metempsychotic

The laos consulate in bkk is issuing tourist visas, and as of today claims there should be no problem with a savvanakhet crossing "at this time" inferring i should be good for tomorrow or early next week.

I have such a visa issued today.

My question deals not with getting into laos, but the current state of affairs at the royal thai consulate itself.

I can get a certificate establishing that I am currently without any covid 19 symptoms, it is my understanding that the embassy  was requiring that today.

What concerns me is a report i read here (which i can not currently locate) that claimed they were processing visas but with a 2 week processing time.

A member reported his wife had spoken with officials in savannakhet and this was what he was told.

the consulate of course is not answering the phone, you get caught in a loop in the automated phone system.

has any the ability to confirm or deny any of this?

I had planned to go Sunday for a Monday application, but could conceivably be at the border by tomorrow am for pickup monday if they are issuing visas with the normal waiting period.

Failing that, is it possible to use an agent in vientiane (no appointments available) to get a visa processed without an appointment?

appreciate your input, if you have any genuine knowledge.

10 hours ago, Matzzon said:

Just for your information. It´s the ones with a question mark at the end.

Its astonishing a human being could be so irrelavent.

And the report for non o?

13 minutes ago, PathumSteve said:

They told us they require a certificate from a hospital that states you are COVID-19 free. A few applicants went to find a hospital, I decided just to return across the border. 

nothing said about thai medical clinic health cert?

any suggestion as to how a health certificate can be obtained?

from a thai clinic perhaps?

1 minute ago, ubonjoe said:

The bridge will stay open. But entering Laos could be the problem.

Sure would be nice if one could check....

1 hour ago, ubonjoe said:

Savannakhet is open. No changes for doing a border hop for a new entry.

Is there any indication as to how long this will remain so?

I can fly north today but would not be able to cross til tomorrow.

I need a fresh non o.

5 minutes ago, emptypockets said:

No Idea about Cambodia but consider going home. Things aren't going to get any easier in the near future. The days of visa runs are rapidly drawing to a close for at least the next few months. Borders are closing and the situation is changing by the hour.

But , hey, up to you. Good luck.

Thailand is home for now., but yeah, thanks.

So the first question is do the borders to phnom penh remain open?

Or vietnam? Again what are the requirements?

If so what are the requirements for a single entry non o in phnom penh for the purpose of visiting  a thai child.

I was booked for savannakhet sunday, but an article just appeared in lao times in another thread saying the borders are closed to foreigners, no voa to be issued.

5 minutes ago, sanemax said:

Are you asking a question  ?

If so, what is your question ?

I clarified the post above  but will open a more specific thread.

<deleted>. Just saw the announcement in another thread.

Border closed no voa possible.

Any suggestions for getting  non immigrant o that must happen by the 25th?

penang is out so cambodia perhaps, and what are the requirements, for a non immigrant o for visiting thai child in phnom penh if it is all possible?

As usual in the middle of it comes the border run, ideally I would hava figured it out yesterday and flown today, but that isnt happening.

A vientiane flight woild have been preferable, but no appointments until the 27th and thats too late, besides I dont fancy staying the weekend to wait to collect.

Is there any word on closures immanent? 

I plan to fly and coach  to mukdahan and then return tuesday.

Plenty of noise out there but little fact it seems.

From whence come these reports?

I need to renew non o, was booked for monday, thinking of doing it tomorrow.

9 minutes ago, billd766 said:

Would you like me to blow your nose and wipe your asssssssss for you?

 

I live in rural Khampaeng Phet and the pharmacy in the big village 6km away has masks at 3 for 100 baht, alcohol sanitiser and should you need them toilet rolls are also available in the village.

 

Perhaps it is your location that is the problem?

Yes, we have made the egregious error not living in the middle of nowhere.

You have made the right choice.

I have nothing agaist a mask, however I have never owned one and would have no idea where to get one.

1 hour ago, Thaiwrath said:

You need more than a prayer at this stage of the game !

How about praying for the whole world population, or do only Thais count ?

Get over yourself, could you not find anything else to take exceptiin to?

The headline is at complete odds to the story itself.

5 hours ago, webfact said:

foreigners coming from six infected zones - China, Macao, Hong Kong, South Korea, Italy, and Iran - as well as countries with continuing transmission of the virus, are required to have health certificates issued in the previous three days, as well as health insurance coverage.

Where is the clarity in that statement? 

To my knowledge, that includes pretty much every country there is as transmission is continuing everywhere.

4 hours ago, BritManToo said:

Didn't think Covid19 had sneezing as a symptom?

And what about coughing, were you unaware of that as well?

1 hour ago, Bangkok Barry said:

The correct answer is 7.33 billion who are not infected. Less than 200,000 are, at this point. Unless you think that every government in the world is conspiring to hide the figures, and social media is also censored. Then the figure might be anything that anyone wants to pull out of the air.

Im sticking with 6 thanks.

1 hour ago, Bangkok Barry said:

Then deduct the number of cases, fatal and non-fatal, from the 7.53 billion people that live on the planet and see what number you get.

6.

Are you any realtion to burma bill?

22 minutes ago, Bangkok Barry said:

Agreed. The economic consequences worldwide will be far more severe than the virus. See this bowl of sugar. Now imagine taking one grain of sugar out. That is the chance of anything nasty happening to you due to the virus. The chance of dying from that one grain is infinitely smaller than that. Have a nice day.

Methinks your numbers are off.

Now show us 100 grains of sugar, and seperat 1 to 3 grains as dead.

Then take 60 grains as infected, the remaining 40 or less you can leave in the bowl.

15 minutes ago, johnarth said:

a major problem here that this (flue virus) is the same as the flue in that it can be caught more than once

Firstly, its spelled flu.

Secondly its not a flu.

3 hours ago, alex8912 said:

So you think they are faking the dead people numbers who are dying of virus? Like hundreds of dead tourists and Thai people are dying of the virus and somehow don’t get counted?  You are a fine sample of how scare mongering is OTT on this forum. What’s up with guys over 60? 

At risk.

Everything could be up for them.

Makes for some rather shrill posts.

8 hours ago, madmen said:

Rather than risk your rating by denying requests, why don't you just block the next few months off? 

Yes, I have now. This months rental was negotiated privately, I hadn't had time to get to it.