Carmine6

Taiwan stopped allowing transiting in May and last I checked a month ago was still closed, or else that is where I would have connected through. I'll double check it since they could have changed recently, but highly unlikely. Best I could find was reference to the original prohibition on transiting in May 2021: News Ticker - EVA Air | Global (English) Effective from 00:00 am on 19MAY2021(local flight schedule departure time). CECC imposes entry restrictions for non-R.O.C. nationals and travelers transiting through Taiwan are temporarily prohibited.

I think the FAQ is Thai is worded wrong. If some consulate has a different FAQ or similar, it would be helpful so that people if someone could post so people could print it out.

72 hours before or after seems entirely reasonable as there could easily be a flight cancelled and an earlier one being the only option. They aren't trying to hit a quota per day, only to pre-screen that people have assembled the required documents and fulfilled requirements. I scanned mine and the only dates are the issue date and expiration date. The cert itself has the arrival date. It would be nice if they just added "within 72 hours of..." The Thai is "หลังเวลาของเที่ยว" which Google translated as "after the time of travel". Though they seem to have had a person do the Thai government website and added "original." Since the government website has a translated version above the Thai version, the gate agents could only really go by the English already there, unless they read Thai and it was possibly "before and after". A problem is the airline staff have to be the enforcer at the time of boarding. So it could go smoothly or not. I had to delay a day and on the original day the counter staff at JAL were saying I needed to apply again. I found the reference and printed that out for the next day and did not reapply. When I was at check in, I had an agent who I had talked to the day before who was much more understanding of how often things can end up one day or the next. So I did not need to talk him into it. However, the next lane over, they told the guy that they would allow him to board with the one day difference, but he must apply for the Thailand Pass while waiting to board the flight so that it would be in the system by the time he reaches Thailand. I did the same just in case, but it did not matter. I had the new one by the time I reached Tokyo, but did not tell anyone since they looked at the printed old one and accepted it. The priority in BKK seemed to be on helping people fill out the health paperwork and not scrutinizing everything. There was nowhere where anyone in Thailand scanned it and checked anything against any information provided.

There are two different FAQ about Thailand Pass. It appears that the first one said that changes can't be done, and the second says flight changes within 72 hours are ok. First from October: คำถามที่พบบ่อยเกี่ยวกับระบบ Thailand Pass (สถานะ ณ วันที่ ๓๑ ต.ค. ๒๕๖๔) - กระทรวงการต่างประเทศ (mfa.go.th) Second from December: Thailand Pass FAQs - Department of Consular Affairs Ministry of Foreign Affairs (mfa.go.th) Can I change my travel itinerary once I have registered and received my QR code? - Yes. However, flight changes are permitted within 72 hours after the original flight time registered in the Thailand Pass without the need to apply for a new Thailand Pass QR Code, provided that all other required documents remain valid. Unfortunately they added that vague sentence at the end "provided that all other required documents remain valid." Which brings up the question in my situation of I had to change the hotel reservations dates, so the original documents are no longer valid. The gate agents were leaning toward I need to reapply, which would be fine, except I'm going back to the airport in less than 12 hours. One told me to call the consulate using what I think is a number intended for airlines, and of course the guy there said my situation was ok, and then I said, I don't know if it is posted anywhere, but if they called you tomorrow, could you verify? And he said it is on the Thailnd Pass website. So I searched and found the second FAQ. There is a .pdf download at the bottom that repeats what is on the page.

I've never seen that mentioned on lists of requirements and my test last December for USA to Thailand travel did not have it. I just did another test for a trip in a couple days from the same lab and it doesn't have it either. I'll know soon if there's an issue. The IATA website states "a Covid-19 RT-PCR test result issued at most 72 hours before departure from the first embarcation point. The test result must be in English or Thai." Though note, they've forgotten to specify negative test result. JAL, which I'm flying on, says "Travelers must have a negative COVID-19 RT-PCR test result. The result must be issued a maximum of 72 hours before departure to Thailand. "

I wore a cloth mask from December to June, while I was there. The quarantine hotel even gave a cloth mask at check in last December, though that was a bit small and uncomfortable to wear. I believe most people don't use them because they don't want to keep cleaning them. I just boil water and leave it in a coffee cup then hang to dry.

That's good to know. If I had planned ahead a bit more, I might try that route. The only concern I have is coverage for mandated quarantine without symptoms or minimal symptoms, since I don't think that is "reasonable and customary" care. However, some travel policies this year include "charges for hospital confinement" in costs they will reimburse. But it takes a long time to find wording that seems to work.

Thanks. I was using a link from a commercial AQ website and they directed to an AXA website, which is what I thought I used last year. But now I realize I had looked at AXA to consider changing visas. I looked for a link at the DC embassy website and LA Consulate and couldn't find one this year. Those websites have been so edited on the fly that they're confusing now.

Has travel insurance worked to qualify for entry? (I am aware of the issue that it might not cover quarantine without symptoms or with only minimal symptoms.) The reason I ask is I just tried the AXA website for the Thailand insurance. Last year I received a policy just fine. This year, it says I'm not qualified for the policy. The only thing different is I'm a year older but nowhere close to the limt of 75. Also I take meds for blood pressure and cholseterol, but not even high doses. I'm pretty sure they asked the medical question last year as well, and I'm taking the same. I do have regular health insurance, but getting a document from them specifying a certain minimum dollar amount of coverage for covid isn't going to happen.

On the upload page, they are all required uploads. They have red asterisks next to them. Attached .pdf. I'm going to just do passport page if that works. I was worried they were going to ask for house title or lease agreement, or similar. I also considered driver license like the OP, though mine has an old address, but only 10 miles away from the new. Which should be ok since it is still a legal license, but I'll go with passport and try to avoid non matching info. If left out it will give an error for 12 "Please upload a applicant must apply for e-visa via specific embassy/consulate conforming with his/her consular jurisdiction and residency. applicant is required to upload document that can verify his/her current residency." Q 12.pdf