The Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) decided today (Friday) to allow travellers to enter Thailand by sea and land, in addition to current access by air. The north-eastern province of Nong Khai, bordering the Lao PDR, will be the first overland entry point to reopen on December 24th, according to CCSA spokesman Dr. Taweesin Visanuyothin.

 

To enter Thailand via a seaport, travellers are required to be fully inoculated, have passed an RT-PCR test within the 72 hours prior to departure or since their last port of call, to have no infections among passengers and crew on the same vessel and have “Thailand Pass” registration before arrival.

 

Travellers under the “Test and Go” program will be exempted from quarantine and from providing proof of hotel bookings. “Sandbox” program travellers will have to stay at a hotel in the “sandbox” area for five days and have proof of SHA+ booking payments.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/travellers-can-enter-thailand-by-sea-and-land-from-december-24th/

 

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For people from Laos entering Thailand...
but Laos seems to still not accept people from Thailand, without a 14-day quarantine yet (even if fully vaccinated). Visas on arrivals not offered as well.

Well well, just wait another couple of months until they go back either into fully lockdown or fully opening. All this <deleted> in between, I'm not game.

 

Nice to see date given that isn’t 1st or 16th

Ah, the Thailand Pass, just a minor obstacle.

4 hours ago, webfact said:

o enter Thailand via a seaport, travellers are required to be fully inoculated, have passed an RT-PCR test within the 72 hours prior to departure or since their last port of call, to have no infections among passengers and crew on the same vessel and have “Thailand Pass” registration before arrival.

Best of luck with all that.

Well, as Thailand eases entry requirements, in Europe and USA, stock markets fall sharply and  impose restrictions on travel from some countries, and it now has a name, that name being 'OMICRON'......

A variant of concern.

Edited November 27, 20214 yr by jacko45k

36 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

Well, as Thailand eases entry requirements, in Europe and USA, stock markets fall sharply and  impose restrictions on travel from some countries, and it now has a name, that name being 'OMICRON'......

A variant of concern.

Yes, they ease restrictions for tourists exactly in the wrong moment, unbelievable.

1 hour ago, cyril sneer said:

Nice to see date given that isn’t 1st or 16th

oh i get it ,  Lottery days

No mention of tests required entering by land, or is that the test and go ? 

25 minutes ago, brianthainess said:

No mention of tests required entering by land, or is that the test and go ? 

Very unclear but seems like it will be same Test & Go procedure as for those arriving by air, whatever that turns out  to be.(seems to be a change comng but terms are unclear).

Be nice to visit Phnom Penh.

 

Great city for fun and action.

3 hours ago, MrJ2U said:

Be nice to visit Phnom Penh.

 

Great city for fun and action.

For reference in today's Khmer news (27 November 2021);-

These are all land crossings.

 

"December 16 target date for four Thai-Cambodia border checkpoints to be reopened"

 

In Cambodia, the four points are identified as Banteay Meanchey’s Poipet International, Malai and Boeung Trakoun, and for Battambang province, the Kilo 13 International border in Sampov Loun district.

This however is dependent on the joint decision by the Cambodian Government and Thailand’s Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA).

 

https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50978215/december-16-target-date-for-four-thai-cambodia-border-checkpoins-to-be-reopened/

Well, if the experts of Thailand and the experts of Laos .......... 

Lets not go there; without any particularly strong reason just wait for February or March 2022 and then we will see .......... 

So visa run company's could become back in business ....., and non O-A can be changed to Non "O" and get rid of the insurance need  when extending the ret .ext. 

Edited November 27, 20214 yr by david555

3 hours ago, david555 said:

So visa run company's could become back in business ....., and non O-A can be changed to Non "O" and get rid of the insurance need  when extending the ret .ext. 

Laos border is not open.
Cambodian borders are the worst border points of all to do a border run, with many issues reported.

 

Edited November 27, 20214 yr by ThLT

35 minutes ago, ThLT said:

Laos border is not open.
Cambodian borders are the worst border points of all to do a border run, with many issues reported.

 

Patience....they just announced it on both sides...????

About worse points  ...when i did visa runs 9 years ago never had a problem , of course i had the proper visa to run ...and never at  Poitpet but always at xxxxnam ron ( forget complete name )..

2 minutes ago, david555 said:

Patience....they just announced it on both sides...

Where did they announce Laos had open their Nong Khai border? ????

Laos is still closed and it's 14-day quarantine even if vaccinated. And is not issuing visas right now.

11 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Best of luck with all that.

I'll give it a try, in 2023...

5 hours ago, Burma Bill said:

For reference in today's Khmer news (27 November 2021);-

These are all land crossings.

 

"December 16 target date for four Thai-Cambodia border checkpoints to be reopened"

 

In Cambodia, the four points are identified as Banteay Meanchey’s Poipet International, Malai and Boeung Trakoun, and for Battambang province, the Kilo 13 International border in Sampov Loun district.

This however is dependent on the joint decision by the Cambodian Government and Thailand’s Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA).

 

https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50978215/december-16-target-date-for-four-thai-cambodia-border-checkpoins-to-be-reopened/

Thanks.

 

Now with the new variant probably stay here.  Cambodia is nice to visit but I wouldn't want to get stuck there.  My wife would be pi$$ed.

1 minute ago, ThLT said:

Where did they announce Laos had open their Nong Khai border? ????

Laos is still closed and it's 14-day quarantine even if vaccinated. And is not issuing visas right now.

when i mentioned " both sides " i was in mind refering to Cambodia ...not your by preference Laos ..., those probably would become later as they see the 2 others Thai & Cambodia worked out fine 

2 minutes ago, MrJ2U said:

Thanks.

 

Now with the new variant probably stay here.  Cambodia is nice to visit but I wouldn't want to get stuck there.  My wife would be pi$$ed.

Wife...? So no problem to get a stay in Thailand on married to Thai status i guess 

1 minute ago, david555 said:

when i mentioned " both sides " i was in mind refering to Cambodia ...not your by preference Laos ..., those probably would become later as they see the 2 others Thai & Cambodia worked out fine 

Cambodian borders are the worst of all (especially Poipet, to avoid at all costs). Anything else is a preference. ????

6 minutes ago, ThLT said:

Cambodian borders are the worst of all (especially Poipet, to avoid at all costs). Anything else is a preference. ????

About Poipet i know , my visa run service i used go always to that pung nam ron border point ...was the name ....i think

 

But have never bin so relaxed as i started my ret ext. ....if old enough for ret ext. Or if to young -50 year and  married to Thai  best thing is to go that way 

Edited November 27, 20214 yr by david555

19 minutes ago, MrJ2U said:

Thanks.

 

Now with the new variant probably stay here.  Cambodia is nice to visit but I wouldn't want to get stuck there.  My wife would be pi$$ed.

No mention of the land border at Chong Chom which is south of Surin city! Is this going to be open?

10 minutes ago, fgmr said:

No mention of the land border at Chong Chom which is south of Surin city! Is this going to be open?

I don't know.

 

Things are changing rapidly with the new variant.

 

I don't thin Lao borders are opening anytime soon either.  

 

Thats to bad for marriage visas from Mukdahan-Savanakhet. 

 

I used to enjoy those trips.

Edited November 27, 20214 yr by MrJ2U

15 minutes ago, fgmr said:

No mention of the land border at Chong Chom which is south of Surin city! Is this going to be open?

Apparently not, only those listed in my post along the Western Cambodian border with Thailand, giving easier access to Bangkok, not only for travelers but increased trade (freight etc.) as well. 

16 hours ago, david555 said:

So visa run company's could become back in business ....., and non O-A can be changed to Non "O" and get rid of the insurance need  when extending the ret .ext. 

Is this a permanent change meaning for an Extension made the following years, there will be no mention of Insurance  (excluding a policy change)? Or is the insurance requirement 'signed off', like the money in the bank requirement is by agent help.... meaning you are committed to using an agent every year? 

1 hour ago, jacko45k said:

Is this a permanent change meaning for an Extension made the following years, there will be no mention of Insurance  (excluding a policy change)? Or is the insurance requirement 'signed off', like the money in the bank requirement is by agent help.... meaning you are committed to using an agent every year? 

If you can change from Non O-A to " O"  and have really your own 800 K on Thai bank and doc. You do not need an agent and so not on that system "hooked " for following years to come....i guess ! 

 

Unless their should becoming a synchronization for example that insurrance demand for all ret.extensions .....let us cross our fingers for that ????

 

(And abot the applicants  former "agents use" history ......i really dont know if wiped out ?? )