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15 hours ago, yourauntbob said:I am both and will remain here until the situation gets better.
Medical care is better and cheaper here and even with the curfew there is more freedom. Not to mention the shutdown over there now has food supplies running short.
Food supplies running short? Where do you get your info? We are back in the US and my main problem is that grocery stores are full of stuff compared to the limited foreign food choices in Thailand.
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16 hours ago, JoePai said:Sensible, who in their right mind would want to go back to the US?
The US is a big country. We returned in February and the coronavirus numbers in our neck of the woods are very small. It ain’t all New York City, however, if it suits your narrative, go for it.
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We were scheduled to return to the US on April 8 and rebooked our flight and returned on February 21. Not particularly concerned about catching the virus but were beginning to worry about the changing logistics of international travel. Now safely back in the US and are glad we made the change. If we have not, I would have spent much of the next 1.5 months worrying.
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I failed that test on the first two attempts as well. I went back home and set up a course on a large flat cement area, marking the area off with some leftover bricks. I then practiced and practiced and practiced. When I went back for the test three days later, I failed on the first attempt. I went again for a second and final try. I gave the bike a bit more throttle and passed. The crowd and attendants all gave me a robust ovation,
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33 minutes ago, fruitman said:
Snipers normally do not wear helmets but caps, like these fellows on backwards or none at all.
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Perhaps this is the wrong forum, and if so, please forgive me.
i had read that the Thai Visa Connect App was supported and operational, but I cannot get it to work. It just brings up blank screens and I cannot figure out how to log into the app, if that is truly my problem.
Any advice/help? Thank you.
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I am also a long time Garmin user, for swimming, biking and running. For biking I use either an 820 or a 520 and they have been bulletproof in my experience.
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Last year we rented a condo in Jomtien for a few weeks and we were on the 24th floor. While we had no proof as to the quality of construction, we never were particularly comfortable in that high rise. Our guess our fears had merits.
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20 hours ago, Sheryl said:
There is never an issue coming in on a re-entry permit because it does not generate a new permission to stay.
Whether or nto OP will be asked to show insurance at his next extension is unclear at this point. Some IOs are saying so but the situation is still much in flux. If extension date is near ask your IO.
It kind of does, doesn’t it? If one was on the first year of the non imm o-a, he/she would be given a permission to stay for an additional year from that, most recent, entry date.
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6 hours ago, ChouDoufu said:quite simple, really, based on the procedure for verifying diplomas/degrees.
you get your form signed by three directors.
you take your form to a notary in the state/province where the company is headquartered to have it notarized.
you then take the notarized form to the department of state in the same state or province to have it stamped.
then you come back to thailand and have your certificate stamped at your nation's embassy in bangkok.
and then you can have the certificate translated into thai.
then you have the translation legalized at the ministry of silly walks.
and then finally you can apply for your extension, assuming you haven't died of auld age sometime during the process.
That is not the way a notary works. The notary’s function is to verify the identification, to the best of his/her ability, of the person in front of him/her, signing the document. You can’t get a form signed and then later bring it to a notary to be notarized.
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4 hours ago, ourdon said:
Any info about acceptance or denial of an OA (no health insurance) would be appreciated.
I have a new Non OA visa issued in October but will not be reaching the Kingdom till
Dec 1.
I can buy a good travel policy here but would like to know how necessary it is.
Thanks
I was in pretty much the same situation - bought a new non imm o-a in June and flew into Thailand on October 31. No conversation, no questions, stamped in for one year, just as they have done for previous new non imm o-a visas that I have purchased and used over the past few years.
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For what it is worth, I arrived in Bangkok on the evening of October 31 with my non imm o-a multi entry visa that I purchased in June.
The process worked exactly the same as it has in a number of previous years - little or no conversation and I was stamped in until October 2020.
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For what it’s worth, I flew into Bangkok this evening (October 31) with my non imm o-a multi entry visa that I purchased in June.
Things worked exactly as they over over the past several years - little or,no conversation and I was stamped in until October 2020.
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I just flew into Bangkok a couple of hours ago (October 31) on my non imm o-a multi entry visa that I had purchased in June.
Things worked exactly as they have in past years - little or no conversation and the Immigration Officer stamped me in for a year.
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This from the announcement done by immigration that shows the procedure for entry clearly states it is effective like everything else in the order on October 31. It does not apply for OA visas issued before that date.
I am counting on that Joe. Your level headed return to center is appreciated.
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OK, but I again I think considering the source what they said is meaningless.
I am curious as to what makes you conclude that any information from an embassy or consulate is absolutely meaningless. When I ask a precise and specific question and the consulate answers precisely and specifically I should automatically conclude that what they say is meaningless?
For those of us looking for an answer to this non imm o-a issued prior to October 31 and traveling on or after that date, where would you suggest we go for answers?
In that I was very concerned about that question which affects me specifically, I went to the place where I bought my visa and they emailed me back a precise answer.
I will be bringing a copy of that email with me, but again, what do you suggest as a better solution?
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If you have Insurance and LA are correct, why are you attempting to get the Insurance form (certificate) complete.
Just cautious and I won’t completely relax until I am on the other side of the immigration officer. And in that I still have a week and a half before departing/arriving it is worth attempting, and because I will replicate the entire process a year from now.
We can debate back and forth here but I am the one who will be arriving at Suvarnabhumi Airport on October 31.
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So why are CW and CM informing it's required for extensions based on retirement from an O-A entry, from 31st October, even if that Visa was issued in 2010 and expired years ago.
Aren’t you referring to paragraphs 2 and 3, which are not the issue with me and my non imm that I have yet to use?
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A certificate from you Insurer.
London are already advising and asking for proof of Insurance and putting notations on O-A Visa if your entering from 31st onwards.
Ask yourself why London have already changed the requirements for the O-A Visa, to include the request for proof of Insurance, if as some assume it only affects Visas issued from 31st Oct onwards.
According to you, London is apparently saying one needs medical insurance proof for anyone entering Thailand after October 30 and LA, who issued my visa, tells me specifically not to worry because my visa was issued prior to October 31.
I guess we won’t know who is correct until October 31.
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Has been - past tense, prior to.
Enters the Kingdom - not issue of Visa.
Effective from 31st October 2019.
How do you explain the part that Joe highlighted concerning checking the remarks on the visa? What remarks would there be to check on my non imm o-a visa, that I bought a few months ago?
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Please ask the LA Consulate to provide a link to that information.
Police orders clearly state effective Oct 31st you will require medical Insurance to enter Thailand on an O-A Visa. There is no mention of dates concerning when it was issued, only the date of entry.
What you see as clear, I see as a bit confusing with less than excellent sentence structure which makes me wonder about the precision of the translation.
Each year we spend our winters in Thailand via a non imm o-a visa, which, as someone who takes great pains to plan and prepare, I purchased a few months ago. We, of course have tickets, a home and a car of our own etc and depart on October 30, arriving in Thailand on October 31, so you can probably imagine my stress over this late change.
We have very solid insurance and with only three weeks until departure am attempting to get the insurance form complete. I am retired US military, and as a result, my insurance has no maximum amounts, terms etc and after a deductible, is basically unlimited.
The size of our insurance provider is massive, bureaucratic and convoluted. Additionally, even if I was willing to spend how every many thousands of dollars on a new policy, at my age I would require a full physical and underwriter review, which I think would be just about impossible to accomplish in three weeks time.
So I am pursuing the completion of the letter, and will bring a copy of LA Thai Consulate email with me and will hope for the best. My wife and I are prepared to tell our story to immigration in the hopes they will just let us through the door.
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Be aware.
Regardless of what prior date the Visa was issued, if you enter on an O-A Visa on or after 31st October, then proof of medical Insurance will be required.
That is not a fact. I asked the LA Thai Consulate this precise question and here is their response:
If your visa hasn't expired then you do not have to worry. This only affect if you apply the Non-OA Visa after Oct. 31
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Anyone else tired of the nonsense, and contemplating leaving Thailand?
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After nine years of back and forth, splitting each year between Thailand and the USA, last year we decided to stay at our home in the US and are happy with our choice. We are both in our seventies and splitting each year was becoming a bit too much and COVID solidiFied our decision. We do miss our Thai family. We are in a financial situation to be able to do what we want, but really, our needs are shrinking. I can swim, bike and run safely here, pretty much right outside my doorstep, the weather is milder, plenty of Thai food, the internet has changed everything in regards to my wife staying in touch with family, Thai soap operas and news of her country and she enjoys her garden and life. We have no complaints.