5 hours ago, Fat George said:

Just some Sunday morning flippancy. I wasn't being deadly serious. What starts to irk me is how the Chinese are being welcomed with open arms. They being the orchestrators of the the virus in the first place. But we all know why, don't we? 

There are many other coundry's , whitch have deny UK people entry! So why you start talk about Thailand! Everybody who have brain know the reason! And if your nickname tell your weight i recommend you stay in home!

6 hours ago, baansgr said:

Did Thailand have over 12,000 new cases of Covid yesterday? 

spain and france are far far worse ,in fact france broke their record for 17000 cases satday

 

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/coronavirus-cases-france-record-level-a4562726.html

 

Which country should be allowed entry to Thailand depends on how well they controlled the spread of virus during the last 90 days.

 

Thailand did a great job... but not the first 30 countries in this list.

 

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

 

 

Edited October 4, 20205 yr by EricTh

8 minutes ago, EricTh said:

 

Which country should be allowed entry to Thailand depends on how well they controlled the spread of virus during the last 90 days.

 

Thailand did a great job... but not the first 30 countries in this list.

 

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

 

 

"Thailand did a great job"

Thailand locked down the country. That's not same as doing a great job. 

3 hours ago, stouricks said:

4 hours ago, NanLaew said:

Because they've done a great job of controlling the virus?

Who, the Chinese or the Thais?

What you don't know won't hurt you !

I was answering @Fat George's question...

 

6 hours ago, Fat George said:

Just some Sunday morning flippancy. I wasn't being deadly serious. What starts to irk me is how the Chinese are being welcomed with open arms. They being the orchestrators of the the virus in the first place. But we all know why, don't we? 

The Chinese of course. Now stop being obtuse.

 

 

Edited October 4, 20205 yr by NanLaew

does the same apply if on a non-immigrant visa?

7 hours ago, Fat George said:

NEWS from Barrow: It seems Brits are denied the special tourist visa. Should we now lobby the UK Gov to deny entry to all Thai people? 

Are you annoyed you wont be here at Christmas getting your yearly leg over?

6 hours ago, GeorgeCross said:

 

i think thai people have suffered enough from the actions of their government already

 

 

 

Thai boarders have billions of people wanting to get in. They are protecting Thai boarders well. So, who is the one who is suffering, Thai people or the ones who can't get in?

7 hours ago, baansgr said:

Did Thailand have over 12,000 new cases of Covid yesterday? 

how  would  u  know? there  must be  plenty of  Burmese  crossing those incredibly  porous  borders daily and its  on the increase in burma.

1 hour ago, Max69xl said:

The Chinese,about 120-126 of them comes from one Chinese region (on a chartered flight) which supposedly has been covid-19 free for several weeks. The thai government said a few days ago that it is an experiment. Do you think 120-126 people is a huge number? 

if  i shot u once or 126  times what would you think?

report from the paper that cannot be named is saying the STV visa now requires TWO health insurance policies:

 

1 thai policy - 400K inpatient + 40K outpatient (thai company only)

1 covid policy - 100K USD

 

i'd say the insurances are now going to cost more than the holiday!

 

and totally out of reach for all but the wealthiest pensioners

 

this really is descending into a total farce

 

 

 

 

Edited October 4, 20205 yr by GeorgeCross

7 hours ago, Fat George said:

Should we now lobby the UK Gov to deny entry to all Thai people? 

It should not be a reciprocated thing..... Thais were previously never given Visa Exempt entry to the UK despite British being admitted to Thailand exempt. Covid levels are different too.

9 minutes ago, GeorgeCross said:

report from the paper that cannot be named is saying the STV visa now requires TWO health insurance policies:

 

1 thai policy - 400K inpatient + 40K outpatient (thai company only)

1 covid policy - 100K USD

 

i'd say the insurances are now going to cost more than the holiday!

 

and totally out of reach for all but the wealthiest pensioners

 

this really is descending into a total farce

 

 

 

 

STV means Special Tourist Visa.

 

If you can't afford any part of it, you're obviously not all that special.

6 hours ago, Fat George said:

Just some Sunday morning flippancy. I wasn't being deadly serious. What starts to irk me is how the Chinese are being welcomed with open arms. They being the orchestrators of the the virus in the first place. But we all know why, don't we? 

because they take this pandemic seriously?

5 minutes ago, NanLaew said:

STV means Special Tourist Visa.

 

If you can't afford any part of it, you're obviously not all that special.

 

think they mixed up special and stupid.

They can block UK from obtaining the visa all they want... even if they was allowed they seem to not understand they wouldn’t come with paying 60K baht to be locked in prison after a 12 hour flight.

 

Nobody is coming to Thailand with all these fire hoops so you can blacklist who you want it doesn’t matter! 555

8 hours ago, Fat George said:

Should we now lobby the UK Gov to deny entry to all Thai people?

Yes

1 hour ago, SovietChild said:

Thai boarders have billions of people wanting to get in. They are protecting Thai boarders well. So, who is the one who is suffering, Thai people or the ones who can't get in?

Are these boarders the ones who want to cross the borders?    LOL

8 hours ago, Fat George said:

NEWS from Barrow: It seems Brits are denied the special tourist visa. Should we now lobby the UK Gov to deny entry to all Thai people?

Absolutely Not! ????

 

ALL Thai people do not make the rules ????

 

If individuals where ever they are would take responsibility, and individually modify their behavior to be paranoid about passing whatever they have to another, we would not need these current blanket rules to control the herds of dummies. I'm especially talking about those who have the resources to do that, in all aspects.

 

As soon as the the UK Goverments relax  the rules  about 20% (from my own observations), appear to act like the virus has been eliminated. There was a large group of teenagers in the middle of town the other evening, perhaps 20 or 30, no masks, just muppets, one group at the end of the park 10+. One Police unit observing....~current rule may be <=group of six, outdoors, two households, unless at School. 

 

Could understand why the Thai Gov would not want that ~20% over there, when they are the problem in the UK. 

Thank you, Fat George.

 

The image that has been posted is a screenshot of a post on the Twitter account of Richard Barrow. Would someone who uses Twitter be kind enough to help and hunt down the link to that particular post and then post it here? 

https://twitter.com/RichardBarrow/status/1312255125772148737?s=20

8 hours ago, Fat George said:

Just some Sunday morning flippancy. I wasn't being deadly serious. What starts to irk me is how the Chinese are being welcomed with open arms. They being the orchestrators of the the virus in the first place. But we all know why, don't we? 

Thailand is, most likely, not blaming the Chinese. But what bothers me, is the, likely, fake statistics in China about the course of infections and asymptomatic cases. What could possibly go wrong, Thailand?

 

As for the STV, it is hard to understand; does one have to apply in one's homecountry, and what if one (with a passport from a "high-risk" country hasn't been in any "high-risk country" since the pandemic started?

Edited October 4, 20205 yr by StayinThailand2much

15 minutes ago, StayinThailand2much said:

Thailand is, most likely, not blaming the Chinese. But what bothers me, is the, likely, fake statistics in China about the course of infections and asymptomatic cases. What could possibly go wrong, Thailand?

It's a two step process, I will break it down :

 

1 - China lies

2 - People die

 

 

5 hours ago, sammieuk1 said:

Allegedly and without any mass testing ????

You don't need 'mass testing' if you have a proper system of track and trace.

 

Thailand has over 1 million local health volunteers that have fulfilled this function. This is a nationwide traditional system that came to the fore and was modernised in response to HIV/AIDS in the 80/90s. You don't need to mass test if you can trace people and have them isolate and tested if required.
 

By comparison, when the UK eventually got round to the idea of track and trace, they recruited 25,000 people to do it over the phone. The UK system of track and trace is laughable, in consequence they require mass testing because they are unable to properly target testing.

20 minutes ago, StayinThailand2much said:

Thailand is, most likely, not blaming the Chinese. But what bothers me, is the, likely, fake statistics in China about the course of infections and asymptomatic cases. What could possibly go wrong, Thailand?

There would be higher than normal detected infections during the quarantine period which might make Thailand question why they are so many of them that were not detected before traveling to here.

5 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

There would be higher than normal detected infections during the quarantine period which might make Thailand question why they are so many of them that were not detected before traveling to here.

They also have a 14 day quarantine when you return to China - I suspect this will put a lot of people off.

 

I doubt it's a resort quarantine on the way back into China.

 

There's some information on the regulations published here : https://www.china-briefing.com/news/chinas-travel-restrictions-due-to-covid-19-an-explainer/

38 minutes ago, ukrules said:

It's a two step process, I will break it down :

 

1 - China lies

2 - People die

 

 

1 - China contains

2 - The West gurns

5 hours ago, Max69xl said:

"Thai citizens don't qualify under the UK programs"

Where did you read this? ThaiIand is on the exemption list, meaning no need for even self-isolation if you arrived after September 19. 

 

You're talking about special Covid conditions.  I'm talking about every day of every other year. 

 

UK citizens can hop on a plane with no visa, rock up to Thai immigration, and be let into Thailand.  Thai citizens have to jump through hoops to prove they're worthy of a UK visa.

 

The OP seems to think he's being picked on for holding a UK passport.  Thai people have felt that way for decades.

 

Edited October 4, 20205 yr by impulse

6 hours ago, sammieuk1 said:

8 hours ago, NanLaew said:

Because they've done a great job of controlling the virus?

Allegedly and without any mass testing 

...but, most importantly, without significant numbers of deaths.