Thailand Coronavirus Update: Visa Amnesty Extended Until 26 September 2020

As Thailand Bail has been providing updates for the COVID-19 situation for the last few months, we now have some good news to announce according to the announcement today, 21 July 2020, on the visa amnesty extension. Whilst it is not official until being published in the Royal Gazette (most likely tomorrow 22 July 2020), the government has announced today that foreigners whose “permission to stay” expired after 26 March 2020, and received a previous visa amnesty extension through 31 July 2020, are now automatically included in the new automatic extension through 26 September 2020. This is very good news for foreigners who are still in Thailand but

Read more

What To Do When You Get Arrested in Thailand – 5 Important People

Last year in March 2019, we wrote about 3 things you must do if you get arrested in Thailand. Click here to read that article: http://www.thailandbail.com/the-3-things-you-must-do-if-you-get-arrested-in-thailand/  For this updated article in June 2020, we are focusing on the 5 important people related to your arrest in Thailand. Whether it is in Bangkok, Pattaya, Koh Samui, Koh Phangan, Phuket, Udon Thani, or anywhere else in Thailand, there are always 5 important people who can greatly impact your case in the first 48 hours – the most critical time in your case. Of course, if you do get arrested in Thailand, the very first thing

Read more

July 2020 COVID-19 Thai Courts and Prisons Update

Thailand Bail is dedicated to providing loads of free advice and information for people who have questions about the Thai legal system. During this unprecedented time of coronavirus or COVID-19, our lawyers and staff have provided constant updates on the situation and how it affects the courts and prisons. We updated everyone in May 2020 here: http://www.thailandbail.com/thailand-bail-covid-19-update-may-2020/ and April 2020 here: http://www.thailandbail.com/thailand-bail-covid-19-update-april-2020/ so we wanted to continue providing updates as the COVID-19 situation changes in July 2020. Please see below our update on COVID-19 in Thailand and

Read more