UTH001 Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 I am pleased that there has just been an announcement to reduce hotel quarantine to 7 days for fully vaccinated travelers entering Thailand. But what about the compulsory Covid insurance? It's all fine for real tourist to pay for say 4 weeks insurance, but what about Non-O visa holders? My visa renewal is in October each year, and if I decide to travel overseas in say November, I am stuck with having to pay for 12 months Covid insurance, which is completely ridiculous (and costly at Bt. 23,000!). Is anyone aware of any changes to this rule? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post internationalism Posted September 27, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 27, 2021 this insurance is 15k per year. They don't have shorter https://www.tuneprotect.co.th/en/portal/coronavirus-covid-19-insurance They should drop COE and lower insurance to a realistic max $10k, premium would drop drastically. Still, sandbox is much cheaper, with hotels from 8k for 2 weeks. Possibly sandbox will be also shortened. There is also a rumour, that from 1st november no quarantine in 8 provinces, including bkk 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chomper Higgot Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 I have health insurance with Aetna (sponsors of this sub forum), Aetna cover COVID illness to the value of the policy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stubuzz Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 1 hour ago, internationalism said: There is also a rumour, that from 1st november no quarantine in 8 provinces, including bkk So how would that work If you wanted to go to another province? You would have to spend a certain time in one of the 8 quarantine free provinces which then would actually be a quarantine stay. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
internationalism Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 43 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said: I have health insurance with Aetna (sponsors of this sub forum), Aetna cover COVID illness to the value of the policy. I also have insurance from yet another company and it does covid, but below required $100k. It was only below 20k, including added outpatient and extended emergency. The new policy, covering full covid, would set me back 61k 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeMagnet1 Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 AXa do 30 day insurance https://u.axa.co.th/Sawasdee_AQ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post placeholder Posted September 27, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 27, 2021 5 hours ago, FridgeMagnet1 said: AXa do 30 day insurance https://u.axa.co.th/Sawasdee_AQ But the insurance has to last as long as your visa does. So if you're in thailand with a retirement visa and it expires sep 22, 2022, your covid insurance is going to have to cover that entire length of time. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UTH001 Posted September 28, 2021 Author Share Posted September 28, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, placeholder said: But the insurance has to last as long as your visa does. So if you're in thailand with a retirement visa and it expires sep 22, 2022, your covid insurance is going to have to cover that entire length of time. Which of course makes no sense whatsoever, as it is fairly unlikely that I develop Covid19 after possibly having caught it overseas three months after arriving in the country... Edited September 28, 2021 by UTH001 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post scoutman360 Posted September 28, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 28, 2021 Covid-19 insurance to $100K for fully vaccinated people doesn't make any sense at all. Hospitalization risk to vaccinated people is as low as normal flu, or so the stats say. I also had to pay for a whole year of covid insurance because my Thai insurance plan (and Thai SSO program) isn't enough for re-entry. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heng Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 Quarantine reduction starting when? October 1? Because the MFA, COE process still has the old info. Hope my hotel gets the memo. ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cardinalblue Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 Wait until November as it now states no quarantine for the fully vaccinated…. silly to bother with partial quarantine 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFishman1 Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 Yeah they need to drop that COE 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeMagnet1 Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 8 hours ago, placeholder said: But the insurance has to last as long as your visa does. So if you're in thailand with a retirement visa and it expires sep 22, 2022, your covid insurance is going to have to cover that entire length of time. Yeah, I didn’t read the OP post properly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfinglife Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 8 hours ago, placeholder said: But the insurance has to last as long as your visa does. So if you're in thailand with a retirement visa and it expires sep 22, 2022, your covid insurance is going to have to cover that entire length of time. My understanding is that the insurance is only required for 90 days (Non-O reporting period). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HashBrownHarry Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 6 hours ago, Heng said: Quarantine reduction starting when? October 1? Because the MFA, COE process still has the old info. Hope my hotel gets the memo. ???? My friend applied a few days ago and got rejected as his ASQ booking waas for 14 days, he was told to re-book for 7 days, so it all looks good. Great news for those of us who travel in and out a lot. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post CMBob Posted September 28, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 28, 2021 37 minutes ago, surfinglife said: My understanding is that the insurance is only required for 90 days (Non-O reporting period). As mentioned above (and presuming the rules don't change), you are currently required to have the covid insurance last as long as your permission to stay. So, if you currently come in visa exempt and get 45 days, you'll end up buying the insurance for 2 months (not possible to purchase for just 45 days). If you enter via an existing annual extension, you have to have the insurance for as long as your current extension lasts (e.g., if you entered today and your annual extension expires next July, you'll have to purchase a minimum of 10 months of coverage). 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travelhuahin Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 I send an e-mail to Munich Consulate last week, because i have one customer non-O and Non-B and they just renew visa in July. The consulate said 90 days is enough. See attachment. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
placeholder Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 (edited) 4 hours ago, surfinglife said: My understanding is that the insurance is only required for 90 days (Non-O reporting period). I went on the Thaivisa visa etc forum and that's what Ubonjoe said. Ubonoe may be the world's leading expert on Thailand's visa rules. Sheryl confirmed it. And then a very knowledgeable person who is not a member of the forum confirmed it as well. I hope they're wrong. But i would double check it. You might want to go to that forum or contact Ubonjoe. True or false, I'm sure he would appreciate the update. Edited September 28, 2021 by placeholder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andycoops Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 21 hours ago, Heng said: Quarantine reduction starting when? October 1? Because the MFA, COE process still has the old info. Hope my hotel gets the memo. ???? Thai IT at its best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thailand49 Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 On 9/27/2021 at 6:58 AM, stubuzz said: So how would that work If you wanted to go to another province? You would have to spend a certain time in one of the 8 quarantine free provinces which then would actually be a quarantine stay. Not exactly, I just made a trip from Pattaya to up north for a family funeral I got a partial test a swap up the nose for 590 baht at some authorized clinic took 15 minutes ???? negative I got the stamp paper off that was enough to allow me to travel when I got to the destination a day later some lady came asked for our papers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoshowJones Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 On 9/27/2021 at 7:04 PM, internationalism said: this insurance is 15k per year. They don't have shorter https://www.tuneprotect.co.th/en/portal/coronavirus-covid-19-insurance They should drop COE and lower insurance to a realistic max $10k, premium would drop drastically. Still, sandbox is much cheaper, with hotels from 8k for 2 weeks. Possibly sandbox will be also shortened. There is also a rumour, that from 1st november no quarantine in 8 provinces, including bkk Your last sentence, just suppose that if, and it is a big if, that happens, I think this insurance scam will continue, and as time goes on and the pandemic cases go down, there will be less and less people having to claim while the insurance companies profits will increase and the brown envelopes to the unelected PM will continue. I could be wrong here, but this is just the way I see it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoshowJones Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 (edited) On 9/28/2021 at 6:55 AM, placeholder said: But the insurance has to last as long as your visa does. So if you're in thailand with a retirement visa and it expires sep 22, 2022, your covid insurance is going to have to cover that entire length of time. Exactly! What a scam, and yet there is still the very odd posters, probably ex insurance company employee's, who think that insurance companies treat us fairly. Edited September 29, 2021 by possum1931 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoshowJones Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 18 hours ago, surfinglife said: My understanding is that the insurance is only required for 90 days (Non-O reporting period). The post that you are answering has got it right the way it is at this moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoutman360 Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 19 hours ago, HashBrownHarry said: My friend applied a few days ago and got rejected as his ASQ booking waas for 14 days, he was told to re-book for 7 days, so it all looks good. Great news for those of us who travel in and out a lot. I am finishing my last few days of 14-day quarantine. Beware if you arrive before Oct 1. The hotel told me that I cannot be let out of quarantine on Oct 1 because I was booked on the 14-day program. 7-day quarantine applies only to those who will arrive in October. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rinrada Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 16 hours ago, placeholder said: I went on the Thaivisa visa etc forum and that's what Ubonjoe said. Ubonoe may be the world's leading expert on Thailand's visa rules. Sheryl confirmed it. And then a very knowledgeable person who is not a member of the forum confirmed it as well. I hope they're wrong. But i would double check it. You might want to go to that forum or contact Ubonjoe. True or false, I'm sure he would appreciate the update. Ubonjoe is definitely the Tops for visa information....Yes..Getting my no 2 Jab tomorrow,Non "O" extension in 2 weeks time and need to get back to UK to sort out a few things but will wait till Nov /Dec and see what happens. Dont mind self Isolation in Uk but not paying 2,500 quid for some poxy hotel..Would confirm that my understanding on CoE as discussed Insurance is for 90 x days...roll on November...Might be snowing...makes a change.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Brok Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 5 hours ago, possum1931 said: Exactly! What a scam, and yet there is still the very odd posters, probably ex insurance company employee's, who think that insurance companies treat us fairly. I have a covid and In-out coverage for 180 days with a NON-O visa for THB 18500. I will stay 140 days. COE approved. LUMA insurance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMdmt Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 Just a note for travelers heading to Thailand from UK about their insurance. NOTE this is only concerning your general health/travel insurance policies. It is my understanding that any existing policies become invalid if the country you are visiting goes on the FCO 'do not travel' list such as Thailand is at the moment. UK insurance companies wont issue new policies for visits to Thailand either at the moment. If you have a worldwide coverage policy and visit Thailand the policy wont be valid for your time there. This might not be 100% correct but might be worth checking any policies that you rely upon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
placeholder Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 4 hours ago, SteveMdmt said: Just a note for travelers heading to Thailand from UK about their insurance. NOTE this is only concerning your general health/travel insurance policies. It is my understanding that any existing policies become invalid if the country you are visiting goes on the FCO 'do not travel' list such as Thailand is at the moment. UK insurance companies wont issue new policies for visits to Thailand either at the moment. If you have a worldwide coverage policy and visit Thailand the policy wont be valid for your time there. This might not be 100% correct but might be worth checking any policies that you rely upon. Well, even if the insurance companies will cover the 3,500,000 minimum for covid treatment, unless their policy explicitly stipulates that covid-19 is covered, it won't satisfy Thai immigration authorities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rinrada Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 On 9/29/2021 at 12:06 PM, Rinrada said: Ubonjoe is definitely the Tops for visa information....Yes..Getting my no 2 Jab tomorrow,Non "O" extension in 2 weeks time and need to get back to UK to sort out a few things but will wait till Nov /Dec and see what happens. Dont mind self Isolation in Uk but not paying 2,500 quid for some poxy hotel..Would confirm that my understanding on CoE as discussed Insurance is for 90 x days...roll on November...Might be snowing...makes a change.. Follow up...Second jab went well..at the Prom .Chiang Mai this morning both Khun Wife ( has a UK PP) and I have had our Pfizer No 2...Many thanks to the Wonderful Staff.. Advised that maybe only 100 yellow books left for C19.PP registration so we headed down to MKP..and registered so next week..should have the Yellow Freedom Book..Will wait and see if Siam gets off the red list ...until them ..another just another avex nam keng..beer Chang..chai... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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