yimlitnoy

Yes she can, why not?

The minister again missed the point, the Thai PCR test on arrival is expensive and not necessary as already a PCR test was performed just before boarding the plane to Thailand. It is a useless repetition of an earlier test on departure. The one day quarantine on arrival is still there, they still required an approved SHA+ hotel and those are expensive, nothing has really changed other than, I suppose since Anutin does not say, the transportation to a SHA+ hotel is now on the tourist to pay. What about the 2 required expensive insurances? This only help the few hospitals in treatment collection and not the Thai public in general, this is money that otherwise would be better spent in helping the now suffering Thai population. In any case I believe that if any tourist failed to pay for their treatment it is because of the hospital practice to overcharge them. My Thai wife has been charged THB 25,000 for minor treatment following a cat bite in Koh Chang (They asked her if she had any insurance since she also now has a foreigner name) and I am regularly charged double price on my surgeries at Ramathibodi hospital. This is the Thai way to treat foreigners in Thailand, the Thai are very nice people but their institutions are overcharging (Think double pricing...) foreigners. They say but you are not Thai...

Sure, it looks like it.

I am not traveling to Samui or Phuket this year, you need a PHD and time to understand all the requirements. A PCR test on departure to Thailand should be sufficient, why a test on arrival coupled to an expensive hotel stay? Why do you want us to spend our money on 2 Thai insurances corporations instead of spreading our money among the Thai people who are suffering at this moment? Even the Thai do not trust the local insurance companies as demonstrated in their rally 2 weeks ago. What if the test on arrival shows a false positive situation, you will send us to an expensive hospital for foreigners for 14 days at our expense? What if I am infected while in Thailand due to low vaccination rate of the Thai population and this is only discovered on the departure from Thailand PCR test? No, I am not traveling to Samui or Phuket this year. I am fully vaccinated and in my book it is sufficient and adequate for travel anywhere.

This is what your insurance bought in Thailand for COVID is really worth: https://web.archive.org/web/20211011124343/https://tna.mcot.net/english-news-801582

And how do you think the electricity is generated in Thailand for those electric vehicles?

I agree. Those expensive restrictions are killing Thailand as a destination. I cannot wait to go back to Hanoi as my travel hub.

The COE must be discarded, also all the insurances, when you are 70 like me the cost for a full year is more than $2000... I am told that next year at 71, the rate will double... I am fully AZ vaccinated and I have savings at the bank to self-insure. Foreigners living in Pattaya are retired people and if you keep the mandatory insurances then Pattaya will be empty except for the short time tourists... Simply make it easy to travel to Thailand like it is easy to travel to Spain, full vaccination and a visa is enough, let the people spend their money in Thailand on the local Thai economy instead of big insurances corporations.

free from the red cross offices here in Bangkok near Chula hospital.

I think that my Embassy can do the letter certifying my residence, they did in the past for DLT.

I have the DLT video training passed, certificate print-ok. Now for the appointment, I have the 13 digit numbers from my vaccinations-ok. I could enter DLT booking program and create a password-ok. For the rest all is in Thai language, I can click Chatuchak but there are many categories of renew DL from 5 years to another 5 years and after that I am lost. Do you have any advise, maybe the DLT Queue reservation system is not for foreigners? On 8 Nov, it will be 1 year since my DL has expired...

A TM30 receipt will do for a certificate of residence or an Canada Embassy letter certifying my residence? I will go with my wife. A Chatuchak DLT do they do the peripheral depth vision test? I will renew from 5 years to 5 years again.

And 2 obligatory insurance policies part of the COE...

Well I had to wear a bulletproof vest in Bosaso, Somalia. It was nice, beautiful sea and beaches, in fact the nicest beaches in the world...

I am suspecting that what you are not mentioning are the stopovers for 3 days then back to sea... On oil rigs they are shorter and shorter, all are now very coordinated with a quick 35 hours flight home in Business Class...

Vietnam Danang if possible, Nepal Kathmandu or India Kerala... Maybe after the ravages of the virus Vietnam will be more welcoming to retirees? In your introduction, you say it is not possible for a retiree (Canadian) to live in Vietnam, can you explain? Thailand with his forced mandatory Insurance is making it difficult for a 70 years old to stay.

Beware of crowded vaccinate candidates...

Shopee is not for English people, you might waste 1 hour of your time to search for setting English language, better go with Lazada and AliExpress for now until this lack of insight cost them much more business opportunity. Shopee is for the Thai only. Also shipping is more expensive if you do not use their Aps, better prepare your Google Lens and good luck in your search.

My average cost of living calculated on the last 2 years living alone with my wife near Sathorn Road and living in a THB 10,000/month apartment with electricity bill of THB 1,800/month. I have been in Thailand for 41 years. USD 17,884 per year USD 1,490 per month THB 48,348 per month So the point is: it can be done on your budget. PS. I live very well, I am near everything in BKK and, in addition, I give my wife THB 15,000 every month for her to keep. Of course I have some savings for any unforeseen emergency. If your life is miserable where you are then do not hesitate and fly in after the pandemic restrictions are over. You will save on winter clothes. Of course have the THB 800,000 ready in a Thai bank time deposit account for your retirement "0" visa and maybe THB 200,000 in savings in the same bank.

Then they should replace the PCR antibody tests by an antigen rapid test approved by WHO which cost less than 250 bht for each test. I wanted to go to Samui but when I found out about the 3 tests at 9000 bht then I changed my plan. There are also the health insurance and COVID $100,000 USD insurance that is stopping us to travel. I was quote at $7000 a year for both insurance, I am only 70, I have never been sicked.

The German Embassy staff must be all very old... or very lazy... or God forbid, very stupid. This below might give them an idea of what others are using in 2021! In Canada, we have some difficulty in using simple cash unless through a slot in an artificial intelligent machine...

The point was to go for 10 days in an amber country before going home in UK and therefore not be subject to a quarantine, you will not break your wallet and India is admittedly a challenging place worth going.

If fully vaccinated a trip to India, Goa for example, will save you money and add to your culture when coming back to the UK...

I have been fully vaccinated with 2 jabs AZ and I already have an existing Covid-19 Policy from Thailand, any chance (in your opinion) that this will be accepted? Plan 4: Personal Insurance policy covered for Coronavirus Infection (Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)) * Coma caused by Coronavirus Infection (Corona virus (2019-nCoV)): THB1,000,000 * Medical Expenses from Coronavirus (Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)) per year: THB100,000

I take note, Thank you Ubonjoe