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The Thai government is expected to approve the plan to allow 1.000 visitors per day when the travel ban is lifted on July 1. These foreign visitors do not have to be quarantined. However, it must concern travelers from safe countries or areas and with which Thailand has made a bilateral agreement.
The implementation plan will be submitted to Center for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) on Wednesday for approval.
“It will initially mainly concern business travelers and patients who come to Thailand for medical treatment,” said Traisuree Taisaranakul, deputy government spokeswoman. Foreign tourists will not be allowed to visit Thailand until later. To this end, proper agreements must first be made about the screening of tourists. This must take place both on departure and on arrival in Thailand. However, this does not mean that the visitors can travel freely once they are in Thailand as they are still not allowed to visit certain parts of the country and they are tracked through a smartphone application.
The final details of the plan are being discussed by the Ministry of Tourism and Sports, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Source: Bangkok Post
Does anyone know what it's like if you own a house on Koh Samui? Are there opportunities to travel there?
It doesn't matter if you own a house in Thailand. Dutch nationals who are currently entering alone must have a work permit, insurance and a fit-to-fly certificate.
And or an appointment with a private clinic.
Only applies to the countries with which Thailand has a bilateral agreement.
Are they standing on Suvarnabhumi with an abacus or something? Look, Thai are different from others but have now gone crazy. But yes, tourism was already in a negative spiral so I think they will not reach that 1000 per day….
@Constantine
well, seems difficult, but a "Thai solution" could be to quarantine the surplus of quota and move it to availability the next day(s), they already have computers and quarantine hotels (although paying) you know...?
Now until exactly 1000 I would not dare to think that this is possible , but approximately I think that this is possible .
By the way, they apparently already apply this for the Thais who repatriate to Thailand, including virus screening / quarantine, but that will possibly be arranged and counted through their embassies.
That will be running to the Immigration desks. What if your wife is number 1000 and you are number 1001?
Gift your wife shoes with a higher heel so that you can get rid of her faster next time? 🙂
How are the people considered, foreigners, who officially live/are registered in Thailand and pay taxes. Those are not tourists.
What if your non-immigrant visa has expired during (a longer than expected) stay in the Netherlands? What is the best way to obtain it again? Now I simply extend that with the 800.000 bath
on my account, if I just leave it that way, can I easily get a new non-immigrant visa?
Answer is simple, just start all over again, just like the first time.
Jan Beute.
It would be nice if the Thai government could provide the opportunity for family visits to Thailand in good time. Many (mixed) families residing in Europe are waiting for the redeeming signal!
According to ThaiVisa (The Nation), foreigners married to a Thai (m/f) may soon return. This also applies to people with permanent residency (a residence permit). Details still unknown, but let's wait and see what exactly they have in mind.
See: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1168574-foreigners-married-to-thais-set-to-be-allowed-to-return-to-thailand/
A similar message comes from Richard Barrow, who indicates that CAAT has said it is looking into this possibility, with the aim of making it a reality as soon as possible. That is good news for those affected.
Please note that these are foreigners who are married to a Thai! A relationship such as cohabitation is not sufficient, let alone 'courting'. This is of course easy to check by Immigration, who simply ask you to show your Kor Ror 2(and 3?). So make sure you get your Kor Ror 2 sent to you when you are abroad, because I think that is the only real proof that you are married to a Thai.
What I also gather from Barrow's story is that the mandatory quarantine would apply (in July). I think it makes sense to wait for further messages, but at least things are moving forward!
What exactly do you mean by Kor Ror 2 and 3 and how can that be obtained?
You automatically obtain this at the time of marriage in Thailand. Kor Ror 3 is the marriage certificate and Kor Ror 2 is the marriage registration. If the marriage was entered into abroad and subsequently registered in Thailand, you will receive a Kor Ror 22 instead of Kor Ror. 2.
Asking the question suggests that you are not married or that your marriage was not registered in Thailand.
To what extent it will be accepted that one is married abroad to a Thai, but has never had this registered in Thailand is the question…
Think that it means those with an (expired) non-immigrant visa, and that is not only the married, although it seems to me that this group will be the largest. As said, from CAAT and was also in the Bangkok Post. Think if it becomes official then it will come from Immigration and then with the correct residence status because even if you are married you do not have to live in Thailand and as a husband you are just a tourist. I myself have 2 small children in Thailand and I am happily unmarried but have an almost expired non-immigration visa. So who do they ultimately mean: the one whose wife lives in Thailand and who, on the basis of a non-immigrant visa (for example because of marriage) belong in Thailand but do not enter the country or those who simply visit their wife and then as be considered a tourist. I think the first group.
I think people simply think in 2 flavors:
1) foreigners married to a Thai
2) foreigners with a permanent residence permit.
If you are fortunately unmarried and without a residence permit, they have not thought of you. Just like I think someone who asks on TVF if he (without a Thai marriage partner, etc.) but with a child who is Thai, can inquire. I am afraid that your cases are not taken into account. Hope I'm wrong but if I have to guess how officials think then you have been forgotten.
You can also obtain or extend a non-immigrant visa on the basis that you have/care for children in Thailand, you do not have to be married. It will be a small group, but you will receive a residence permit equal to a married person; think those who speak about it in the media may not be aware of it but Immigration is.
You must be an official father or guardian and of course be able to prove that it is your child or that you have adopted it.
Can live under the same roof until they are 20 years old.
After 20 years, if you can prove that the child cannot manage independently.
If so, the conditions are just the same as for a Thai marriage
What does a non-immigrant visa have to do with this? It concerns people with Permanent Residency and people who are married (officially in Thailand or also recognize official marriages outside Thailand is the question).
If you are not married, your relationship is not official enough for the Thai authorities to let you back in, and if you do not have a PR, your stay is not permanent enough to let you back in. You will then fall into the 'temporary guests' group and may join at the back.
Hard to find (I think so, families that haven't been able to be together for months) but even here on this blog this straightforward, ad-hoc action got hands on: effective, tribute to the government etc
Priority of Thailand seems so I see:
1) Get Thai back
2) foreigners with work permit
3) foreigners with special professions to perform in Thailand
4) foreigners with permanent residency (recognized immigrants with residence permits)
5) official partners of Thai citizens
6) the rest: all temporary guests who are not important enough, insufficiently (officially) connected. These are the last to turn and seem to start per region (reciprocity, safe regions, the bubbles that people are now talking about). As a Dutchman under point 6, I think that people will not enter Thailand for the time being.
Indeed, the visa itself has little to do with it.
Although I think that a parent / guardian of a child also has its place on that list.
But let's first wait and see who falls under which scheme, when and under what conditions people can enter (back).
Speculating is pointless.
The non-immigrants with their visas: that is the whole discussion at stake (in addition to the permanent residents). Those who are lawfully allowed to stay in Thailand and are temporarily outside Thailand cannot return. I thought that's what it's all about and most of these are lawfully staying in Thailand because of marriage or sometimes for another reason (in my case, caring for children). All other married people are excluded from this because they do not have a residence permit for Thailand and are therefore tourists.
I read that they will tell more on Wednesday so we will wait and see.
First try to rake in money again in the business field and cover medical costs instead of tourists that the population needs to survive
My daughter booked months ago to go backpacking in Thailand for 5 weeks. Booked with KLM. Was leaving July 15th. KLM flight has not been canceled to date. Given the circumstances, she would prefer her money back because a € 1200 voucher is not much use to her. Looking at the situation where tourism is still not welcome in Thailand, it cannot be any other way that KLM still has to cancel the flight? If KLM cancels, it is entitled to a refund; If they cancel themselves now, probably only entitled to a voucher... I was told this, but maybe someone knows for sure what this is?
@William
right , do not cancel yourself , because that is where you give KLM the advantage , because even that voucher does not guarantee you the price of future flight , can go either way
Dear Willem,
At KLM you can now also get a refund instead of a voucher.
Yours faithfully,
Erwin
Not great news for the "average" Pattaya goer!
Just stay away for a year, and respect the will of apparently more than 50% of the THAI population who voted for this in a "summary" survey (you will probably dispute this)
Leave out comments about “I want to help the Thai people”!! I can promptly and happily forward the details of very reliable and admirable aid organizations here in Hua Hin from “farang Foodbank”” aid, so you don't have to come yourself (50% of the cost of the plane ticket is already a huge step forward in food and baby milk distribution)
You love Thailand (or yourself) ?
Marc
Dear Marc, 1) they are not all average Pattaya goers, so what? 2) do you really believe that everything is solved with "farang food bank"? (I myself have expressed my support through NTCC out of respect for all the Thais who always welcome me with their wonderful smiles). 3) More and more don't come to Thailand or not just for beer bars, go-go bars or getting off the ground cheaply. I'm not going to discuss this further, but just want to tell you that the majority needs tourism to survive.
Expectations are already being tempered by Farangs' best friend. Minister Anutin makes it clear that only these countries that did not have a Corona virus would be admitted, how he will view this with his best friend China is a mystery to me. 5555
Just appeared on English Forum
https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1168587-thailand-will-be-very-choosy-about-who-can-visit-insists-anutin/
For me I stick to my “Christall ball”: first quarter 2021 for the general group (subject to conditions)
Source – Der Farang
BANGKOK: Foreigners who are married to a Thai or have permanent residence in the kingdom, but are stranded abroad due to the corona crisis, will receive a special permit to return to Thailand.
During the English-language information session on Covid-19 on Monday, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Natapanu Nopakun said government agencies would allow foreigners to enter Thailand. Details about the return of this group will be announced at a later date. Since Thailand banned foreigners from entering the country, countless foreigners married to Thais have been stranded abroad. Some have been separated from their families in Thailand for more than three months.
A thousand visitors a day, that's 3 planes…. That's coming along nicely.
Again the umpteenth message about allowing tourists in Thailand. And again many commenters who think that the Pattaya visitors should join the back. Well, fortunately they have nothing to say in Thailand and no farang will ever have anything to say in Thailand. I myself have booked for the month of November. And until then it's just a matter of waiting to see what the Thai government will decide about allowing Dutch tourists. Fortunately, my ticket was dirt cheap and flexible too. If it doesn't work in November, I'll just move that ticket to June 2021. And if it's possible to go to Thailand earlier, I'll have booked a ticket quickly in between.
1000 visitors per day times 30 days, that's not bad at all!