ian carman

If from uk she will have to getthe NHS app on her phone and show the QR code 

I stayed at my Thai step daughters house and just got her to write a letter that I MR C was staying at her house from to when and it was accepted.She sent it to me via email and I supplied the copy 

On 3/31/2022 at 9:57 AM, British Consular Team said:

Hello @ian carman. Most foreigners can open a bank account in Thailand using just their passport as identification. However if you hold a temporary or visit visa, a bank may ask for a 'certificate' from the British Embassy. Please contact the bank/branch to check if one of the following documentary services we provide may be acceptable:       

• Certified copy of a British Passport   
• Affirmation of Residency   

Further information on the services we provide are available from Gov.UK at https://www.gov.uk/guidance/notarial-and-documentary-services-guide-for-thailand.   

 

Is a certificate of residency from immigration acceptable rather than a proof from the embassy?

Thai bank account 

can the embassy meet with senior bank officials and explain to them the difficulties of opening a Thai bank account 

I cannot understand the apparent reluctance to make the system as difficult as possible when every new customer will deposit at least 400k baht 

The new day 1 and 5 can’t have a 15000 fee?????

4 minutes ago, Polar Bear said:

Unless it's changed, the main hassle I had was that most of the documents they want are PDF files but they want them as JPG. If it's just one page, you can take a photo or screen shot, but it's harder for multipage documents (like insurance and the hotel booking.) 

 

There are lots of websites that let you convert PDF to JPG online for free, or you can download 'universal document converter', which installs as a printer and you print to file and create a JPG that way.

For multipage documents I use this website https://www.filesmerge.com/merge-jpg which merges multiple JPGs into a single long JPG.

No wonder arrivals are down haha

How hard is it to create a file and upload documents for the Thailand pass 

Have to take a pcr test within 72 hours of arriving in Thailand so assuming this is not required for the Thailand pass but have to show at immigration.Also I have never bothered with the TM 30 report but will I be exposed when I do the day 5 hotel stay and maybe by the app 

Can anyone confirm that after 5 years in the uk my Thai wife won’t have to take another English test when we apply for another further leave to remain 

I was measured at 34 which I think means I should be dead 

1 hour ago, brewsterbudgen said:

Good luck mate.  Well done to EVA for keeping the service going, unlike BA and Thai.

Eva still fly LHR to Taiwan and I think they use the outbound plane from BKK for the return 

41 minutes ago, brewsterbudgen said:

Is your flight to the UK still on for 10 May?  

I can only sit here and wait .If Eva cut the service to 2 days a week then the flights will be fuller ,just hope full enough .Due back at work on may 14 so hope I can get back

31 minutes ago, Bigz said:

Even if you manage to get to Isan safely be prepared for 14 days of home quarantine. Every arrival from other provinces must be reported to the local village chief. This was the case with a family member who came back from an other province as the jobs dried up there. He wasn't allowed to leave the village for 2 weeks and nurses/medical staff came every day to check body temperature/symptoms and take photos of everyone around.

That’s what I was afraid of didn’t want to spend 14 days with no clean water ,sanitation etc

My flight back to the uk on may6 got cancelled and I was rebooked onto Sunday 10 which would have been a 3 day overstay but luckily I won’t have to go to IO

The wife wanted to visit parents In yasothon ,live near Bangkok,and I said need to clarify if we can come back after a few days or will we be quarantined for 14 days .Never got a straight answer so didn’t go

42 minutes ago, 2 is 1 said:

I thought that also but my 24.4.2020 flight whit Qatar has confirmed!

Look like some flight company can still flight even other can't!

Even i think im not get that flight!

Qatar have been operating outbound flights the whole time because they arrive empty and only pick up 

27 minutes ago, 2 is 1 said:

I really not get it! Why some airline can flight even airport is close for commercial flights! Why they not make official list from flights!

Im not travel from north Thailand to BKK just check this flight canceled! And then im stuck in Bangkok for who know how long! 

Planes are allowed to arrive empty to pick up in Bangkok.Where are you flying to?

I’m booked on Eva for may 6th just hope they still keep flying 250 empty seats on some flights!!!!!

52 minutes ago, Jomtien john said:

Had same problem 5 years ago phone international pension office it seems a problem to pay so they reduced my state pension for 3 months to take the money owed no tax code change, also remember that your pension is frozen at todays rate with no fuel payments etc so if you are eg in thailand 10 in years time your pension will still be at todays rate.

It will be interesting if they apply the same rules to expats living in former eu countries .If not a clear case of discrimination and I can see lawsuits. 

24 minutes ago, samsensam said:

 

no brits have ever been stranded, unless they had no money for a flight or a medical condition preventing them from flying, flights have always been available in the price range 450GBP - 650GBP, or they they could reschedule their existing flight.

 

i dont know why anyone would claim to be stranded when they clearly weren't.

Loads of people were panicking about visa extensions and the airport closing for April but as you say there was always flights back to the uk 

2 hours ago, Pilotman said:

don't count on that, they are running more and more European destinations direct from TPE.  Its only a matter of time before they drop BKK altogether, as not enough originating passengers to make it workable. 

There are 200 empty seats on the weekend flight so it is a bit of a concern as I’m not leaving until may 

12 minutes ago, KhunBENQ said:

"Better safe than sorry"?

Not a wide choice of flights and airlines can decide to shutdown anytime.

Eva will continue because the same plane picks up passengers at uk bound for tapei 

So no British people are stranded in Thailand and all this hysteria from the embassy to leave last week was best ignored 

2 hours ago, trevoromgh said:

No one disembarks because they are empty as per this extract from the EVA website :-

Updates on Europe Routes

• Flights between Taipei and Vienna/Amsterdam will be temporarily suspended until the end of April.
• Flights between Taipei and London
  • Starting from March 21, flight BR68 departing from London, which was originally flying to Taipei with a layover in Bangkok, will be flying directly to Taipei. The departure time remains unchanged at 9:20 pm.
  • Starting from March 22, flight BR67 departing from Taipei will not be carrying passengers for the Taipei–Bangkok segment.

I’m not leaving until may so hopefully enough Brits stay here until then so that the flights are full enough to be economically viable