Thailand: Govt to offer grace period for foreigners’ visa extensions

An airport staff member is wearing a protective mask due to the coronavirus outbreak as she sanitises rows of luggage carts at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok. Thailand on Friday (July 17) said it would give foreigners a grace period until Sept to apply for visa extensions as it eased restrictions amid the pandemic. - Reuters

BANGKOK, July 17 (Reuters): Thailand on Friday said it would give foreigners a grace period until September to apply for visa extensions as it eased restrictions amid the pandemic, a senior official said.

"The situation in the country and overseas has improved,” Immigration Bureau Commissioner Sompong Chingduong told Reuters.