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Thailand  "Revenue Code", Chapter 3 "Income Tax",  Section 41 states :

"A resident of Thailand who in the previous tax year derived assessable income under Section 40 from an employment or from business carried on abroad or from a property situated abroad shall, upon bringing such assessable income into Thailand, pay tax in accordance with the provisions of this Part.

Any person staying in Thailand for a period or periods aggregating 180 days or more in any tax year shall be deemed a resident of Thailand."

So, do not worry about this.

Too young to write "retired" ?

Thailand does not mind about your investments abroad

36 minutes ago, gearbox said:

 

There is a frequently posted link in the ASQ Facebook group for  a business in Thailand offering "Fit To Fly" certificate after a virtual consultation and downloadable certificate for $15. ......

This is what the Thai Embassy in my country wrote to me :
 

• 1. After the receipt of COE, please prepare the additional documents to declare at the check-in counter as follows
• 1.1 Passport and valid Thai visa/ re-entry permit (if required)
• 1.2 Certificate of Entry (COE)
• 1.3 Fit to Fly Health Certificate. (Thailand’s Health Control requires a hard copy version.)
• 1.4 Medical certificate with a laboratory result indicating that COVID-19 is not detected, using RT-PCR test, issued within 72 hours before departure (in case of connecting flights, before embarkation from initial port).
• .........

For the PCR certificate no problem if received by email, but they want that the doctor really visits you when signing the FtF certificate

7 minutes ago, thaiscot said:

It is only the results than need to be with in 72 hrs not when you get  tested  .......

I would be very cautious about it. 

I agree that the english translation of the official requirements asks only for a " certificate..... issued no more than 72 hors before travelling " but, apart from the fact that it would be an illogical rule, the Thai Embassy in my country (Italy) told me that, if there is on the certificate the test date and time, this is the moment that must be 72 hours before the first flight.

I have tried to clarify the matter further contacting Emirates and Qatar, whose staff will check my certificate, but I could not get a clear answer.

In my personal situation to get this certificate is for sure the more difficult requirement to comply with, but I do not want to risk a denied boarding

4 hours ago, DrDave said:

 

 

It looks like Qatar is offering Doha -> BKK -> HKT utilizing a codeshare with Bangkok Airways for the BKK->HKT leg, but I'm not sure how a stopover and plane change in BKK works in this environment.

I think it will be very hard to be allowed in a domestic flight from BKK to HKT before doing the quarantine.....

The next Qatar direct flight to HKT is scheduled for the 28th of December

Many thanks, Stubuzz, actually I was looking for something more powerful, similar to this :

 https://www.niuthailand.com/N_Series/Quicklook

I am considering the possibility to buy an electric scooter, sufficiently powerful to carry two people.
I would use it only for short trips.

Does anyone have some experience with an electric scooter up and down on the Phuket hills ?

Any brand, model or dealer to suggest ?

Thanks

Do not worry, I had my COE approved on the 4th of December for a flight that will take off the 31st
 

(P.S.: sorry fo misunderstanding your previous message)

2 hours ago, Noxi said:

Now I have 15 days to upload the ASQ and flight bookings.
I suppose only the booking must be done in 15 days. The flight can be a bit later. ?

As far as I know both ASQ and flight booking must be done in 15 days.

If not you have to start again from the beginning......

Maybe they want to read explicity on the certificate that Covid is covered, many insurances do not cover in case of pandemic.

Or maybe they want to see a definite expiring date.
 

In the general istructions that I have received from te ASQ hotel where I will go, they wrote, without my asking :

"Please note - The Hotel will not check your luggage on arrival"   ????????  

The Thai Embassy in Rome, with the approval of the COE, wrote to me :

 

• 1. After the receipt of COE, please prepare the additional documents to declare at the check-in counter as follows

• 1.1 Passport and valid Thai visa/ re-entry permit (if required)
• 1.2 Certificate of Entry (COE)
• 1.3 Fit to Fly Health Certificate. (Thailand’s Health Control requires a hard copy version.)
• 1.4 Medical certificate with a laboratory result indicating that COVID-19 is not detected, using RT-PCR test, issued within 72 hours before departure (in case of connecting flights, before embarkation from initial port).
• 1.5 Insurance or letter from employer guaranteeing that the insurance company or employer will cover a minimum of 100,000 USD of medical costs incurred by the applicant in Thailand, including medical costs in the event that applicant contracts COVID-19 (The insurance must cover the total duration of stay in Thailand)
• 1.6 T.8 Form (Health Declaration Form). You can download T.8 Form at https://bit.ly/34X6sAJ

This requirement regarding only the Fit to Fly certificate is really strange, considering that COE, Covid Certificate and Iinsurance are not original hard copy.

But any doctor should be able to fill out for you this certificate, is it so difficult to find some doctor where you are now ?

51 minutes ago, UB40 said:

Don't worry. If your PCR 72 hours prior to ETD is positive, wave bye-bye to all prepaid money.

 

Not necessarily.

In this case Covid insurance with TGIA can be refunded, and many airways companies and ASQ accept a postponement

I do not remember exactly, but for sure did not put the brackets in my form.

I did not have any problem (at least for the telephone number.......)

My plan is to get the one year permit extension starting from a non-O retirement visa (90 days)

And my Embassy still is issuing the letter stating that I have a pension greater than.....ect.

I have three doubts :

Do I need to show that the pension arrives on my thai account ?

In this case do I need to show that all my pension arrives in my thai account or it is sufficent to send 65k per month ?

If 65k per month are enough, do I need to send them every month or it is sufficient to send 65k x 12 = 780k once per year ?

Any indication will be relly sppreciated

1 hour ago, DrJack54 said:

Carry on luggage not checked.

 

Unfortunately it is not allowed to keep wine bottles in the cary on luggage, but I will be able to keep inside some good parmesan cheese ????

28 minutes ago, androokery said:

 I think your example is more about drowning sorrows DURING quarantine. .....

Not at all, I am not so alcoholic, and I do not need to drown my quarantine sorrows in a bottle of wine .  

I would be happy to give all my bottles to the hotel to keep them while I am in quarantine.

You know, the Champagne bought in Thailand is madly expensive and often badly preserved.

Usually, when I come back to Thailand, I bring with me some bottles, good bottles, that I open gradually during my staying, together with some food specialty that I like particularly.

Anything to be condemned ?

36 minutes ago, madmen said:

Alcohol is allowed 

You mean allowed to bring but not to drink ?

I do not understand if, when arriving in Thailandia and going to be quarantined, it is absolutely prohibited to bring any kind of food and alcohol.

I would like to bring something to celebrate the end of my next house arrest.

Maybe I could also put my little treasure in a separate bag to be kept by the hotel, but I do not understand if this would be allowed.

Does anybody has experience or knowledge about the baggage checking procedure at airport and at the hotel  ?

13 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

I wonder if it really matter what you select on that site.

Me too, I think I will choose to be a pilot, it sounds better that an old "O" retired  ????

22 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

They are all shown now. 

In still see only the old definitions on this page :  https://www.tipinsure.com/CovidRegional/step_1

I tried to cancel the cookies, but same result.....

17 minutes ago, farang51 said:

Does anyone have a working email address for them?

 

I had to cancel my trip and the insurance; however, I have not been able to get a reply from them. The email address they use in the policy is not working because it has a & in it (A&[email protected]). I tried [email protected] on November 5th but haven't heard back from them.

I have filled this form : https://www.tgia.org/contact-EN

But, as I said, not yet answered.....

On 11/23/2020 at 4:27 AM, talfarlow said:

Good idea. It's menioned all over the net just not on the site!

Under "status", in TGIA Covid insurance, I don't see an option for a non-imm O  visa either.

Did you get some clue ?

I wrote them two days ago but no answer, probably I'll put "travel under special arrangement", hope it will work....

I phoned today the RTE in Rome, and they said to me :

- If the certificate only reports the date of issue, this is the reference time that has not to be more than 72 hours before the departure.

- If the certificates reports the time of the swab, this must be the reference time no more than 72 hours before

Here we are quite practical........????

Does someone know where to find the terms and conditions of TGIA Covid-19 insurance ?

I would like to see the fine prints......