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I read the quoted article as being about *inbound* travelers to China. The sentence about how this benefits the traveler clarifies that, at least to me. It’s actually sensible reasoning, IMO. I’m glad Thailand is not overreacting.

There are plenty of 7-11s in Thailand to dispense paracetamol to “people with just a cough and a fever” and that’s as close to Thailand’s “medical system” as they need to get.

And Australia along with the other countries implementing restrictions are overreacting. The sky is not falling.

For LTR visa purposes, does my income, and investment in Thailand, need to be only in my own name? I have only joint tax returns for the past decades, and I’d like e.g. a foreigner-owned condo I buy in Bangkok to be held jointly with me and (Thai) wife. Would those still work as evidence for the LTR wealthy pensioner or wealthy global citizen application?

I’m in Thailand on a visa exemption stamp. At a branch of Bangkok Bank this morning, I asked about opening an account. I can speak Thai well enough to explain that I am American, and not here on any kind of visa. The answer was that he would open one for me with my original passport plus some kind of “certification of the passport” from “the US embassy”. Further conversation didn’t reveal what this is with sufficient precision. Does anyone have any insight into what this refers to, *exactly*? I was imagining maybe a notarized, signed copy of my passport? Or is there a specific kind of certification the US can create? I’ve never heard of this but I am not an expert. Or is this just likely to be wild goose chase, and there’s no actual document that could fulfill this supposed requirement?

This might be compelling for Canadians but I doubt there’s really enough demand from Canadians to sustain this route even seasonally… …Because I don’t think this will be particularly compelling for Americans. There’s still a flight connection so going via YVR doesn’t offer a sufficient time savings. Plus there’s strong competition. EVA, China Airlines, JAL, ANA, Korean, Asiana, Cathay Pacific (well, whatever’s left of them), Malaysia, Singapore, others like Philippine Airlines, and some airlines going via Middle East or Europe, all with one-stops to BKK from numerous USA airports, all similar total flight times to going via YVR. (Well OK Singapore and Malaysia are a few hours longer.) So actually the AC flight enters what looks like quite a crowded field, contrary to the warm and fuzzies in the article.