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The Mor Chana app certainly never sent me any alerts, and it has no functionality for uploading test results or anything else. Other than that, the information from the hospital is totally accurate ????

The other double standard is that the fully vaccinated foreigner was immediately sent to a hospital despite being asymptomatic, while the unvaccinated Thais (who would not even have required pre-flight Covid tests under Thai entry rules) were allowed to stay in a cheaper and more comfortable "hospitel".

That type of test should be fine, but you can't just do it yourself. It would have to be administered or supervised by a health professional who would issue a written report.

You don't need to have been in the country of origin for 21 days - you can be in any combination of approved countries, as long as you don't set foot in a non-approved country during that time period; this has been confirmed by the Thai MFA multiple times. Qatar is on the "approved" list. As for the OP's specific question, I haven't seen it addressed anywhere. My assumption is that leaving the airport during transit wouldn't affect the test schedule, since he would still be in transit, but that's only an assumption.

So they're arresting the victims rather than the traffickers, as usual - this has consistently been one of the main reasons that they keep ending up on the human trafficking watchlists of various countries.

So much misinformation in this thread. 1) Rapid tests are acceptable, as long as they're administered or monitored by a health professional who provides a written report (i.e., not just a kit you buy at 7-11 and do yourself at the check-in counter). You do NOT need a PCR test. Dr Donna and others can do the test and give you a report in about 15 minutes for very little money. 2) The time limit for the test is one day before the DATE of your first flight, which is why it could theoretically be almost 48 hours old by the time you board the flight (if your flight was at 23:59 and you had somehow managed to get a test at 00:01 the previous day). If you're flying any time on Tuesday, the test could be done any time on either Monday or Tuesday. 3) The clock starts at the time your test sample is taken, NOT the time your result comes out. 4) No one will be demanding your test result upon arrival at the US port of entry. The responsibility for confirming that you had the correct test result has been placed entirely upon the airline that's transporting you.

So to sum up, the "intense screening" consists of carrying out the normal inspection procedure for passengers arriving under the Thailand Pass scheme and then issuing a self-congratulatory press release about it.

Or they could just enforce traffic laws. HAHAHAHA just kidding, of course.

I use the "DTAC Call" app with my DTAC SIM when I'm abroad - it allows me to send and receive both voice calls and SMS over the internet instead of using a cell connection, at the same cost as if I were in Thailand. According to their website, it can be used with both prepaid and postpaid DTAC numbers. I don't know whether the other phone companies have something comparable or not.

It depends, and the rules change fairly frequently. Here's what the guidance is at the moment: "Most travellers will be able to travel freely within the central transit area, where a variety of shops and dining options are available. "Please note that some passengers may be subject to regulatory restrictions. Travellers flying from Category II (non-VTL flights) and Category III countries may be requested to remain in their designated central transit area until an hour prior to their next flight departure, while travellers flying from a Category IV country will be required to stay within a transit holding area." Thailand is currently in Category II, but was in Category III just a few days ago. Also, if you arrive on a designated Vaccinated Travel Lane (VTL) flight - Thailand is now a VTL country - you'll pretty much be allowed to wander wherever you want (though not everything is open, due to low passenger numbers).

I wish they would stop pretending that they care - it's just embarrassing at this point.

Most of the masks people buy come from street vendors and are unbranded (aside from a small Chinese insert showing the name of a factory), so I'm not sure how this would even work unless they actively ban the sale of those cheap masks - which won't happen.

Both hotels and the government are telling people to upload the results in Mor Chana, yet that app obviously has no upload functionality. Some people have been sending the result back to their Test & Go hotel by email or Line, while others have just been doing nothing. It's pretty clear that no one in charge knows or cares how the day 7 ATK is actually supposed to work.

About a year and a half late.

Because the Governor of Bangkok can't make decisions or issue decrees regarding any other parts of Thailand?

Every year there's yet another "gift" which consists of nothing other than government officials just doing their jobs...

Correct. Australia and New Zealand are both on Singapore's Category II list, but only Australia is on the VTL list. You didn't qualify to board a VTL flight because you had been in a non-VTL country within the previous 14 days. If the airline could have changed you to a non-VTL flight, that wouldn't have been an issue. (VTL rules are set by the Singapore government.) That was two weeks ago. At that time, many travelers complained that health and Immigration officials were examining documents far outside the "QR code and PCR result only" that were supposedly the only requirements for entry under Thailand Pass, and that long queues were building up as a result. MFA denied that this was true, but also said they would stop it from happening further ???? I haven't heard of it reoccurring lately. Thailand Pass requirements are a separate issue from normal immigration requirements. If you're entering under a category like visa exempt that normally requires an onward ticket, then that still applies. If you're on a long term visa or reentry permit that doesn't require one, that also still applies. Thailand Pass doesn't have anything to do with it. Initially we were told that insurance was required for the entire period of authorized stay, no matter how long that might be. MFA then told Richard Barrow that 30 days insurance would be fine for everyone, but of course that has never appeared in writing. Since Richard's discussion, people have posted that they were indeed approved for TP with a 30 day policy and a long term reentry permit, but whether that was due to official policy or just dumb luck is anyone's guess.

You're taking about Mor Prom, the OP is asking about Mor Chana. They're two totally different apps with different functions.

That was government policy for the original ASQ quarantine, but it wasn't for the Sandbox and it isn't for Test & Go. Friends of mine - unmarried - literally arrived yesterday and had no problem booking only one room. Just ask a different hotel if that one is giving you difficulty. As others have pointed out, though, adding an extra person to a room usually increases the price by about 3000 baht or so due to the cost of an extra PCR test and meals for the additional guest.

I have also had very good experiences with Pro Corner.

Supposedly Thailand Pass was going to ask for all of the info needed for those two forms so that you wouldn't need to fill them out and submit them on arrival, but it's not clear to me whether that really happened or not.

Yes, some people have had test results come back to their hotels quite quickly. But the OP is talking about getting tested at the airport and then taking an onward domestic flight, without ever using a hotel (and he's also going into Suvarnabhumi, not Phuket). So unless he's using Samui Plus, it doesn't seem that his plan is realistic.

The rules say that you're supposed to use the ATK if you have any symptoms, or use it on day 6 even if you don't have any symptoms; you then report the result on the Mor Chana app. They also talk about reporting the result to your place of accommodation, but that doesn't seem to take into account that many people would no longer be in a hotel at that point. Given that this seems to be somewhat on the honor system, I'm not sure what the point is, but I suppose it doesn't hurt for travelers to have the test in hand just in case. Even if they lie about the result to avoid being forced into a hospital, they can at least know to self-isolate at home. (Now let's see what the hotels charge for the ATK that costs 50 baht on Shopee or 99 baht at 7-11.)

And I am "set to" win the lottery.

My experience entering in May. At Swampy everything was checked before you even got to the immigration counter. This included insurance, C of E, negative PCR test even my lease agreement. Not a lot of fun after a long flight stocking up on free booze before quarantine! In theory, one of the great advantages of Thailand Pass over the COE (other than the "1-3 day" processing time, which has already ballooned to 7 days before it even started) was that it would simplify everything that you went through. Those things you mentioned would all be checked prior to issuing the Pass, and then you would only have to show the QR code and Covid test result at the departure and arrival airports - no one would check the underlying documents. Now, will the folks in charge really have the fortitude to be able to stop low-level officials from asking to see all of those documents "just to be sure"? I guess we'll find out once Thailand Pass goes live.