It is very obvious that the survey never looked at the ease of obtaining visa and maintaining them, my biggest peeve is when i have to walk into an imm office and front those uneducated ning nongs, thailand has a population bordering on 80 mil, and they cannot find one educated fluent english speaking intellect that could greet you with "and how can i help you today sir", instead we get a blank stare, more of a glare really, and then a wave of the arms, how wonderful, the only time i see a glimmer of a smile is when your handing over dollars.

On 12/2/2021 at 10:24 PM, rumeaug said:

Born in France, but grew up in Mexico and then Spain, Sevilla and Madrid (Dad was an expat). Madrid and Malaga deserve their place (or pretty much any city in Spain actually). 24h fun if you want it, sun, great food, great people for the most part, unbelievable historical & cultural places. 

Malaga is great, madrid, barcelona also nice but i think portugal wins.

On 12/2/2021 at 10:38 PM, MrJ2U said:

Bangkok is an exciting city.

 

Lots to do!

Restaurants, beautiful women, shopping.

 

If you have a nice condo to live and lots of dosh life can be pretty sweet.

Careful the chemicals sprayed on the vege's

They are ok but dont look at their feet

_{plenty of fake goods to buy}

_{the women don't have a chance against russian/ukraine, and ask yourself is it a real woman.}

Back in Oz I have a Gaggia classic pro, made in Italy, magic machine, parts available everywhere and heaps of doc's on YouTube, small footprint but don't let that fool you, the included tamper is useless so you need to purchase a separate one, makes a superb Latte.

South African doctor who raised Omicron alarm says symptoms are ‘unusual but mild’

He should have kept it under his hat, instead we have power hungry leaders with another excuse to shut the planet down, meanwhile he gets a pat on the back, there is probably more variants out there that have not been detected.

I cannot understand why they make it difficult to open a debit account, we are actually doing them a favour by enriching their lending powers, until recently I was always on a Non OA so never had the need for an account, now on a TV I approached Bangkok bank, to open an account would cost me around 6000 bath, 500 for card, 500 for account, the rest for a throwaway insurance, no residency certificate or letter from consulate with aide you, if your already on a non o then it is a piece of cake, but not tourist or exempt, they might be getting more strict, tried a number of different banks to no avail.

23 hours ago, Lazybones said:

For those who may be interested Jetstar are flying Bangkok to Melbourne from the 15th December but through Singapore at the moment.

Good luck with that mob, I had no less than 3 flights cancelled with them, extra $150 and fly with Singapore.

Still will not save as of Nov 21', regardless if your using Chrome, edge or firefox, so I think this system is kaput, not sure about app, not game to put it on.

4000 bath is reasonable imo, when you consider the ride from airport and pcr test all included, plus the hotel has to be certified which would not be cheap to setup, having said that and with the au dollar on a spiralling decline again Aussies will feel it more than others.

11 minutes ago, slm7clov said:

I am considering traveling home to Sweden for a few months in early 2022. Have Extension of Stay until 30 Oct 2022 and will not request Re-Entry Permit but request a new Non-O Visa at the Thai Embassy. My question is whether in that case 90 days insurance for Thailand Pass is enough.

Have found a Thai insurance company that has a reasonable cost up to 99 years of age.

https://www.tipinsure.com/CovidRegional/step_1

The question is whether this insurance is sufficient for Thailand Pass.

Yes, I used them, they are also understanding if your dates change, and are easy to contact.

46 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

Yes and yes..... 

I believe the only time you need to buy from a thai insurer is when renewing a Non OA in country.

Do not understand how anyone can like this herb, they could use it as a form of torture.

7 hours ago, tomacht8 said:

For you no ATK Selftest at day 5-6? No MorChana App for report the result? 

not

8 minutes ago, Joules said:

Judging from the content in the six pages of content here, This article seems to have done nothing to settle the confusion.  I Always thought that with my O visa and marriage extension I could go out on a trip somewhere and come back without buying the insurance.  Now it does not look that way.  And at my age, a lot of insurers like Aetna just say no.

What we should be concentrating on is an affordable all age group Insurance policy regardless of where you originated from, that meets all requirements, and actually covers you for any event, then that insurance company would be rewarded with a flock of new policy enquiries, and enhance their business model, but does such insurance exist?, many scale their policies on age groups, which in my opinion is wrong, as many older people are fitter than the younger generation, and should not be penalised.

I have nothing but praise for the new system, arrived bkk 2nd nov from melb au, prior to arrival received t/pass qr code via email to expediate entry, everything was well organized at the airport, driver from hotel was waiting, at hotel taken to my room to wait for nurse, she arrived later in the afternoon, tested everyone who flew in on multiple airlines, following morning i was told i tested negative and was free to go.

ps: no tracking app or ankle bracelets were enforced.

2 hours ago, aussiexpat said:

When family and friends ask why I would retire in Thailand when I live on the beautiful Sunshine Coast in Australia, I always answer "because it's cheap and every night can be like New Years Eve if you want it to be"

 

Sadly, the November 1 plan is not that so I would not reccomend it to anyone ????

Your not wrong, just too expensive to holiday in au, especially when you don't get a handout from the gov.

5 minutes ago, yogi yogi said:

ok i arrive nov 4.  do i have enuf time to get the thailand pass.  has any one studyed the thailand pass.  maybe its just a computer program and if you fill in the fields correctly it pops out  green  light . and i get the pass?   makes no sense if one is arriving on nov 2, 3 , 4,  5,  6 , ,7.............that they have not the time to get the thailand pass so their will be no arrivals on nov 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7?

ok i arrive nov 4.  do i have enuf time to get the thailand pass.....No you need at least 7 days. and the TP won't be ready until nov 1st according to all reports.

has any one studyed the thailand pass.  maybe its just a computer program and if you fill in the fields correctly it pops out  green  light . and i get the pass?, It doesn't exist yet and i doubt anything will pop out lol!

20 minutes ago, Bvor said:

i'm in perth australia waiting for clarity from TIT and oz.  australia is ineligible to access online evisa's and i'm loathe to post my passport to canberra embassy for TR60 visa so it looks like visa exempt for me, but only when oz borderforce allows me international travel AND when i don't have to do 14 days hotel quarantine on my return to perth - what a debacle! 

You are encased in bubble wrap over there, I cannot see you going anywhere just yet, you can apply for TR visa with sydney embassy online, but after approval you still need to post your passport for the stamp, give that 2 weeks with xpress post, the delay is not their fault it is ozpost.

Takes a lot to please this crowd, they are trying, enough negativity!!!,

stay home and enjoy your lives.

6 hours ago, Bkk Brian said:

This is the official list of countries from which visitors can come to Thailand with no quarantine if they are fully vaccinated from 1 November. Still quite a bit of paperwork and a a negative COVID test needed on arrival.

https://twitter.com/pakhead/status/1451197120518627355

 

Interesting that Ruski's are not Included, they will be <deleted> as winter is approaching fast!.

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It would take days and a lot of patience, is it all good?

1 hour ago, BritManToo said:

No idea, I tried the black P3 and it worked ......... there is also P1, P2 and M1 to try.

What the hell is black cocoa?, there is cocoa which is refined and there is cacao which is the bees knees, as many have already said sugar is the biggest enemy, eradicate it from your diet, keep away from beer = carbs and sugar = pot belly, if you drink then vodka on ice preferably or whiskey, no junk food, no bread, regular exercise, does not have to be strenuous, so long as it is regular, work up to doing 100 pushups a day, not in one hit but as many as you can do at a time, try keto which is great, no low fat milk, get the full cream high fat milk, stay away from oils except olive and instead have butter, if you want proof of that lookup butter bob on yt, make your own ghee and cook solely with that, plenty of eggs/bacon, at night a teaspoon of physilium husk with plenty of water, and if all that doesn't work think about a separation lol!.

On 10/10/2021 at 12:39 PM, ozfarang said:

When I applied for a Tourist visa in May this year I applied and received my visa from the Sydney consulate and I reside in Perth. 

 

I posted my passport to the consulate and it was returned within 10 days

Sydney only had one or two cases in may big difference now, even in the pre covid times ozpost was hopeless, you could get lucky though.