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Dear internationalism,

Thanks for your reply. However, I disagree with you.

Although you are right that driving through a province is permitted without quarantine, as soon as you stop somewhere for a night, two, etc. you are however bound to follow the disease prevention regulations of that province. People driving off from Bangkok for a stay in another province for a night, etc. are hence obliged to undergo quarantine in many of Thailand's provinces at this very moment. Procedures, durations, etc. vary province by province (see www.moicovid.com). 

For that reason, I stay with my initial question. I hope that someone with an excellent knowledge of Thai is able to read through these provincial announcements and maybe find a loophole for me. 

Thank you.  

Dear all, 

I am a foreign girl living and now working in my apartment in Bangkok. Having briefly been abroad in March, I took the chance to get fully vaccinated (antibodies confirmed).

Unfortunately, the ongoing COVID chaos in Thailand is now preventing me to meet-up with my fiancé who lives close to the Myanmar border in Tak province and whom I haven't seen for almost 3 months. If he visits me in Bangkok, he will have to stay in a 14-day's quarantine upon his return to Tak. If I drive to Tak, I will be "locked up" in quarantine there for 14 days. I cannot take leave that long and working there is impossible without internet.

Hence my thought/question,...: 

Does anyone know a province in Thailand that does not require quarantining people from Bangkok as well as Tak and for which Tak does not require quarantining when returning from there? If this exists, my fiancé and I would gladly meet there.  

I know the information I am asking for is somewhere to be found on www.moicovid.com However, even my Thai friends cannot get their head around countless announcements on that website. 

Any help would be much appreciated. 

Thank you! 

Does someone have an answer to this?

I sincerely love Thailand, the land, its people, his Majesty the King - here are all my friends and this is where I feel home. However, there are several hurdles I can't seem to overcome for achieving legal residency here...

Situation

+ I am from a western European country. (therefore getting entry stamps [30 days] easily)

+ Having a rented apartment here in THA since 5 years already. (entry in the phone book, bank account, credit card, etc.)

+ Registered at the embassy and authorities of my origin as residing in Thailand since 3 years.

? I am working in China for a European company. (flying forth and back almost ever weekend and holiday)

- Couldn't find another work in THA so far other than [illegal] teaching. (tired, but I feel Thai students deserve better)

- Don't have the money for an investment. (flying that often is not really cheap)

- I can't marry a Thai woman. (i am gay and won't deny that)

Question

* Is there no official way to get a 1 year visa in such kind of situations?

I would simply like to have non-resident visas year-by-year, paying my taxes here and herewith fulfill the requirements to eventually apply for residency.

Your advise or help would be much appreciated. I've been trying to find a solution since long but was not successful so far.

Thanks!