Letseng

13 minutes ago, pegman said:

It may not help his  predicament  that a certain Scot journalist, no longer welcome in Thailand, is championing his cause. Best of luck R.B.

Or the BBC guy

8 hours ago, mrfill said:

Just remember, a couple of weeks ago Vietnam looked like it was doing a lot better than Thailand.

 

NZ and her success story is also history. They didn't need to olen borders.

17 hours ago, KhaoYai said:

Sorry, waste of time. I spent 2 weeks trying to get some sense out of the Thai Embassy in London.  No matter what you ask them about COE, they reply with the same crazy email - one that states you have to book flights and an ASQ hotel without dates before they will consider a COE application - even though booking the flight is impossible until the embassy gives the go ahead.

Not just London. Vienna is no different.

On 8/11/2020 at 2:30 AM, Tounge Thaied said:

It's not right that the foreigner has to jump through ALL the hoops to only be exposed to a plane full of un-tested people. So that when you arrive, you have increased risk of popping positive at the hotel... then you are off to the hospital at even more risk and expense. 

This is why you need insurance to pay for possible hospital cost.

9 hours ago, mike1967 said:

I just wonder how many people will be queuing up for an unproven vaccine? You can hear the news in 5 years time about the possible side effects.

At my age 5 years is a long time. I don't plan further.  And will def. be amongst the first in the queue in whatever country I will be at the time

14 hours ago, J Town said:

EVA air has been posting return flights from US during the whole pandemic (at HUGELY inflated prices!). Just cuz you book the flight doesn't mean Thailand would let you enter once you disembark the plane.

The airline won't let you board without all the paperwork

10 minutes ago, Why Me said:

"so who did they catch it from?" is answered by contact tracing the family of four. Not by asking one million to stay home.

Testing to find asymptomatic cases may help

6 hours ago, stephenterry said:

It's a reflection on the cruelty of humanity that such situations occur in the first place. Refugees, migrants are escaping the turmoil and hatred in their country - instead of berating officialdom and blaming these people, you should be thanking God that it's not affecting you - yet. That is, until China makes a bid for global domination by continuing subversive means against Hong Kong, Taiwan, India, and which will involve the USA. 

 

 

 

 

France is a safe country. Migrants are looking for the biggest welfare pot they can get at. They use Britain leaving EU which will make it impossible to be returned to EU country. 

22 hours ago, alyx said:

As I wrote....wait

Now, you are aware that Swiss air is flying out (Qatar too maybe) meaning that they are landing and I am pretty convinced that they do not fly empty.

As soon as I can confirm/invalidate ....

Richard Barrow mentioned ppl coming back on flights which had a stopover in Bkk. 

4 hours ago, Anton9 said:

https://www.romatoday.it/attualita/coronavirus-roma-notizie-oggi-9-agosto-2020.html

Several weeks ago there was an infected arrival (Austrian) from TH in Austria.

3 hours ago, DavisH said:

They were probably tested and either 1) it was a false negative, or 2) the virus load was so low it wasn't detected, 3) infection while in transit (don't know what the social spacign is like on the flight), 4) a dodgy certificate. 

From picking up the bug till showing in a test a few days go by.

3 hours ago, tomazbodner said:

The three new cases were all asymptomatic and found in Bangkok state quarantine hotels. A male Bangladeshi merchant, 31, a 41-year-old Indian woman, and a 30-year-old female Thai hotel employee who had returned from the United States all tested positive.

 

Wrong assumption from above original post that all 3 of them arrived from US. On checking it out at competitive, unmentionable newspaper, it clarifies that only the hotel employee arrived from US.

Acc to Bangkok Post Indian woman is a housemaid. How can she get in?

23 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

Was wondering how long it would take for someone who had tested negative and boarded with a CV free note and was exposed to those not required to be tested. Waste of money for those folks. Maybe I am wrong because of there nationalities and they are not Thai, but still would think they had to be covid free to enter.

Ever heard of incubation period? Test is no more than a snapshot of the moment.

3 hours ago, Sheryl said:

I have never understood the "no meal service on planes" part.

"No meal" is not only on flights within Thailand.

Please is there a list of hospitals being part of this wellness/medical visa scheme?

A friend asked at St. Louis, and he was told they have applied to join.

I cannot contact them from outside Thailand by email. Mails get returned. 

Thai Embassy in Vienna has no special requirement info for this visa type. They just gave me the usual link for entry application. The website lists no special info either.

Not sure how to tackle the issue.

Hospital quarantine etc. won't be a problem for me.

Tks.

18 hours ago, BritTim said:

1) No. The requirements for a medical extension for those already in Thailand are not the same as those for medical tourism. They are very strict. Travel needs to be impossible. Usually, you need to be an in patient at a major hospital to qualify.

2) No.

3) Some schools, at extra cost, will provide you the option of signing up for a language course without attending classes. They have a special relationship with immigration.

 

If you talk to a good agent, they will explain options they can assist with. Costs vary a lot.

I understood that you need to enrol for a uni course to get an ED visa.

12 minutes ago, hioctane said:

There are categories because it is based on the assumption that many will want to come if allowed. You always base on the worst case scenario. Categories limit the worse case. When they see they can handle all the testing, they can expand the categories. 

 

I know some say many will not jump through the hoops to enter. However, open the gates and I, for one, will jump through any hoops you want.. even bark like a dog! LOL. The rest of you can wait until next year or never!

will join you jumping through hoops

Please can anybody on this forum help with a list of hospitals for hosoital quarantine?

I'm registered with St. Louis but I cannot contact them by email (system returns them). Email only works within Thailand.

Does anybody know if St Louis takes part in the medical visa program? Thai embassy in Vienna doesn't have a hospital list. Nor do they know what paperwork is required they say.

6 hours ago, mrfill said:

Was surprised to see Japan has only conducted just under 900000 tests in total. Singapore has done 1.5m with a population 1/20th the size.

Until recently Japan had less infections than Singapore.

6 hours ago, Geoffggi said:

Japan appears to be struggling to contain the latest outbreak every day now over 1000 people infected

Japan has a population of 126 million. 1000/day is low. Sure it would be better to have zero cases.

On 8/4/2020 at 6:51 PM, mbenson said:

I am sitting here in the States waiting for tourists to be allowed to enter again - probably stuck until there is a vaccine. I love Thailand (people, culture, language) and am very disappointed that it will be a long while until I can return.

I find it to be really disturbing that people with privilege to return are arrogant and disrespectful of Thai regulations. Sure, the efficacy of some regulations is debatable, but really that is not up to a guest to determine. 

 

These people are clearly taking their presence in the Kingdom for grated. 

The very same attitude ppl  who demonstrate in EU cities.