Foreigners seeking 60 day tourist visa extensions crowd Phuket Immigration

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1. 

   Svcoquette

   Thursday, March 25, 2021 at 2:53 pm

   If you apply early for the extension the 60 day extension starts the day you apply not from the date of expiration. Tourists stuck here have learned this the hard way, including us. So they wait until the last day to apply. This is a stupid new policy, at least in Phuket. We ‘ve been coming here on our yacht for many years and extensions used to begin from the date of expiration not from the date you apply. Unfortunately for us, and many others, Malaysia seaports are still closed to foreign yachts so we cannot return and are stuck here. Also many tourists here are over 60 and are afraid to get on an airplane due to the virus. There’s been no word on when they may be able to get the vaccine.

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2. 

   Roger Bruce

   Thursday, March 25, 2021 at 8:41 pm

   OHH so sorry for you old chap … on your yacht …tally-ho and all that!

   If you have a bloody Yacht why not sell away dumbo… Why have to use Malaysia seaports the old pirates did,nt

   Good luck Thailand

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3. 

   toby andrews

   Thursday, March 25, 2021 at 10:17 pm

   I sympathize Svcoquette.
   Here in Cambodia I lost two days on my last visa because I applied too early.
   However apply on the last day and they claim a £10 overstay because they could not process the application on that day.
   I am not an easy target and I am already in contact with the Cambodian Corruption Unit.
   Robert Bruce you are not in the Far East.
   All you are is tourist sometimes so keep your stupid comments to yourself.

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4. 

   Issan John

   Thursday, March 25, 2021 at 11:58 pm

   I have to agree, Roger Bruce.

   The idea that many tourists have been “unable to leave the country since April 2020” is starting to wear a bit thin, however much Thailand may probably be happy that any tourists are better than none however little they contribute to the economy.

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5. 

   Crispy

   Friday, March 26, 2021 at 1:47 am

   https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2088963/no-quarantine-plan-for-foreign-visitors-to-phuket-from-july

   How long until other towns and cities can follow suit?

   Is the PCR test pre flight or on arrival?
   If it’s on arrival, travelers would need to quarantine for 2-3 days to get results.

   Are you required to fly direct or can you transfer at BKK and if so how does that work?

   Are you restricted to Phuket and for how long? Can you move to CM after a certain time?

   Who can take advantage of the program come July?

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6. 

   B Group

   Friday, March 26, 2021 at 1:56 am

   Amnesty From Extend Is Fitting With Pandemic …
   While Ministry of Health Ban Entry From City To City Covid19 Matter

   Prime Minister Ban Gathering

   Easy Smooth Warm
   All Know Kingdom People …

   Many Select Kingdom
   Some Old some Professor some volunteer
   Some Designer some player sport Some art …..

   Many Before Fish Market December last
   Year Was Living in Dual City
   Like Ayutthaya BANGKOK
   Lopburi BANGKOK
   …..
   Reason Pollution Go Up Almost 7 month
   Poor air quality

   Atmosphere Ancient city Perfect for sports ….

   Visit Immigration To Apply regular Visa
   One Year Have To Be Very Smooth …
   Already You Offer in Embassies nine months Stv

   Extend Is Opposite To Decision
   Ministry Of Health
   And Order Prim Minster
   No Gathering

   Amnesty Added Value For Kingdom
   Moral Matter …

   Boost Hotel Occupied

   Many Officer Ask Hundreds of questions
   Embarrassed The Side Of Stranded

   Dealer now Stranded Because No Visa
   Offered From Ministry of Interior

   By Any Case
   All Greet Decisions makers what ever
   Good or bad For Us …

   Our position is not Perfect
   Yes This is
   Pandemic time

   Pandemic time not usual time

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7. 

   James R

   Friday, March 26, 2021 at 2:01 am

   Unable to leave the country?

   I stayed from January until August last year ‘surfing’ on the free visa extensions, I could have left at any time but I decided to stay on.

   When I decided to go I flew back to the UK as easy as pie.

   There must be lots of places the very few yacht people can sail to, the rest can just get on a plane like the rest of us did.

   Oh yes, yet more people bunched together like the tens of million of others in shops, restaurants and bars and magically yet no further virus cases, it must be down to magic blood in Thailand, I can’t for the sake of me think of any other reason what the cause of such magical low numbers.

   Maybe it is something to do with not telling the truth? ?

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8. 

   Issan John

   Friday, March 26, 2021 at 12:31 pm

   “… it must be down to magic blood in Thailand, I can’t for the sake of me think of any other reason what the cause of such magical low numbers.

   Maybe it is something to do with not telling the truth? ”

   Alternatively maybe it’s the same reason as Taiwan, New Zealand, and Australia, amongst many others, as has been explained at length several times and the only reason you “can’t think of any other reason” is because you have a brain the size of an extremely small pea.

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9. 

   J West

   Friday, March 26, 2021 at 1:11 pm

   Quite a coincidence that many Russian Covid “ refugees” have been using falsified bank docs and arrests made? I think not. The fraudsters kept passport details of their ‘ customers’. If you’re Russian here on a fake application, you should get out fast before you’re arrested.

   Things are changing.

   https://www.legal.co.th/resources/visa-immigration-law/thailand-immigration-law/will-covid-19-mark-end-fake-tourists-thailand/

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10. 

    Joe

    Friday, March 26, 2021 at 1:17 pm

    James R if there really were a lot of covid cases in Thailand then we would definitely know about it, look at some of the other seriously affected countries where hospitals and cemeteries are totally full, you can’t hide something like that. Like some scientists have said I think that this virus has been present in the environment of South East Asia for a long time and the people here are somewhat immune to it, the bats in Thailand have it, it’s around.

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11. 

    James R

    Saturday, March 27, 2021 at 10:42 pm

    Issan

    But you pea can not seem to tell you that the other countries you mentioned did it by very strict lock downs, not the free movement and party atmosphere Thailand continues to show.

    Must be magic blood.

    Thais could bottle it and sell it to the rest of the world.

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12. 

    James R

    Sunday, March 28, 2021 at 7:55 pm

    joe

    120,000 people have died in the UK due to the virus, I saw on the news here the hospitals were full at one point because of the virus but I never went to a hospital or cemetery so I only found out from the news on the TV, it will be the same for you in Thailand except you are not being told.

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