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Is it possible to apply for and receive approval for the Thailand Pass before exiting the country? 

On 5/7/2022 at 6:34 PM, 3MagicBeers said:

Apart from expected teething problems in the first days, its basically back to the same as entering Laos in 2019. The issue could be for Thai residents returning to TH, having to download the Thailand Pass, insurance etc etc (right?). In time Thailand will align to the Lao non-restrictions in my opinion.

Except that the news article states that visa on arrival will be available at "some checkpoints" and doesn't say which ones.....  edit: I stand corrected...other news articles state that the visa on arrival has been reinstated at all checkpoints

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How do you not see and eighteen-wheeler coming?

39 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

If your visa is still valid for entry you do not need a re-entry permit. 

If you do not want to deal with the medical insurance requirements you could leave without a re-entry permit needed to keep you current stay valid and then re-enter the country after your visa expires and get a 30 day visa exempt entry. You could then apply for a non-o visa at immigration and then a one year extension based upon retirement.

The $10,000 covid 19 insurance is only needed for entry to the country. You would only need 30 days of coverage if you entered visa exempt.

If I can get another year out of the visa by leaving and re-entering on the last day it is valid then I don't really have a problem with buying new insurance plans for that year, I just don't want to get caught up in a deal where I am denied entry because I don't have the proper insurance, or I am forced to get a 30-day visa exempt because I don't have the coverage required for the O-A visa.

                        Thanks

My Non O-A visa from the LA Consulate expires on 06-15-22, my plan is to purchase a re-entry permit, then cross into Laos and return on that day so as to get stamped in for another year. But the health insurance and Covid insurance plans I was required to purchase will expire also. Will I have to purchase new insurance plans for the period of my new entry stamp?

I have been leaving old appliance out by the garbage cans on the street, by the time I make it back to my front door they are gone. I did take one to the local recycling yard, where they buy scrap metal, plastic & bottles, I got 20 baht.

On 5/3/2022 at 5:49 AM, CrunchWrapSupreme said:

Nearly 10 years in Thailand, and I've always let the wife do the driving. She's been happy to. First on a motorcycle, now in our car. As a female they drive more cautiously than us blokes would, and as a Thai they're a lot more familiar with how their countrymen move around on the road, their sudden lane changes or pulling out from being stopped, that I wouldn't have caught. I remember a thread on here once about how "unmanly" it was to be seen riding pillion with a chick at the helm, heh well, I'm more a fan of staying in one piece.

My wife and Niece were run over by a hit and run driver in a Toyota pickup while riding a motorbike. They were on a downtown city street and were not traveling at a high rate of speed, nor were they in the middle of the roadway. (until they were left there by the pickup). In spite of it being a busy street nobody got a license plate number.  Having your wife drive is no guarantee. I am thankful that neither my wife nor niece died.

29 minutes ago, Road Warrior said:

turning without looking as norm for thai drivers .and undertaking also  normal !!!  --. very sad -- RIP 

As much as I agree with you, I have also had quite a few close calls with foreigners on motorbikes. I was making a right turn at an intersection today, had a green turn light, and an elderly foreigner on a motorbike blasted through the red light from the opposite direction on the shoulder. He seemed totally unaware that he was very nearly run over....was just looking straight ahead as he went speeding on his way. Nobody has the monopoly on bad driving.

23 hours ago, vandeventer said:

The dogs around my house are also barking day and night but they are good dogs and never bark or show their teeth at me. They even walk me to the shops and back and protect me from other dogs in different areas .Be nice to them and they will be nice to you.

So when one of the many rabid dogs in my neighborhood runs out when I am riding my bike past and bites me it was because I wasn't being nice to it? Venture out and about a bit more and you will have a different view of Thai dogs. Many of the dogs here are just plain mean and aggressive.  

On 3/18/2022 at 8:50 AM, sometimewoodworker said:

Easy was rocking up to the border filling in a form for your visa then toddling across time, about 10 minutes cost about 1,500 Baht, on return nothing.

 

not easy, covid test & insurance before, possible covid test after, then to return covid test & insurance before & after entry covid test with compulsory hotel stay and possible 2nd test requirements. All that along with a potential 2 week stay on either side if the after tests are positive.

and as far as Laos goes...staying in a Government Approved Hotel and only being able to travel with government approved guides and drivers. (at this point in time)

On 3/12/2022 at 8:14 AM, Henk Langeweg said:

How can I blame others what I do myself? I am not an American.

You just proved ignorance is a worldwide trait.

On 3/3/2022 at 4:01 PM, Will B Good said:

I guess they mean the province?

 

Crossing into Laos

Nice guess....but The NongKhai Border crossing is in NongKhai Province. Udon thani is in Udon Province.

2 hours ago, mtls2005 said:

Dang, I had my sights set on a career in Salt Farming.

 

 

 

 

Maybe you can settle for being a Rickshaw driver....Wait a minute, #2 seems to prohibit that, and Pedicabs.

On 2/4/2022 at 5:10 PM, Don Chance said:

Yes they are so cheap 15 baht @ pack of 10, n94. Probably resell them for $1-2 each in the west.

They are free in our State.

On 2/1/2022 at 7:41 AM, Yellowtail said:

Where does it say it has to be blocked? 

 

At the Thai consulate in Los Angeles, to satisfy the financial requirement  ($15,000?) you only had to show a print out of your bank statement. 

I checked the Royal Thai Consulate in Los Angeles just now and it shows the one year retirement (O/A) visa as requiring 1,200,000 baht. (36,300$ at today's exchange rate)

On 11/13/2021 at 1:53 PM, 86Tiger said:

 

 

I will agree with this.  I call it going nuclear. 

 

A congressman or senator phone call to State will get more done in shortest amount of time than any thing known.  No one wants to be subject of congressional inquiry for any reason.  No low to middle level government employee wants any attention what so ever from higher ups.

 

And if your congressman is in an election year great and wonderous things can be achieved.

Not at all what I found, as far as the Embassy staff goes they have pretty much free run. We are a U.S. registered non-profit and applied for a J1 for one of our staff. We used one of the approved foreign exchange agencies in the States and became approved exchange hosts. It cost a lot of money and a lot of time, then the U.S. Embassy here rejected her visa. We appealed to the foreign exchange agency and they sent a letter for the Embassy staff explaining that she had been pre-approved for the visa. The Embassy staff (a different person) refused to read the letter and rejected her visa application again.

       The exchange agency then placed a call to a Senator and also the State Department to protest, they told me they were told "we have very little control over the Embassy staff's decisions and are unable to interfere".   

6 hours ago, Danderman123 said:

It's pretty clear that those cheap ATK kits are having problems detecting Omicron.