I am wondering about the rules of entering Thailand during a family emergency.

My husband recently lost his uncle due to cancer, and he was cremated this week. We did not even try to attend due to covid-19.

 

Today he received news that his aunt (the widow) had a serious incident during toilet, probably due to stress of her recent loss, and is now in hospital and maybe dying as well.

Is there any procedure to visit family during times like this, and ommit 14 day quarantine? We don't know how long she has left. 

 

We will try to contact the embassy, but they are closed right now. 

I'm pretty ready up on flying back, but have never read or heard of exceptions to quarantine.   A call to your embassy would be your best bet

50 minutes ago, godonnet said:

Is there any procedure to visit family during times like this, and ommit 14 day quarantine?

 

As far as I'm aware, no. 

From a poster a while back the Thai wife could not return to Thailand without doing the quarantine.Same reason as yourselves, her father dying. 

Edited February 13, 20215 yr by geisha

2 hours ago, godonnet said:

I am wondering about the rules of entering Thailand during a family emergency.

My husband recently lost his uncle due to cancer, and he was cremated this week. We did not even try to attend due to covid-19.

 

Today he received news that his aunt (the widow) had a serious incident during toilet, probably due to stress of her recent loss, and is now in hospital and maybe dying as well.

Is there any procedure to visit family during times like this, and ommit 14 day quarantine? We don't know how long she has left. 

 

We will try to contact the embassy, but they are closed right now. 

Video call is the only solution I don't think any hospital would allow anyone to enter even if 14 day quarantine could be bypassed which it can't 

3 hours ago, godonnet said:

Is there any procedure to visit family during times like this, and ommit 14 day quarantine?

 

No.

 

This is because the safety of the entire country outweighs the needs of one individual.

I agree with the others in that I suspect the end answer will be no..: that said, if you feel you have a justified case, Id contact your local Thai Embassy (I would use a full embassy and not an Honorary Consulate, Consulate or Consulate General) and ask about petitioning for an exemption - which i recall must ultimately come from the CCSA.

 

but i wouldn’t put much weight into being approved for any type of quarantine waiver/exemption or modification..

Sorry I had a freind that his wife died while he was out of Country working 

 

If you want to enter you MUST Quaratine

Look at it from the Thai public health perspective, and the importance of 14 day quarantine as required under Emergency Decree  The excessive 15 night dog and pony show where I was locked in my room 23 hours a day even the final 36 hours after clearing 4 PCR tests. A month after new lockdowns.

To see someone with little time left you would risk thousands of Thais with the virus? And how high would you have to reach get the dozens of approvals and authorizations to vomit quarantine?  No way.  There really isn't anything such as essential travel, there are only essential services.