CCSA to consider changing Thailand Pass requirement next week

[RichardColeman]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

Changes to the current Thailand Pass requirement for international travelers will be revisited at the full panel meeting of the Center for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) on 20 May.

Ah, so, the 'online search' clicks are not turning into 'online future booking' clicks enough. Got it.

[Tracyb]

1 hour ago, d2b2 said:

I applied for Thailand Pass yesterday, for an upcoming quick trip stateside and then a return home to Thailand next month.

The Thailand Pass process took 5-7 minutes, cost nothing and was easily understood and accomplished. I literally had my approval and QR code before dinner.

It was a snap and caused zero problems.

if completing this simple process is too much hassle for people I am amazed they have what is required to navigate the airline purchase process to get a ticket.

it seems highly doubtful  the Thailand Pass is the culprit in preventing travelers from coming to LOS 

How much did you have to pay for the required insurance?

[starky]

Just get rid of the bloody thing already. 

[mikeymike100]

1 hour ago, d2b2 said:

I applied for Thailand Pass yesterday, for an upcoming quick trip stateside and then a return home to Thailand next month.

The Thailand Pass process took 5-7 minutes, cost nothing and was easily understood and accomplished. I literally had my approval and QR code before dinner.

It was a snap and caused zero problems.

if completing this simple process is too much hassle for people I am amazed they have what is required to navigate the airline purchase process to get a ticket.

it seems highly doubtful  the Thailand Pass is the culprit in preventing travelers from coming to LOS 

You obviously lead a charmed life!????

[hotchilli]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

Dr. Apisamai Srirangsan, an Assistant Spokesperson for the CCSA, said the center has received several inquiries on future changes to the current Thailand Pass requirement, which is now being considered by the CCSA operations center (CCSA-OC).

Just drop it altogether.

No more twists and turns.

[madmitch]

39 minutes ago, d2b2 said:

Yet they are able and willing to get a visa. They must have some type of TP phobia. Are they simply too simple minded to figure out the process? Are they just adamant that they won’t come to Thailand unless someone does everything needed for them? 
as for common threads on social media, well as Confucius said “ you can’t believe everything you read on the web”

I can't disagree. I've done the Thailand Pass and I have obtained online visas for other countries that cost money. You need the ESTA form for the USA and I have been through the process of getting UK visas for my Thai partner and one of her relatives (the latter was refused!).

 

Sounds like many are freaked by having to fork out for insurance!

 

That's part of the reason I used the word "unfortunately" at the beginning of my response.

[d2b2]

8 minutes ago, mikeymike100 said:

You obviously lead a charmed life!????

While that may be true (and I am a very grateful man), it has very little relation to the ease of obtaining the Thailand Pass. 

 

[maddermax]

So what are the proposals?

[zzaa09]

5 hours ago, mtls2005 said:

Drop it for anyone who is vaccinated.

 

Drop the insurance for anyone who is vaccinated.

 

Airlines can verify vaccination status at boarding.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Much too simplistic and straight forward for the obviously confused Thai officialdom to reason with. 

[10baht]

5 hours ago, SmartyMarty said:

I've just done the TP, no paperwork involved, no uncertainty, and all approved in a matter of hours. Very easy.

Well what a  good boy you are, how nice of you to tell us about your waste of time experience, & those precious hours you'll never get back and will always remember.

[10baht]

1 hour ago, cyril sneer said:

most people abroad probably still assume it requires a PCR test once entered

And most people are probably _____ ( fill in the blank)

[zzaa09]

38 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

Just drop it altogether.

No more twists and turns.

Been strongly suggested by every circle for some time now. 

They simply aren't getting it - if they ever do.

[renaissanc]

It is comon to read some posters supporting compulsory health insurance. I've been travelling abroad since about 1974 and I've only once had health insurance, ironically when I first came to Thailand in 1980. I've never had any need for it. I think this requirement should be scrapped.

[Lacessit]

1 minute ago, renaissanc said:

It is comon to read some posters supporting compulsory health insurance. I've been travelling abroad since about 1974 and I've only once had health insurance, ironically when I first came to Thailand in 1980. I've never had any need for it. I think this requirement should be scrapped.

I stopped buying travel insurance over 30 years ago, after having a valid claim rejected.

People do not realize insurance companies have entire departments scrutinizing all claims for any detail that would enable them to weasel out of their obligations. The term "utmost good faith" only applies to the customer.

In that thirty years, one cancelled flight cost me $350. I would have shelled out ten or twenty times that in premiums, if I had been inclined to remain a sucker.

[jacko45k]

55 minutes ago, 10baht said:

Well what a  good boy you are, how nice of you to tell us about your waste of time experience, & those precious hours you'll never get back and will always remember.

They were not wasted hours, just waiting time of a couple of hours, he baked a pie and got a Thai pass out of it. It appears you are wasting more time griping and crying on here about how onerous this trivial effort is for you. 

[Luthier]

I have always travelled to Thailand with insurance its free with my platinum credit card, when I travelled in January I took out a years policy with AXA then found out it was only valid for a single trip my fault for not reading the small print now after over 100 days in Thailand i have returned to OZ to work and will be going back to Thailand in 2 weeks for a week and then to the UK for 10 days and then back to Thailand for 2 weeks and then back to work in OZ for a week then back to Thailand for a week and then back to work for a week and then back to Thailand for 5 weeks, I was quoted 59000baht today for years health insurance for non immigrant spouse visa, the problem with the Thailand pass health insurance is the minimum cover is for 30 days and it is all single entry, most people go on holiday for 2 weeks there is no option for that and many travellers will want to go for a week in Thailand then go to other Asian countries and maybe go back to Thailand for another week before going home, I do not have a problem paying the insurance but it should be available as a multiple entry and exit policy otherwise it is just a scam.

[LukKrueng]

7 hours ago, mtls2005 said:

Drop it for anyone who is vaccinated.

 

Drop the insurance for anyone who is vaccinated.

 

Airlines can verify vaccination status at boarding.

 

 

 

 

 

 

It might be news for you, but vaccinated people can get infected and infect others just as unvaccinated can. This whole green pass\green passport\green badge is nonsense, just as all those useless tests before flight and after arrival and for any person who doesn't show symptoms.

[UTH001]

4 hours ago, SGD said:

I agree except for the outpouring on here and elsewhere about the unfairness of it needing you to be insured.

 

From the numbers, it might be that over 50% of travellers are not insured and see nothing wrong in travelling without insurance.

 

The alternative could be an immigration requirement but that would be hugely difficult with airlines stopping people travelling.

 

Nevertheless, I think some form of insurance for you, not against covid but against injury, should be required for any travel.

You are aware that Thai Immigration (to the best of my knowledge) does not accept normal Travel Insurance. Even though many cover Covid and for far more than just US$10,000? I would be happy to have travel insurance. I do object though to an insurance with higher premium (compared to Travel Insurance) and fewer benefits!

[Stefanix]

Thank you for this non-news!

[Jimbo53]

3 hours ago, cyril sneer said:

most people abroad probably still assume it requires a PCR test once entered

I don't think so! Anyone thinking of travelling to Thailand would be doing their due diligence regarding the latest entry rules,for any seasoned traveller,especially to Thailand,they will not be assuming anything,including Moi.

[Chongalulu]

7 hours ago, SmartyMarty said:

I've just done the TP, no paperwork involved, no uncertainty, and all approved in a matter of hours. Very easy.

What you have to envisage is how a Thai website works (or doesn’t) when you load it with orders of magnitude more applications that would pertain  if anything like the numbers required for a tourist industry to sustain its current infrastructure. Tens of millions per annum. ???? Equating it to buying an airline ticket on line is a specious comparison. There you are not uploading documents and having to wait for approval- it’s just another on line purchase mirroring what people are already very familiar with.  Do you have faith the Thai system would work seamlessly (as it would have to) coping with vastly increased numbers ? Given the potential consequences of hiccups when people have already committed substantial sums on tickets /accommodation you’ll be surprised how many are not prepared for that risk/stress when most /all other destinations  are offering a far simpler process. 

[kennw]

4 hours ago, SGD said:

I agree except for the outpouring on here and elsewhere about the unfairness of it needing you to be insured.

 

From the numbers, it might be that over 50% of travellers are not insured and see nothing wrong in travelling without insurance.

 

The alternative could be an immigration requirement but that would be hugely difficult with airlines stopping people travelling.

 

Nevertheless, I think some form of insurance for you, not against covid but against injury, should be required for any travel.

And for those people that can afford to self insure, and those in the age bracket that the insure companies dont want to know about?  

[Dexxter]

4 hours ago, d2b2 said:

Yet they are able and willing to get a visa.

Thailand have made getting a visa harder as well. Their Ministry of Foreign Affairs decreed that Honorary Consuls throughout the world are no longer permitted to process or issue any visas to enter Thailand. In Australia we could go to the Consul in our state capital city to get a visa. Now only Sydney and Canberra are permitted to issue them. Yet another hoop to jump through. I sit here wondering how safe I feel sending my passport to them through the post. If you want to ask them a question over the phone you can only call during a 3 hour window between 9:30am and 12:30pm weekdays, yet another silly restriction.

Edited May 13, 2022 by Dexxter

[Dexxter]

2 hours ago, 10baht said:

And most people are probably _____ ( fill in the blank)

sick of the bureaucratic bullsh_t

[ozimoron]

I got a TP yesterday. 9 of the ten minutes required to apply was converting PDF's to JPG and I got the approval back within the hour. Trivial to say the least.

[croftrobin]

1 hour ago, UTH001 said:

You are aware that Thai Immigration (to the best of my knowledge) does not accept normal Travel Insurance. Even though many cover Covid and for far more than just US$10,000? I would be happy to have travel insurance. I do object though to an insurance with higher premium (compared to Travel Insurance) and fewer benefits!

 

Rubbish

 

I came to Thailand on the 2nd of May. My UK bought travel insurance covers me for 10 million US Dollars. This was accepted for the Thailand Pass.

 

If you do not know, do not write rubbish.

[josephbloggs]

8 hours ago, SmartyMarty said:

I've just done the TP, no paperwork involved, no uncertainty, and all approved in a matter of hours. Very easy.

Exactly the same.  I just did it for the first time as I'm going to the UK.  Was expecting it to me a nightmare after all the moaning you read on here.........then you realise most of those moaning have probably never even done it.

It was really pretty simple, fill out some info, upload a few images.  5 minutes max.  Really not that big a deal.  And like someone else has said if that puts you off then how the hell do you manage to book a flight or a hotel?

Would I rather I didn't have to do it?  Of course, and I expect pretty soon you won't have to.  Was it difficult or troublesome?  Not in the least.  And the insurance cost me a whopping 650 baht.

[cyril sneer]

1 hour ago, Jimbo53 said:

I don't think so! Anyone thinking of travelling to Thailand would be doing their due diligence regarding the latest entry rules,for any seasoned traveller,especially to Thailand,they will not be assuming anything,including Moi.

Okay well they still arn’t clear about night time entertainment being allowed to open, which is always a vital part of the trip

[rumak]

6 hours ago, bluemoon58 said:

In my opinion they're only keeping it to make sure you have insurance. 

to make sure they make some money   

[the green light]

would be easier that they will only allowed vaccinated people to enter thailand?o

 

Any person who got the MRNA vaccines and 2 boosters can just walk in...

other require to either be tested or quarantine for 5 days.

 

Only the MRNA has success rate of protection in the 90%