News Forum - Phuket Immigration visiting those in Hotel Isolation to extend visas

[Thaiger]

After the story went viral of a man being charged for an overstay because he was locked in Hotel Isolation after testing positive for Covid-19, Phuket is taking action. The Immigration Chief of Phuket is sending staff around to local hotels to make sure that people caught in a 10-day Hotel Isolation do not have their visas expire. If a traveller tests positive for Covid-19 while in Thailand, they are subject to a mandatory isolation period of 10 days, but what if their immigration stamp ends in 5? Authorities tout their new plan as a proactive step to keep people […]

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[Nongwuaso]

Ok but will you still pay for another flight because your in quarantine or will they adjust your dates?

[Cabra]

Well at least now they trying to be helpful... Complications aside, it's a start.

[Stonker]

56 minutes ago, Nongwuaso said:

Ok but will you still pay for another flight because your in quarantine or will they adjust your dates?

Would you like them to wipe your bottom too?

[Jason]

This is a repost of a story published about three weeks to a month ago, if I remember rightly. It was a good news story then and still is. Great proactive step. 

[Malc-Thai]

Really no need for this.. they should just sort the immigration staff out at the departure to waiver the overstay fee because of the circumstances! 

[Stonker]

6 minutes ago, Malc-Thai said:

Really no need for this.. they should just sort the immigration staff out at the departure to waiver the overstay fee because of the circumstances! 

Agreed, but there's probably too much red tape as that's what the regs state and it would be flagged up automatically on departure - there's no room for any flexibility and it may well need publishing in the Royal Gazette and that could take forever.

If you think this is bad, you want to try Indonesia, the land of the photocopier.

[Somchai]

"During the second test on day 5 many tourists test positive".

 

It means covid is spreading very fast in Phuket, as most probably they got infected here if their pre travel and after arrival tests were negative, but day 5 was positive.

[Artemis080]

Well done Phuket immigration. Credit where credit is due. 

[Burapha]

That's a positive step in the right direction. For something that's not the tourists fault.

[Fundok]

For sure this is a commendable proactive step in the right direction rather than charging unvoluntary "overstayers" at the airport.

[AmySukwan]

In a sane world yes Thailand would simply waive the overstay fee at departure (either from quarantine or from the country). Being stuck in quarantine is bad enough for the tourists and they would already have plenty of paperwork proving their situation. But how would immigration make any money that way?