howerde

As of 27 Jun Eva Air have direct flights every Fri Lhr-Bkk,  at least It's a start

1 hour ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Not for new customers with addresses in Thailand, it doesn't!

It  did for me 3 months ago, are you mixing up lloyds current account based in UK and lloyds international based in Channel Iislands, down side is i don;t think you are protected by the he Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS)

Lloyds bank have an international current account, based in Channel islands

This from expats in Thailand forum(Facebook), about an hour ago,   

The Thai Consulate here in Los Angeles just informed me "the Phuket Sandbox has been put on hold." What a surprise.

I was there yesterday and the photocopy place on the ground floor had a sign saying photograph, can not remember the cost though, i would bring my own just incase

Did not work for me yesterday or today(contact immigration on pop up box)  will just go to MTT next week

According to Thai embassy London the STV visa ends in sep

Special Tourist Visa (STV) : for stay up to 90 days with possible extension of 90 days twice)

**STV cannot be extended after 30 September 2021. Please DO NOT apply for STV after 30 June 2021 and applicants must arrive in Thailand before 3 July 2021 if they wish to extend their stay after 90 days. Application to extend their stay in Thailand must be submitted before 30 September 2021.**

seems strange. the Thai embassy in Sweden says no visa required    http://thaiembassy.se/en/guide-for-travelling-to-thailand-during-covid-19-situation/

The Thai  embassy in london says from 6 May, all non Thai arrivals needs 15 nights ASQ, including those who have been vaccinated   https://london.thaiembassy.org/en/publicservice/requirements-for-foreigners-travelling-to-thailand-during-covid-19-tra?page=5d6636cd15e39c3bd00072dd&menu=5f4b6eb3f6ae4b236972c562

From the airlines website,

Passengers entering or transiting through Abu Dhabi (AUH) from the United Kingdom must have a printed negative COVID-19 PCR test taken at most 72 hours before departure of the last direct flight to United Arab Emirates. The test result must be in Arabic or English and must be issued by an approved laboratory listed on https://screening.purehealth.ae or a laboratory accredited by the United Kingdom.

how ever, it also seems to say otherwise

https://www.qatarairways.com/en-gb/visa-and-passport-requirements.html?iid=ALL88789980

I would contact the airline by email or web chat, the unknown is always what rules will change tomorrow

i would check first, as boots state PCR test there is no mention of RT-PCR which Thailand requires

This from Swedish embassy,  no mention of vaccine   http://thaiembassy.se/wp-content/uploads/new-policy-eng.jpg

Thailand requires a covid test RT-PCR method, i had an NHS TEST,  last year and the email just stated covid negative no mention of the method, so i imagine you would be refused boarding with it

IT says British nationals, but on website concerned it seems for anyone

List of care homes for British nationals in Thailand - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

8 minutes ago, songmaew said:

Sorry do not follow you re. ins. My 100% perfectly rule-abiding (and expensive) Thai insurance coverage (Dec'20 - Dec'21) cannot be of any issue here.  As stated, stamped in Dec 16, '20 and written after the words 'valid to' :  March 12, 2021.

Does your passport expire march 12 2021 by any chance

The Thai embassy in Ireland closed a few years ago, everything is done through the London embassy

6 hours ago, bear9 said:

Any reason why some of the hotels do a test on arrival and others do not?  If they do a test on arrival you have to pay extra for that?

My ASQ did 3 covid tests, 1st on arrival, there was no extra charge, the price was included in the original quote and they did state that a test on arrival was needed.

2 hours ago, bluebanana said:

@howerde would u be able to tell me if ( knock wood ) if covid treatment is needed , do we need to pay anyhting out from our pocket ?

 

or is it directly the insurance co will handle it : ? /  

You do not have to pay anything (excess), at least when i bought my policy in November

https://www.tipinsure.com/CovidRegional/product_detail

odd i get this     

For covid insurance try https://covid19.tgia.org  there is no waiting period

10 minutes ago, Peter Denis said:

Good for you.  But I wonder...

When the O-X Visa provides you with a 5 year permission to stay stamped in your passport on entry, and there is NO need to report yearly how and when are Immigration gonna check that you did meet the requirements, i.e.

- at least 1.5 million THB permanently parked on your Thai personal bank-account;

- a Thai IO-approved health-insurance policy that meets the Non Imm O-X requirements.

If there is no obligation for annual reporting, you might as well ignore those rules once you got that 5-year permission to stay stamp in your passport, and at the end of the 5 years you then simply exit Thailand and apply abroad for a new Visa.  If it would be as simple as that, then the Non Imm O-X would be a very attractive option, so I doubt that you would never have to visit your local IO during that 5-year period to verify whether you meet the Non Imm O-X conditions of stay.

Another way of looking at it, if you  obtained the visa and after 1 year in Thailand. left for  2 years, how would you show immigration  your second year documents, that would mean your visa lapsing,  i guess time will tell

19 minutes ago, Peter Denis said:

You wrote earlier 'They told me i was the first O-X they had seen...'

So Chang Wattana - by far the largest IO in Thailand - has not seen any O-X before.  Interesting...

Also and especially in this case I would not be very confident that an oral statement by an Imm Officer that is in contradiction with what the O-X requirements/conditions stipulate, might not be challenged later by a different officer.

I would NOT recommend the O-X Visa option to anyone wanting to stay long-term in Thailand, but if you can afford it and it meets your needs then of course that''s OK.   I can only repeat that there are other well-established options to stay long-term in Thailand that do not require permanently parking 1.5 million THB on your personal Thai bank-account nor subscribing to an IO-approved Thai health-insurance policy issued by a TGIA-associated insurer. 

I was referring to immigration at the airport not seeing an 0-X visa, i have phoned  immigration and also had a Thai phone for me and on borh occasions was told there is no need to report  yearly, i would believe them more than an embassy website, i am happy with what i have and i earn more interest here than i would earn in the UK. My Thai  approved insurance is cheap, though i am still in my 50s

I would say once you get to your mid 60s  or have any medical conditions, then this is not the visa to go for

16 minutes ago, Peter Denis said:

The requirements/conditions on the Thai Embassy website when applying for the O-X Visa clearly state as one of the conditions for the Non Imm O-A Visa that

'Foreigners must report, in person, to the immigration officer every 1 year for the examination of the qualifications and supporting documents.'

This is Thailand with each local IO a fiefdom interpreting, adding or voiding the rules.  So it looks like you are lucky that YOUR local IO waves that requirement, but other IOs that do follow the regulations will normally impose it

Thai embassy websites do not always show the correct information, the London embassy shows you can apply for a 0=X  in Thailand and you can't,  And i deal with Chang Wattana who i am sure are up to date

5 minutes ago, crowned said:

When I entered , BKK immigration only stamped me in for 1 year on O-X. This was later amended at my local IO. I think, again pointing to some confusion amongst Thai officialdom

They told me i was the first O-X they had seen, there were 3 of them in  the booth