SCOTT FITZGERSLD

Just now, mlkik said:

I booked a hotel that only wanted ฿5000 deposit

do you remeber the hotel name?

38 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

Most airlines doing semi commercial flights allow you to change flights or get a refund.

I ALLREADY lost 2000 USD with those so called flexible tickets.

some airlines or agencies just wont pay you.

9 minutes ago, user70 said:

After applying for special tourist visa then CoE, I don't think this is worth trying. So many headaches! Accomodation confirmation rejected, incorrect Transit date on my certificate of entry, major pain to get insurance, most physicians have no clue how to do a fit to fly certificate, getting a covid-19 test followed by the fit to fly certificate try to departure is very tight, if the flight get delayed then your covid-19 test may be more than 72 hours before departures, incoherent instructions to apply for the certificate of entry from different sources, embassy employees being indif if you miss your flight, overpriced accomodation for the ASQ etc. I've spent way too much time and money on this, which I could have better spent taking some vacation in a more friendly country (eg mexico). I created this profile on this forum to get some information to help me apply to the visa and CoE, and I've posted over 70 messages just because everything is so messed up. Not even counting several direct private messages, my dozen of calls to the embassy, etc. I've traveled to many countries and this is one of the worst experience I've had.

 

sounds like a nightmare indeed. what you mentioned are exactly the things i am worried about.

the thai have a way to complicate each small thing.

it is hard enough to get PCR test on time. why the stupid FIT-TO-FLY why?

On 2/12/2021 at 8:17 AM, scammed said:

if you give a few lady drinks while you are at it,

3000 is on the low end for an evening of beer consumption

yes, but this usually happans at night. the ofiicial said 3000 a day, not a night.

On 2/11/2021 at 2:47 AM, webfact said:

they spend $100 a day each on average

or on beverage ???

3 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

(but can take longer - 2 weeks is recommended minimum time before travel to submit an application

thanks.

but you see, as you wrote in the end CAN TAKE UP TO TWO WEEKS....so how can i be sure

i get the COE if i book a flight for next week....???

a better idea will be to scrap that stupid FIT-TO-FLY form.

a complete jock.

and clinic will issue it for 400 baht.

9 minutes ago, mlkik said:

insurance that covers you for covid from day 1 and hospital admitance  even if asymtomatic.

can you reccomend an insurance that pay hospital even if asymptomatic? will AXA do it?

10 minutes ago, mlkik said:

You need to book your flight and ASQ before the COE is issued

well, that is the problem. if the COE is not issued, i lose the booking money !!

so why wont you pay cash and forget about it?

cash is king, so easy and private, why the hell to pay with cards?

23 hours ago, rooster59 said:

Once you have acquired your residency, you pay approximately 7% to 11% of your reported monthly income into the Caja

no thanks, i prefer to buy my own health insurance and the hastle free way of thailand.

and 2000 USD will not buy comfortable life for a couple in costa rica. costa rica is propably the most

expensive place in south america...and not so crime free after all.

sounds good, but no fakes please !!

https://news.yahoo.com/covid-police-break-fake-vaccine-164510169.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9kdWNrZHVja2dvLmNvbS8_cT1jaGluZXNlK2ZhbGUrdmFjY2luZXMrc291dGgrYWZyaWNhJmlhPXdlYiZpYWk9aHR0cHMlM0ElMkYlMkZuZXdzLnlhaG9vLmNvbSUyRmNvdmlkLXBvbGljZS1icmVhay1mYWtlLXZhY2NpbmUtMTY0NTEwMTY5Lmh0bWwmcG49MQ&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAADQKCMMqcWMoMa45Z35GoI8ENcKCS4Pv5n1tbhO14HKVD0WhbUagF9PgASx3M4UAcJwGkhchMTfh6tcA7lXCoYU3H5K4_Gh-npCN6nIht5nQMrfFPuI8GvSZWK26c6mLM_3ya_58JBenXl0cGNGbEJcytO2ycRQ_K_zWtkzryMSW

2 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

They only deny them if you cannot provide the required supporting documents.

 

yes, but some of those documents are the flight and hotel booking  , and i have to pay

for them before getting them....

I am trying to check now how i can get back to thailand on a tourist visa waiver , but am worried about too many

things that can go wrong before i get the COE.

I checked the official web site - link below - and do not understand if i get the COE before booking and flight and hotel, or after.

Also i am not sure i can get the fit-to-fly and PT-PCR papers IN  the 72 hours before the flight.

i heard few stories of people who did not get the FIT-TO-FLY document in the exact format, hence the COE was not approved, than

they lost their money for the flight...

other stories involved the PT-PCR test not coming on time, and again all lost.

and than there is the risk of getting infected on the flight, and get positive result in a thai PT-PCR, and than

you are forced to get into a hospital, even if there are no symptoms, and in this case the insurance will not

cover the expenses (might be 200 USD per day !!and might get few weeks until the body develops antibodies !!).

Is it worth even trying? do you know many failures stories of visa waivers who tried to travel to thailand?

https://coethailand.mfa.go.th/regis/create?country=BRA&conoffice=BRA&type=1114

Just now, TerraplaneGuy said:

I may not be able to wait.  And I wonder how you can be confident it will be easier.  I had the same hopes last year but this question of extensions vs. visas seems to have fallen between the tracks of the official posts/rules and I have some doubt they're going to update the embassy sites or anything expressly on "extensions".  So I'm just hoping that in practice they will accept extensions and am looking for anybody with positive experience.

i also have problems understanding how the COE works...they require to book a flight and a hotel BEFORE getting the COE, but what if they do not approve the COE? than the loss is huge .

i tried to investigate the site below, but seems more concerned with suing the applicant than with helping him understand :

https://coethailand.mfa.go.th/regis/create?country=BRA&conoffice=BRA&type=1114

IF you can wait few more months, all will be much easier

7 hours ago, kraxlhuber said:

 

i wonder what was he thinking....traveling on fake passport in this time of global pandemic...when you cannot enter countries even with real passports and visas....

16 hours ago, foreverlomsak said:

So why wasn't Singapore doing the announcement

the stuff in the check in posts does not belong to singapore or singapore airlines but to thai companies, or the thai airport.

i was allmost coming back to thailand, but stopped because of the FIT TO FLY certificate.

apparently it creates a serious problem, because i must get it 72 hours before the flight. and

i could not find a doctor that will aggree to do on time.

there are some clinics in thailand that offer online certifications, but those certificates are not

accepted by all thai consulates.

than i heard stories about airlines who did not accept some kinds of FIT TO FLY certificates, because they were not phrased properly. that refusal came on check in !!! and after the thai embassy provided the COE !! so the whole ticket and hotel booking was lost !!!

I REMEMBER A CASE few years ago, when an israeli woman, who volunteered in cambodia, was murdered in say light in the entrance to her apartment building in phnom phen.

the murderer got caught and blamed the crime on her, saying that had she not get out from the building with her bycicle, he would not try to steal her bicycle, leading to her fatal beating.

11 minutes ago, Sheryl said:

I cannot imagine a bank in a foreign country caring or seeking proof regarding whether you paid taxes in Thailand. Their concern would be laws of the country they are based in. And I don't think money transfers to Thailand in the amounts most people would need for living costs here would be likely to raise red flags re money laundering.

YOU do not need to imagine it - this is the reality now. it has nothing to do with the home country. what mattars is the residence country (where you live) and the income source country.

money laundry indeed is not the right word - more an issue of tax evasion , assuming that the

virtual activity is not criminal (no fraud, porn, drugs, ext.).

so it all depands, as i mentioned, on the amounts involved. if the business will be very good and

you will start to generate big amounts, all parties involved will want to know where and if you pay taxes - the banks, the governments (banks must report the account ) and aventually, thai immigration.

so better plan ahead , if big money is coming your way. one popular solution is to open a company

in hong kong, than direct all payments to that hong kong company, while you are a resident of thailand. than you will not have to pay taxes in hong kong, because the tax system there is

territorial, and will only have to pay tax in thailand on amounts you bring into thailand in the same

year you earned them.

hmmmm....someone got scared....

The main question here is how much money you will earn from  that work.

if the amount is not substantial, say 20-30K USD a year, you can stash it in a bank account

outside thailand and spend it later.

however, if the amount gets bigger, say 200K USD a year, your bank account might ask you to prove

that you paid taxes on  this amount, or ask you where are you based so they can report the

account to that country. than you might have a problem to get your money out of the bank.

This problem might also happan if you saved a substatial amount in that foreign bank (for example you got paid there 30K USD per year for 8 years, now you have there 240K USD).

the bank might demand to know where were you based all those years, and when you will say thailand,

the bank might demand to get documents from a thai accountant that will prove that you paid taxes, as well as documents from thai revenue office . You might have a problem to show those documents

because you did not have a work permit all those years, hence the money might be confiscated and

you might get sued by the bank for money laundry.

They forgot to mention to final steps:

9. take two steps back and turn around 180 degrees

10. step forward and get out of the hospital

On 2/28/2020 at 8:18 AM, stament said:

Does anyone know if UAE are allowing people into Dubai (not transiting) who travel from Thailand?

 

 

NO COUNTRY restrict travellers from thailand, as thailand is considered a safe country, corona wise.

but do your best to avoid travel to dubai. it is red zone.