RandolphGB

Yup, when someone finally answered they said they only dealt with ASQ

I'll submit the application again. My flight and hotel dates are flexible and can be changed for free. Do you recommend pushing back the departure date to give more time for the application? I saw one reply that said the less urgent travel dates take longer to process. Even two weeks seems pretty urgent to me.

Received the confirmation email with the six digit number... but haven't heard anything since then, All the other documentation was correct.

January 21.

Applied for Phuket sandbox on January 2. It’s now January 12 and nothing back from them. No emails. And there are no phone numbers to call to check. Anybody who has done this recently that has experience of the processing time?

Tends to be expats with no experience with litigation and the legal system in Thailand that believe that and stereotype the whole country ???? Thankfully not everyone is as ignorant as that, but thanks for 'educating' me.

Not knew to Thailand... few companies would be dumb enough to sue the Thai government, which they need to have permission from to operate in the country, and especially when during covid the ministers and their staff have their backsides firmly covered with legislation.

Booking websites are a thousand times easier than dealing with Thai hotels directly. ????

How / why would a hotel booking website sue the Thai government for defamation?

Just noticed this warning on the Thailand Pass website: URGENT ANNOUNCEMENT ! Starting 4 January 2022 Please be advised to avoid making hotel reservations through Booking.com as they do not fully comply with Thailand’s entry regulations and may result in delayed consideration I booked a hotel for the Phuket Sandbox through the site on Sunday January 2. Anybody have experience of this issue?

Vaccine passports

Lockdowns and restrictions don’t work. They just prolong the pandemic. Open up, let the cases rise into their hundreds of thousands and let people get on with life.

Finally some common sense. Next up - scrap all lockdowns, masks, vaccine passports, quarantine and testing.

Update: I bought 12 months covid insurance for 7,500 baht. As I’ll need it for future re-entries, assuming test and go is reintroduced, it’ll be useful then and cut the costs and make it easier.

Phuket Sandbox requires insurance for everyone with a value of at least $50k How long should the policy be for ex-pats returning to Thailand who are resident here? It's pretty clear for tourists - the length of their holiday. But no guidance on policy length for those returning to Thailand long-term.

Thank you

There is no longer any mention on the Thailand Pass website of the requirement for entrants to the Phuket Sandbox to have spent 21 days in the departure country. Is that rule still active? My plan is to return to the UK early January for a couple of weeks and re-enter via Phuket. The Test & Go scheme made clear that the 21 day rule would not apply to people staying long-term (Eg B visa) would not apply to them. Was that also the case then with the Phuket sandbox?

Why have they written their placards in broken English?

Yet another knee-jerk reaction from the government to show the hysterical Thai public they’re doing something.

This is probably the most likely outcome. Increase restrictions so the government is seen to be doing something, but not too much.

If you believe masks stop you from catching Covid, I have magic beans to sell you.

Keep dreaming. High value tourists have other destinations in mind. You know, places where they fix the pavements, taxi drivers don’t scam them, police follow the rule of law, bars don’t rip them off, and they’re generally appreciated.

Thanks for the advice. 10 days is pretty quick. Was it a PCR test? Did you have mild symptoms? Most travel requires PCR tests which are more sensitive that ATK antigen. Seems like they can still pick up the virus even when ATK tests are negative.

Anybody have experience of how long it takes to get a negative PCR test after being infected with the delta variant and fully vaccinated?

The test result has to be shown to check-in staff at the airport?