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Indeed! I remember some comment or other that likened those who refuse the vaccine to drink drivers - a good analogy in my opinion. I don't see the problem, its just a bloody vaccine for christ's sake - had mine months ago, took up all of 2 hours of my time. I defend the rights of the individual to a point but not when their actions can have a devastating effect on others - which is precisely why its against the law to drink and drive. Just get vaccinated.

You guys are just so cynical - the investigation will show there is no corruption in Thai Immigration. Its much the same as the claims that sexual services were available for cash in Pattaya. A couple of years ago a group of top Thai policemen went out and about in Pattaya to get to the truth of the matter and established that there was no sex for sale there. Please stop being so negative about the Thai police, they investigate everything thoroughly.????

Mr Prayuth, where did you learn your maths? I hope to god that a hell of a lot more than 15% of infected people are recovering. Either that or the notion that you have been 'massaging the figures' is a wild underestatement.

Please give the source that says 'regardless of vaccinated' - the situation here in the UK is very different. Despite large numbers of new infections, hospitalisations and deaths are relatively low - especially when compared to the figures from last year and this January. The vaccines are for now, working and working very well. You would be well advised to check out the actual figures before making unsubstantiated claims - starting here: https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/articles/coronaviruscovid19/latestinsights

Incorrect, the money only has to come from abroad when a foreigner is buying a condo in their name. In the case of buying a house, your wife can buy it but you will be asked to sign a declaration that the money used is hers and you will make no claim on the property. However, flying directly in the face of that is the fact that a 'foreign' mortgage (legal charge) on a property is legal in Thailand - although not every Land Office will accept them. The first port of call is to contact the Land Office responsible for where you intend to buy and find out if they accept foreign mortgages. If they do, a lawyer will advise you on the best way to go about it. My suggestion would be to carry out the purchase normally and say nothing about the legal charge at the time of ownership registration. Then sometime later, register the mortgage on the property. That done, in the event of a breakdown in your relationship, you will be able to 'call in' the mortgage - subject to how the agreement has been written. The biggest hurdle you may face is getting your wife to sign a piece of paper that basically says she owes you X million baht - try tempering that with a will that cancels out the mortgage. However, if my wife wouldn't accept such a mortgage, I might well be questioning whether purchasing a house is the best thing to do. You can also protect yourself from being 'evicted' from the property in the event of a marital breakdown by correctly registering a Usufruct agreement. Realisticly, that would only work if the house was away from any family. Those building houses on family land in a village for example, might find life a little 'uncomfortable' if they tried to stay in the property when things went south.

Date of first registration and model year are 2 separate things so it depends on what you're asking. A 2019 model registered on 1 January 2020 would officially be a 2020 car. The only thing that would really affect the value is if there have been changes to the model. Clearly a new model would be more desireable than an old one even if the 2 were registered on the same date. I'm not sure with Thai VIN numbers but European VIN's contain the build year.

No, but you can top up UK mobiles online.

They already do.

Yes but: US vaccinated travellers have to prove residency in the US and UK, US and EU vaccinated travellers entering from Amber List countries will still have to provide negative pre-departure and Day 2 tests.

Yes, and you have to pay in advance. Given the size of the fines being issued to other would be dodgers, it could be a very costly decision. As regards sending someone to check on you for Amber List entrants. My wife arrived in July and was called every day for a week. We were told that someone would visit but nobody did.

If you are talking about COE then my post was not incorrect. It seems strange that you now say you are talking about COE when the OP was asking about visas and your previous replies seemed to be about visas, You also knew very well that I was referring to visas as I mention Multi Entry Non O's and E-Visa. To the best of my knowledge there is no such thing as a Multi Entry COE.

I do not disagree - I couldn't believe it when India remained Amber for so long but to be fair, the Indian variant seems to have spread everywhere - even places with very strict rules like Australia.

Very confusing. I am of course, happy that these people have been released - in a reasonable country they's never have been imprisoned in the first place. However, given Thailand's draconian drug laws, I can't understand the Thai authorities reasoning for releasing these people. The drug was illegal at the time they were sentenced so they broke the law. If I was fined for doing 100kph in an 80 limit, would my fine be refunded if the limit was later increased to 120kph?

Indeed - to benefit you would have to find a country that allows people in from Thailand without quarantine and that country would need to be at least on the Amber List. You would then need to stay there for 10 days or lie on your locator form. A number have been caught doing that so I'm pretty sure your travel history is flagged up when your passport is scanned.

That stopover would have to be at least 10 days so its hardly a bypass. People can and have been, fined up to £10,000 for lying on their passenger locator forms. The maximum punishment is actually 10 years jail-time.

Not only that, they did it when cases in India were actually rising. I expected Thailand to be put on the Red List at least a month ago and brought my wife's UK visit forward to avoid that possibility. Although I expected this change, I see no rhyme or reason behind the UK's decisions on many countries and Johnson refuses to publish the criteria. Johnson says the decisions are made on the amount of cases, the existence of variants and the percentage of the population vaccinated but as I say, he won't give any exact criteria. Fair enough, Thailand fails miserably on all those measures but India is no better.

Without checking - a possible slight correction: Its most likely that it will be British Citizens, those legally resident in the UK AND those from or residing in the 'common travel area' - i.e. The Republic of Ireland, Jersey, Guernsey, Isle of Man etc. That's usually the case. I'm surpised that Thailand wasn't added to the Red List weeks ago - all the criteria were met. It remains to be seen if Thailand reciprocates and takes the UK off its 'Safe List' for the Sandbox schemes.

Hardly silly, I was suggesting a possible alternative for the OP if he can find and embassy/consulate that will accept postal applications. Further, regarding your previous post where are disagreeing with Ubonjoe's statement that most embassies/consulates have a citizenship/residence requirement - you state: 'If the country you're in do not have an embassy then you're directed to the closest one, where i've just e-mail directly, no online application.' That is correct but you still have to prove residency. For example, there is no Thai embassy/consulate in Iraq so applicants are directed to Jordan. However, if the embassy in Jordan has residency requirements, the applicant would have to show residence in Iraq. Things are changing and the options for obtaining a visa outside your home country are becoming increasingly limited. Its entirely possible that the Thai authorities may use the break created by covid to roll out the E-visa system further. I currently obtain 12 multi-entry O visas from the consulate in Ho Chi Minh so I'm hoping that doesn't change. If I had to use the Thai Embassy in the UK I'd be limited to a single 90 day entry visa - another difference with E-Visa.

Then I suggest you try applying to the Thai Embassy in the UK or one of the others that's on E-Visa. If you're not a British Citizen or have legal residence in those countries, you will not get a visa. I've made visa applications in the past by post to the RTE London but I'm not sure they will do that now. You may have obtained a visa in Vietnam, Laos, Singapore, Malaysia and a few others but you can't enter those countries at the moment to get one so that's of no use to the OP. I wasn't aware that other embassies that may not be on the E-visa system also had residence requirements but I trust Ubonjoe's word on that.

He's from the UK.

Would he not be able to apply by post Joe?

I'll check it on flightradar24

Exactly what I do and top it up from time to time on Kasikorn's online banking.

Thanks for that but I don't think that service is available. I tried one way from Phuket to U-Tapao and U-Tapao doesn't show up in the destination list. Reverse the direction and flights are shown - even with a return flight but when I click on 'Show Flight Price' - the page just refreshes to a new search.

Not sure the airport departures and arrivals can be trusted - flight radar 24 doesn't show them.