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14 hours ago, peterfranks said:

The only way is to send it in Pounds. Thai baht can not be send out of Thailand.

 

Whatever service you will use, they will always exchange your baht to pound before they send it

Not true. I was asked if I wanted to transfer in Baht or Sterling.

It is not cash you are sending as it is an electronic transfer. It is only a question of when you have your currency converted into Sterling.

If you transfer ฿ it will not arrive in your account as ฿ as it will be automaticaly converted into Sterling.

1 hour ago, Kinok Powell said:

Do i send baht or pounds?

I sent mine in Pounds Sterling as the Bangkok Bank has a better exchange rate than my UK bank.

When I send money to Thailand from the UK I also send it in Sterling.

Good advice from all of the above.

27 minutes ago, Scouse123 said:

Q suites is business class in a sealed private room.

 

So I don't follow your point or what you are meaning?

Q suites is not a sealed private room it is just a seat with a  sliding door to give you a bit of privacy. You are in the plane with everyone else.

I flew last year and paid silly money for Q suites.

5 hours ago, Polar Bear said:

I'm sorry, I don't understand the point you are trying to make. You are considered 'recovered' or 'not infected' from the date your recovery certificate is issued. Obviously, you aren't 'recovered' or 'not infected' from the day you test positive.

But it really doesn't matter what I think, since I don't set or implement the rules. I hope it all works out for you, as it did for us. Good luck!

Thailand consider you are recovered 14 days after infection and that is the day you test positive.

Your recovery certificate states you have recovered and you have recovered 14 days after infection ,hence a recovery certificate is issued.

I am at a loss to what you are talking about. 

4 hours ago, superal said:

I am also a long stayer in Thailand but now in the UK for a few reasons and will return to Thailand soon , on a re entry permit . I can speak some Thai but most of the Thais not understand me . Have you checked to see if your insurance covers asymptomatic cases? Those ins companies you listed in your previous post are doubtful , however take a look at the following link that opens Pandoras box

https://royalvacationdmc.com/blog/thailand-covid-insurance-asymptomatic-coverage-details/

I think that as is in my case,an ins company based in your native country would make more sense and give clear answers to the asymptomatic covid  scenario 

My policy covers asymptomatic. After Thailand first lockdown the only policies available that would allow you in had to be.

That is why my policy was very expensive.

As far as Royal vacation are concerned they are a very over priced travel agent. I know from experience as last October did Phuket Sandbox with them.

41 minutes ago, Polar Bear said:

Yes, recovered not less than 14 days, not infected for 14 days.

 

Have you applied for a Thai Pass with a short dated recovery certificate? Did they accept it?

41 minutes ago, Polar Bear said:

 

 

Have you applied for a Thai Pass with a short dated recovery certificate? Did they accept it?

As long as your infection was more than 14 days before you enter then your Covid Recovery Certificate is valid.

This is because the certificate verifies when you tested positive and when you were deemed to have recovered.

If it is more than 14 days It is not a short dated certificate.

35 minutes ago, Polar Bear said:

Yes, recovered not less than 14 days, not infected for 14 days.

 

Recovered not less than 14 days is the same as not infected by 14 days. It just means that you have to have tested positive at least 14 days before you go to Thailand.

39 minutes ago, Polar Bear said:

Yes, I saw the same thing on the London Embassy site, and it's repeated in the English translations on other Thai Embassy sites as well. But it's not what the rules actually say, and it won't be the London Embassy who decide what happens once you are here.

For what it's worth, a relative just came back with a recovery certificate issued on Day 7, and he was 17 days post infection. He sent the certificate to the hotel, who sent it to the hospital, and no-one queried the date. As it was, he tested negative, so it didn't matter.

 

He did have a printout of the Embassy page to argue if necessary. However, my general experience so far has been that having evidence that you are right counts for very little where Thai bureaucracy is concerned.

 

We figured they would be unlikely to force him into hospitel quarantine under the circumstances, so the worst case was probably having to quarantine a few days at home until he was 14 days after the certificate was issued. But as I said, he tested negative, so we don't know for sure what would have happened otherwise.

Department of Consular Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

- if a person who has recovered from COVID-19 within 3 months before entering Thailand Must submit a medical certificate certifying recovered within 3 months but not less than 14 days prior to travel. or have no symptoms to accompany a positive RT-PCR test result.

1 hour ago, Polar Bear said:

This is what I thought initially as well, and the Thai Embassy UK site says 'infected more than 14 days'. But the rules actually say 14 days after the recovery certificate was issued.

https://consular.mfa.go.th/th/content/thailand-pass-faqs-2

"you must present a valid medical certificate certifying the full recovery (within 3 months but no less than 14 days before travelling)"

Recovery certificates can be issued at different times depending on the country. (In the UK, the earliest seems to be 7 days.)

On the London site it states the following-

 If you have recovered from being infected from COVID-19 and the RT-PCR test before travelling is still positive, travellers must have a medical certificate stating that you have recovered from COVID-19 (infected more than 14 days but not more than 3 months). 

My recovery certificate was issued after 11 days .

On 4/2/2022 at 6:28 PM, internationalism said:

Do get recovery certificate in bangkok for 2k. 
protects you for 90 days. 
has to be issued minimum 14 days before entry

Why has it got to be issued a minimum 14 days before entry?

A Covid Recovery Certificate has to be issued 14 days after a positive test. If your certificate is issued 14 days after a positive test then you can enter on the following day.

On 4/2/2022 at 1:01 PM, chalawaan said:

Here's how the smart people do it.

In NZ you are told NOT to test having recovered from Covid for up to THREE MONTHS, as a PCR test will still return a (false) positive up to that time after full recovery. 

They even suggest recovered persons get an EXEMPTION letter from their Doctor to the effect that a Travel test is pointless, as they will falsely register infectious as the viral remnants stay in our bodies for up to three months. 

https://www.health.govt.nz/covid-19-novel-coronavirus/covid-19-health-advice-public/covid-19-information-household-and-close-contacts

A lot of long since recovered tourists are going to be very <deleted> off on arrival I guess.

 

It's time Thailand got a one-sixteenth competent government before it completely implodes economically. 

I have a Covid Recovery Certificate and will see how it is received when I came back on 25th April.

I am hoping it will not be a problem as on the Thailand Pass application site it states it can be used.

17 minutes ago, superal said:

I can imagine trying to put your case against the Thai authorities if testing positive but in possession of a recovery cert . In my experience Thais are always right and your plea will be lost in translation or lack of English speaking testing clinicians . A fully comprehensive insurance is the only "get out of jail card " that can also give you confidence of not getting hit with a huge hospital bill or maybe just wait till July when the Thai Pass will cease .  

I live in Thailand and have just been visiting my Mother in the UK so will be returning as planned.

I speak Thai and always converse in Thai when in Thailand so not worried about anything being lost in translation.

I am just interested if anyone else has used a Covid Recovery Certificate. I have Insurance that is purely a Covid-19 insurance but if I am recovered from Covid do not want to or expect to have to use it.

21 minutes ago, superal said:

Can you tell us the name of the insurance company ? I would hope that a cover time of say 1 month would suffice for one off entries , via the Thai Pass rules , and then the insurance premiums should be greatly reduced 

TIP INSURE and it is a 12 month policy.

Co-Insurance Panel 1. Dhipaya Insurance Plc. 5. The Viriyah Insurance Plc. 9. The Falcon Insurance Plc. 13. Chubb Samaggi Insurance Plc. 2. Bangkok Insurance Plc. 6. Syn Mun Kong Insurance Plc. 10. The Navakij Insurance Plc. 14. Bangkok Life Assurance Plc. 3. Pacific Cross Health Insurance Plc. 7. Southeast Insurance Plc. 11. Thaivivat Insurance Plc. 15. Ocean Life Insurance Plc. 4. Muang Thai Insurance Plc. 8. Asia Insurance 1950 Plc. 12. Mittare Insurance Plc. 16. Muang Thai Life Assurance Plc. 

My policy was issued by Dhipaya Insurance Plc on behalf of the Co- Insurance panel.

1 hour ago, daveAustin said:

Though they could argue that you have become re infected and put you away anyway. I wouldn’t put anything past the system that is currently in place. That all encompassing insurance sounds the way to go.  

I have travelled several times over the last 2 years qnd I have fully comprenensive Covid-19 insurance which covers me for asymptomatic aswell.

It was ฿ 23.500 for 1 year. The first year I had it it was closer to ฿26.000

9 minutes ago, daveAustin said:

Presumably with this certificate, there’s less chance of being ‘sectioned’ and pumped full of drugs?… more chance in being able to quarantine in hotel - should one test positive?

Thd whole point of a Covid Recovery Certificate is that if your RT-PCR test comes back positive you do not have to quarantene as it is possible to still return a positive test within a 90 day period of having covid.

I have had my Thai Pass issued and had covid a couple of weeks ago. I have had a Covid Recovery Certificate issued by a doctor and wonder what happens when I arrive at the hotel.

Do I give them the recovery certificate at the time of the pcr test? I wonder how they react to a recovery certificate and then maybe testing positive due to the fact you are advised not to take a pcr test within 90 days of being positive due to remenants of the old infection still being detectable.

I have had my Thai Pass issued and had covid a couple of weeks ago. I have had a covid recovery certificate issued by a doctor and wonder what happens when I arrive at the hotel.

Do I give them the recovery certificate at the time of the pcr test? I wonder how they react to a recovery certificate and then maybe testing positive due to the fact you are advised not to take a pcr test within 90 days of being positive due to remenants of the old infection still being detectable.

The following is on KLM website. I have booked a Sha plus hotel for the first night and had my Thai Pass issued.

My next 4 nights are at August Suites and am now wondering whether this is OK.

Entry Permission: Passengers who have registered for the 'Test and Go' programme must hold the following documents:

1. A vaccination certificate proving the passenger is fully vaccinated against Covid-19.
2. Passengers must hold proof of having pre-booked and paid for an RT-PCR test on day 1 and an antigen test (self-test) on day 5 after arrival and must stay in pre-arranged accommodation while awaiting their result, under the 'Exemption from Quarantine (EQ)' scheme. They must hold proof of having pre-booked and paid for a hotel room on day 1 and day 5 after arrival. These hotels may be different but must be certified under SHA++, AQQ, or AHQ.
   •  Passengers must stay in their booked accommodation until receiving the test results within one day. Passengers who receive a negative result from their day 1 test may leave their accommodation until their day 5 test. Passengers who receive a positive result will be referred to a healthcare facility for medical treatment at their own expense.

Passengers must have completed the vaccination with a vaccine approved by Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health or the World Health Organization (WHO) at least 14 days prior to departure.

When I came back to Thailand last October I had to have the Mor Chana app on my phone/tablet. I am back to Thailand on 25th April and wondered if I still will need one of these apps on arrival ?

On 3/22/2022 at 2:47 PM, rabang said:

By wearing disposable face masks people will waste resources and destroy the planet literally a billion times more than my lone unused test kit.

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