loved ones behind, buying a plain ticket, likely having to quarantine for 14 days, and having to find a new place to live in your home country (likely a yearly rent contract)... and then having to start over again when you come back to Thailand. That's being "stuck" with the best option being to get COVID extensions.

 

Obviously, very few are "stuck," as in "I desperately want to go back home."

But many are "stuck," as in "can't get a work/etc. visa because borders are closed."

 

[ubonjoe 48,743]

17 minutes ago, kevin612 said:

May I apply this extension if my university ED expires? Because my country USA  has the most COVID cases. Thanks.

You can apply for a 60 day covid 19 extension up to the 30th of March at this time.

[2530Ubon 1,873]

A little strange they only extended it for one month. Hopefully it’ll be extended again until the borders are open.