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14 minutes ago, Sambotte said:

Yep... I did not search too much but it looks like another world mess "around" ????

Should be based on origin-destination, but i read it could be based on just passport. Nonsense again... Not sure for witch country i read this, maybe in Europe.

I read that Vietnam was doing it based on nationality. Partial travel bans e.g. in Cambodia have been based on nationality as well. I'm hoping they'll let others in with a requirement to do 14 days' quarantine, but I'm not banking on that any time soon.

7 hours ago, ubonjoe said:

I cannot predict what will happen before July 31st or after.

After reading a news article on a online paper this morning that stated this "The ban on commercial international flights might not be lifted on July 1 as originally planned". That makes me think that the amnesty may have to be extended again.

Not even sure the border crossing will be open.

As I wrote before I am certain that visa exempt entries will still be possible when flights are available and border crossing will be open.

But what if your passport is from a country that's not within the travel bubble? I thought the travel bubble was going to be based on nationality rather than flight origin or travel history, so was picturing people having to leave but being unable to re-enter for this reason.

10 hours ago, Hardgraf said:

I am currently on an ED Visa which will be up in July. My school as I imagine all is currently closed. I am attending lessons via Skype. I was able to get a total of 1 year. I had to activate outside of Thailand (Laos) & renew at 6 months outside of Thailand (Saigon). Not sure what the current situation is regarding being granted an ED visa. I can ask my school if you'd like?

That's OK. I have a recommendation now so will contact the school. Thanks for the info.

I am in Europe just now but want to go to Thailand when it reopens. Normally I would spend a couple of months there, then go to Vietnam for another couple and head back to Thailand for three, ending Feb/Mar. Obviously a lot of things are up in the air at the moment. If that kind of itinerary turns out to be possible at all, it might well mean 6 weeks in quarantine, so it would be much better to enter Thailand once and stay until the end of the "cool" season.

I have plenty of free time and put quite a bit of it into learning Thai, so an ed visa would be a reasonable fit. I normally study by myself and check in with a teacher once a week, but I could go the classroom route. Does anyone know what the score is with ed visas at the moment - have they been suspended / restricted? Are there any particular schools in Chiang Mai that are known for offering solid / genuine visa study programmes?