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10 minutes ago, UncleMhee said:
So you're in Australia.....you have a Thai Passport!! I'd hardly see that as stuck.....Thais are arriving back regularly. Go talk to the Embassy or one of the Consulates. I'm sure they'll be able to give you the necessary information from the Thai side.
The link is to exemptions the Australian government provide to allow you to leave the country. Good Luck!!
https://covid19.homeaffairs.gov.au/leaving-australia
Thais are free to leave Australia any time they like. Australians aren't. If you're a resident or citizen of Australia, you have to get permission to leave regardless of what other citizenship you have. Australia quarantines people on the way in, too.
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I'm in Australia, with Australian and Thai passports. I have to figure out how to get permission to leave Australia, then get all the certificates and letters required to enter Thailand.
I'm stuck!
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5 hours ago, Swimfan said:
So a country that cant afford to feed the people is going from strength to strength ?
On the feeding of people you're talking about most western countries, right? Food banks, abandoned elderly, vagrants and homeless everywhere.
Thailand seems to be doing much better than those places, with its generally socially cohesive culture where families back each other up.
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1 hour ago, daveAustin said:
The 'PM' couldn't give a monkeys.
That is then, this is now. A drop off of 23% is not strength to strength. That's just for starters.
The Asian Financial Crisis back in the late 90's saw Thailand's GDP contract around 25% and the value of the Baht almost halve.
It soon bounced back. Thailand's export focussed economy is stronger than all the prophets of doom think.
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5 hours ago, Tropicalevo said:I may not agree with almost all that this group in charge do, but I was happy to be 'locked down'.
Lock yourself down then. That's your right.
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There have been dire prophesies of Thailand's impending doom for the past 30 years, but the place nevertheless goes from strength to strength.
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19 hours ago, holy cow cm said:
Do not let the Chinese in! A total disgrace.
The west closed down all its industry, disowned its traditions, and gave all its money to China, so it's no surprise that the balance of power has shifted.
We should blame ourselves, not the Chinese.
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It's really ugly.
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7 hours ago, White Christmas13 said:
Am i glad I am in OZ again, yes we were in lock down as well but I just can't understand
the Thai Gov to make those restrictions having near zero covid-19cases. I live in WA and we
had no infections for a couple of weeks apart from a live sheep exporter coming from
Dubai to pick up their sheep. But due to our strict inspections they were tested and not
allowed to disembark and transferred to isolation hotels. Things are nearly normal now
pubs are open (limit of 100 customers) gyms are allowed to open on the 6th (June)
Yes we still follow social distancing laws (which does not bother me at all). Beaches are
open,parks are open and virtually every thing else. I feel sorry for Thai people which
can not get back on their feet and I am not talking about the sex scene. My lady friend
lost her business (hairdresser) mainly because her landlord would not drop the rent.
So she is just surviving now. Actually I am better of now I still get my pension and the
Australian government paid me extra money even so I spend less because of the
restrictions. I am just careful when I go out for shopping because I am in the age groop
most likely to catch that virus. And comparing that virus with the flu is nonsense.
We have a vaccine for the flu but not for covid-19, I get my flu shot every year and never
had the flu apart from the common cold. So you can hate me for that post but I feel
sorry for Thai people and all Farangs still living in Thailand or trying to get back.
The annual flu vaccine doesn't guarantee protection - it's only good for the strains that are most likely to occur, so don't assume that you'll never catch it.
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7 hours ago, ezzra said:
"Disappointed" shouldn't be, the man did a runner and his in the wind now, the monkshood has definitely has changed since the days of true abstainity and righteousness are long gone and each one is to himself including monks and abbots...
Don't let a few miscreants make you think that they're all bad. Thais could say the same about you, because of the bad behaviour of rude lager louts in Soi Nana. I'm sure you'd hate that to happen.
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6 hours ago, hotandsticky said:
I wasn't aware that the UK government had published preferred drinking habits - perhaps you can share the link for that ?
Just compare the prices. Pubs have become much more expensive, excluding many people, but supermarket booze is cheaper than ever.
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Pubs are screwed, as is the rest of British culture. The government would rather people drank cheap supermarket booze at home.
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17 hours ago, garygooner said:
Actually, tourists from countries who have the virus under control could be allowed back sooner ie China, South Korea, Japan.
You could add Australia to that list, except that the government here won't let citizens and PR holders leave. The world's largest open prison.
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Wank, wank, money in the bank. I never took that advice though.
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18 hours ago, TaaSaparot said:
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<deleted> - flying Air Asia was bad enough already, but at least some of the trolley dollies were nice to look at.
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On 5/1/2020 at 7:03 PM, Neeranam said:
Thanks, good points, plus it will be illegal to use my UK passport in Thailand. You are right, I'll just keep my original name, but I imagine as a Thai citizen, could change it at any time in the future quite easily.
Whilst it might be tempting to try out an exotic new Thai name, it's better to keep your original one, as I did. Aside from potential travel problem switching names mid flight, the UK, for one, expects that you use the same 'name for official purposes' across all your passports, UK and foreign - which you are obliged to declare - and may refuse to issue you with a UK passport if this is not the case. Not that it's their business what you are called elsewhere, but try there you go.
Switching to a Thai name would presumably mean that you have to do likewise in the UK by deed poll, or whatever means, taking the same Thai name in the UK to get your UK passport renewed - a bureaucratic nightmare, that makes taking a Thai name not worth it.
Not sure whether other countries have similar (daft) rules.
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On 4/15/2020 at 3:26 PM, Captain Monday said:
No that is unrealistic. People who are coughing and sneezing should probably not be let on planes but everyone who coughs or sneezes does not necessitate a cover-19 diagnosis.
Could this be the near and mid term future? Ticket prices would have to go up though to fund all those empty middle seats .... not a bad thing as the lager louts would have to get used to short haul again.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/news/easyjet-coronavirus-flights-resume/
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I feel for you mate - Thailand without pubs, and eating out, would be boring, to say the least. I'm in Oz, but at least the bottle shops are open and I'm living next to the beach.
Hang in there buddy - it will pass and before long you'll be enjoying a cold pint in you local.
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22 minutes ago, JackThompson said:
Perhaps not for those with serious underlying health conditions or of advanced age. The rest of us will be fine - very little additional-risk, as compared to other, existing, risks we already "factor in" to our lives (cars, etc).
Perhaps so - I agree that there's not much to worry about, so long as you don't then go near elderly friends and relatives. I still think that a holiday will be viewed as not worth the risk for many, most people being risk averse as they are, so I'd be very surprised to see a rush to pack out flights, at least until a vaccine is available. That might not be such a bad thing - cheap air travel and mass tourism has blighted Thailand in recent years.
Holidays will also be seen as an expensive luxury for people whose jobs have been affected by the lockdown hysteria.
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38 minutes ago, Captain Monday said:
No that is unrealistic. People who are coughing and sneezing should probably not be let on planes but everyone who coughs or sneezes does not necessitate a cover-19 diagnosis.
Of course. But neither do spot temperature checks rule out people who are infected and can pass it on. You can be shedding virus before and after you show a fever.
Economy class is so very cramped. I don't see how HEPA recirculated air would protect you from the people sitting around you - as is evidenced by the government here in Australia calling in for testing people in adjacent seat rows to the infected.
Most people won't want to take that kind of risk, just for a holiday.
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18 minutes ago, Captain Monday said:
Unless the restrictions are 100 percent, they are not effective.
After Trump locked down flights from China, at least 40,000 people came from China to the US.
Pilots from the US have never stopped flying back and forth from China to the US either. There is Cargo. Essential workers. At least 200 members of my union caught cover-19 and 3 died, as of last week. There is evidence most of the US outbreak in NYC came from EU. We probably need to totally re think the organization of society and also the response to virus incidents but the idea that passengers can't go on a 777-200 with 50 people temperature checked before boarding (with superheated and recirculated air through HEPA filters), but we can go to a supermarket with anybody should be reconsidered, just sayin.
I don't think that HEPA filters and super-heated intake air would offer much protection from people coughing and sneezing within inches of you in the average aircraft cabin.... as you say, not sure where this will end as far as airline travel goes, until a vaccine is discovered. Social distancing in economy class would mean flying around 30% capacity, even for those who do want to fly. I'm thinking that the days of cheap air travel are gone.
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Wank, wank, money in the bank.
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On 4/6/2020 at 8:39 AM, Vigilante said:
You are right.
..but this nicety will be very superficial
You will never have any friends here
I surely don't and I tried.
Making friends is a matter of chance anywhere.
Have you made it back to Thailand
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I've heard that the Australian permission is far from easy, with lots of arbitrary refusals. I might give it a try and see what they say. I'm living in Australia by the way.
Covid is flaring up again here, so this could go on for a long time.....
As you say, getting permission to enter Thailand will also be onerous.