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Extending a visa in the event of flooding and then what?

By Lodewijk Lagemaat
Posted in Remarkable
Tags: , ,
March 28 2017

Lately it has happened several times that in certain parts of Thailand there was a lot of flooding, making travel impossible. In certain cases, this meant that a return journey could not be started or a visit to an embassy or immigration was not possible.

So it could happen that a tourist on Koh Samui could not make a visa run. To avoid problems due to an overstay, he went to immigration, where he could get a 7-day extension for 1.900 Baht. After a few days the journey could start, but halfway through the ride another area turned out to be impassable and a number of other tourists were also victims of these weather conditions.

Other tourists from the islands of Koh Tao and Koh Phangan also appeared to be affected. The weather deteriorated further, preventing people from leaving the island of Koh Samui, causing them to miss their travel connection and others facing an overstay. However, the immigration showed no understanding and payment still had to be made. That also happens in the land of smiles.

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6 responses to “Extend visa in case of flooding and what then?”

  1. ruud says up
    28 March 2017 at 09: 40

    That sounds like something that will be covered by travel insurance?
    At least I assume that a little rain and poor infrastructure will not fall into the category of natural disasters.

    • l.low size says up
      28 March 2017 at 11: 32

      People who live here do not have travel insurance.

      The tourists will have to come up with demonstrable evidence,
      that travel was impossible and a return journey at a later date
      could take place

  2. tooske says up
    28 March 2017 at 11: 38

    For the long-stayers, the solution is simple.
    Extension of stay in the kingdom can be renewed 45 days before the expiration date without changing your start date.
    So if you renew this a month before your visa expires, you have a month to wait for better weather in case of travel problems.
    Incidentally, it is certainly not recommended to wait until the last day, if you miss some forms, you will no longer have a response time to rectify it.
    For tourists, of course, things are different.

  3. Nico says up
    28 March 2017 at 13: 53

    Well,

    But you don't know that the next 45 days will be such bad weather, do you?
    I think the immigration service should have shown some flexibility.

    We ourselves have had absolutely no flexibility from the government after the flood in 2011.
    After we had scrubbed the whole house, with lots of clean water of course, we received a water bill of over 4.000 Bhat, normally 300 Bhat.

    In that respect, the Thai government is not very flexible.

    Greetings Nico from a dry Lak-Si

    • ruud says up
      28 March 2017 at 14: 48

      It is simply wise to arrange that extension as soon as possible.
      It costs nothing extra and it is less bad than going to the dentist with a toothache.
      And you have to do it sometime.

      The water company does not seem to me to be the appropriate body to provide compensation and concessions.
      This has its own problems and costs in the event of flooding.
      And you used that water and the water company incurred costs for it.
      That water company also has to pay the bills at the end of the ride.

      • Marc Dale says up
        29 March 2017 at 13: 11

        Dear Ruud,

        Nico does not talk about the water company, but some kind of arrangement that comes from a kind of government emergency fund, as exists in some other countries, would be possible in such extreme cases... But yes, even if that were to exist, in Thailand would the 'rich farang' fall by the wayside anyway... Money first...


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