federicoP

I may be naive, or I did not understand well your situation, but can't you ask for an extension shorter that the usual 365 days, in order to match your programs for the future ?

Chinese ethnic community in Phuket Town is very skilled and powerful, there are many Chinese associations you could ask

Last week I took a Thai Smile flight from Chiang Mai to Phuket.
 

I asked the airline before, and they told me that I needed to show my EU vaccination certificate.

No one asked me for anything, neither on departure nor on arrival.

When I go to Phuket town, I pass near the shop of MusicZone, that maybe could be interesting for you.

They also have a facebook page :  https://www.facebook.com/Musiczonephuket/

At the end I wrote a review on Tripadvisor saying that that the food was good, but that my dinner has been spoilt by the strong smoke coming from my neighbor table.

The staff even brought to this man an ash tray to make him feeling mor comfortable.....
I asked if smoking is forbidden in their rerstaurant : if yes they have to respect the law, if it is not it would be nice to create separate areas for people that like smoking while eating and for people that don't (the restaurant is enough big to accomodatre evrybody).
Let's see if they will answer me, it is a big restaurant chain.

Of course I talked to the maid while at the restaurant and I got the usual embarrassed smile : "solly, solly", but did not do anyting.
And, of course, the smoking man was at least the double of my wheigh and one half of my age, grunting and smoking while eating ????

22 minutes ago, Sheryl said:

Do you have a link for this? I don't find it

 

https://www.tobaccocontrollaws.org/legislation/country/thailand/summary

Many thanks, Sheril, it appears to me that, under the law published on the Government Gazzette on the 5th of November 2018, all the "Areas that sell or serve food, beverage, or food" fall under paragraph 6.
Paragraph 6 states that "the identified areas, including all areas measured 5 metres from the identified areas, or from the doors, windows, entrances-exits, air ducts or passages are designated as non-smoking areas"

My english is poor, but if my undertanding is correct, it looks quite clear
 

It appears that Thai digital health pass is now recognized in Europe, and the agreement should be reciprocal. 

This should avoid the need of many swabs travelling inside Thailand.

Did anybody had a direct experience about the real EU certificate acceptance while travelling inside Thailand (Airways Companies, checks at the entrance of provinces, etc.) ?

14 minutes ago, Nemises said:

could they not securely post (or give to a visiting friend/family member) their passport to their reliable Thai-based visa agent maybe

Very, very difficult, if the passport does not have the entry stamp.......

21 minutes ago, Skeptic7 said:

The only thing had to show was proof of being fully vaxed when checking in for Thai Smile

Do you have one only thai vaccination certificates or a mix of thai and foreign certificates ?

I tryed this morning at the Provincial Health Office (Phuket) and asked to put together, in one only document, my thai and foreign vaccinations but they said me that they (as Health Office) do not recognize foreign vaccines.

I am in Phuket and would like to go to Chang Mai and back to Phuket.

I have some difficulties in individuating the requirements for travelling between province, and I found only this summary (in Thai language) on the ThaiSmile site:  https://www.thaismileair.com/th/newsupdates/news_2992

Does anybody know a link similar to this, updated and complete, in english ?

Thanks for the answers.

The office is Phuket Town, probably they did not explain well their situation.

I think they do not even know exactly what is the meaning of non - O ...........
For sure they have been ill-advised by a travel agent before leaving.

Fortunately for them their country still issues the income letter.
Will suggest them to try with Patong Immigration
If no results I think a local agent would be advisable

Two persons that I know wanted to come to Phuket and stay four months.

They have been suggested (suppose by a travel agent.....), to get a non O retirement visa, before coming, for the first 90 days and later to go to the immigration for asking a covid extension.
They went to the Immigration and they have been told that it is not possible to have the covid extension for this type of visa.
Does anybody know if this is correct ?

If they cannot get the covid extension, one possibility to get one more month of staying could be to ask for the one year extension based on non O visa (letter of the consulate or 800,000 baht, etc....)

Has somebody some easier ideas ?

I am afraid that somebody will go to him giving the appropriate instruction and, probably, will move him to Hospital or to a Quarantine Hotel.

Unless he is a Thai, I do not think he will be allowed to self isolating at home.

The permit of staying is the less of his problems ☹️

4 hours ago, ppatrick said:

Thanks for the info. Yes I have both US and Thai passports. I don't know that having a Thai passport would exempt the 72 hour PCR test. Could you provide the source?

http://www.thaiembassy.it/index.php/en/consular-services/certificato-di-ingresso-coe

It is the site of the Thai Embassy in Rome, should be updated.....

Sorry it is in italian only, check with your consulate, but be careful:

- Only for quarantine, not for sanbox

- Many airlines have the PCR test as an additional requirement

Personally, I would not be happy to seat near a person that has not been tested before the long flight 

32 minutes ago, SCOTT FITZGERSLD said:

my complain is that they just DO NOT SAY ANYTHING,

Of course you are right and it is more than understandable your anger but, just to understand what could have happened, did you asked Thai Pass for Phuket Sandbox or for Alternate Quarantine ?

Since at the 00.00 hrs of the 22nd of December (Thailand time) the new registrations for Thai Pass, except Phuket Sandbox and Alternative Quarantine, have been stopped, maybe some system trouble in the first days of the new rules could have affected your application ☹️

1 hour ago, BritManToo said:

Supermarkets often sell the picked leaves/sprigs, which you can root and grow.

Thanks, last year I have been lucky and found at Makro some small mint branches with roots, I put them on a pot and they have grown and supplied our mojitos for a long time.  

This year it looks that I am not so lucky.

Thanks for the clarification, in my country we call it only Mint and I make Mojito with the kind mint that I find.

But in Cuba, with the Hierba Buena cubana and the rumba, ah, definitely another thing ........????

Hi, I am looking for some peppermint small plants (to prepare a good Mojito......) to grow in my pots.

I have asked in different nurseries, as well as at We Café, but did not find anything.

Any address to suggest ?

Many thanks

1 hour ago, LivinginKata said:

......... Thailand recommend 3rd AZ shot but where is the medical rational........

Maybe the fact that Astra Zeneca is manufactured in Thailand ?

This morning I got the third Pfizer jab at Patong Hospital.
Arrived at 6.30, at the end I had the number 46 out of 100, and finished everything at 9.40.
Bad organization, in particular in the first hour, trying to keep an order of priority based on the arrival time. 
I have to admit that the "clever ones" jumping the queue were mostly farang......
Around 7.30 they started to give a queue numbered ticket and the things went better, also if not easy to keep the distance with other people.
No possibility to book the vaccine, just go.
How to know if and when they have a jab open day ? Just calling the hospital.

On 12/12/2021 at 4:50 PM, mtls2005 said:

Can you download from here: 

...............

 

https://m.apkpure.com/section38/th.go.immigration.section38

 

I followed your instructions and managed to download with APK : now it works !

Many thanks !!!!!

13 hours ago, soi3eddie said:

I'm registered for online filing of TM30 and it worked for me last year. Would not work for me last month so I gave up as not needing to visit immigration this time. After inputting the data it just would not save it. I tried several different browsers inluding Edge, Chrome and Internet Explorer. Have you tried the mobile phone app to file TM30? If it won't work in January for me then I will just go to immigration to file with paper application.

I am exactly in the same situation, in the past years it was working without any problem. Now I am trying every day and I get always the same error message.

I tried to download the mobile phone app Section38, but it says that it is not available for any of my android devices..... 

Sorry,  I posted for mistake this message in the Phuket local forum and not in the Thai Visa, Residency and Work Permits, that I thought it was more appropriate.

This is the reason I posted twice, I aplogize