Improvements being made to Thailand Pass for convenience of travelers

[snoop1130]

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - Faults with the Thailand Pass system are being addressed as some delays in approving travelers’ Thailand Passes have occurred. Improvements to Thailand Pass services are being made to improve the experience of users and provide travelers with more convenience. A new entry pathway called TPHS has now been approved and promises to cut the time travelers need to spend with Thailand Pass.

 

Prime Minister Gen. Prayut Chan-o-cha has ordered relevant agencies to mend outstanding issues with the Thailand Pass system and to continue making improvements. The Digital Government Development Agency, the developer of the system, is continuing to issue QR codes for Thailand Pass applicants within 7 days. An aim is to make processes comply with Thailand Pass’s Service Level Agreement (SLA).

 

The tourism ministry and the foreign ministry are now adding the Thailand Pass Hotel subsystem to facilitate automatic approvals on the part of hotels. Hotels in Thailand will be asked to join this system so they would receive emails when bookings are made. This new approach will benefit hotels as well as travelers, as both groups are users of the Thailand Pass system. Servers are being expanded for this new approach and a live chat function is being added to resolve problems for Thailand Pass users.

 

The Center for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) has approved an additional entry pathway for international travelers arriving in Thailand. The Thailand Pass Hotel & Swab System (TPHS) needs just 10-15 minutes until it can issue applicants with a “pending approval” message. TPHS will receive data updates from the Thailand Pass system every hour.

 

-- © Copyright NNT 2022-02-16

 

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[SheikYabodyline]

This should be fun.

[Upnotover]

Coming soon, TPHS II ++ Extra

[John Drake]

Improve it by getting rid of it.

Edited February 16, 2022 by John Drake

[connda]

19 minutes ago, SheikYabodyline said:

This should be fun.

Thailand be being overrun by virus ladened tourists.  They need more schemes. 

[grego49]

9 minutes ago, John Drake said:

Improve it by getting rid of it.

Or at least the day 5 rort,,,

[Cherrytreeview]

7 minutes ago, John Drake said:

Improve it by getting rid of it.

I have a horrible feeling that Thailand Pass may not be dismantled for a longtime to come.

The Hi-so's couldn't care less about their citizens, that doesn't put a great pressure on them to remove it.

The fact that the looney tunes opposition are even more extreme in their views means this theatrical charade ain't going anywhere soon.

[kotsak]

Just scrap this crapola for Christ's sake..

 

Edited February 16, 2022 by kotsak

[Cherrytreeview]

2 minutes ago, grego49 said:

Or at least the day 5 rort,,,

Just shows how conditioned we have all become that people are still prepared to accept a test to enter a country.

Until people vote with their feet this racket will continue for years.

[Rimmer]

Troll post removed

[ukrules]

40 minutes ago, John Drake said:

Improve it by getting rid of it.

Yep, it's inevitable that it will one day go.

 

They're not attempting to keep covid out because it's already everywhere in Thailand so I have to wonder why they're bothering at all?

 

This entire farcial procedure which has destroyed the tourism industry is not in place to protect the country from covid so why are they doing it?

 

There must be a reason, there's always a reason

 

I just can't imagine what it is until I begin to think about the Thai relationship with China, then I begin to wonder who's in charge and setting policy because this is not helping Thailand in any way whatsoever.

 

Very soon pretty much nobody from Europe will be regarded as 'fully vaccinated' due to the period of time that has passed, what will they do then? Will they start insisting on quarantine again?

Edited February 16, 2022 by ukrules

[stubuzz]

48 minutes ago, Upnotover said:

Coming soon, TPHS II ++ Extra

Followed by, TPHS II ++ Extra VIP

[EricTh]

Just scrap that ridiculous so-called 'Test-and-go' which is a misleading term. The hotel quarantine and tests are ridiculously expensive.

 

I believe there is no quarantine for even one day in Philippines and Cambodia for fully-vaccinated tourists.

 

Can somebody confirm this?

Edited February 16, 2022 by EricTh

[Cherrytreeview]

Richard Barrow is reporting that the Thailand Pass system may have been compromised again.

If you get an email don't download any attachments.

99.9% of effort on marketing slogans and walking through treacle schemes.

0.01% on fact based science and executing anything correctly.

[Boyn]

You just could not make this s*** up. 

[Walker88]

If I ever go out from and come back to Thailand, I'm opting for the Super Special Bespoke Elite 'Quality Tourist' Thai Pass Plus^2. It wasn't so much that they sold me on the 5 days in the SHA+Plus Mandarin Oriental in the 432,000 baht/night penthouse suite, nor the chauffeur-driven Rolls Phantom with the extended wheelbase that will greet me at Suvarnabhumi for the ride back to my riverfront den. No, it was when they told me the PCR tests will be conducted using a probe that has---rather than having a simple cotton tip (not even Sea Island cotton, by the way)---a shahtoosh ball.

 

One simply cannot put a price on the softest natural fiber in existence.

[tomster]

1 hour ago, ukrules said:

Yep, it's inevitable that it will one day go.

 

They're not attempting to keep covid out because it's already everywhere in Thailand so I have to wonder why they're bothering at all?

 

This entire farcial procedure which has destroyed the tourism industry is not in place to protect the country from covid so why are they doing it?

 

There must be a reason, there's always a reason

 

I just can't imagine what it is until I begin to think about the Thai relationship with China, then I begin to wonder who's in charge and setting policy because this is not helping Thailand in any way whatsoever.

 

Very soon pretty much nobody from Europe will be regarded as 'fully vaccinated' due to the period of time that has passed, what will they do then? Will they start insisting on quarantine again?

They need the fear of Covid to keep the protests from starting again before the national elections. 

 

If they noramlised now the streets would be full of protesters again. 

 

Plus remember that CP partly run the country and have at least one family member in the WEF "young global leaders" scheme, so they are likely playing along with the great reset idea where possible. 

[ThailandGuy]

As long as all the requirements like the SHA hotel on day 1 + 5, the extra covid insurance, the treat of being put in a covid hospital/hospitel exist i will not go to Thailand. I don't mind being tested. But having to pay a $100 usd per night for a mandatory hotel reservation just to get a pcr test? What if you are on day 5 in another part of Thailand? Do they expect you to travel all the way back? What if you test positive but you are asymptomatic? No thank you! I will, like many others just wait until they ease the entry requirements.

[CartagenaWarlock]

The golden days of travelling to Thailand with your passport and credit cards is over for foreseeable future. I need to go one more time, may be in June/July time frame, to settle some issues in person before I call it goodbye Thailand forever, even if I have a 20 years Elite card. 

[NanaSomchai]

6 hours ago, kotsak said:

Just scrap this crapola for Christ's sake..

 

Mark my words clearly: They. Never. Will. Scrap. This.

 

Too much profit to be made from it, too much control over the (potential) masses hopping in and out of the Kingdom every year.

 

This pandemic has brought them the surveillance and masses control tools they have sought for years, you can thank the CCP!

 

[NanaSomchai]

2 hours ago, CartagenaWarlock said:

The golden days of travelling to Thailand with your passport and credit cards is over for foreseeable future.

Which is precisely what I've been singing atop of my lungs on these forums for a good while now.

 

2 hours ago, CartagenaWarlock said:

I need to go one more time, may be in June/July time frame, to settle some issues in person before I call it goodbye Thailand forever

Which is precisely what I've did when I left as soon as the pandemic started, sold two houses (to wealthy indians, they were the only ones with cash available on the spot), sold a room/condo in BKK (to a Thai), sold the car (sadly I've lost quite a bit of money on this bit), hugged the kids (from different Thai mothers) and wished them a "good luck" and hit the road, about two weeks later the Kingdom's tourism industry was being shuttered down.

 

No regrets of making this move ever since.

 

2 hours ago, CartagenaWarlock said:

even if I have a 20 years Elite card. 

Which is what it has always been; an elaborate and worthless scam.

 

I have personally lived a whopping 128 months in Thailand before calling it quits (thanks China), with nothing but visas on arrival back to back, extensions of said visas on arrivals, visa runs back and forth to Nong Khai/Vientiane and I once had an education visa in the early days (before the rampant crackdowns), to which I've attended a whopping 1 hour of Thai language class, if memory serves well (it was a long time ago), I believe I've shelled out 19,000 THB for it (just for the initial year) and IMHO it wasn't even worth the 19,000 THB it cost me.

 

While this may seem a snark post from me, I genuinely feel sorry for those in your position who have businesses and meetings they must physically attend to in Thailand, those who must sign documents in person or those who got suckered in the very expensive Elite card schemes or for that matter the various real estate scams.

 

I express nothing but sympathy and empathy to you.

 

 

Edited February 16, 2022 by NanaSomchai

[arithai12]

4 hours ago, ThailandGuy said:

As long as all the requirements like the SHA hotel on day 1 + 5, the extra covid insurance, the treat of being put in a covid hospital/hospitel exist i will not go to Thailand. I don't mind being tested. But having to pay a $100 usd per night for a mandatory hotel reservation just to get a pcr test? What if you are on day 5 in another part of Thailand? Do they expect you to travel all the way back? What if you test positive but you are asymptomatic? No thank you! I will, like many others just wait until they ease the entry requirements.

ok it's excessively complicated, and should be scrapped. However some of your assumptions are wrong. The choice of hotel and price is yours, certainly there are options below 100$. You can have your day-5 test anywhere you want, not necessarily where you got the day-1 test. If you are asymptomatic and do not fall in a risk category, you can self-isolate at your hotel or your own accomodation if you have one.

[arithai12]

47 minutes ago, NanaSomchai said:

Which is precisely what I've been singing atop of my lungs on these forums for a good while now.

 

Which is precisely what I've did when I left as soon as the pandemic started, sold two houses (to wealthy indians, they were the only ones with cash available on the spot), sold a room/condo in BKK (to a Thai), sold the car (sadly I've lost quite a bit of money on this bit), hugged the kids (from different Thai mothers) and wished them a "good luck" and hit the road, about two weeks later the Kingdom's tourism industry was being shuttered down.

 

No regrets of making this move ever since.

 

Which is what it has always been; an elaborate and worthless scam.

 

I have personally lived a whopping 128 months in Thailand before calling it quits (thanks China), with nothing but visas on arrival back to back, extensions of said visas on arrivals, visa runs back and forth to Nong Khai/Vientiane and I once had an education visa in the early days (before the rampant crackdowns), to which I've attended a whopping 1 hour of Thai language class, if memory serves well (it was a long time ago), I believe I've shelled out 19,000 THB for it (just for the initial year) and IMHO it wasn't even worth the 19,000 THB it cost me.

 

While this may seem a snark post from me, I genuinely feel sorry for those in your position who have businesses and meetings they must physically attend to in Thailand, those who must sign documents in person or those who got suckered in the very expensive Elite card schemes or for that matter the various real estate scams.

 

I express nothing but sympathy and empathy to you.

 

 

While leaving behind 2 kids with a "good luck" is no big deal.

[freedomnow]

....are they making a CHANGE to some rule again ?

[GrandPapillon]

5 hours ago, tomster said:

They need the fear of Covid to keep the protests from starting again before the national elections. 

 

If they noramlised now the streets would be full of protesters again. 

amen to that,

[NanaSomchai]

59 minutes ago, arithai12 said:

While leaving behind 2 kids with a "good luck" is no big deal.

I made them a favor, a huge one even, as per the article below:

 

https://rmx.news/egyeb/italy-shocking-video-published-of-teenage-girls-groped-by-gang-of-foreign-males-on-new-years-eve-in-milan/

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/11/police-raid-homes-of-18-suspects-over-new-years-eve-sexual-assaults-in-milan

 

https://nypost.com/2021/02/13/when-europe-ignored-sex-crimes-of-immigrants-all-women-suffered/

 

While I could elaborate at greater lengths of the "reasons" behind a such decision, as to why I've decided to leave them to relative safety in the Kingdom, I chose not to as my views on this very specific topic differ from whoever runs/admins/manages/moderates ASEANNOW I would risk yet another very arbitrary suspension from these very forums...

 

Therefore I'll let you read between the lines.

 

Edit: Here's a very good bedside book, worth every penny: https://www.amazon.com/Prey-Immigration-Erosion-Womens-Rights/dp/0062857878

Edited February 16, 2022 by NanaSomchai

[internationalism]

Many serious glitches were spotted from the very beginning of TP in november. 
nothing was done, that despite very explicit statement from 22.12, that temporal close down of T&G till 4.01 would be used to fix all problems. 
Then just before relaunching a massive hack on 28.01 of database. 
Ministry denied any responsibility, but put some measures. 
Yes, spoof emails with trojan virus from TP are still coming, which means that patch was temporary or hackers found a new open gate. 
 

from what I read TP for phuket sandbox was often over a week. Interesting to know how long is it now, if the PM has to intervene with his instructions. Something serious is going on if decisions are have to be made at such level

Edited February 16, 2022 by internationalism

[NHPT]

My prediction.....Vietnam is watching Thailand closely and sees an opportunity to become tourist hub of SE Asia.

 

Waiting to see who blinks first.

[peter zwart]

12 hours ago, ukrules said:

Yep, it's inevitable that it will one day go.

 

They're not attempting to keep covid out because it's already everywhere in Thailand so I have to wonder why they're bothering at all?

 

This entire farcial procedure which has destroyed the tourism industry is not in place to protect the country from covid so why are they doing it?

 

There must be a reason, there's always a reason

 

I just can't imagine what it is until I begin to think about the Thai relationship with China, then I begin to wonder who's in charge and setting policy because this is not helping Thailand in any way whatsoever.

 

Very soon pretty much nobody from Europe will be regarded as 'fully vaccinated' due to the period of time that has passed, what will they do then? Will they start insisting on quarantine again?

As more and more countries go ahead towards a more normal situation its just a matter of time before Thailand will. Governments have to get used to the fact again that this "beautiful" tool for repression is coming to its end.

[stigar]

6 minutes ago, peter zwart said:

As more and more countries go ahead towards a more normal situation its just a matter of time before Thailand will. Governments have to get used to the fact again that this "beautiful" tool for repression is coming to its end.

I have booked a ticket 24th of march but not request for thaipass.I will wait until its back o normal.