Dear readers,
It would be nice if someone who has returned to Thailand via the Thai embassy would like to share his experience.
I registered my wife and children at the embassy last Friday. Was then called and now they can go home on Friday July 10 because the kids have to go to school. In the end this went very quickly, if I wanted to go myself it would take longer, that's why this choice.
For myself, I would like to know who has already taken out insurance that is accepted by the Thai embassy and where to get it? The corona test and the fit to fly can be arranged via Meimare BV, I have now done for wife and children a 60 euros pp
I also asked for this for myself and it costs 242 euros for the corona test and fit to fly statement. They do indicate that the result takes 24 to 48 hours, but this is what the Thai embassy accepts.
Hopefully we can also find the insurance already approved by the embassy at a reasonable price.
I just got a new annual visa with the correct insurance conditions, but these do not apply now, I was told by the Thai embassy in The Hague. So curious about real different experiences? So I can go back, just missing the insurance conditions and where to take out.
PS. If there is interest about the procedure for Thai back home, I can put it on paper. Still some work to do, but it's doable.
Regards,
Jan
Dear Jan,
Can I conclude from the fact that your children go to school in Thailand that you live and are registered in Thailand? Or are you registered in the Netherlands?
I myself am registered in the Netherlands, so I have Dutch health insurance. In addition, I have travel insurance through ANWB, with very extensive coverage. The ANWB provides a so-called 'country letter' in the English language on request, and that should suffice to meet the insurance requirement, I was told by the ANWB.
With this travel insurance you are only allowed to stay abroad for a limited number of months per year, so if you are registered in Thailand, this is of no use to you. In that case you will have to inquire with a Thai insurance company, here on the forum an intermediary is regularly mentioned who is located in Hua Hin.
My Thai partner also flew on the repatriation flight yesterday, she is now waiting for medical checks at Bangkok Airport.
Hi Jan..
I am registered in the Netherlands, so my health insurance is also with CZ. I have continuous travel insurance from the Ohra, but they also say they do not have a policy that the Thais require. Because I am in Thailand most of the year, I am not a member of the ANW b. I will probably not get travel insurance as you say. On Monday I will ask if it is possible. Thanks for your information.. Gr Jan.
Dear Jan.
It's probably just me, but it's a big mess in my head. I don't remember, so many announcements, especially about the insurance requirements. At CZ health insurance they say... we do not have a policy that shows that you are insured against the corona requirements imposed by Thailand. So I don't know whether my CZ health insurance meets this requirement. My retirement non O and re entry are valid until 17.12.2020. I am not married, but I do have the birth certificate (surin hospital) that I signed at the birth of my son, who live together in Surin. I also have dad... that I have been living with them for 10 years.
Hopefully you can make me wiser than I am now. I have been in NL since January 18.1.2020, XNUMX and cannot go back. I'm becoming more depressed by the day, because I miss my Son more and more.
Gr..Jan.
Dear T I, we mainly live in Thailand. I am married and have a pink Thai ID and yellow house booklet. So I have not emigrated. I learned a lot yesterday from the very helpful staff of the Thai embassy in The Hague. As mentioned earlier, since we are married and have children, I can return. The embassy is also very helpful with this. However, they are also stuck with the rules set so far... a link has already been posted to the quarantine hotels in Bangkok. These are in the price range from 35000 to 60000, including food, corona testing, airport transport. Take a good look at what they offer, there is some difference. As mentioned above, Medimare provides the test and Fit to Fly certificates (I just saw that Medimare was not written properly in my message) and the insurance is now also clear to me. I have an annual visa for which I do not have to provide proof of insurance. However, they now have a requirement that you demonstrate that you are also insured for the costs of corona. Also understandable. Now I will have to get proof of this from my health insurance and or a travel insurance company that provides this, so the ANWB insurance is a good option. I'll definitely look into it. However, I also expect that ANWB will not insure you if the country is still orange or red. But I'm still looking into it. My wife and both daughters have just arrived at a luxury hotel in Pattaya and are being fully cared for by the Thai state. It is not yet clear whether they really have to stay for 14 days. Their entire trip was well taken care of by the Thai Embassy in The Hague. Quite a long journey for mothers with children aged 5 and 15, but the luxurious hotel and surroundings make up for that.
A luxury hotel and then completely taken care of by the Thai state, assume for the 14 days of quarantine.
Seems too good to be true, I usually read that everyone Thai national or foreigner have to pay for the costs themselves.
Or has something changed in the meantime.
Jan Beute.
Contacted this morning. Have seen really luxurious hotel room. Food was super bad yesterday this morning good. Not allowed in the room, which is not easy with a child aged 5 and 15. Can we order stuff from eg 7 Eleven through someone, the rest is all apparently paid for by the state. If I go it will cost between 14 to 35000 for 60000 days hotel only.
The Thai have the choice to quarantine for 14 days in government-selected accommodation or for 15 days in 1 of the 13 government-selected hotels* in Bangkok. In the first case it is free – I read somewhere that the government pays 1000 per person per day to the accommodation provider – in the second case the Thai has to pay for it himself.
The non-Thai must self-quarantine for 15 days in 1 of the 13 government-selected hotels* in Bangkok at their own expense.
I remember reading that there were quite a few teething problems at the beginning of the Thai repatriation. Returning Thai OFW who had to sleep in tents placed in sheds on a military base (Sattahip?) for 14 days. Others who were put in a 14-person hotel room with two strangers for 2 days.
* https://www.facebook.com/OICDDC/posts/3071132559673983
How expensive are the tickets from Amsterdam to Bangkok. Ask this because the Thai embassy arranges the flight (repatriation flight) and there are no regular scheduled services. Apart from all the information about the prices of tests and hotels, I have not come across this anywhere.
My extension of non-immigrant visa-o has expired in the meantime and I wonder what kind of visa or residence permit the embassy will issue when returning to Thailand. I will possibly opt for a 60-day tourist visa if necessary and then convert it to a non-immigrant in Thailand. Does anyone here have knowledge about what the embassy issues because I heard that they do not issue a visa at all at the moment and I wonder what they require in my case.
Read that someone was insured for the health insurance company with FBTO and also had additional travel insurance with FBTO and could get a statement of insurance for the 100,000 USD.
I myself will try to meet the insurance conditions of the aforementioned 100.000 through travel insurance from FBTO and health insurance through CZ when I return in the future and will try to request a statement from both.
Dear Jan
We were happy with it after contacting the embassy. I'm afraid you can't get away since you're not married. However, send an email to the embassy in The Hague if they can help, they will. Story about insurance see my story below which should actually have been above
Dear Jan,
I am unmarried myself and cannot go to Thailand for the time being. Unfortunately, I cannot provide you with any information regarding insurance. However, I came across the following site via Google:
https://www.expatverzekering.nl/nieuws/20200323-%E2%80%9Ccorona-dekking%E2%80%9D-nodig-om-thailand-binnen-te-komen
This insurer may be able to provide you with the necessary information.
At the moment the situation is the other way around for me in that we see if my girlfriend can come here. That is now possible, but the question for us is mainly when a Thai resident no longer has to be quarantined upon his return,
You don't mention it, but I wonder if your wife and children have to be in state / hotel quarantine for 2 weeks when you return to Thailand?
Incidentally, I am certainly interested in a more detailed description of the procedure for Thai. What struck me in your story is the difference in costs for your wife and children (60 pp) and for yourself (242).
Thanks in advance.
As reported here a few times. You don't have to take out new insurance for the Covid insurance, that's nonsense. You can simply ask your health insurer (or, if necessary, your travel insurer) for an English-language statement that includes the requirements.
However, as I was now told yesterday by the embassy employee, it is indeed true that your insurance covers corona, then that is good. I will definitely go after that now and keep the ANWB option in hand. However, the code orange has not yet been lifted and had already been in contact with insurance companies and no one insured then.
Your NL health insurance is always valid in Thailand regardless of code orange, red or purple.
I don't understand where people keep getting this nonsense about not being insured. To become discouraged….
If you have health insurance in NL, it also applies in Thailand - with the only limitation that no more is reimbursed for a treatment than if it had taken place in NL. With additional insurance or a good travel insurance, even that possible difference is covered. And of course, Covid-19, like any other condition, is not excluded from health insurance.
Dear Cornelis, it always surprises me how bad people read, let alone be able to write, in case of filling a comment field how bad people type. Neither spelling and grammar checks are used, nor is 'word prediction (suggestions)' turned off, and then 'enter' is pressed and the response sent before the text is carefully read over for logical formulation.
Look at that reading: you formulate that Covid-19 is not excluded from health insurance. Which is completely correct and has been mentioned repeatedly on Thailandblog.
But I still suggest not to define 2 negative factors to a positive result in some cases, but to provide the positive spin in one go.
Thus: Covid-19, like any other condition, is covered by health insurance.
Nice that the below know so well. However, I canceled my FBTO travel insurance because after a phone call it turned out that they do not reimburse corona. Reason that I now want to go from the Netherlands to Thailand and as long as there is code orange I am not insured if I leave now. That's why I'm asking if anyone already has an approved insurance policy. So please provide correct information that you can prove. There is a clear difference in whether you are in Thailand or want to go to Thailand via the embassy. Today I will contact my VGZ insurance to see if I can get the policy in English with the fact that they reimburse corona. This is what the embassy told me verbally at Schiphol. So please think along and don't share your own thoughts. I hope that within 14 days I can take a flight from the embassy to my wife and kids again
Jan, if you read carefully you will see that Josef and I state that Dutch health insurance simply covers Corona. No conditions are excluded, so you will not find a health insurance policy in which Corona / Covid-19 is specifically mentioned. You're talking about travel insurance, that's another matter.
Whether your health insurer is prepared to issue a statement acceptable to the Thai authorities - I am also curious about that.
I think you are confusing travel insurance and health insurance. Travel insurance often does not pay out if you travel to risk areas. Health insurance does not have this limitation. So you do not have to go to your travel insurer for your statement, but to your health insurer.
The procedure for Thais to return to Thailand. My wife made a phone call via the internet. They can use this to register. We will then call you back within a few days, even on Sundays. Driving children to school was apparently enough that they could return straight away on Friday.
Thai only needs ticket was almost 500 pp and a fit to fly and no corona test. Strange but where on the plane, so many Thais do not test their temp before departure. And the other hand full of travelers with a test of 242 euros. Fit to fly and corona test that's the difference
I landed at Schiphol on Friday morning.
I also have a son in Thailand with a Dutch and Thai passport.
To enter Thailand you need a copy of the registration in the house where your son lives. you also need a copy of the registration of the mother who lives at the same address in Thailand. You need a birth certificate translated into Thai. This must be approved and stamped by the Dutch embassy in Thailand. You need a copy of the mother's passport and your son's Dutch and Thai passports.
of course you must also be on the birth certificate that was drawn up in Thailand and translated by a sworn translator and with an apostille stamp from the Dutch embassy.
In addition, you also need a fit to fly document and a health certificate from the doctor not older than 72 hours.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/551797439092744
Thanks for your report Jan. I'm curious whether you could simply check in plenty of luggage on the KLM flight (AMS - BKK). Can you tell us something about this? Some posts in Facebook groups assume that this is not the case. Something I can hardly imagine.
On flight KL875 on Friday 10 July, 23 kilos of checked baggage could be taken on board, as well as the usual hand baggage.
The above is correct
23 kg hold luggage, 24 kg was also allowed. 12 kg hand luggage was not looked at further.