scoutman360

I am finishing my last few days of 14-day quarantine. Beware if you arrive before Oct 1. The hotel told me that I cannot be let out of quarantine on Oct 1 because I was booked on the 14-day program. 7-day quarantine applies only to those who will arrive in October.

Covid-19 insurance to $100K for fully vaccinated people doesn't make any sense at all. Hospitalization risk to vaccinated people is as low as normal flu, or so the stats say. I also had to pay for a whole year of covid insurance because my Thai insurance plan (and Thai SSO program) isn't enough for re-entry.

The Thai Embassy (Los Angeles) was happy with my 5,000 bht deposit receipt and a copy of my hotel booking together with it. The ASQ hotel later emailed with a request to pay the balance due in advance. I emailed them and requested I pay upon arrival because their online system does not accept AMEX. "No problem!", they said. I had to pay in advance the hospital portion of the bill directly to the hospital (covid testing, etc.).

I waited longer than 2 weeks, I think it was 1 month. But never had an internet problem since the switch. I was so frustrated with internet going down all the time before.

This is a great place in Bangkok you can try. Same day service. https://www.medconsultasia.com/covidtesting Don't take any chances with labs that cannot give you a guarantee turnaround. I went there myself and fully satisfied with no problems at all, quick and easy. Take note, on my return to Thailand, I got an email from Singapore Airlines that they require testing now within 48 hrs of flight.

My application was frustrating as well. My pre-approval was rejected. I corrected the problem, but they never emailed me everything was OK now. I lost 3 days waiting, then went to the website and found it was accepted. I uploaded all the requested documents and heard nothing until 3 days before my flight...almost 3 weeks! Make sure you have a hotel booking and evidence the deposit has been paid.

This was my experience (L.A. embassy). I submitted all documents on 25 August. I didn't get the COE until 9 September, 4 days before my flight.