Polaky

1 hour ago, ubonjoe said:

You have to check with the insurer to find out if they will pay for the hospital when you are asymptomatic. Some will not pay unless you are showing symptoms. 

The insurance offered by the TGIA does pay when asymptomatic (https://covid19.tgia.org/).

I cannot see it in their T&C's, but I will take your word for it Joe ????

1 hour ago, truthfix said:

I don't see any info regarding being covered if tested positive?

I am not sure if any of them do, most don't mention anything about it,

would be interesting to filter the ones that do, even if the premium is a little

higher, for self assurance.

32 minutes ago, mrfill said:

Is that the same Australia that's only managed to fully vaccinate 4.8% of their considerably smaller population?

Yep!, The biggest problem is there are not many that want it, the blood clotting fiasco has frightened many with astra, and pfizer is in short suppy, plus they cannot go anywhere as the borders are locked up tight, with the low case numbers they are content not to be vaccinated, most don't have any desire to go to a country who doesn't have control over their case numbers.

Surely they will cancel their sandbox plans now.

Tourists arriving will already be ripped off with covid testing, 2800 baht x 4 tests, to draw the attention away from themselves  they certainly don't want the taxi mafia to exasperate the situation, the pot calling the kettle black springs to mind.

15 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

Not sure I follow.

The OP is his first year of his non O-A.

IF he can exit and return prior to its expiry then he will be stamped in for another 12 months. No extension required.

If op re enters prior to the 12 month expiry, , when he re enters does he also need a new 12 month extension on health insurance and covid insurance to be stamped in for 12 months?.

A better approach would have been to impose a fine and the threat of jail if anyone tries to leave, wristbands will be easily hacked, manipulated and destroyed when one has an ale or two.

It is a toss up between OA and O based on retirement, Initially in Au you need the visa $300.00, you need the useless health Insurance around $300.00, then you need covid Insurance $650.00, then quarantine or Alcatraz a minimum of $1000.00, before your free to hunt down a cheap condo to stay in.

 

where with an o.........

Enter on a tourist visa $0.00, covid Insurance $120.00 for a month, quarantine or alcatraz $1000.00, then apply for an O $100.00, shove $30,000 in a Thai Bank acc, extension $100.00,

get a decent health insurance in country $?,

this one does appear to be the most obvious winner, however not everyone has $30,000 to let sit idle, and that is the sticking point.

 

Gone are the days when you could enter without any type of insurance, and if injured rely on a GoFundMe to get you out of strife, Insurance is the bulk of the cost besides living expenses.

 

At this particular time in AU you cannot buy any type of covid Insurance due to the borders being shut tight, and you would be struggling to get travel insurance of any description unless it is domestic, that's why us/uk, etc, have the upper hand.

On 6/12/2021 at 6:05 PM, ubonjoe said:

According to a news article today it appears the sandbox is going to delayed until August 1st.

 

This is fake news I believe, It will go ahead on July 1st, The report was translated incorrectly, what the statement actually said was Koh Samui wouldn't open until August 1st, so another misinterpretation of the letter, then again it is not official until the 19th?, so who knows what will happen. 

Well 99.9% of us won't qualify for this deal.

The young fella is now a very rich man, hmm food for thought.

Anyone from Oz wishing to take advantage of the Phuket sandbox has a problem in regards to flights, currently there are no direct flight to Phuket, I believe Thai Airways will be providing direct flights from Europe but nothing has been said about Oz, unless you can transit through Singapore or Bangkok it will be a no go.

Not sure about European countries coming as they have their summer,  but from au especially from Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth , there will be heaps coming over to get away from the bitter cold.

How long do you have to stay in Phuket before being allowed to travel elsewhere? Phuket is not my destination of choice, has this been discussed or are you limited to the island only?.

3 hours ago, Billpro785 said:

Flew back to the states and got mine. an month ago. All I  Needed was a negative Covid test. Now in Bangkok doing the 7 day quarantine . 

That was a hefty price you paid for a shot in the arm.

Lock it up!, lock it up now!, close the airports, curfews!, or face the inevitable. 

1 hour ago, sambum said:

 

And just what are the populations of India and Japan compared to Thailand?

 

To save you looking it up:- India 1,390,975,476, and Japan 126,162,025  (Substantially more than the population of Thailand which stands at 69,941,967.) (Figures from Worldometer)

 

(P.S. India's latest daily infections is shown as "only" 8,025, so maybe they have it more under control than the media would have us believe?)

Where did you get 8,025?, 332,730 as we speak.

 

United States of America

31,530,214

62,642

564,091

867

Community transmission

India

16,263,695

332,730

186,920

2,263

Clusters of cases

Brazil

14,122,795

79,719

381,475

3,472

Community transmission

France

5,325,495

34,034

101,513

283

Community transmission

Russian Federation

4,744,961

8,840

107,501

398

Clusters of cases

Turkey

4,501,382

54,791

37,329

354

Community transmission

The United Kingdom

4,398,435

2,728

127,345

18

Community transmission

On 3/15/2021 at 8:21 PM, ozfarang said:

Second application was successful and allowed to leave up to 15 June.

Will be leaving well before that date

There was no cut off date on mine, I assume i could have left at anytime as it's registered in the system, perhaps the rules have changed.

Won't be long before you will be able to buy it online, self administer the doses, express post so it doesn't get too warm, ebay will be flooded with sellers, where does it end. ????????

These vaccines need to be stored at below -o temperatures, so what happens if it goes above the prescribed temperature and you get injected, or during transportation is it then ineffective?, can you test it's effectiveness before injection?, I mean once it's in you, cannot get it back out again, one way street only, it would be quite annoying to hear after you have been injected the word oops!