In order to combat rumours swirling on-line and amongst nervous anti-vax foreigners, the Phuket Immigration Office reassured people that vaccination is not required so as to get an extension of their stay in Thailand. Top secret in Phuket Town made the announcement through their Facebook web page, though they did not handle nicely a number of different complaints and issues which were plaguing the workplace lately.
The submit explained that a visa extension, or visa waiver extension, is open to anybody who qualifies no matter their vaccination status, whether they’re unvaccinated, partially vaccinated, absolutely vaccinated, or have obtained one or more booster photographs.
“At this time, evidence of vaccination certificates isn’t utilized in consideration of permission for extension of visas. [ Unauthorized ] can apply for a visa extension proper now.”
The affirmation about not needing vaccination to get an extension of keep comes after Phuket immigration have made a concerted effort to assist people who are in isolation after becoming contaminated with Covid-19, visiting quarantine resorts to do extensions remotely.
An officer and Phuket Office explained that they were upgrading their phone system to add extra strains and that is why so many calls to the immigration workplace have gone unanswered recently. People have been complaining that they have called again and again and have been unable to get via to anyone at the office. The immigration officer instructed that they struggle messaging by way of their Facebook page if calls to their solely telephone number presently – 076-211905 – go unanswered.
They also responded to clients who’re annoyed making an attempt to make use of the brand new 90-day reporting app that was launched round Christmas time, although the response was fairly useless. Users complained about a quantity of issues that prevented them from with the flexibility to do their 90-day report online and save themselves a trip to immigration, however the response received was nothing more than a hyperlink to the place they apply on-line or download and register the new mobile app and try their luck..