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Isn't it so, that what you claim vat back for shall be proven to be brought out of the country, i.e. you need to bring something out with you after a close encounter, which however is be possible, been heard about before...

Wow, so quality tourists are not that different...????

I think - unfortunately "think", as it I'm on non-O so it was not important for me - that it's for new approved visas from 1st October 2021. A quick Google-search only reveals this... Source link HERE.

2021 list (from mid October) is here...????

22nd December Samui +7 new cases Phangan +3 new cases Koh Tao, no data Source: Kohmui.com

26th to 31st December... Ko Samui Municipality invites you to attend this event in Nathon from 26th to 31st December... Samui Food & Gastronomy "The color of the sea. The charm of the southern food." festival Great local food and seafood. End of 2021. Let everyone taste a wide range of southern cuisine, local seafood, cultural performance events. Special with a seafood menu from a local chef that invites you all to taste, fill with a chill seaside atmosphere and meet bands, artists. 26 Dec. The Sky Flower. 27 Dec. Story Band 28 Dec. Benz Chariya 29 Dec. Cheab Benchphorn 30 Dec. Season Band 31 Dec. V Groom Let's end the year together in Samui Food & Gastronomy 2021 event at the Nanton Port. Organized by Surat Thani Provincial Commercial Office and Surat Thani Province Tourism and Sports Office.

21st December Samui +5 new cases Phangan +3 new cases Koh Tao, no data Source: Kohmui.com

In my opinion yes, you should be a "wai-er", first of all because she is a government employed and you are a foreigner, secondly because of what you wife says. Personally I rather wai a little too much, and little too often, that the opposite, but I never wai back to staff that wais me - i.e. could be the cashier in hypermarket, and other staff, or a guard - but I will normally return such a wai with a polite little nod and smile (the latter is not seen during facemask-era, apart from my smiling eyes)...????

Mine however still lasts on 12th year, the little wood I have don't...

Most of upper middle class don't care about this forum, they have too much money they need to spend on all the fun in amazing Thailand and their hi-so life-style. So they are out there sitting in their luxury pool villas and enjoying the sea view with a cool drink. and they probably not mingle a lot - keeping themselves to their own class - just like many people use 5-star resorts for the extended privacy and won't risk to mingle with the mob...???? More seriously, there might be a larger number of lower income retirees in Thailand, mainly coming as kind of financial refugees, as their money lasts a little longer here, even that it's not a longer like living for pennies on the dollar. Those with enough money - the more wealthy higher middle class - will have plenty of excellent options around the World, which they might find more attractive than Thailand. And exactly where are the borders between working class retirees and middle class retirees, $500,000 or $1 million in savings? And upper middle class retirees, what financial level are those presumed to be in? And is it only income and savings that makes the difference, or also education, and former, or even present, profession? In the area of LOS where I live there are plenty of high end villas with foreigners, some are retired, and some are not. Those of the few from hi-end villas that I know don't head much out for the same places as the mob; however I know one exclusion. One preferred to sail in his small yacht - small compared to some of the yachts you see - and instead invited friends to join him (the boat had two en-suite guest rooms). Others play tennis or golf rather than visiting a pub, or ride on private jet-ski or smaller speed boats that can be towed up on a cart into their beachfront villas; others just don't go much out, and rather have food brought to their house. Noneof them seems to care much about social networks, they probably don't need them. There must be a relative huge number in a class way above my life-style, judged from the number of high level villas and ditto cars that I see foreigners drive in; i.e. someone must live in the 70+ million baht villas, the most expensive private villa I've seen advertised for sale here was 475 million baht. Some also seems to be able to afford more than one child in international school, and the kids being picked up by cars that folks with a more modest life-style only can afford to dreams about. However it's pure qualified speculation based on what I see and hear, I have no statistics. I however noticed that a few arrived in private jets, which of course could have been be chartered, but one with a N-registration was parked on-and-off in the local airport for ages, but I presume that kind of people are in hi-so level...????

I would buy Shera Wood or like in standard sizes from one of the major building material chains, and avoid decay and feeding termites...????

Samui has an international Airport, there are daily international transit flights from Bangkok to Samui, and furthermore Singapore at the moment...????

About the three Omicron cases...

20th December Samui +6 new cases Phangan +7 new cases Koh Tao, no data Source: Kohmui.com อ.เกาะสมุย จ.สุราษฏร์ธานี พบโอมิครอน 3 รายแรก (สัมผัสเสี่ยงสูงร่วมเดินทางเที่ยวบิน 49ราย ในพื้นที่8 รวม57ราย) Koh Samui District, Surat Thani Province, found the first 3 Omicron (high-risk exposure, 49 participants in the area, 8 total 57 cases)

Unfortunately I'm not British, so I'm in doubt, I don't know if I shall ???? or ????

We are offered Pfizer-booster walk-in on the island where I live from the 26th this month, for us that received the second jab in September; it's not a major city, only 60,000 registered inhabitant on the whole island, but probably because is a tourist destination.

Thanks. I used both my Thai ID-number - which was the number on on my vaccination agreement, and it's normally, or often, the same as tax-ID - but it's not working for me; nor my passport number, where it the app insists on a 13-digit number...????

Omicron arrives with foreigners - well, it's already here, but so far only among arrivals in quarantine - my bet is less than a month before it begins to spread domestically. Perhaps Anutin's suggestion about terminating Test & Go after all makes good sense from a purely health point of view, and can delay the new variant....???? The arrival of Omicrom might however not be that bad after all, according to numerous scientists it's mild and can be the end of pandemic, if just enough get smitten. Unfortunately some scientists don't agree, which leaves us plain people in uncertainty about what is right...

What now if he actually becomes an excellent prime minister...

19th December Samui +5 new cases (Maret 3, Maenam 1, Taling Ngam 1) Phangan +4 new cases Koh Tao, no data Source: Kohmui.com

Re. Moprom / Mor Prom / Mohpromt "Digital Health Pass" (presume all same-same but different Western spelling), have anyone had success registering with this app..?

Regarding the comments above, unfortunately Dr. Yong Poovorawan is right... Reuters 16th December... WHO makes interim recommendations for mixing and matching COVID-19 vaccines SCMP 17th December... Coronavirus: WHO gives the nod for mix-and-match vaccine schedules WHO 16th December... Interim recommendations for heterologous COVID-19 vaccine schedules

From KoSamuiLife.com... A Booster shot 'Pfizer' for those who were vaccinated in Samui will be available for walk-in from 25 December. Dates (Walk-in) : Got the dose in Sep >> 25-26 December 2021 Got the 2nd dose in Sep - Oct >> 25-26 December 2021 Location: Ko Samui Hospital from 08:00 - 16:00 Central Festival Samui : 09:00 - 16: 00 What to bring with you: ID/ Passport Pen Proof of vaccination (I'd recommend using Moprom application as a proof) Source: Ko Samui Hospital as of 18 Dec 2021

17th December Samui +4 new cases Phangan +18 new cases Koh Tao, no data Source: Kohmui.com 18th December Samui +15 new cases (Bophut 7, Maenam 6, Maret 2) Phangan +7 new cases Koh Tao, no data Source: Kohmui.com

Yes you can, but it might be extremely difficult to sell or change anything, before your daughter is of age, 20 years in Thailand. Therefore, make all servitudes and like before transferring the land to your daughter's name, which can be agreements like habitation - i.e. usufruct or superficies or plain habitation right - or permission to build anything on the land, i.e. superficies needed for a building permission...????