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  1. Hi, we just fly to UK Sunday. I recommend Sukhumvit Hospital at Ekkamai BTS, efficient, 24h service to get PCR result via email. Got tested around 8.30am, results came around <8h. PCR with fit to fly certificate costs 3200bht per person. Certificate checked at flight checkin. There are long checkin queues as staff have to check many documents before issung boarding card and no online checkins with thai airways right now.
  2. Would like to update, maybe useful for others waiting on uk tourist visa: 1. Submitted application/payment online: 4th Nov, biometrics in Bangkok 11th Nov, finally received passport back this morning (10th Dec), was valid from 7th Dec so guess this is the day they processed it. 2. Didn't bother trying to get yellow vacaination book, check the mor phorm app, click international certificate, we were able to select 'receive by email', was free, waited a day, then QR code appeared on this page in the app. Scanned it and takes you to full digital international vacination certificate with name in english, date of birth, vaccination info, all that is required by UK. Printed this and will use for trip. Hope other people waiting in Uk visa queue will received it soon in time for xmas. Its been an uncertain week few, something that could be avoided with better visibility into application process and current processing times.
  3. @DaLa thanks, thats about 7.5weeks. Helpful to know. Disappointing as would put us after xmas.
  4. @Bushtuckaman. thanks for info, what a mess. We are starting to get worried about missing planned Xmas with the UK family, would be such as shame after 2years of covid restrictions ???? Your wife must be ahead of mine in the queue, let me know if you hear anything please.
  5. @Tony M fair, didn't know they were processed centrally for many countries. Thanks for insight. My points is more, a) long processing times compared to previously is poor (last two tourist visas took 2 weeks to return passport to my wife). I bet there are many families like mine trying to return back to the UK after 2years not seeing each other. b) lack of visibility into queue times. If it was me, I'd publish current queue time from biometrics to decision on a website and update daily. At least people know where they stand then. Currently I don't even know if we are able to get back for Christmas, sad as when we applied start of November we were dreaming of having month or so with the family before Christmas arrived. Now we are stuck just waiting in the unknown.
  6. @stat this is thai nationals (i.e. the wife) applying for uk tourist visa, physically have to provide passport and biometrics, then wait.
  7. @DaLa agree, when my wife submitted biometrics it was empty, on other years its been packed and passport back in 2weeks. I don't get how there can be massive demand when there is only Thai Airways airline flying direct and only 4 days of the week . Previously there was BA, Eva and Thai airways all flying direct. Emirates only started backup the A380 from Bangkok on 28th November. Why are they so under staffed to process this return in demand? We knew travel was coming back. Its been 1month since we submitted/payed for application, still waiting without any update.
  8. @hotandsticky 15 working days from submitting biometrics? I'm well over 15 working days from application/payment date.
  9. Hi, my wife applied for uk tourist visa on 4th November, still waiting on 1st December. No news/emails except generic facebook post on 'UK in Thailand' saying "significant delays". Finally get chance to visit UK family and visa is taking ages, so frustrating after 2years of travel restrictions. Anyone else applied in November got passport back yet from standard service? Anyone gone to UK without yellow vaccination book? Passport is stuck with visa service so unlikely to have any time to get this (and appointments on mor prom app full til mid-Jan). Planning to go with hospital vaccination cert and mor porm screenshot (english name but doesn't have date of birth).
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