rooster59 Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 Foreign Ministry Ready for Long-Stay Visitors BANGKOK, Oct 3 (TNA) – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has ordered Thai embassies and consulates-general worldwide to prepare for issuing visas for long-stay visitors. Natapanu Noppakhun, deputy spokesman of the ministry, said Special Tourist Visa (STV) would be issued for the foreigners who passed COVID-19 control measures and planned long stays in Thailand. The government initiated the special visa to allow in foreign tourists in order to relieve economic problems resulting from the coronavirus disease 2019. Full story: https://tna.mcot.net/english-news/line-today-english-news-553645 -- © Copyright TNA 2020-10-04 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ezzra Posted October 4, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 4, 2020 So the pitiful number of tourists that will come in, they will save Thailand tourism industry where in the good times 40 millions came in?... 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joker Man Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 Well, we are hoping for the best. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DaLa Posted October 4, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 4, 2020 I stopped reading fairy tales years ago. Now I have this alternative to keep me amused. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phetchy Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 As far as I know, the visa is only available to tourists flying in from "safe" countries. I have yet to find this list? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChipButty Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 They are already polishing their instruments 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max69xl Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 3 hours ago, ezzra said: So the pitiful number of tourists that will come in, they will save Thailand tourism industry where in the good times 40 millions came in?... The number 40 million during 2019 is a fake number from TAT. Everybody living in Thailand knows that 2019 was a disaster tourism wise. Phuket had less then 50% (some sub-districts said 30%) of normal bookings and it was the same in Pattaya and other places. When counting "arrivals", then you will get a high number because of migrant workers from neighboring countries. They pass the borders on a regular basis. If immigration used the TM6 arrival card which says if you're a tourist or not, it would be quite easy to come up with a more correct number of proper tourists. But it will never happen. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mybeat Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 18 minutes ago, phetchy said: As far as I know, the visa is only available to tourists flying in from "safe" countries. I have yet to find this list? No official list exist yet, there is list of EU countries that's been floating around on various facebook groups, but those countries are far from what I would call safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bvor Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 1 hour ago, phetchy said: As far as I know, the visa is only available to tourists flying in from "safe" countries. I have yet to find this list? todays bangkok post has an article advising prospective stv applicants to contact the public health ministry to confirm the low risk country citizens being permitted to travel into thailand...........?????? the article did not identify these low risk countries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Flying Saucage Posted October 4, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 4, 2020 1 hour ago, phetchy said: As far as I know, the visa is only available to tourists flying in from "safe" countries. I have yet to find this list? Here is the list: 1. China 2. n/a 5 2 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Letseng Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 1 hour ago, phetchy said: As far as I know, the visa is only available to tourists flying in from "safe" countries. I have yet to find this list? 1 hour ago, phetchy said: As far as I know, the visa is only available to tourists flying in from "safe" countries. I have yet to find this list? Check out thailongstay FB and you see the list. UK is not on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Letseng Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 1 minute ago, Flying Saucage said: Here is the list: 1. China 2. n/a wrong. Several European countries are on the list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Letseng Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, mybeat said: No official list exist yet, there is list of EU countries that's been floating around on various facebook groups, but those countries are far from what I would call safe. You can check website of Thai embassy of your home country. And thailongstay has a list. Edited October 4, 2020 by Letseng Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bvor Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 35 minutes ago, Letseng said: You can check website of Thai embassy of your home country. And thailongstay has a list. could not find list on thai embassy canberra (australia) and thailongstay facebook has a list of 8 european countries only? TIT again - can anybody CONFIRM whether or not australia is on the OFFICIAL DEFINITIVE list re stv 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 51 minutes ago, Letseng said: wrong. Several European countries are on the list. Let us see it then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackdd Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 (edited) At least the embassy in Switzerland is requiring that you either own a Condo, or have 500k seasoned in a bank account since 6 months, to obtain an STV: https://thaiembassy.ch/Content/Embassy/57.html This is just another requirement which will keep many away. Edited October 4, 2020 by jackdd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damascase Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 And I just read this: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackdd Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 1 minute ago, damascase said: And I just read this: At the very beginning they already said that the STV will only be for countries which (presumably) have Covid under control. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubonjoe Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 A post bringing politics into the discussion has been removed. Political discussions are not allowed on this forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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