Willy333

I was referring to applying to a new elite visa not upgrading one. I did it this year and I had 30 days to make the payment. The processing time varies, they told me 1-2 months, mine took 2 months. They give me the same time estimate for upgrading. Also, you can use a credit card(one with no foreign fees), you don’t need to do a bank transfer. That’s what I did, got some points in the process.

It takes about 2 months to get approved, if you apply now, you will be approved around mid October, then you can decide to go through with the payment within 30 days. The details on the new packages should be announced on October 1st.

Thai elite(not an agent) told me that it was almost certain that the new packages would start at 900k for the 5 years. There’s no reason to wait for the new packages if you’re thinking about applying since you can back out at the end before paying.

If there is, it will be a lot more expensive.

I was told directly by Thai elite by email and talking with them on the phone. They do a criminal record check which takes 1-2 months, 6 weeks on average.

Reminder: the cutoff date to upgrade is in 3 days. If you are unsure about upgrading, do it now. The process takes 6 weeks and you can back out at the end before paying. At that point, we should know all the details about the new packages.

If you want to upgrade, you need to do it by mail. Just in case 11 days was too much time…

Yes, I’m using e visa. So does that mean I could renew a visa while in Thailand and I could just go to a neighbor country and back to activate it?

My current 1 year multiple entry visa will expire a few weeks after I arrive in Thailand. So I thought it would be better to renew now while I’m in the US. My question is what happens if I enter Thailand using my old visa and the new one gets approved after?

This story doesn’t mention that. Either way, you can always arrange a slightly different pick up point to avoid the tuktuk mafia. I’ve done it several times.

Just use the apps (Bolt, JustGrab, InDriver), way cheaper and no misunderstanding over the price.

Huge improvement from 1 month ago: Sept 24th ... 132 deaths ... 3377 in a serious condition . ... 743 on ventilators to Oct 24th ... 56 deaths ... 2,432 in a serious condition . ... 546 on ventilators

Unless I’m missing something, you can calculate the number of tests using the positivity rate. Positive cases / positivity rate = tests Today would be 76719 tests.

There’s so many things they can do to attract foreigners before easy property laws. Rich foreigners don’t want to deal with: -90 day reporting -alcohol bans -the government flip flopping every other day -the government leaking personal information -corrupt police … Now, if you want to attract Chinese investors that won’t live here and contribute to the local economy then yeah…

Do you know how many Moderna is supposed to deliver this year? My impression is that the estimates for Moderna have been all over the place.