Thread: Thailand quarantine and entry conditions

Originally Posted by Buckaroo Banzai

I am sure by the time we comeback at the end of the summer Thailand will have done away with all this nonsense

I think so too. I'll be going to UK, returning in June, and I am expecting things to be straightforward by then.
I expect they'll still be making us pay for Covid insurance, which really ought to be rolled into standard medical cover some time soon.
The other possible wrinkle is that I get Covid in UK and get over it but still test positive upon return to Thailand. Some tests will still return a positive days or even weeks after you stop being infectious.

Originally Posted by Buckaroo Banzai

Wow , you must be a glutton for punishment LOL.
I remember when you did your one week, we were in the same hotel the following week. Not too bad. we stuffed our faces on grab food, and binged on Netflix. LOL We beat the two week quarantine requitement by one day!!
While in Greece I will look into making Greece our main retirement base, I qualify for Greek citizenship so no visa hustles, and for a couple of thousand dollars a year, I have been told I can buy into the Greek national health care system IKA, we will see about that, I will believe it when I see it. but if it is true it would be a game changer for me .
So there might be a house for sale in Khon Kaen soon I will make satcha deal

I am definitely making copies of everything, I learned my lesson last time I came.

I wouldn't touch greece with a shitty stick.

Those obnoxious, loud, swarthy, oiled-up, hairy, musclebound, ugly bastards are just not my type, and that's just the women.

about fucking time.

I registered for Thailand Pass yesterday and got an auto reply to wait 3-7 days for answer. In November the reply was immediate so did I screw up with the answers or is the new norn.

There are a couple of changes since November. The qr code image from last time wasn't accepted so had to do again with white background and slightly larger border.

Also actual hotel names for quarantine are now listed in drop down list.

AXA insurance is accepting travellers with chronic illness, such as diabetes, which they weren't last time.

I was looking yesterday for SHA+ hotels offering the required one day/transport/test package in Pattaya. One of them was asking 10,500 and it wasn't the Hilton!

Yesterday, I received two messages that look like they are from the Thai consulate but have both been reported as: "sent by bounces@sendgrid.net".

They are identical messages purporting to be from different Thai consulate support e-mail addresses. The request is for full name, date of birth and last 4 digits of passport.

When I check with the consulate using my key code the application is still under review. I checked with the wife and she says the above is a known issue and reported on youtube. She also said people are having trouble when putting in 3 vaccination certificates and it copes better with just two. Not sure about that, probably my mistake for putting Moderna on the third vaccine instead of Spikevax, although that's just the new name for Moderna.

Anyway, I will wait another day or two and then resubmit my application and see if it I strike lucky next time.

Just beware of the above attempts to get your personal data.

Originally Posted by Troy

Yesterday, I received two messages that look like they are from the Thai consulate but have both been reported as: "sent by bounces@sendgrid.net".

They are identical messages purporting to be from different Thai consulate support e-mail addresses. The request is for full name, date of birth and last 4 digits of passport.

When I check with the consulate using my key code the application is still under review. I checked with the wife and she says the above is a known issue and reported on youtube. She also said people are having trouble when putting in 3 vaccination certificates and it copes better with just two. Not sure about that, probably my mistake for putting Moderna on the third vaccine instead of Spikevax, although that's just the new name for Moderna.

Anyway, I will wait another day or two and then resubmit my application and see if it I strike lucky next time.

Just beware of the above attempts to get your personal data.

The emails are Phishing messages. They can lead to banking trojans (new variants) being installed on your PC, so delete and ignore.

Regarding the TP, my first two took the full week to get approved. For the third one, I converted everything to images and I got it approved in ten minutes. So if you do try again, use all JPG or PNG files. I think that's what's required for autoapproval.

Well the General will be pleased...

Not sure if this will screw with insurance.

WASHINGTON: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday urged Americans to avoid travel to Thailand, Hong Kong and New Zealand over Covid-19 cases.
The CDC elevated its travel recommendation to "Level Four: Very High" for Thailand and two other destinations. In total, the CDC urges Americans to avoid travel to about 135 countries and territories.

US CDC urges Americans to avoid travel to Thailand, Hong Kong, New Zealand

^^ Thanks, I sent all documents as jpeg images. My first approval was immediate.

Originally Posted by Troy

^^ Thanks, I sent all documents as jpeg images. My first approval was immediate.

There you go.

^ But this time it took 7 days...

...approval arrived this morning.

Still plenty of time before the flight.

Originally Posted by Troy

^ But this time it took 7 days...

...approval arrived this morning.

Still plenty of time before the flight.

Are you doing sandbox or Test & Go and do an ATK somewhere and fuck knows what you're supposed to do with it because no-one seems to have a clue?

^ Test & Go since I am trying to get back to my wife and farm rather than have a holiday. As you suggested back in November, I just e-mail the ATK result back to the hotel and hear nothing more about it. I'll probably be told to put that silly Thai app on my phone but it didn't work last time and I don't expect to work now either.

The thing is that Covid is old news now; Mother Nature has brought in the Omicron cure...Russia is the disease of the 2022.

^ They never even asked me to load the App and i phoned through the ATK result. Are you going via Suez?

Originally Posted by Troy

^ Test & Go since I am trying to get back to my wife and farm rather than have a holiday. As you suggested back in November, I just e-mail the ATK result back to the hotel and hear nothing more about it. I'll probably be told to put that silly Thai app on my phone but it didn't work last time and I don't expect to work now either.

The thing is that Covid is old news now; Mother Nature has brought in the Omicron cure...Russia is the disease of the 2022.

After three Covid tests and a full week of quarantine the stupid app still said I was medium risk.

So I ditched it. I still sign in at the malls though.

I don't think they're doing anything with this contact tracing data, it's just for show.

A lot of the Thais don't even bother.

Originally Posted by malmomike77

^ They never even asked me to load the App and i phoned through the ATK result. Are you going via Suez?

I was thinking of going the skiddy route but it takes forever so I have gone for a non-stop. I'll let you know how much longer the route is...the last return flight was via Phuket and 15 hours including the stop.

It seems the whole shebang may be on the way out by June 30th except perhaps the preflight PCR.

^^ Good luck with it. My only worry now travelling, especially Thailand is getting a positive and then dealing with the idiots marching you off to hospital even though you have little or no symptoms.

^ Yep, still can't understand why I can't quarantine in my own house like I did in March 2020.

Originally Posted by malmomike77

^^ Good luck with it. My only worry now travelling, especially Thailand is getting a positive and then dealing with the idiots marching you off to hospital even though you have little or no symptoms.

Hasn't been that way for a while. Which has been part of the problem:

People are told them must isolate if asymptomatic but not in a hospital so insurance doesn't kick in.

Originally Posted by Troy

^ Yep, still can't understand why I can't quarantine in my own house like I did in March 2020.

It seems it's all down to the provinces.

Please does anyone know if you can easily delay the date of a Thailand Pass easily without having to re-apply?

I'll be heading back in a month and will have to apply for a Thailand Pass to synchronise with a planned crew change... but these can always get delayed by a day or two at the last minute. If I have a Thailand Pass, so long as I re-book the SHA hotel for a new date, maybe 1 or 2 days later to match my new arrival date, would that be OK or would I have to re-apply for a new Thailand Pass?