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Covid insurance is £60 from Axa if you're staying for a month. The PCR tests are more expensive, though, about £120 for the 2 in Thailand plus whatever you pay in the UK.

1 hour ago, sirineou said:

A good first step or removing one  hoop a tourist has to jump through, now also remover the covid insurance requirement. Looking at the daily covid data. I see that out of over 10,000 infections, only 17 were coming from outside the country, and I am not sure if all 17 were from tourists, many might have been from migrants workers. 

The insurance companies must love it. Thousands of policies, and only having to pay out an insignificant number.

How can I get some of that action ????

You're not wrong ????

It's a huge moneyspinner which will guarantee that this high season is a flop, while millions of Thais who used to depend on tourism income suffer.

It probably won't be until late 2022 before they ditch the insurance and the CoE.

On 10/6/2021 at 10:40 AM, Ganesh108 said:

If you have to apply for it, it's not a visa on arrival. It's a visa on application.

What happens if your "visa application" gets denied? Back on the plane?

2 hours ago, webfact said:

The 100,000 doses from Iceland and 346,100 doses from Germany are expected to be delivered within this month.

Given that Iceland's population is only 366,000, a donation of 100,000 doses is very generous. Well done Iceland.

1 hour ago, DrJack54 said:

Prior to covid it was very easy to come to Thailand and with border runs and extensions very simple.

Currently that is not possible.

Your better off to state how long you wish to stay in Thailand.

Meaning regardless of initial entry, be that visa exempt or tourist visa, what's the plan after that.

 

Good question, I appreciate you asking.

I'm not sure how long I will be in Thailand - hopefully 12 months+, spending income from overseas. I can't get one of the usual Non-O visas.

I was happy with the idea of coming in visa exempt, getting a covid extension or two, and then moving onto an ED visa, as I'd like to improve my Thai anyway. The STV is tempting, but unavailable right now, and very inflexible regarding rmoving.

I was going to book a flight for the end of this month, but this has complicated things.

Visa exempt 45 + 30 seemed like the simplest way to go, since the SETV only gave you 15 more days (60 + 30), but if it's been reduced to 30 + 30 that might change things.

So do I go:

1) Visa exempt - 30 + 30

+ easiest requirements

- shortest time

2) SETV - 60 + 30

+ an extra 30 days

- must provide proof of accomodation (for 60 days?)

- must provide bank statements showing sufficient funds

3) STV - 90 + 90 + 90

+ 9 months in Thailand

- must show paid accomodation for 3 months

- must provide bank statements showing sufficient funds

- extra insurance for 40,000/400,000 baht

- can't convert visa

- I can't actually apply for it yet despite it being announced

Come on Thailand, why not make things a little simpler for people who want to come to Thailand and spend money?

11 hours ago, nattaya09 said:

Those numbers appear to be from Sept 22 so not sure how much additional progress they've made in the last 10 days. Their program seemed to have been surging pretty well during September.  If they have the supply, they should aim high and come as close as they can. 60% by the end of year would be a huge success considering how abysmal the first several months were.

Thailand's "number of doses" figures seem to lag a week behind other countries on ourworldindata.org. UK, Germany etc have figures going up to the 29th/30th.

https://ourworldindata.org/explorers/coronavirus-data-explorer?zoomToSelection=true&minPopulationFilter=1000000&time=2021-06-26..latest&facet=none&pickerSort=asc&pickerMetric=location&hideControls=true&Metric=Vaccine+doses&Interval=Cumulative&Relative+to+Population=true&Align+outbreaks=false&country=GBR~ITA~DEU~FRA~ESP~THA

You mine a rich vein of sarcasm, GammaGlobulin ????

Easy for Thais! 1,000 boats can push the water away!

5 hours ago, ThaiVisaCentre said:

Emirates is actually the best option as it also covering the scenario if someone on your flight next to you tests positive when coming into the Phuket sandbox.

But if you are not flying emirates, and are looking for a general comparison of the most popular insurers you can use this Thailand Covid Insurance page.

Thanks, that's very useful.

On 9/29/2021 at 3:27 AM, webfact said:

So why did the pilots have such low numbers?

Because of all the rules and red tape, obviously.

Ironically, now that Delta has taken hold, Thailand have little to lose by opening the floodgates and letting people in. If Thailand was still "covid free", there is no way they would be considering this.

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Authorities will also reduce the quarantine time nationwide for visitors arriving from Oct. 1, the COVID-19 task force said, halving it to seven days for vaccinated arrivals, and cutting it to 10 days for those not inoculated.

So now they're letting people into the "sandbox" with no vaccinations at all.

Ridiculous.

13 minutes ago, Chrwil said:

So what are the best options for a 10-day stopover for a UK national - double AZ'd in Thailand - who for some crazy reason wants/needs to get back to the UK for a bit? Somewhere that doesn't require quarantine for people who have come from Thailand and is not on the UK's red list. Obviously would still have to home quarantine in the UK until they fix the issue of not recognising vaccines delivered in Thailand, but at least would avoid hotel the UK's quarantine ripoff nightmare.

 

US? Dubai? Parts of Europe?

 

France is nice, and accepts anyone who is double-jabbed - at least, they did a few weeks ago last time I checked.

5 hours ago, medina21 said:

The UK government needs to explain why Astra Zeneca in Thailand is not the same as Astra Zeneca in the UK. It's time for the Ambassador to demand an explanation and for the government to provide one.

The Ambassador is a bit busy holding cocktail parties and munching Ferrero Rocher, but he's promised to look into the matter some time in 2022.

10 minutes ago, Caldera said:

Phuket might well be the only place in Thailand that has adequate testing in place, and it's educational how persistent the current wave keeps lingering there still, with no signs of abating thus far.

I thought that too, but when I checked the numbers a couple of weeks ago, Phuket only had about 1.5x as many tests as the average for Thailand, as per below:

22 minutes ago, Antifreeze said:

I keep wondering why a map or district list is no longer issued. Is it because the one responsible caught the desease or because it would not quite match the reporting or... 

You can see a breakdown of covid stats by province here:

https://ddc.moph.go.th/covid19-dashboard/index.php?dashboard=province

5 hours ago, canthai55 said:

I had to Google who she is.

Why would you care what she - or anyone - thinks ?

Another silicone filled, botox injected, 'Influencer' suffering from a Narcissus complex.

Live your own life.

Minaj is one of the best selling female artists of all time with 100 million records sold worldwide. Forbes has her net worth at $85M. Her music isn't for everybody, but she isn't an "influencer".

I find it rather amusing that Minaj, Whitty, Johnson and Morgan are involved in a public "internet argument", with Boris Johnson talking about Minaj during a number 10 briefing. Important, no. Surreal, yes.

14 minutes ago, mtls2005 said:

 

The Thai Red Cross is the "government". And they have a GINORMOUS budget already. Yes, they do some good but with a huge "overhead".

 

 

At this price someone is pocketing a ton o cash.

 

Even the sinovac was only ~ 600 ish/dose.

 

 

 

Your concerns are understandable, but Moderna is expensive - they are currently charging the EU $25.50 a dose, or 841 baht.

966 baht/dose for Thailand seems fairly reasonable.

https://www.ft.com/content/d415a01e-d065-44a9-bad4-f9235aa04c1a