Chelseafan

On 6/22/2021 at 12:34 PM, madmen said:

Nonsense just like GPS bracelets. You should stop believing in the press especially Thailand 

Maybe not 1-3 days but according to the article, visitors have to wait in their hotel room for a PCR result. Let's hope its quick eh!

4 hours ago, ubonjoe said:

He has already registered his marriage at the official Thai consulate in Vietnam.

All that is needed is for his wife to go to a Amphoe and have her records updated to show she is married.

Also note that the website you posted a link to is not a official website. From the bottom of hat page.

Ah, didn't realise he married at the consulate, serves me right for skim-reading ????

Yes, I know it's not the offical website but it listed out the process which I believe to be correct.

17 hours ago, Peterw42 said:

Most do the company route, then its basically one asset to worry about, ie: the 50/50 owned company.

A divorce means wind up the company and sell its assets.

I thought about doing this myself but every know and then, there is a crackdown on "dodgy" companies..

According to the link below, you need to visit the Thai consulate in Vietnam to get the marriage certified then she needs to visit her local Amphur to update her details. I'm assuming she took your name so she might have to update her ID card.

https://www.thaiembassy.com/faq/married-abroad-do-i-need-a-thai-certificate

Congratulations, welcome to the club.

1 hour ago, LTHAI said:

And just try to book any direct flight on Thai to HKT not possible even well into July !!!!!!!!!!!!  No wonder they afe bankrupt. totally inept

Can't get a first class seat at all. Looks like I am going to have to slum it in Business ????????????

5 hours ago, wensiensheng said:

Exactly.

 

and the UK government web site includes this little nugget of advice. How long before Phuket gets included in the list I wonder.

 

The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) advises against all but essential travel to areas within the provinces on the Thailand-Malaysia border, including:

• Pattani
• Yala
• Narathiwat
• Southern Songkhla province. This does not include areas north of and including the A43 road between Hat Yai and Sakom, and areas north-west of and including the train line which runs between Hat Yai and Pedang Besar.

 

Another thing they seem to have hidden away is that days 1-3 are quarantine, you are not allowed to leave your hotel.

On 6/18/2021 at 10:00 AM, samtam said:

 

Exactly, Coke and any of that stuff is lethal. There's nothing wrong with water.

It is if its yellow

2 hours ago, itsari said:

Please dont show your ignorance of the English language, a butty is a sandwich . You have stepped too far sir 

I think you are joking with me but if not, then of course I know what a chip butty is. I've eaten enough of them in my time...

2 hours ago, Joinaman said:

so, if i have a chip butty or something even cheaper, can i sit and  drink beer all night ?

 

They're putting a chip in your butt? Sorry but this is a step too far...

11 hours ago, sambum said:

Or the submarines!

They are patrolling all those trying to escape Phuket....

It's a torpedo up the <deleted> if you are a naughty boy*

*no jokes about ladyboys please

1 hour ago, Chill27 said:

On further reading, I also would be excluded as an "expat" holding a retirement visa.

So unless anything changes, the scheme is of no use to us, and it's back to the drawing board.

Plan B is to go to Georgia and hang out there for a while until all this crazyness ends. Might end up being cheaper as well!

If you are waiting for the craziness to end you might be spending the rest of your life in Georgia!

3 hours ago, Dogmatix said:

This astounding news.  The only logic behind it could that owners of quarantine hotels in Bangkok, who have paid good money to be on the list, don't want to lose the business of wealthy Thai returness to Phuket hotels.  Since there is going to be hardly any demand from foreign tourists, Thais and local residents allowed to spend two weeks in the Phuket sandbox instead of being quarantined in Bangkok would make the project more viable.  Chinese are not allowed to come to Thailand and the UK and many other European and Asian countries require travellers returning from Thailand to quarantine.  Why would you want to come in the rainy season and wear a parolee's electronic bracelet when most bars, tours etc are closed?  This is one of the most insane ideas yet.  To kill off demand from the most motivated customers who have to come to Thailand. 

 

A friend, who is a PR, is trying to get back and booked flight and hotel for the Phuket sandbox only to read this BS this morning. 

Absolutely. I've managed to get 4 weeks off work. If they had stuck to the original 7 days / requirements I would probably take the time to work my way through the red tape to see my wife but there's no way I am going to pay to be treated like a criminal for two weeks.

7 hours ago, dougiemac52 said:

Pfizer vaccine is 99.97% efficient 

The shot was 94% effective at preventing intensive care unit admissions and deaths, and reduced infections by 78%.

9 hours ago, John435 said:

I’m fairly sure that most of the people holding out for this scheme were Thai residents trying to get back into the country without spending 2 weeks in a hotel room. Holiday makers surely looked elsewhere by now, maybe for places where they don’t have to do this:

 

    1    Supply proof of vaccine
    2    Apply for visa
    3    Complete COE registration
    4    Covid insurance of at least 100,000 dollars
    5    Register SHA+ hotel (which will be overpriced)
    6    Arrange flight directly to Phuket (which will be overpriced)
    7    PCR test 72 hours before I leave UK
    8    Possible PCR test on arrival
    9    Load up tracking app on phone
    10    Wristband to track my every move
    11    Two PCR tests during my 14 day stay on Island (at my own cost)
    12    Entertainment venues closed
    13    Tracked by facial recognition
    14    Large fines for breaking rules (not sure what they are but will try to mindread when I get there)
    15    Unable to visit other islands, (Phi Phi, Coral etc)
    16    Wear mask at all times (Even when I am asleep on the beach??)
    17    No alcohol on beach.
    18    No alcohol with my meal
    19    10 day quarantine on arrival in UK

 

(Credit to previous ThaiVisa poster for this depressing list)

 

So if residents can’t enter via Phuket, who actually will visit?

 

 

Your welcome ????

2 hours ago, rwill said:

They were heard rehearsing how to say "Ni hao!"

 

Anyway it may have put a little money in peoples pockets that have not had any coming in recently.

Well they are in for a shock - The Chinese are not allowed to travel.

9 hours ago, Excel said:

All Thais are not naïve. What they are unfortunately is that they have been  indoctrinated by an  education system incorporated into the  curriculum changes around 1952 that was adopted to effectively discourage any form of challenge to a higher authority.  That has manifested itself into Thais privately discussing the many bad and corrupt issues that the Thai state did and still does yet unable to publicly make complaints due to such indoctrination and fear of reprisal. Only in very recent times have some people felt strong willed enough to do this and look at how this administration has criminally denied some of them their rights.

This is a very valid point. On many occassions I've had discussions with Mrs Chelseafan about the ineptitude of Government. She freely acknowedlges this but tells me to shut my cakehole when discussing in public.

10 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

Anybody know how many people already  have booked to come  for a holiday in Phuket next month?????

According to a minion they are expecting 129,000 though they (wisely) didn't mention over what time-frame.

6 hours ago, bangon04 said:

surely you have heard about LaserDiscs already??

Goddamnit!! I'll look into it....

8 hours ago, Boomer6969 said:

Isn't this putting the cart in front of the oxes. Just ask the central bank to lower interest rates, increase in money supply will have all sorts of other beneficial effects as well.

 

But by now we should all know that these army clowns have only a very vague idea of what they are doing.

Basic rule of economics. Never let Government interfere with banking. It always ends in tears...

9 hours ago, worgeordie said:

Everything today is been done to help people that are in Debt, not just

in this country but the West too.

People who try and save a little ,who are canny with their money, dont

spend more than they earn, are at a disadvantage ,due to low interest

rates been offered on bank deposits , and rising inflation ,which is just

eating away at their savings . 

 

regards worgeordie

Not me, I've put everything into Betamax....its the future....

1 hour ago, BKKTRAVELER said:

Nope, it will be CP : Corrupt Postponement

 

And guess which company will manufacture it ????

I know, I know....CP?

5 hours ago, pkrv said:

Promises, misunderstandings, bluster, blame, and blah-blah-blah.

 

For heaven's sake vaccinate people, starting with those who are more vulnerable or in positions of care (that's not generals in case you're wondering), and start to put the country on the road to recovery.

 

Without vaccination the future is looking pretty bleak while many parts of the world are making their way out of the pandemic.

Vaccinate with what? It's clear that the vaccines aren't there in the numbers they have promised.