CMBob

The OP is asking about the covid coverage required for Thailand Pass and the losses you mention (and were widely publicized) relate to millions of cheap covid policies that some insurers sold mainly in 2020 (before covid insurance was contemplated or required for entry into Thailand). As concerns the policies sold (and required) for either the prior Certificate of Entry or for the fairly new Thailand Pass, I haven't seen a single thing (newspaper article, etc.) saying there was either coverage or a problem with those policies......so my guess is that the answer to the OP's question is largely unknown. As concerns posts here, I do see the one in this thread by poster Orchis and that's the first post I recall seeing indicating that there has been no problem with coverage (I presume that poster got the coverage for Thailand Pass but I could be wrong there).

Haven't been able to find really good bacon around CM for years. The best bacon (just my opinion) in CM is the bacon served by the various Dukes restaurants (thick, minimal fat, and a bit of a crunch as it's properly cooked). If we could only figure out where Dave buys it....

Like most temple (wihaan) doors, you'd be perfectly safe if you're facing east.

Your agent may have told you that but I believe that is incorrect information. I returned 6+ months ago from abroad to the same address in Chiangmai and I neither did a new TM30 nor was I required to do so. I've obtained an annual extension, handled the 90-day address notices, and transferred stamps to a new passport and there's been no request for a new TM30 (nor did they disturb the existing TM30 "Receipt of Notification" which I moved and stapled into the new passport).

Nope. Checking arrivals at CNX for today, I count 51, a number slightly smaller than 90. Only international flight involving CNX is the Scoot Airline flight to and from Singapore.

Go here........Chiangmai Immigration: https://www.immigration.go.th/?page_id=19958

Only international flight out of CNX is the Scoot Airline flight to Singapore. The re-entry desk at CNX might be open for those flights but I wouldn't risk my extension or visa on it. Best, as noted by Ubonjoe, to get one at Immigration (that's relatively easy). If you are first flying domestically to Bangkok, you couldn't get a re-entry permit at CNX anyway (but you could at the airport in Bangkok where you're taking your international flight).

As noted, no problem using the service if there is a physical need to do so as you mention. My comment (objection) to the discussion was based on your saying you "definitely suggest wheelchair service even if your friend is fit" and the implication by another that paying for a business or first-class ticket somehow entitled one to use wheelchair service more than somebody who actually had an actual need to do so.

Rather than another policy, the insurance companies understand that some countries required an explicit reference to covid coverage and will often quickly provide a side letter that says exactly that (people have used that under the prior Certificate of Entry and there's no reason to believe that it won't be accepted now).

If you have a real need to use the wheelchair service, go for it as it certainly would be appropriate. But, in my opinion, either advocating that fit people with no real need use the service or a person actually using the wheelchair service who has no real need raises questions (ethics, common sense, etc.) in my mind. And I'm still trying to wrap my head around the notion that paying more for an airline ticket somehow alters when it's appropriate to use the wheelchair service.

Back to the OP's question, I had the same issue - obtaining my first booster (Moderna) which was done under the then-existing passport (US) number, obtaining a new US passport, and then getting my second booster (again, Moderna) under the new passport number. When I got the second booster, I did tell them that I got a new passport in the interim but I have no idea how they dealt with that. Would note that (1) the Mor Prom app vaccination record shows both boosters without reference to any passport numbers and (2) I successfully applied for the International Certificate via the Mor Prom app and I'm supposed to be getting that within 3 days or so of the 29th of this month. I'd also note, for what it's worth, that my CDC (US) card reflects both the initial two Pfizer shots I got early last year and both booster shots (because I asked the nurses to write in the relevant booster info on lines 3 and 4 of my CDC card.

You might want to ask the condo desk if they filed (or will file) the TM30 for you; if so, ask for a screenshot so you have proof when you hit Immigration.

I'm not sure what the problem is. The Chiangmai Municipal office issued a schedule that supposedly okays that area (as shown in the photo) for a water war. The exact wording on the site says: "April 13-15, 10AM to 5PM, In front of the Amora Thaephae Hotel - Thaphae Gate Plaza, Songkran Water Splashing Tunnel." What the heck did they think was going to happen there, a tea party?

If you have any doubt about the legitimacy of the sender (sounds fishy to me), call the bank (make sure you are calling the bank and not some number some fishy email gave you) and ask them what's going on.

When you checked in for your first international flight out of Bangkok, they didn't ask you anything about a covid test??? Would also note that Lanna Hospital charges (according to their website) 1,000 baht for the antigen test with results within an hour.

My app - IQ Air - currently (12:30AM) shows 163 which is an average of many monitors in and very near Chiangmai. Here's a partial screen shot of just some of those monitoring stations:

Flew last week Vietjet to and from CNX and BKK and nothing was required. Flew Bangkok Air to and from Trat and I was requested to show my vaccination card (CDC card from US) when checking in for the flight to Trat. Answer to OP's question seems to be "maybe" so wise to take your proof of vaccination along.

No, my carry-on was pretty light. But also didn't notice anybody else' carry-on being weighed or checked (although admittedly I wasn't paying much attention to anything but my own items). I was charged 422.65 baht for the 20kg of check-in luggage (one suitcase) but still remain amazed at how cheap some of the airline tickets are between here and Bangkok.

If you make a Thai Will and make your partner the sole heir of your Thai assets and make him your executor with full powers (including, expressly, the power to handle all burial/cremation/funeral arrangements), those provisions will be honored by both the US authorities and Thai authorities. Upon your demise, if your partner presents such a Will (get it done in both Thai and English) to the US Consulate (or Embassy if you are elsewhere in Thailand), they'll end the normal "next of kin" search and sign a release on behalf of your partner. As concerns a Thai Will, don't skimp.....get a Thai lawyer here to make one for you so it's properly done according to your wishes. Or, go ahead and make your own if and only if your 100% sure of what you are doing. If you have assets outside of Thailand that you don't want included in the Thai assets going to your partner, make sure your Will expressly states that it applies only to assets here in Thailand. Finally, with respect to a bank account here in your name, don't expect that any Will or other paperwork you do now will automatically allow your partner to access those funds upon your death.....as your partner won't usually get his hands on those funds until Thai probate is completed. That problem, of course, suggests that you need to somehow figure out a plan to leave enough cash available to allow your partner pay for expenses of last illness, funeral expenses, and other funds for him to reasonably live for 5-6 months while probate is being completed.

Rained pretty hard on the west end with some minor street flooding. Nice and cool out, like December as one poster mentioned. But the shocker to me is the air quality (maybe never saw it this low in CM but definitely not in April).....

Just flew on VJ to BKK last Sunday and then on VJ back to CNX yesterday. No questions about anything. I continued to Trat (ultimately Koh Chang) last Sunday and returned yesterday to BKK on Bangkok Air. While checking in with BA for the flight to Trat, the check-in gal asked to see proof of vaccination (showed her my CDC card and Thai certificate). [I have no clue about what rules (if any) apply to your Turkish Airlines, rules of any transit country, or rules of Germany...but you need to check them all].

As the OP mentions why he's thinking of doing this ( "Simply put I just want him to be the (sole) heir to my worldly-stuff-on-Thai-soil") and a Thai Will, as mentioned by everyone above, is the easier way to do this (and, if needed, to "undo" this). And, as noted by the OP, his plan only involves his Thai assets; yet, if the OP has assets back in the US, an adoption would trigger rights to his partner in any "non-automatic-beneficiary" assets he may still still have there (or in other countries outside of Thailand).

OP, whether you use the bank or income method, the letter (or "certificate") from your pension provider is not needed at all for an annual extension based on retirement.

For example only, the Thai Consulate in Chicago made it very clear to me that the time period related only to the first international flight out of the US (and not my two domestic flights to San Francisco).

If you determine the debtor is clearly collectible, go ahead and pursue it [being aware that the best you'll do is what's owed less the cost (and stress) to get there]; however, if the debtor isn't collectible, pursuing it legally is pure folly.