Sorry to hear about this situation, and know how difficult this situation is. Just had to check this recently. My mother-in-law unexpectedly passed away, and we could not find any way to get an exemption. We started to look for options when she was still alive - but she passed away 24 hours later. As a result she could not attend the ceremonies and the cremation about a week later, and had to follow all through a video call without any family members close to her. Very hard - but while some other countries have exemptions in these situations - Thailand appears not to have any.
Depending on the situation and diagnosis she probably should consider to go there as soon as possible and hope she is there in time. One thing to take into account though is that in case things turn bad quickly, that she may be stuck by herself in quarantine (if you are not joining her) and having to deal with the bad news by herself without any support.
Can second mtls2005's suggestion of setting up a video call. In my mother-in-laws case she (unexpectedly) passed away within 24 hours after a surgery, but the ability to say goodbye by video call while she was in the ICU was very important. We also ensured that a videographer/ photographer was there at the ceremonies - which I would highly recommend as well.
We always went with the assumption that in case of urgency the distance is max. 24 hours and perhaps a very expensive last minute ticket, but the reality now is that Thailand it is 17 days travel to see family. Now decided to go for the 100 days ceremony rather than arriving after the fact - and plan the quarantine hassle accordingly...
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Sorry to hear about this situation, and know how difficult this situation is. Just had to check this recently. My mother-in-law unexpectedly passed away, and we could not find any way to get an exemption. We started to look for options when she was still alive - but she passed away 24 hours later. As a result she could not attend the ceremonies and the cremation about a week later, and had to follow all through a video call without any family members close to her. Very hard - but while some other countries have exemptions in these situations - Thailand appears not to have any.
Depending on the situation and diagnosis she probably should consider to go there as soon as possible and hope she is there in time. One thing to take into account though is that in case things turn bad quickly, that she may be stuck by herself in quarantine (if you are not joining her) and having to deal with the bad news by herself without any support.
Can second mtls2005's suggestion of setting up a video call. In my mother-in-laws case she (unexpectedly) passed away within 24 hours after a surgery, but the ability to say goodbye by video call while she was in the ICU was very important. We also ensured that a videographer/ photographer was there at the ceremonies - which I would highly recommend as well.
We always went with the assumption that in case of urgency the distance is max. 24 hours and perhaps a very expensive last minute ticket, but the reality now is that Thailand it is 17 days travel to see family. Now decided to go for the 100 days ceremony rather than arriving after the fact - and plan the quarantine hassle accordingly...