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7 minutes ago, DaLa said:

Anyone planning travel may wish to refer to my earlier post in:

 

Thailand  / Thailand News / Thai made AstraZeneca good for visits to France and Germany, says govt spokeswoman

 

To prove my point further. In the August 16th edition of the Express it has now been reported that the UK will only accept arrivals without quarantine to people who have received 2 jabs of the same vaccine.

I think it has reached the point where highly vaccinated countries are seeing new waves of Delta breaking out.

So why go into MIQ if you've had 2 jabs of a vaccine that can not stop you being infected or transmitting Delta (this just happened in NZ a fully vaccinated nurse 2x shots of pfizer is infected and transmitting Delta) now we are in lockdown.

India's population now showing covid antibodies ,67% of them at the last count.

The have a very low vaccination rate.

So you enter XXX country vaccinated, you can get infected as it's all over the place and you can transmit it , but you may not die or need so much health care.

So  open the gates, that seems to be the idea, it's out of control world wide and if India is an example I think vaccination which now looks to be unable to control Delta may fade out and Herd immunity will prevail, just as it did with the Spanish flue-- no vaccine for that and it died. 

1 hour ago, wangotango said:

NRL at Eden Park ?

Yes-- believe it or not, the NRL wanted to have the grand final before a real crowd (they can't do that in Aussie at present) so they were weighing up to use ASB stadium (Eden Park) as it also can hold a huge crowd.

But since New Zealand went into lockdown last night that's not going to happen.

Incidentally, the strain that started this outbreak has been identified as an Aussie Delta strain.

So much for border control and the trans-tasman bubble, but I hope Souths win the final although the Storm looks to be it, other than Penrith,

Cheers. 

1 hour ago, wangotango said:

NRL at Eden Park ?

Yes-- believe it or not, the NRL wanted to have the grand final before a real crowd (they can't do that in Aussie at present) so they were weighing up to use ASB stadium (Eden Park) as it also can hold a huge crowd.

But since New Zealand went into lockdown last night that's not going to happen.

Incidentally, the strain that started this outbreak has been identified as an Aussie Delta strain.

So much for border control and the trans-tasman bubble, but I hope Souths win the final although the Storm looks to be it, other than Penrith,

Cheers. 

12 hours ago, MrJ2U said:

There is no data.

 

No other country is doing this stupid "Mix and Match" bulls***.

I heard that vaccine manufacturers were not recommending mix and match, many reports on overseas news.

But who knows Thailand may have done some research which proves otherwise.

It was reported that the efficacy of Pfizer  against Delta was 42%, Moderna was 86%, Astra was close to Pfizer. Pfizer are now recommending a third Delta booster shot.

Source RT today /Rick Sanchez.

It is well reported that Sino vac drops off after several weeks.

NZ went into lockdown level 4 last night with one spreader being a fully Pfizer vaccinated nurse.

They just linked the strain to Sydney, but not to one person as yet, thats still to come.

Now 7 cases since midnight, they suspect 50 to 100 out in the community.

RNZ news 2pm 18/8/2021.

Meanwhile people are panic buying toilet paper at supermarkets, travel bubble to cook islands closed, travel bubble to Aussie gone a few weeks now .

Don't think the NRL final will be played at Eden Park now ,with crowd, it will be in Aussie with background noise.

16 hours ago, EVENKEEL said:

From what I've read you have to upload the cover page. The same as all the other documents such as flight, sha+ hotel and covid test documents. This is from US.

Just put your passport with the id and photo into the scanner then scan and save to your document's file.

I just done a COE for a friend and thats all I did.

When uploading from the COE online site when you upload from your files, you click open, then the file appears as a pic in the COE box, but it is not uploaded until you click the little square that says upload, it then uploads.

Use the other information box to upload any extra docs as you can only upload two docs, in the other boxes.

Make sure all your dates are corresponding for flights ect.

When you complete the first stage it gives you a pre approval , so that, then you can actually buy the tickets required, so make sure you edit stage one as you can not put the actual travel dates into stage one without buying tickets first,. You can put a close date then you will get a pre approval , then buy your tickets and pay for the insurance and hotels and download them at stage 2, remember to edit stage one to the actual ticket dates/ins and quarantine, or they will decline you, you then can go back and correct any mistakes, if not enough room in the extra info box you can delete the file you put in and rescan what you want to send to them and reload it 

16 hours ago, KhunBENQ said:

Bloody narrow U-turns require that. There is no other chance than keeping your eyes wide open, ready to break when you see a U-turn sign.

Sadly, this is Me First, syndrome, how many times do you see near misses when vehicles speed up to beat u turning vehicles, very sad. 

On 8/13/2021 at 9:39 PM, Nickelbeer said:

Any indication which vaccine is being offered?

My guess would be 1 Sino and 1 Pfizer 

On 8/13/2021 at 11:24 PM, internationalism said:

an earlier projection was 400-500 for the second part of September.

I would think, that those figures would be higher, as situation progresses in the wrong direction

Sending 129,000 infected people back to their provinces, as no beds in BK, that's a step in the right infection. 

On 8/14/2021 at 7:30 PM, lahgon29 said:

I'm guessing you are spot on, mate. Same rules here in Udon Thani, and I'm spoilt for choice over which restaurant to have a drink in.????

My friend who's restaurant is closed in Sakhon nakhon, can open as soon as he and staff take one shot of sinovac and a second round of Astra, which he's been avoiding, but now he's accepted, so he can open. 

On 8/14/2021 at 4:21 PM, herfiehandbag said:

Utter balderdash.

 

TAT have become nothing less than an utterly pointless collection of oxygen thief's!

They might have had attitude adjustments at a seminar, with a few students. 

On 8/13/2021 at 1:04 AM, internationalism said:

what allowing import by private hospitals, without the government interaction and without taxes?

From the very beginning of  year some 3 hospital networks wanted to buy some 20mln sinovac. They were blocked.

There were few other attempts for some other vax.

So now moderna import is curtailed to only 5mln, from which 1mln for the red cross/army

Where have all the flowers gone? 

This whole vaccine debacle is a mess, not enough ingredients available, they were gazumped when India broke out, must have counted the chickens before the eggs. 

3 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

Many forget the delays and graft and mistakes made when that was being considered and constructed. 

Free infrastructure when you buy land surrounding the airport, better than rubber bullets. 

On 8/12/2021 at 1:26 AM, david555 said:

the ideal leader for Thailand is not born yet i fear ..... only he  T can count already on a winning majority at start ..... (the reason why the BKK Hiso plotted against him)..... say's enough  ????

He who pays the piper calls the tune.

When there is no good tunes left, they have to find a new song writer. 

On 8/11/2021 at 11:12 PM, Thailand said:

Please refer to the various amnesties that we we have given ourselves and those pending that will cover every eventuality.

Forgetfulness, a new symptom from being cinated??? 

On 8/9/2021 at 12:45 PM, ThailandRyan said:

Wow they must be selling the hell out of tourists trinkets and the new world famous Massaman Curry at inflated prices.  How have just under 15,000 folks spent 1 billion baht in 39 days. Only way feasible would be each of the 15k spending almost 2k baht a day for all 39 days, but then we know that there were many folks that used the sandbox as an alternative ASQ so they could get home to other locales in Thailand, including Thai's.  Must have been a few of those High spending monied tourists Thailand has been luring here.  Or did a few also buy new homes and condos and those costs were included in the 1 Billion.

They are making plenty of money from the sale of plastic toys to play in the sandbox, what else could it be? 

16 hours ago, Thaifly88 said:

You are absolutely right, it is the total amount in Thai banks that needs to be equal to or greater than 800,000 THB

However, they are Immigration Officers , so best to do as they say. You don’t the headaches associated with arguing with them - salute, do as they say, and be on your way ????

Remember a friend of mine telling the immigration officer he was going to London for a couple of weeks, she asked him if he could bring her back some perfume. 

He did, from the pound shop, she was very happy 

10 hours ago, clivebaxter said:

They asked for vaccines- and got tear gas and rubber bullets.

Maybe new technology (Vac Gas) 

On 8/7/2021 at 1:06 PM, jacko45k said:

Makes it sound like there would be no due process (like elections) and simply a matter of the outgoing guy polishing the seat of the chair for him!

Maybe there might be a new man to take over the watch, or a man with watches. 

18 hours ago, zhounan said:

Also money loans, I think.

In that case dear Watson, the suspects may not be from Myanmar 

On 8/5/2021 at 4:40 PM, mokwit said:

If you have a work permit you should be able to get it out.

My friend shifted 1 Mill bht overseas on his atm visa card, just a bit each day, 

A few punters I know are buying gold, and a bit of silver, people are a bit weary of Bitcoin at present. 

Property is the best investment, not in Thailand, but here and in Australia at present houses are flying through the roof, happening in many countries now.

Rents going up all the time. 

 No money to be made in banks, buy a house rent it and watch it double in 2/3 years. 

When will the bubble burst??? 

My guess is when the banks up the ofc, then it will be fanny and freddy all over again, I don't think the banks want that to happen, so a sudden bubble burst might be a few years yet, but probably will happen. 

On 8/5/2021 at 11:04 PM, ThailandRyan said:

With the new ability to charge fake news and then real news being treated as fake news by the police who have been given the means to investigate all of it by the PM in order for the Govt to save FACE, you wonder what his fine will be.

With the spike in the share price, caused by said news, there should be plenty of money to pay for any successful prosecution's resulting in a fine. 

23 hours ago, phetpeter said:

With the Island in lockdown it shouldn't take long to track her movements and and find the murderer.  

Could possibly have left the sandbox, on and out of Suvarnabhumi, then all Burmese on the island will be interrogated 

23 hours ago, BE88 said:

 

Sand box killer

 

 Now forget Swiss tourists in Thailand

 

Sadly, a suspect may soon appear, probably named cinderala, those shoes will fit and the DNA will match and he might be a construction worker. 

I sincerely hope that doesn't happen. 

A tragedy very sad. 

15 hours ago, ezzra said:

Scary stuff, Thais usually to react that way even the worse of them, that guy must have been really peed off seeing someone filming him...

What was the uniform he was wearing? 

21 hours ago, samtam said:

This list is very helpful. I plan to exit Thailand in November and return within a couple of weeks, (to effect the continuation of PR status in Hong Kong). Can I apply for the insurance before leaving, or do I have to do it whilst abroad? I believe it's only effective from the date of arrival back in Thailand, and should be valid until the expiry of my Extension of Stay. I note that the coverage period is fixed, as in 90, 180 days 1 year etc; if my Extension of Stay expiry is 25 May 2022, and I return just over 180 days ahead of that, I will have to buy the 1 year coverage? Obviously best to reduce the time to within 6 months, and halve the premium.

 

 

Hi, Joe. Thanks for all your previous advice, I just got the COE through for my friend we talked about.

I got rejected first go, because of insurance, did not know why, then looked at the application process, stage  1-2-3 ect. When I filled out the first stage I did not have the exact travel dates so I put an approximate date, they then pre- approved COE. and said now you can book your tickets and upload them with insurance ect.

Then I submitted stage 2 and it rejected, so I looked at it, and edited the application and the travel date in stage one, which did not correspond with the actual ticket dates and insurance dates so they knocked me back.

Nor did the quarantine dates align.

Then to top  that off, the insurance, they knocked back as they said also it did not show 100k USD.

Nor did the cover dates, align with stage one date, but it did with the actual ticket dates, all due to you can not put the actual travel date in stage one until you get pre approval to the next stage, then you can buy everything.( the insurance for covid 19 was from a link you and the embassy provided and the company is fine and they accepted the policy once they figured out how much 6.4 million Bhat was in USD for cover)

So I corrected stage one, wrote on the copy of the insurance that it covered 6.4 million Bhat, which was approx 179k USA. SO then they were happy with that, they then approved my application and I have downloaded the COE.

SO make sure you edit stage one when you upload tickets ect to stage 2.

One problem to be aware of is-- when you browse files to put an attachment on your application, -- you click open on your file and then on the application the file pic shows, and you think its uploaded.

It has not--- you have to click on the little box(up-load file)on the application when the file shows up, to upload it to the form.

Then with, The Additional Info box--- make sure you put anything you want to explain into  a file in that box as the other boxes will only let you download 2 attachments.

You  can include letters, tickets ect just put them into one file. 

Question Joe? Any advice as to travel from BK to your home province, once BK quarantine is finished, my friend enters on the 15-08 and today the news says all domestic flights are cancelled.

And People in the Sandbox were going to be sent to Suvarnabhumi by Bus.

I was thinking along the lines of a private Taxi, he has a house in Chiang Mai but has not been using it, I put that address on the T8 with proof of address docs.

He has a rental agreement for a place he has been staying at in Sakon Nokhon, over 5 years.

Would he be able to get out of BK, to Sakon Nakhon using a private Taxi and the rental agreement,or get to Chiang Mai  on his Chiang mai docs ,and then go on to Sakon Nakhon using rental agreement as proof of address ? as it looks like Air Travel may be out of the question??

Can you send message to me as before- to Keithwilly 2002, thanks Joe .