Negative covid test required?

[David Roberts]

Do I understand this correctly? As an American, I will need to show proof of a negative Covid PCR test to enter Thailand (Bangkok). However my Thai wife and son do not require this?

 

My email of COE approval from the Thai Embassy has a line about requiring the test. However the emails for my wife and son's COE approvals don't mention anything about covid tests. Also, my ASQ hotel wrote me saying that it is not required for Thai citizens.

 

Anybody have any independent confirmation on this? 

[ubonjoe]

Thais are not required to have a covid 19 test before entering the country.

Info for Thais to enter the country are here on this embassy webpage in Thai.

https://thaiembdc.org/infoforthaisflyinghome/

There is one caveat mentioned that states a test may be needed for the airline they a traveling on or a country they are transiting through.

[natway09]

And please do not start bashing the one law for them & one for foreigners 

It is a Thai's right to return their own country it is not a foreigners

And, Joe is right, although Thailand does not need many carriers will insist

[grain]

13 minutes ago, natway09 said:

And please do not start bashing the one law for them & one for foreigners 

It is a Thai's right to return their own country it is not a foreigners

And, Joe is right, although Thailand does not need many carriers will insist

"It is a Thai's right to return their own country" 

Would be nice if Australians had a right like that. 

[sandyf]

22 hours ago, grain said:

"It is a Thai's right to return their own country" 

Would be nice if Australians had a right like that. 

Everyone has that right under international law but some governments will frustrate that right. In countries like Australia where it is not actually defined in local law it can become a protracted legal issue.

https://www.judgments.fedcourt.gov.au/judgments/Judgments/fca/single/2021/2021fca0517

 

I believe the ban has been lifted and a very slow repatriation process put in place. It wasn't particularly easy for the Thais in the early days of the pandemic, many had to wait a long time for repatriation but certainly not anywhere near as bad as it has been for Australians.

[NoshowJones]

23 hours ago, natway09 said:

And please do not start bashing the one law for them & one for foreigners 

It is a Thai's right to return their own country it is not a foreigners

And, Joe is right, although Thailand does not need many carriers will insist

Yes, I agree entirely. No country should ever bar their own from entering, that means for any reason. If Australia is doing or has ever done that, IMO they are/were way out of order.

[86Tiger]

Confirmed.  No COVID test required for Thai nationals returning to Thailand.  
 

I arrived with family on 19th no one questioned their COVID test for entire journey. My negative test was confirmed several times.   
 

Qatar airlines confirmed they only require documents required by destination country.  Other airlines may have differing requirements.  
 

 

[grain]

2 hours ago, possum1931 said:

Yes, I agree entirely. No country should ever bar their own from entering, that means for any reason. If Australia is doing or has ever done that, IMO they are/were way out of order.

The gov threatened Australian citizens trying to return from India with imprisonment. But they back peddled out of that one very fast. 

[NoshowJones]

5 minutes ago, grain said:

The gov threatened Australian citizens trying to return from India with imprisonment. But they back peddled out of that one very fast. 

I don't know anything about politics in Australia, but I'm now beginning to wonder if Boris is really that bad when I see what is happening in Australia.

[ubonjoe]

A off topic inflammatory post laden with hidden profanities was removed earlier and now one with a comment about moderation.

To answer a question about why Thai's are not required covid 19 tests to enter the country it is due to a clause in the constitution that states that a Thai cannot be denied entry. 

[CharlieH]

Further posts commenting on Moderation have been removed.

[geisha]

I do believe that everyone who travels, bar small children, should have a negative PCR test. How would you like to be sitting next to an unvaccinated person who isn’t even tested ? I certainly would not fly with any company that has no restrictions. This is not a racist issue, it’s a pandemic issue, and many Thais entering Thailand from abroad have been tested positive. 

[gargamon]

9 hours ago, possum1931 said:

Yes, I agree entirely. No country should ever bar their own from entering, that means for any reason. If Australia is doing or has ever done that, IMO they are/were way out of order.

 

7 hours ago, grain said:

The gov threatened Australian citizens trying to return from India with imprisonment.

It should clearly be appropriate for all citizens wanting to return to their country to do so. Restrictions, such as quarantine, multiple tests before and after returning, etc., are also clearly appropriate. If you are calling quarantine imprisonment, that is clearly incorrect.

 

BTW, states/cities in the US are now starting to require vaccinations for employees, with refusal resulting in termination. Expect this to extend to travelling where vaccinations will be required to get on a bus or plane. Coming soon to your country, get used to it.

[sandyf]

13 hours ago, geisha said:

I do believe that everyone who travels, bar small children, should have a negative PCR test. How would you like to be sitting next to an unvaccinated person who isn’t even tested ? I certainly would not fly with any company that has no restrictions. This is not a racist issue, it’s a pandemic issue, and many Thais entering Thailand from abroad have been tested positive. 

I would agree. The airlines tend to follow the requirements of the destination rather than impose their own. Most countries require either PCR or antigen test prior to boarding. If a country has no such requirement the airline should insist on an antigen test, something that can be done at check-in. This would not be a denial of entry, just a postponement.

Pandemic aside, in any one year many people get denied boarding for medical issues.

[grain]

On 7/27/2021 at 8:07 PM, gargamon said:

 

It should clearly be appropriate for all citizens wanting to return to their country to do so. Restrictions, such as quarantine, multiple tests before and after returning, etc., are also clearly appropriate. If you are calling quarantine imprisonment, that is clearly incorrect.

 

BTW, states/cities in the US are now starting to require vaccinations for employees, with refusal resulting in termination. Expect this to extend to travelling where vaccinations will be required to get on a bus or plane. Coming soon to your country, get used to it.

No not calling quarantine imprisonment, they were threatened with imprisonment, as in sentenced to prison, behind bars. But the media went crazy with the story and the Indian community went crazy and started talking and law suits, so Morrison shut his big dumb mouth and they dropped the idea pronto.

[geisha]

France has brought out a law asking for vaccination certificate or PCR test to gô in to  shops / malls , pools, ( anywhere where there can be lots of people ) from August  1 st. You can download your vaccin certificates on a government anti Covid ap ,but it can be in paper form. 
The same law applies to restaurants and bars, out or in, from the 7 th of August. 
For all people working in hospitality, coffee bars anything:  and all healthcare workers, ambulances, cleaning ladies, nurses doctors etc , if they are not vaccinated by 30 August, their jobs will be  terminated  without pay !!!!! The only option they have to keep their job will be a PCR test daily ( not free) before going in to work. Like it or lump it. I quite agree , today’s report from Paris hospitals, practically all the new contaminated are people without the vaccin, those who’s 2 vaccins have not yet kicked in, and people who are obese, ill. Every day counts with the vaccine and lives are spared. 

[sandyf]

19 hours ago, grain said:

No not calling quarantine imprisonment, they were threatened with imprisonment, as in sentenced to prison, behind bars. But the media went crazy with the story and the Indian community went crazy and started talking and law suits, so Morrison shut his big dumb mouth and they dropped the idea pronto.

There is some confusion over quarantine in the UK, the government refers to self isolation as quarantine as well as the mandatory quarantine.

There have been reports that the mandatory hotel quarantine, like ASQ, in the UK is a bit like being in prison.

[grain]

46 minutes ago, sandyf said:

There is some confusion over quarantine in the UK, the government refers to self isolation as quarantine as well as the mandatory quarantine.

There have been reports that the mandatory hotel quarantine, like ASQ, in the UK is a bit like being in prison.

No, this incident in Australia was nothing to do with quarantine, either in mandatory hotels for 2 weeks or home quarantine. Mandatory quarantine is a good, sensible idea to protect the wider community. But back in May this year the Australian gov put a blockade on Australian citizens (Indians) trying to return to Australia from India. Some of them tried to get around the blockade by going to another country, then returning to Australia from that other country. Then this happened:

 

"The ban was imposed on April 30, when Health Minister Greg Hunt activated draconian provisions in the Biosecurity Act. Hunt explicitly threatened anyone who sought to circumvent the blockade with criminal prosecution, resulting in fines of up to $66,000, and five years’ imprisonment."

 

Australia’s ban on travellers returning from India due to Covid crisis may be unlawful | Australian politics | The Guardian

[sandyf]

21 hours ago, grain said:

No, this incident in Australia was nothing to do with quarantine, either in mandatory hotels for 2 weeks or home quarantine. Mandatory quarantine is a good, sensible idea to protect the wider community. But back in May this year the Australian gov put a blockade on Australian citizens (Indians) trying to return to Australia from India. Some of them tried to get around the blockade by going to another country, then returning to Australia from that other country. Then this happened:

 

"The ban was imposed on April 30, when Health Minister Greg Hunt activated draconian provisions in the Biosecurity Act. Hunt explicitly threatened anyone who sought to circumvent the blockade with criminal prosecution, resulting in fines of up to $66,000, and five years’ imprisonment."

 

Australia’s ban on travellers returning from India due to Covid crisis may be unlawful | Australian politics | The Guardian

My comment was incidental rather than specific. I was well aware of the threats made in Oz, similar threats were made by the UK government which were in respect of mandatory quarantine as opposed to self isolation.

 

Travellers to the United Kingdom caught violating newly imposed quarantine restrictions could face a heavy fine of up to 10,000 British pounds ($13,800), and 10 years in prison, as the British government tightens measures to curb the spread of COVID-19 and its new variants.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/2/10/uk-travellers-violating-quarantine-face-heavy-fines-jail-time