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On 12/11/2020 at 7:48 PM, ubonjoe said:

 

They will accept a onward flight ticket to anywhere.

The online COE is working. Thanks for helping.  I'd llike to buy an onward ticket to somewhere in SA Asia, Vietnam or Laos.  I'll get to work asap on the Ed visa before that is needed, but I think I have to have an onward ticket.

Uh oh.  I'll need to check with other people flying back with the COE.  Thank you.  

I bought my ticket into Thailand and now need to book an onward ticket. I think that Singapore's open. Do I have another choice? Or do you think that Singapore is okay?  And should it be for 60 days?  (I'm visa exempt from the US.) Thank you.

Thank you for all your info. I think the Lima embassy will be fine. I hope so, because I've already got my ticket out of Ecuador.  They wrote asking if I get the 5 digit number.  There's no post office in EC so I'm stuck with a local COE & visa.  Re-reading the instructions again, they say clearly that if you don't have an item, you can add it later.  With the Indian visa we had to use IE. I wonder if Foxfire will work? (I use Opera.) I'll try Foxfire, then IE. I saw no buttons, got no code & unlike w/ the Indian visa, there's no email shop to go to for a stronger connection.

I just got one2go for my COE, seems great.  8000 B for 90 days.  Approved by the Thai govt., refund if the policy isn't approved.  I'm 72, so this took some searching to find.  Also, it;s the first time in years that I'll have medical insurance in Thailand.

What country did you get your onward ticket for?  I was going to buy one for (expensive) Singapore just because it's open. Thanks.

1. So the 30 day entry with extension is a sure thing?  (Some say it's not.)  I hope so. Getting a tourist visa w/out a postal system is unnerving.  2. After re-reading the instructions I think a person's supposed to have all the documents ready and then fill out the online forms.  I just assumed that like India's visa, this was possible but evidently it's not.  So opening a Thai COE that you worked on yesterday isn't possible...Sorry for being so dim.3.Re: visa box (status), the embassy in Peru just wrote that they added this to the online COE.

1. The real question is how do I access the Coe I've been filling out?  2. I can't figure out how to add my visa status, so until I know that, I'm stuck.  I'll come in with visa exempt. Thank you.

I'll shrink my screen.  Thank you.

I've entered almost all my documents and personal information and there's nowhere to save the files -- or I've overlooked this. As I gather information, I add it, with all the attachments. Now, for the 6th time, the file shut down.

I've written the Embassy 10 times and they ignore me. I don't have the choice of using an embassy in the US because there's no post office in Ecuador where I'm traveling.  Hope someone has advice. (a group of people using the online COE?) Thanks.

I'm insurance illiterate; it's usually just included in my work. I suspect others of this; so which covid insurance did you use? (It's worse than being tech illiterate right now.) Thank you.

Today I'll start the insurance - I might have to take a physical-  then write the Lima embassy & see if the 30 day visa exempt entry is ok with them.

Thank you. The Lima Embassy just replied with a welcome letter with clear guidelines for the COE process.  They said to write for a visa to Ecuador; but hopefully they'll accept the new visa on entry announcement & I can go without a visa.  Thanks so much. 

How would I go through the Lima Peru consulate for my Certificate of Entry? It seems like it's an automated system.  They show nothing about this on their menu.  Maybe I should write them and ask...Thank you.

16 hours ago, ubonjoe said:

Online would only be the certificate of entry application. For the tourist visa application you to mail your passport and etc to them. Info is here: https://thaiconsulatela.org/en/tourist-visa/

When you do the online certificate of entry application the embassy will forward to the consulate for the state you enter unless you are within their jurisdiction. See: https://www.cognitoforms.com/RoyalThaiEmbassy1/onlineapplication

Visa exempt entries have been approved and should be shown on the embassy and consulate websites this coming week. That might work out good for you to go through the certificate of entry process from the embassy in Peru and start your trip from Ecuador since you would not need a visa.

An education visa?  & I could come in w/ visa exempt? Thanks.

An education visa would be wonderful. I'm coming on a tourist visa mid-Jan. 21.  Thanks; any more guidance is welcome.

That's more money than I  was quoted; I don't think an agent could get it much lower.   My friend from LA is in Thailand is getting a study visa; maybe that's right for me, too.  Could I still go visa exempt?

BTW. I just bought my ticket!  I still need to get the onward ticket & do all the other paperwork. 

Thank you.

11 hours ago, ubonjoe said:

A visa exempt entry would allow a 30 entry that can be normally extended for 30 days but it should be 45 days soon since that was approved recently as well. You can apply for a non-o visa at immigration with a visa exempt entry. You would have to do the visa application before  you have less than 15 days remaining on the extension of your entry.

You would need 800k baht in a Thai bank on the day your apply for the visa.

There is also a 60 day covid 19 extension available but it is due to expire on January 29th unless they extend the allowance for them again.

But what would a visa exempt do to how long I can stay? And now the borders are closed, that would be a problem. And I've considered a one year retirement visa, & I wouldn't be able to change to that with a visa exempt? Or would a visa exempt work?  

Thank you for all the information, like they'd forward my application to the correct office.

23 hours ago, ubonjoe said:

I think you may have to do the mail in visa application and return of it while in the US.

They will accept a onward flight ticket to anywhere.

Thank you!  Onward ticket is important. The LA Consulate said 'It is suggested that you study the website.'  My interpretation: download the items to them. 

It'll work by mail. Only thing is they assume you're leaving from the US & will return to the US. I'll leave from Ecuador & would prefer an onward ticket, not a return.   Thank you.

I've lost track of a basic: a person has to apply for a Tourist Visa now in their home country?  I've seen posts by others who work & live abroad having to use their birth country's websites or even return to their country just for a tourist visa... Specifically, I left the US in Oct. after being there for a few years. Now I'm in Ecuador. The Ecuadorian Thai asst. consulate said I couldn't get a Tourist visa in EC or Peru; only in the US. Please advise. Thanks.

I'll go bankrupt by then...

Thank you!