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1 hour ago, DrJack54 said:

Think I've been blessed. My 10 years with CW have found the immigration officers so nice. 

Helpful and from me 5 star, especially considering the repetitive nature of the job.

Your being extremely kind using term "local character" for the bombastic io that you describe.

Some folk are very nervous when dealing with immigration.

I know that I would not go well dealing with the woman you describe. 

Luck of the draw means she’s never been the one handling my paperwork. Yes most everyone else there is nice and polite 

14 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

Not sure if your serious but the thing is we are all different.

 

Couple of folks I've been helping with covid extensions at CW have been bit shaken up by their treatment.

Demanding outbound flight and over the top statements..

The classic being "this is your LAST ONE"

Who are these clerks. Do your job.

 

Yes I’m being serious. The lady in question is always shouting at someone for some reason, but nobody is denied their extension. 
I just think of her as a “local character”

6 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

Excellent.

Just another megalomaniac immigration officer. 

Pity they can't just do their job. 

I had it down as just a bit of theater. She was berating a Russian couple when I was there in November for not sharing the Sputnik vaccine with Thailand  

51 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

More importantly were they obtaining their covid extensions? 

Yes

On 1/12/2022 at 9:19 PM, audaciousnomad said:

Same deal at MTT. They have a "Dragon Lady" scolding all the farangs who are extending their covid extensions.

Was there this afternoon, she was loudly telling people the same thing today. 

What chance the Jan 26 deadline for COVID extensions is extended?

4 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

Agreed....  Very odd and selfish behaviour from the Op....

 

With the onset of Omicron potentially impacting  many foreigners in Thailand as they approach their Visa / extension renewal days, 90 day report etc.... it would be very helpful for many to know how they can easily resolve the issue of applying for an extensions or avoiding overstay when they test positive for Covid-19 at the same time. 

 

The Covid-19 hotline advising ’stay at home’ is not a resolution to the immigration problem, its just advice regarding how to respond when testing positive and ignores the fact that the Ops friend will ultimately be in Thailand illegally and could face a ban if he were to find himself ‘caught’ before he heads to the airport to depart. 

 

The Ops avoiding of this simple question and his extremely strange response highlights how he considers himself beyond providing the very same and advice he found himself asking for. 

 

 

 

 

Hi Richard, are you ok, seriously? 
 

I don’t know the details, just that it’s sorted. I think the mods can lock this thread now. 

9 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

You have been more than helpful.

 

OP, has been very ungrateful.

 

I'm also interested in process to deal with overstay. May be as simple as the "covid assistance" folk providing some sort of evidence that can provide immigration to grant medical extension.

Who knows. 

All very vague from OP and not provide much assistance for anyone that ends up in same boat. 

 

 

Ask as I said 3 times now, he called the covid hotline and they advised him to stay at home. He then messaged me to say it’s all sorted. I think he might be overstaying, but I don’t know. 

@SherylThis thread can be locked now. It’s descended into the usual recriminations. It’s weird how this happens 

4 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

Aggression??? Don’t be silly. 

 

 

Isolating at home has not resolved your friends potential overstay issue.....  Thus, do you know how he plans to overcome this ?

 

 

No I don’t. 
 

thanks, weirdo. You really helped a lot here 

2 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

The Covid-19 hotline told him to stay home.....  

 

How has that resolved his ‘over-stay’ issue with Immigration ?

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oddly aggressive post Richard. Might want to watch that in the future.

9 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

How was it resolved ???

 

 

Help others in the same way others have tried to help you.......

He Called the COVID helpline and they sorted it out, as stated previously. 

The situation is now resolved. Thanks all

52 minutes ago, Sheryl said:

He might still be able to get a letter from the hospital stating he is unable to travel due to being COVID+ -- where was the test done?

 

Otherwise his recourse is just to overstay (until he tests negative) and pay fine on the way out.

 

The fine is 500 baht a day of overstay. There is no ban on re-entering Thailand for overstays of less than   90 days duration.

 

However, should he for any reason be apprehended by police while on overstay, consequences can be bad (imprisonment). So if he opts for this route, he should keep a very low profile and then go direct to the airport as soon as he has a negative test result. Once at the airport it is smooth sailing, he pays the fine at immigration counter on the way out.

 

 

Thanks for the info. He’s keeping a bloody low profile as he’s isolating with the AC on and the windows drawn.

I can’t think of a lower profile 

1 hour ago, Sheryl said:

Hospital can indeed arrange extension for him. but the problem is that he may not want to be hospitalized if his illness is very mild.

Yes, called the COVID hotline, they just told him to stay home as no symptoms.

14 minutes ago, Peterw42 said:

I think you will find that is the case now, but the OP doesnt mention returning to UK.

Individual airlines may still have a requirement to board the plane

Yeah, some airlines require it regardless of destination 

4 minutes ago, tomazbodner said:

Not sure how this works in Phuket but in Chaeng Watthana (years ago, admittedly) had an office next to 90 days reporting counter with doctor who would check doctor certificates and then approve extensions due to medical reasons... admittedly that was before COVID and all, but I would guess there would still be an option to get a medical extension if you're not allowed to board the plane due to being COVID positive. Maybe you could ask immigration for your friend and get the documents to them to do an extension.

Yes, good advice tanks. I’ll pass that on. It seems a sensible option at this stage 

5 minutes ago, mick220675 said:

I have a friend who needed a test to get a flight back to the UK last week. He did his test at a Bangkok hospital and received a email saying he was positive and do not leave his room. He repeatedly emailed the hospital and phoned asking what to do, no emails were answered but was told on the phone to order a test kit and do the test after 7 days. No body has contacted him making him do any tests or taking him to a hospital.

 

I think your friend should stay put and self isolate, if he has to pay a overstay its not the end of the world.

Yes. That’s what I was advising, nobody is hunting people down anymore. Hospitals don’t even seem to be passing on results to the “government” Now, well not if they aren’t part of a quarantine program 

Yes twice. No problems whatsoever

Mate of mine in Phuket has just tested positive for COVID today and can’t board his flight home. Entry stamp runs out tomorrow. He’s self isolating at home, what are his options? 
 

obviously he can’t go to immigration 

Does anyone know a hospital in Bangkok that has appointments after 7pm?

5 hours ago, SiSePuede419 said:

Hope and 200thb will get you a cup of coffee at Starbucks. ✅

 

Worse case scenario, you get thrown in jail for refusing to follow orders you agreed to by Test and Go.

 

Feeling lucky? ????

Such a weirdly aggressive post 

34 minutes ago, Tuvoc said:

Phone the hospitals and ask.

 

As I mentioned in another thread, there is no hospital listed in the province where we live and the nearest one seems to be 3 hours away. I'll have to try and make some phone calls, or get my wife to, to ask what they expect me to do in that situation.

One would hope that you can get a private PCR test and upload it to MorChana?

11 hours ago, Sheryl said:

That is not the list for the required second PCR under Test & Go. That is the list of all labs approved to do testing.

 

The approved list is linked to a QR code people were asked to scan on arrival and seems to be this;

 

https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/mobile/folders/1AnIVPwYeGs3l-rO25X1Wi9LLAbSbrSD0?sort=13&direction=a

Are there evening time slots in any hospitals? I’ll be at work all day and can’t get away until 18:00

What are the usual time slots? Is it all 9-5 or are there out of hours times available?

9 hours ago, EricTh said:

 

I am skeptical because these so-called studies are probably paid by the big pharma companies to promote their vaccines.

 

Let me give you an example, if I take rice but my muscles don't grow no matter how hard I train in a gym, taking more rice won't help either. One should take protein instead to make more muscles.

 

The old vaccines target the original virus and not the severely mutated Omicron virus. What we need is a new version of the vaccine targeting the Omicron and not booster jab of the original vaccine.

 

Anyway, we already have immune memory T-cell and B-cell which will produce the required amount of antibodies should the old virus attack.

 

I laughed when I heard Israel is having a fourth booster jab now even though the third booster jab is supposed to be 'effective' against the omicron.

 

None of the vaccines target the virus. They target the spike proteins