JCP108

Just when you thought the crazy might not get crazier...

Not encouraging that zero people on here are reporting having gotten interviews sometime in the past 13 months.

Thanks. I have looked at that site you provided though it doesn't seem that there are a lot of people with our type of visa reporting on there in the past few months.

I am a U.S. citizen and wife is Thai. We applied for a spouse visa to the U.S. for her in August, 2020. NVC sent the case to the Bangkok embassy in July of 2021. We submitted all the required documents in August, 2021. It's now January, 2022 and no interview scheduled yet. So, five months after submitting final documents to the embassy and radio silence. Anyone out there who is getting a spouse visa to the U.S. and has gotten an interview recently? If so, how long was the last leg of your process?

Amazing Thailand!

Same in the U.S. Over 90% of those w Covid in the ICU are the unvaccinated.

They are absolutely allowed to quarantine at home, even if having symptoms. Per wife, this has happened over a dozen times with people testing positive in our neighborhood in Bangkok. Only one person living near us went to a hospital after testing positive and that was because he was so sick he needed more intensive care.

"...to advocate for a more environmentally sustainable reopening focused on fewer visitors but with greater purchasing power." I still don't get what this means. What we do see is that they put in place policies (Thailand Pass) to eliminate all but the most insane/motivated travelers (mostly not tourists but those of us with ties to Thailand [thus, maybe, more spending "power" while there longterm]). So, it is more "environmentally" friendly as they have discouraged so many from dealing with the hassles of tryng to get in. Fewer people trashing the beaches, I suppose. We also, so far, don't have to deal with annoying busloads of Chinese tour groups (though that's not because Thailand is wanting to keep them out as much as China not wanting them to come visit yet).

Right. Wife pre-paid for Moderna. Still hasn't gotten it. She called the hospital through which we paid for it a few days ago and was given the typical Thai runaround of "go check the website" and the site was unclear and gave no helpful information.

I was on Koh Samui in March of 2020 and it was enforced there, then. Went to the 7-11 at 3:00 p.m. to grab a beer to take back to the hotel and was told to come back later.

Right. Pre-paid for wife. Still waiting. Was promised in October.

Thanks. I am in southern Indiana. The nearest such testing center is a drive-through type and it's in Indianapolis about 90 minutes from where I live.

Update 2: Finally found a clinic an hour and a half away from me that will do a proper test with a 24-hour turnaround for $105US.

I am traveling from the U.S. to Thailand at the end of the month. I foolishly scheduled my flight for the morning after Thanksgiving. Turns out all the test centers say 1-2 days for results though with the holiday now are all saying 2-3 days. That means that none of them will promise to get the test results to me within 72 hours. There are expedited tests you can get to get the results within 24 hours, but they either don't say RT-PCR or are done with a more superficial swab and both of those issues will get my test invalidated for the purpose I need. My question: as I can just move the test sample up one day to try to get the result within the 72-hour time before my first flight, does anyone see an issue with the sample being taken more than 72 hours prior to my flight? With the holiday, very difficult to impossible to get both the sample and the result within 72 hours of my first flight. Update: Checked with my airline (All Nippon) and sample collection must be within 72 hours. So, I'm <deleted>-ed. I may have to cancel my trip.

So, multiply the number of taxis you have ever seen pulled over by Thai police for a traffic violation times 10 points and you get the number of total points that will likely be deducted from drivers in the next few months.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/billionaire-wealth-covid-pandemic-12-trillion-jeff-bezos-wealth-tax/

Wife pre-paid for Moderna via private hospital in September with promise that it would arrive in October. She called today (November 17) and got a run-a-round. A scam that cost us 3k baht.

So, this article implies that the police will actually notice and respond to traffic violations in order for these points to be assigned. Interesting. Why would they think that?

What transit airport was that?

It is a thing. People have reported it.

He speaks the truth.

I agree with G Rex. Also, this... https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2021/08/study-ties-covid-vaccines-lower-transmission-rates

A lot of hotels, too.

I am flying through Narita on the way back to Bangkok on 11/27. Good to have a heads up about the mess.

Amazing Thailand!