JTXR

Well, it's as clear as mud now. Latest news reports are that incoming tourists will need US$ 50K in Covid insurance. And sometime soon new O-A visa applicants will need US$ 100K insurance cover (inclusive of covid), and sometime later (September 2022?) extensions based on original O-A will also require the US$ 100K cover. Is that the current state of play? Yes, of course, things could change at any time....

My Thai wife developed very bad tinnitus a couple of years ago, and after trying several different hospitals and "specialists" in Bangkok, was most satisfied with (and still goes to) the Hearing, Speech, Balance and Tinnitus Center at Bangkok Hospital. https://www.bangkokhospital.com/en/center-clinic/eye-and-ent/hearingspeechbalance-tinnitus-center?info=overview

There simply is nothing YOU can do to convince or coerce the guy to do the right thing. I believe you need to try to find neighboring Thai people who are also bothered by the noise. They may be able to do something. If there are none, or they are unable or unwilling to, then it's hopeless. I suspect paying the guy to turn the noise down, or relocate, or sell out to you will only result in what always results from what is essentially blackmail (or a protection racket). Down the road, he or someone else will do the same and expect payment again.

I have been expecting something like this once the US$ 100,000 Covid insurance requirement for reentry was begun. I've been preparing to bail on Thailand as soon as the cost of redundant and worthless insurance becomes untenable. I'll see what the cost turns out to be when my permission to stay extension comes around and decide then.

After a short visit to the US, I returned to Thailand a couple of months ago (with COE and NonImm OA-based extension of stay) and did the 15-day quarantine in hotel. I had been doing my online 90-day reports before with no problems. My question is: will I need to submit any additional information when I do my first 90-day report after returning (proof of covid insurance, successful exit from quarantine, etc.)? Or will I be able to do the online 90-day report exactly as before? Thanks.

This illustrates something that I've come to realize just recently (after going to and returning from the US, and finishing 14 days in ASQ): no matter what the "rules" and "guidelines" may be where you're traveling to or from, they can change while you're traveling and you may well be stuck wherever you are. I'm guessing this will be true for some time to come. I will only travel if it's absolutely necessary. No way I'm taking an international "vacation" just for the sake of a vacation.

I live in Thailand and am returning very soon after four weeks in the U.S. I have a valid permission to stay, COE, and ASQ hotel reservation. Unfortunately, I'm freaking out a bit about the negative Covid PCR test results. When I left Thailand, after looking at this site and (I think) various Thai government sites, I was convinced that the negative result needed to be issued within 72 hours of the first departure, NOT that the sample needed to be drawn within those 72 hours. So that's what I did. Now, I'm having a very hard time convincing anyone I talk to in the States, including the clinics where I had tests done (so I'd be sure to fall within the window) and including my U.S. airline. First, am I correct in my statement above that the negative result just needs to be issued within 72 hours of the first departure? Second, can someone post an image or link to some official Thai government statement to that effect? I've been looking and I can't find again what I thought I'd seen before. I'd really like something that looks official so I'm not reduced to arguing with airline staff at the check-in counter. Many thanks.