Covid19 - updates on immigration and visa extensions
Re: Covid19 - updates on immigration and visa extensions
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Re: Covid19 - updates on immigration and visa extensions
COVID visa’ extensions available until Mar 25, but not for everyone
Prachuap Khiri Khan Immigration on Thursday Jan 27 confirmed that eligible foreigners have until March 25 to apply for a so-called COVID visa extension.
Eligible foreigners are those who were granted special permission to remain in Thailand due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and were given a so-called ‘COVID visa’.
The scheme to give leeway to tourists was originally implemented as countries around the world began to close borders and airlines suspend flights.
For some, this meant that travel home or out of Thailand was impossible.
But because the COVID-19 situation is starting to improve, resulting in countries reopening their borders to travellers and with more international flights now available, Immigration have said they will be more strict on granting visa extensions to foreigners who have been staying in Thailand on COVID visas.
An officer from Prachuap Khiri Khan Immigration told Hua Hin Today that only people on tourist visas can apply for a COVID extension if they are unable to travel out of the country.
However, foreigners staying in Thailand on Non-Immigrant Visas such as Non-Imm O, Non-Imm Ed and Non-Imm B will no longer be able to automatically extend their stay in Thailand for reasons related to COVID.
Foreigners staying in Thailand on Visa-on-Arrival will also not be able to apply for a 60 day COVID visa, the officer confirmed.
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Prachuap Khiri Khan Immigration on Thursday Jan 27 confirmed that eligible foreigners have until March 25 to apply for a so-called COVID visa extension.
Eligible foreigners are those who were granted special permission to remain in Thailand due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and were given a so-called ‘COVID visa’.
The scheme to give leeway to tourists was originally implemented as countries around the world began to close borders and airlines suspend flights.
For some, this meant that travel home or out of Thailand was impossible.
But because the COVID-19 situation is starting to improve, resulting in countries reopening their borders to travellers and with more international flights now available, Immigration have said they will be more strict on granting visa extensions to foreigners who have been staying in Thailand on COVID visas.
An officer from Prachuap Khiri Khan Immigration told Hua Hin Today that only people on tourist visas can apply for a COVID extension if they are unable to travel out of the country.
However, foreigners staying in Thailand on Non-Immigrant Visas such as Non-Imm O, Non-Imm Ed and Non-Imm B will no longer be able to automatically extend their stay in Thailand for reasons related to COVID.
Foreigners staying in Thailand on Visa-on-Arrival will also not be able to apply for a 60 day COVID visa, the officer confirmed.
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Re: Covid19 - updates on immigration and visa extensions
Deadline to apply for “Covid” visa extension extended by 2 months
https://thethaiger.com/hot-news/visa/de ... y-2-months
The deadline to apply for a 60-day “Covid” visa extension in Thailand has been extended by two months, until July 25. The extension follows the Thai government’s decision to extend the country’s “State of Emergency” until July 31. A “Covid” visa extension is designed for foreigners residing in Thailand who are unable to return to their home country due to the ongoing pandemic.
On Friday, Thailand’s “State of Emergency” was extended by another two months. The emergency decree allows Thailand’s Covid-19 task force – the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration, or CCSA – to make decisions about Covid-19 restrictions and policies without having to go through parliament first.
The emergency decree also allows Thailand’s immigration departments to issue 60-day “Covid” visa extensions to foreigners who are stuck in Thailand because of their home country’s re-entry policies, lack of flights or other reasons relating to Covid-19.
The deadline for “Covid” visa extension applications has been pushed back several times already, but as Thailand prepares to declare Covid-19 as an endemic disease in the coming months, this is likely to be the last time that the final application date is extended.
So, if your current stay in Thailand has depended on “Covid” visa extensions then now is a good time to look into other long-term visa options.
Required documents for extension
1,900 baht
TM.7 Application form
TM.30 Notification (signed)
Passport
Formal passport photo 4 x 6cm
A photocopy of your passport’s information page and photocopies of any pages relating to your current visa
A letter from your home country’s embassy in Thailand. depending on reason for extension
SOURCE: Thai News
https://thethaiger.com/hot-news/visa/de ... y-2-months
The deadline to apply for a 60-day “Covid” visa extension in Thailand has been extended by two months, until July 25. The extension follows the Thai government’s decision to extend the country’s “State of Emergency” until July 31. A “Covid” visa extension is designed for foreigners residing in Thailand who are unable to return to their home country due to the ongoing pandemic.
On Friday, Thailand’s “State of Emergency” was extended by another two months. The emergency decree allows Thailand’s Covid-19 task force – the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration, or CCSA – to make decisions about Covid-19 restrictions and policies without having to go through parliament first.
The emergency decree also allows Thailand’s immigration departments to issue 60-day “Covid” visa extensions to foreigners who are stuck in Thailand because of their home country’s re-entry policies, lack of flights or other reasons relating to Covid-19.
The deadline for “Covid” visa extension applications has been pushed back several times already, but as Thailand prepares to declare Covid-19 as an endemic disease in the coming months, this is likely to be the last time that the final application date is extended.
So, if your current stay in Thailand has depended on “Covid” visa extensions then now is a good time to look into other long-term visa options.
Required documents for extension
1,900 baht
TM.7 Application form
TM.30 Notification (signed)
Passport
Formal passport photo 4 x 6cm
A photocopy of your passport’s information page and photocopies of any pages relating to your current visa
A letter from your home country’s embassy in Thailand. depending on reason for extension
SOURCE: Thai News
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