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8 minutes ago, Saltire said:
A recent update from Tanee Sangkrat twitter. Promising?
35.5 K registered at 6 pm last night.
'Up to provincial health offices' though.
Great share, thanks ???? That question nails exactly what I was musing about yesterday re: potential inter-Ministry drop synch. At any rate, MoFA gets a bravo zulu from me on putting this functional registration platform together.
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90-day website function worked once for me roughly 2014 or 15 (I think), and never again since then.
UbonJoe (Immigration sub-forum Mod) told me back then it was probably because I'd gotten a new passport, which I had, and if/when I left the country and re-entered, it should reset something and work thereafter. I flew out for a holiday on the usual Re-Entry Permit procedure, returned, still didn't work; including with Internet Explorer, which was the flavor of the month at that time for this issue.
Asked one of the kids at my Immigration office about it, once, a few years ago, but they just directed me to the Immigration website. Given up since then. Immi office is only a 30 minute drive away, but I do feel for the older guys with medical/mobility problems in my area.
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41 minutes ago, Almer said:
Is that appointment from the new expatvax consular registration.?
Yes, I registered on the ExpatVac site yesterday.
Just to be clear on the second half of that comment you've replied to, it's since emerged that the mate I referred to with the appt in April 2022, had previously registered in one of the other vaccination platforms, not this new ExpatVac site.
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3 hours ago, MJCM said:
I also posted this in the other thread, so if it is cross posting then delete it.
Question for those foreigners that live in Isarn and that registered on ExpatVac.
Suppose the appointment comes via Email and the location is set to Bangkok / Bang Sue.
Would you go?
No, I wouldn't go down to BKK. Registered on ExpatVac yesterday, so if/when I get an appointment email, will report back here with details.
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4 minutes ago, nahkit said:
I tried drag & drop and also the browse function, each time, the second image replaced the one already there.
I noticed that at the bottom left-hand corner of the picture in the frame there was a "+" sign. Thought maybe that was how you added a 2nd image but that had no effect when clicked. Hovered the mouse over it and it displayed a message saying the image hadn't completed loading yet. After several tries I left the form open for 30 minutes, came back to it and it still said the image hadn't loaded yet. The image size was only 1.18M.
Given that some on here say they had no problem to load more than one image, I'm thinking that maybe the problem is browser dependent.
Same here, using Windows 10 & Firefox. A few suggestions in previous pages. As noted, I put both scan images side-by-side on a single Powerpoint slide (Impress/LibreOffice), saved it as a JPEG, then attached that single file.
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11 minutes ago, fishtank said:
Actually it indicates the opposite.
After a few other reports on here, up in CM in particular, wonder if the batches of Pfizer from Murica, which I presume will be received in Bangkok, will be allocated around the country according to the foreigners with a confirmed slot via this new MoFA website process.
That sounds like a lot of coordination and logistics. Functioning website to register is great, love it! Actually executing the operation, is another kettle of fish.
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33 minutes ago, Bangkok Barry said:
Confusing, but would we expect anything else? I simply attached both and was told my application was successful. But I'm still expecting an email telling me the application isn't complete. Still, as you say, apart from the confusion you highlight it all ran smoothly. This is my third application via various methods, and having heard nothing after the last two I'm not holding my breath, but it's promising.
One thing I noticed was that it mentioned visas but not extensions, even though we are constantly told on this site by those who apparently know better than government offices that an extension is not a visa. As far as registering on the site, they are one and the same. I guess. Otherwise, again, I might get an email asking for correct info and/or that extensions don't count.
Yep, after fiddling with dysfunctional Immigration websites over the years, admit I was skeptical about this one at first, but pleasantly surprised in the end.
Right....the good old Visa vs. Extension gotcha - always a crowd pleaser here. It's such a common faux pas that I, and probably the vast majority here, knew what MoFA meant and what they wanted. Immigration is completely disinterested in my USED S.E. Non-O Visa from 2012, so the idea that MoFA would be, in this context, never occurred to me.
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1 minute ago, smedly said:
They asked for visa not extension .................................. mute point but there is a difference
Yes, there is. Thank you for un-muting this moot point.
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16 minutes ago, Denim said:
That tiddler has a long way to go before it reaches the 40 ton one found in a London sewer :
Wow! Be interesting to run a camera snake down into the soi drains in my area. Wouldn't doubt finding 8' Pythons and who knows what else down there. Those guys cleaning the drains in Bangkok by hand, deserve a medal for bravery.
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Thankfully wife is fairly conscientious about pouring used oil into a jar or container of some type, but oh yeah, the rice and bits of other things that get washed down the drain. Also do the sink fill/wash through from time to time between trap cleanings. Also let the bathroom sink water run a bit longer after brushing teeth - that trap gets pretty gross after a while too. ????
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29 minutes ago, 55Jay said:
Not really. Countryside for sure, but only about 20 minute drive outside large city.
@Saltire Ahhh, looks like I may have conflated two separate processes. My wife knows this guy's wife and just told me they'd registered through some previous Thai website or App, so that's why he already had an appointment date when we were chatting yesterday, and why it's so far into the future. Maybe. I don't know. Anyway........
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5 minutes ago, NanLaew said:My experience: if you click & drag the graphics individually, one replaces the other. However, if you use the 'Browse' option, you can select the two files and they'll pop up in the window, side by side.
Huh! I was using the Browse function and 2nd file replaced the first, at least on mine - Desktop Win10. Tried it twice, then went to the PP work around.
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Just now, Rampant Rabbit said:
You can also put your brith date as any month in 2029
I'll have to take your word for it.
Sounds like you want to nitpick this website interface to death, and that's fine, but I'm going to bounce from this exchange with you. ///
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5 minutes ago, Saltire said:
Does he perhaps live in a very remote area?
Not really. Countryside for sure, but only about 20 minute drive outside large city.
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3 minutes ago, Saltire said:
Surely this is a mistake? Does the USA donated Pfizer have a really long shelf life? Maybe the Pfizer for this scheme is not from that donation but anticipation of buying in the future. I hope not?
Dunno but yes, that's what I was thinking.
His comment made me do a double take as well, so I asked him again - April! Wow!
Didn't see his email confirmation personally, he's not a smart phone kind of guy, but had no reason to doubt him. Did suggest he follow up somehow, especially given his age and underlying med condition.
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1 minute ago, Doctor Tom said:That made me laugh. On what, I wonder, is his date based; on the promises that vaccines have been ordered, will arrive soon, are in the pipeline, are expected ? Where have I heard all that before, oh yes, in every government briefing.
Right, he's over 70 and has some medical issues as well, so April 2022 is nuts.
I'm well under 60, so I expect to be not just at the back of the line, but out the back door, somewhere on the loading dock. ????
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1 minute ago, Rampant Rabbit said:Seriously? List of countries non alphabetical, inability to load more than one photo easily.
Well, when it comes to Thai Gov websites, the bar is low. LOL. Attachment function ought to be an easy fix, but meh, wasn't difficult to work around.
Now, let's see what my appointment date is. Mate of mine told me he got his appointment date email..... APRIL 2022! If mine ends up being so far in the future, can't help but consider the potential for a Sinovac bait and switch. We'll see how it goes. ????
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Maybe noted in another topic/thread about attaching scan or photo of passport and permission to stay extension. 2 attachments didn't show on the screen, so I combined both objects onto a Powerpoint slide then exported/"Save As" as a single JPEG file. Appears to have worked, registration successful, wait for appointment date email.
Functional website and registration process. Nice!
Immigration could learn a thing or two from these guys. ????
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it's all relative to our time here. Previous batch of guys in Thailand always had their best times, in their time here. I've had plenty, and in the past 6 months, 3 of our number have died suddenly from liver cancer, after years on the good times with Leo, Chang, et al.
I'm quite sure there will be a few more to follow. Living the dream, as they say, until we chuck you into the big pizza oven at the Wat. Small words murmured amongst us, and then it just doesn't matter anymore. And so we carry on, as we do, hoisting a Leo in your honor, as if it matters. As if it ever did.
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I was never all that enthusiastic about Thailand, however, for the first 5 or so years here, felt mostly satisfied and comfortable flying back in from annual trips abroad. That ebbed with each passing year though. Last return to BKK (pre-Covid), I stared out the window of the car as we drove out of Swampy and found myself grimacing at the grit and grime of it all. But, like coups and gubmint dysfunction, that's part of the tapestry in this part of the world.
While I've been mentally ready to bounce for the last 3 or 4 years, everything's paid for and we have a fairly uncomplicated, comfortable lifestyle, so I'm afraid it's become a bit too easy to stay and float along day to day. The Comfortable Old Shoe syndrome.
Soon as the mandatory arrival quarantine is lifted, or reduced significantly, we'll be feet wet and outta here for a mental reset, and see how it goes from there.
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Interesting that climate change crept into this thread, relative to a comment a few pages back about how the internet's flood of concentrated, selective, hyperbolic nonsense, contributes to our general sense of anxiety and cynicism, which may be one of a few factors for OP's current state of mind, dreaming of a more peaceful life on another planet.
Main stream media is complicit in the toxic stew of daily "media" content, as well as the tidal wave of small time Youtubers who want to be Big Time Youtubers, so they engage in hysterical reporting and click bait titles in a clumsy attempt to get noticed and moreover, expedite the accrual of data necessary to monetize their channel.
Unplugging from the noise is the simplest thing one can do, even for a while, and you'll feel a lot better. Ah the "good old days", when slow print media ruled, and there were only a few channels on the old black and white TV, so you never got "breaking news" about a car crash killing 2 people on the other side of the planet.
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1 hour ago, thaibeachlovers said:While I agree with what you say about us living too long, I don't agree about "no purpose". IMO only lower animals live without purpose. IMO humans were given the blessing ( or curse ) of needing to have meaning in life. IMO that's why we become religious or follow religious like movements like the climate change believers, or join criminal gangs.
Thanks. IMO, lower animals do have a purpose. It's the same as ours, at least in our unpolluted, natural state. Everything else we think and worry about beyond the basics, may well be the result of idle time, because the basics of life are more plentiful and assured, and we have a reduced threat of being eaten by a predator as we go about obtaining them.
Interesting to watch how quickly the veneer is stripped away once our fragile systems are disrupted. Observed in my early 30s before, during and in the aftermath of a devastating super typhoon. Once the power went out, bulk fuel depot on fire, water system damaged, cell/internet gone...... all the extraneous BS evaporated, and everybody huddled around candles taking stock. Back to Basics. It was a relief to finally get our little corner of the world back on line a month or so later, but a part of me enjoyed the simplicity of our species during a crisis dynamic.
Fun contrast I just thought of is the divide between "modern" westerners with the time and resources to contemplate the meaning of life -v- the simplicity of a farm girl from a hard scrabble village in deep Issan, concerned with daily life on her family's patch of dirt. As he lays in the hammock contemplating lofty ideas and asking for her thoughts on it, she may avert her eyes in embarrassment and/or annoyance, and say,
"You tink too mutt".
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IMO, there is no 'purpose'. That is a man-made construct we've been conditioned to in various ways, depending on where you were born, ethnicity, culture, societal organization, and for many, the additional lens of a manufactured religion.
Otherwise, we are animals in the natural system. We are born, try to survive, reproduce, and would still be dying at a much younger age if we were living as intended, before modernization and intervention of medical science.
As each successive generation gets older than nature intended, its members often yearn for the simpler times of their youth, feeling they are no longer a part of the increasingly chaotic world around them, and that they've had enough of it.
They may well be onto something.
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6 hours ago, Emdog said:
Face it, we don't matter. We are expendable.
Bit too emotive, but fairly close to accurate, IMO.
Routine, administrative support is the baseline expectation.
29,000 expats in Thailand register for vaccine using Expatvac website
in Thailand News
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Haven't seen any feedback yet about how Ministry of Foreign Affairs reaches back to individuals about unclear or missing documentation, like in your case. Hopefully, and likely easiest for you is they send an email requesting your passport photo page, and you'll be able to attach it to the reply email and send it that way.