Top tip: I bought a stainless steel cutlery and chopstick set, and my own large mug (+ample capucchino's etc.).
A godsend because everything is plastic otherwise.
Top tip: I bought a stainless steel cutlery and chopstick set, and my own large mug (+ample capucchino's etc.).
A godsend because everything is plastic otherwise.
Just spoke to the nice lady at TAT, and before I had finished she interrupted me to tell me that if I am coming from ASQ to Chiang Mai and have
- completed ASQ and have documentation
- Have been vaccinated and have documentation
Then I won't need to quarantine in Chiang Mai.
Buckaroo Banzai, have you scheduled the PCR Test? If what was the cost and where?
He have not as we have a couple of weeks until departure, not even sure if I will need to pay for it , because I think my US based insurance covers it.
I had the test done twice so far and I never paid for it.
But harrybarracuda just arrived to his ASQ yesterday and I am sure he just had his PRC test , so perhaps he can tell us.
The sooner you fall behind, the more time you have to catch up.
^
Hit the road.
Your window may be closing. Thailand is currently at Level 3 - Reconsider travel to Thailand due to COVID-19.
Level 4 is - Do Not Travel:
"The Department cited "COVID risk" as the primary motivation for the advisory and pushed roughly 80% of countries to "reconsider all travel abroad." The advisory will be officially updated later this week. The changes will lead to a "significant increase" in the number of nations facing the Level 4 classification. "
Travel Advisories
Is your "worldwide cover, ameristani sourced" insurance valid in "countries designated as Level 4"?
A tray full of GOLD is not worth a moment in time.
I suspected something like that and said so on previous posts also.
Unfortunately our departure date is for May 4th two weeks from now, so let's keep our fingers crossed.
If I get shot down ,it might be a blessing in disguise as I just found out that Greece was just open to vaccinated people from the US and Europe with no restrictions, and since we have a place to stay there, all we do is change our plane ticket and spend the summer there, and save me all the cost and hustle of quarantine
^ which is an improvement, less restrictive, yes?
Have a PCR Test today. I'm on Day 5 if they have included my arrival date as Day 1, which would be nice.
I believe it's day 1 if you arrive before 6pm, is that right?
How is it going Harry? how are you liking Center point ASQ?
I got my Non Imm Type o Visa stamped in my passport, wife got her Emergency travel document , Yesterday we got out ASQ reservation certificate from Center Point ASQ. And we are waiting for our COE. I filled the form choosing the Thai family option, and provided downloaded every document they asked for, then the next day I got an Email saying my application was rejected and to provide my wife's passport or Thai ID card, and evidence we were married, ?????
So I called in the morning and got a very terse Thai man answer. I explained that I had provided everything web page asked for and that there was no place for me to download my wife's passport and marriage certificate, and that not knowing what to do I add them to the visa download.
So he says to me and I quote verbatim "and what do you want me to do" I said, in my most professional voice , "I don't want you to do anything, I just wanted to make sure I did the right thing" we are flying May 4th, and I wanted to make sure the COE will be ready before then"
Again with a very terse tone he said " there are a lot of people ahead of you, it will take 3-7 days, you must wait your turn" WTF where did I as to be moved ahead of my turn.
Any way TIT. if the wife thinks that I will sell the house in the Us and make myself subject to this type of attitude, she has another thing coming. I love Thailand and the Thai people, dealing with the Thai government? not so much. Especially the guys. some of the ladies are very nice.
End of rant, LOL
We are stuck in the COE too! It seems the COE is harder to obtain than the 60 day Visa. The 2 Thai Nationals after spending 3 days on their COE, most responses were almost immediate. The COE got rejected becuase their names were not on the ALQ, which took me 2 days to get them added to the ALQ. After I provided the ALQ with their names, the Embassy told me with no reason given to start new COE's for both Thai Nationals. Mean while my COE has been in process for 72 hours.
So started new COE's was able to go thru the process in one afternoon, getting the Certificates. Mean while on the farang front tried calling, only can email, so emailed 2 hours before closing. Nothing on the Farang COE front.
There does appear to be a "drag and drop section" provided on the COE Application page to add the requested information of the Thai Family member:
Whether one has access to all the requested documents is another thing.
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Attachment, for further consideration
Last edited by OhOh; 22-04-2021 at 10:49 PM.
I saw the drop down window, and I did chose the Thai family option. but never got the next option asking me for that information, otherwise I would had been more than happy to give it to them, as I did with everything else they asked for.
Actually I still don't get it in my edit mode, maybe they are having problems with their system
Also on the visa section I have uploaded a copy of my Non Imm type O visa that I got based on marriage and had already provided them with all the information they required.
PS: I went back and checked. It seems you are right, now at the bottom of the form where you put you visa, it also asks for Wife info, perhaps it was there all the time and I did not notice.
Last edited by Buckaroo Banzai; 23-04-2021 at 12:02 AM.
^^^^ so wife got her application aproned and now has moved to the second stage where she provided airline information and ASQ.
She is making fun of me now, waving good by to me and sayin "See you wouldn't want to be you" I told her I got Venmo and I can order a couple of girls, she says I also better order some Viagra then. LOL
I got my COE approved this afternoon. So it's a go for me!
wife just got her COE certificate also. I am the only one without a COE to piss in.
Ok so while I was on the floor throwing my Hissy Fit, I got an email from the Thai embassy ,with my Approval and COE certificate . WooHoo!!
So I better call and cancel the girls and Viagra order. LOL.
A general note on the COE site: When you drag and drop something, you can't just then submit it, even though you can see a thumbnail of the document there. There is usually a small arrow to do the actual upload.
I only noticed this because I made the same mistake but looked closely. It trips up a lot of people
It is a doddle. Ample entertainment, the food is good enough, although rice-heavy so I have subbed a couple of meals with outside catering courtesy of Grab Food.How is it going Harry? how are you liking Center point ASQ?
Time has passed quickly, I'm on day 6 and waiting for the PCR result which is near certain to be -ve, then I find out parole date.
I'm thinking of tying a bin liner of rubbish to my waist and reenacting that scene out of Shawshank (after he comes out of the sewage pipe) at reception, but they probably wouldn't get the joke.
So it seems my quarantine will finish at 6am on the 25th even though I am booked here until the 26th, but I can't leave the hotel unless I check out.
So looks like I'll be heading oop North a day early.
Congratulations or as a comparable 1960's equivalent expedition, for Englanders:
You have two even better "WooHoo!!" moments ahead of you.
The first when your ASQ hotel room door closes behind you - your journey is complete!
The second when the taxi pulls away from your ASQ hotel into the early morning Bangkok traffic - Thailand is yours!
Last edited by OhOh; 23-04-2021 at 01:53 PM.
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