SCOTT FITZGERSLD

every country has it's own regulations and style.

for example, hungary just announced a nation wide lockdown for UNlimited time.

that's pretty scary and allmost like psychological war on the citizens.

but you mentioned the 30 april as a date that was presented by many airlines as

the time they will resume operations, and i guess thailand is following some 

international guidelines regarding this date.

question is, of course, what will be the new regulations in the post corona world.

hard to believe that they will wave the health certificates and even quaranitine

for new visitors.

this situation is very bad for thai tourism.

ON the one hand those are good news.

on the other hand this raise the question when and if this corona thing

will end. the announcement mention the 30 april as the date for amnesty. as

if this date is the official date for the virus expiration.

strangely enough, many airlines also suspended their operations until 30 april.

and on the third hand, i wonder what will be the thaivisa world in the post corona

age, and what kind of strange documents and regulations will be

presented by than/

46 minutes ago, Thailand said:

the measures finally being taken

i think those measures are being taken because of pressure from the WHO

the world health organisation is running the show all over the world

and you can see the same measures being implemented in many countries,

in the same way and same times.

thailand propably must comply because of agreements and pressure.

but other stronger or more indepandant countries don't give a damn about the

corrupt WHO and do their own thing.

sweden for example never had any shutdown what so ever, and is doing fine.

turkmenistan claims the whole corona thing is a hoax and made it illegal 

to even say the word corona, and illegal to wear masks in the street !!

1 hour ago, gunderhill said:

So are  they finally  going to let the cat out  of  the bag and start revealing the full figures now and those hospitals  can  fill right up.

you don't have to believe any numbers, you just have to go to any

thai hospital and see if it looks like a corona outbreak .

there is no way to hide or deny when the outbreak happans.

the hospitals are just full of people coughing and acctually dying everywhere.

people cough blood and fall dead in the streets, shops, offices.

this is happaning right now in new york.

this is what happaned in wuhan china (only when it allready happaned, 

the chinese governemt started to act).

and this is NOT happaning in thailand. 

maybe the weather? maybe the good spirits? maybe another lighter mutation

of the virus?

let's just hope and pray it will stay this way, and go away in may.

10 hours ago, tomazbodner said:

Bangkok Bank also offers it but only gives as much credit as you leave in the account

bangkok bank gives to to retirement visa ?

is it a card with the 2d digits (numbers popped out)?

at this point in time, the last thing you want is to go cashless.

if the electric power will cut, or your bank will lose network,

you will not find yourself so smart

and "developed" and even if you will slide your card

between your cheeks , no one will sell you food or water

and you will starve to death, simply like that.

that is a real emergency.

i was just thinking about it now.

what will i do if my phone will stop working?

well, i still have a spare one, but for some people

it might be a mattar of life and death.

they can't order food, can't see news, can't even go to toilet.

scary.

12 hours ago, FarFlungFalang said:

Cremations are the norm in Thailand which is quite convenient as you can't go checking if they had an infection and they don't have to hide the bodies.Pretty simple really.

on youtube there is a famous movie showing the crematorium worker

screaming at a supervisor that they are working full time and there

is no more capacity for bodies in all 8 crematoriums...someone

did a quick calculations and concluded that the daily dead bodies

that were burned there was around 8000 bodies a day , during the pick

of the outbreak...let's hope and pray thailand will never  

get there

On 4/2/2020 at 1:52 AM, NCC1701A said:

i have tried to make people on this forum understand this and how it affects you especially at immigration

in rome do as the romans do.

if those people with brown uniforms want to see respect, than give it to them, and

they will give it back to you.

acctually in thailand farang are considered high class, until they prove otherwise.

remember this rule and all should be fine : 

FARANG ARE CONSIDERED HIGH CLASS, UNTIL THEY PROVE OTHERWISE.

it is all up to you. respect the country and it's rules and you will be respected.

On 3/31/2020 at 10:17 PM, geovalin said:

US State Department on March 19 urged citizens around the world to leave COVID-19 affected countries while some flights are still available.

but isn't the U.S. one of the most affected countries in the world right now?

i know many american citizens who left the U.S. ' especially new york,

for other countries, because of the coronavirus.

besides, it is useless to buy a ticket on commercial flight now.

the airlines cancell the flights all the time, i know people who wait 4-5 

weeks for their flight, as it keeps on being cancelled and changed.

Sorry , i know it is not the right forum, but i just can't help myself.

Israeli Health Minister Yaakov Litzman and his wife are in isolation

after testing positive for the coronavirus, Israel’s health ministry confirmed Thursday.

44 minutes ago, Jeff Simoneaux said:

What about foreigners with retirement visas for 4 years in Thailand and trying to return to there homes in Thailand? Does anyone have any good news for me?

indeed what about it?

you are a foreigner who stayed in thailand for 4 years on retirement visa,

and now you can't return at all. 

you might have assets here, apartment, car parked somewhere, cat and dog waiting to be fed,

and you can't go back to the country you called home.

3 months ago the virus was discovered in thailand.

two months ago millions of chinese could still come.

last month all gates were open, 

and now all of a sudden you can't go back to your home,

just because you travelled to japan.

amazing.

Just now, Susco said:

airmail will have some bumps now since most flights are suspended

acctually many passenger flights turned into cargo flights now.

4 hours ago, WhereIsMyRyeBread said:

Good and clear info.

I paid 3,800 Baht just 2 months ago for my multiple re-entry permit to use with my non immi O marriage visa which now won't permit me to leave and return to Thailand. The permit was issued based on non immi O visa not a contingency of having a work permit.

What do you call issuing a permit that legally can't be used now again?

Oh that's right. A scam.

 

 

well, you can re-enter, but not in the coming month.

7 hours ago, Rod the Sod said:

the person who can show a Bank Book with $1m in it needs to buy expensive insurance - he is self-insured FCS

why is he self insured? i never heard about this 

7 hours ago, Ddbanksy said:

I arrived in Taiwan from BKK on 17th March and was refused boarding my booked return flight at Taipei International on the 24th March,only to be given notice of the new COVID19 medical&insurance requirements effective from 22nd March,at the China airlines/Bangkok airways ticket counter.T1 Departures

 I half expected it but had no prior notification from anyone.

 All my other documentation,advised to carry with me by Thailand Immigration on my departure,was in order.

 Now stuck in a Taipei Hotel since then,i find the medical test required to board cannot be obtained in Taiwan (Government Health legislation for a foreigner) unless i have COVID19 Symptoms.

 I am also told insurance cover is 100% no chance.

 How mad is that.

 

if you are from taiwan than you are from the 16 nationalities that require this covit-19 papers.

9 hours ago, Dogmatix said:

The Germans coming from a first world country with a decent education system should have known better.

maybe the germans knew better, they knew that exposure to the virus helps

creating herd immunity, while radical isolation, like in italy, does not help at all.

13 hours ago, sammieuk1 said:

Looks like our social distancing policy is working just needs some refining and a tape measure????

 

i am counting 9 police officers in 6 different sets of uniforms, two of them

are propably undercover agents in civilians clothes.

13 minutes ago, CanadaSam said:

he latest figures show only an average 3% fatality rate

i think the global panic is due to the carnage in italy and spain.

seems like they lost control there. 

nobody knows why.

every they 600-700 people die from the virus, and they are not sure why.

in germany, on the other hand, only 200 people died so far.

mysterious virus.

nice catch, covit-19 police, now pull out those masseuses tooth and throw them to the sharks !!