Thread: Thailand quarantine and entry conditions

Someone also said they're more responsive on their Line account.

I notice your posting style towards Thailand has changed over the months, are you after a job in Thailand

It seems one way you can *guarantee* not to get automated approval is to upload a vaccination certificate without a QR code.

Originally Posted by Chico

I notice your posting style towards Thailand has changed over the months, are you after a job in Thailand

I am done with working when this gig is finished.

They are working on improvements:

"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Digital Government Development Agency and the Department of Disease Control are in constant communication and coordination in order to address all of the technical issues and improve the Thailand Pass system to facilitate travelers into the country, namely:

- to improve the system to enable registrants to upload pdf files,
- to provide a drop down list for choosing hotels that are connected to hospitals and to add a function to check on progress in consideration of your application without having to register again,
- to speed up coordination on adding to the list of 30 countries for which the digital vaccine certificate is available, which will reduce the burden for officials in checking documents and minimize consideration time."

Seems people are also booking through Booking.com or Agoda and then submitting their booking confirmation, rather than waiting for the official AQ certificate from the hotel.

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

It seems one way you can *guarantee* not to get automated approval is to upload a vaccination certificate without a QR code.

How stupid of the CDC not to anticipate that the royal government of Thailand would need a large QR code without a vaccine lot number sticker covering it up to approve travel.

Originally Posted by Humbert

How stupid of the CDC not to anticipate that the royal government of Thailand would need a large QR code without a vaccine lot number sticker covering it up to approve travel.

It is rather third world not to have that. Here in the sandpit we've had them since they started vaccinating.

to speed up coordination on adding to the list of 30 countries for which the digital vaccine certificate is available, which will reduce the burden for officials in checking documents and minimize consideration time

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

It is rather third world not to have that. Here in the sandpit we've had them since they started vaccinating.

The US was vaccinating thousands of people last Spring in drive-thrus, mass vaccinations sites etc. I'm sure they could have made the QR code larger if they were as smart as the people in fly speck countries run by poobahs.

50,000 passes approved already, apparently:

Thailand reopening: 20,000 total entered, 50,000 Passes approved | Thaiger

Here are the latest arrival stats for people coming to the Kingdom:

TOP 10 COUNTRIES ARRIVING IN THAILAND
2,465: 🇺🇸 USA 2,334: 🇩🇪 Germany 1,376: 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 1,258: 🇯🇵 Japan 906: 🇰🇷 South Korea	905: 🇷🇺 Russia 838: 🇨🇭 Switzerland 724: 🇸🇪 Sweden 695: 🇫🇷 France 542: 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates

Originally Posted by Samuel

50,000 passes approved already, apparently:

You mean like in post #945?

EU Vaccine QR code

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Originally Posted by Samuel

Here is your post #945.



Though, tbf: the number can been see on your chart.

Anyways, thought the county by country breakdown of arrivals was interesting, too.

Calm down, harry. It’s not a competition for a prize or anything.

Ah, "I don't read Thai and I couldn't work out what the chart meant" in other words.

Thats OK.

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Seems people are also booking through Booking.com or Agoda and then submitting their booking confirmation, rather than waiting for the official AQ certificate from the hote

I booked through Agoda and they attached booking confirmation from the hotel that included all the necessary information.

The vaccination QR code appears to be the most important information they are looking for to get a quick reply.

I got the QR pass reply almost as soon as I got the confirmation of receipt.

Is there a reason why they want jpg/png docs rather than pdf?

Seems that the instantaneous confirmations are mainly coming from addresses in the EU. US applicants are being scrutinized because the CDC vaccine card is difficult to scan automatically.

Originally Posted by Humbert

Seems that the instantaneous confirmations are mainly coming from addresses in the EU. US applicants are being scrutinized because the CDC vaccine card is difficult to scan automatically.

I heard only US citizens from CA or NY have QR codes on their vaccine certificates or something to that effect.

UK NHS has two separate QR codes; I uploaded them but did not crop and I did not get an instant approval. I have heard a few others with UK NHS who did crop and they did not get an instant approval either.

At the moment it definitely only seems to be EU QR codes that are getting instant approval.

I am sure most will get through this just fine but I would advice anyone to apply 30days in advance.

Originally Posted by Troy

I booked through Agoda and they attached booking confirmation from the hotel that included all the necessary information.

From Agoda/Booking or from the hotel?

The vaccination QR code appears to be the most important information they are looking for to get a quick reply.

I got the QR pass reply almost as soon as I got the confirmation of receipt.

Is there a reason why they want jpg/png docs rather than pdf?

Because they are using automation that can read image files and parse the resulting link.

Originally Posted by Bonecollector

I heard only US citizens from CA or NY have QR codes on their vaccine certificates or something to that effect.

UK NHS has two separate QR codes; I uploaded them but did not crop and I did not get an instant approval. I have heard a few others with UK NHS who did crop and they did not get an instant approval either.

At the moment it definitely only seems to be EU QR codes that are getting instant approval.

I am sure most will get through this just fine but I would advice anyone to apply 30days in advance.

I haven't tried my sandpit one yet, but it has a QR code and I've converted it to JPEG.

I was reading somewhere that to register with Thailand Pass you're limited to uploading just one file for your Insurance Certificate.

I wonder if anyone who has registered knows if this also applies for your Covid vaccination certificate?

The reason I ask is that my first Pfizer jab was in Norway and is in the EU system and my second jab will be in the UK. If I can't get the details of the Norwegian vaccine uploaded in the British system I'll have two separate vaccination certificates rather than one certificate detailing my double vaccinated status.

Mendip, you upload one cert per Vaccination and one QR code so you'll be ok

Updated yesterday.

Digital vaccine certificates issued by authorized vaccination centers can help you get approved faster on Thailand Pass. A digital vaccine certificate is a normal, paper certificate with a QR code printed on it, or an electronic document that displays a QR code. That QR code contains machine-readable data that can be retrieved by an automated system or a person with suitable software.

The approval system behind Thailand Pass can read QR codes in digital vaccine certificates, but not all QR codes can be automatically verified, as different countries (or even different states in the same country) generate them differently.

Thailand Pass can automatically verify and approve QR codes of digital vaccine certificates from only the following regions at the moment:

• The European Union (EU Digital COVID Certificate, or DCC for short)
• Singapore (Notαrise)

Please include the QR code from your certificate in the registration form of Thailand Pass even if you are not from the above regions, as it still helps speed up verification.

Support for digital vaccine certificates from the following countries is in progress:

• China (International Travel Health Certificate)
• India (DIVOC)
• Indonesia (PeduliLindungi)
• Israel (once it joins the EU’s DCC program)
• Malaysia (MySejahtera)
• Philippines (VaxCerts)
• United States (SMART® Health Card, available in some states)

https://medium.com/thailand-pass/vac...d-f05c11c11f05

This can only happen in Thailand lol a fake Thai pass website