Anyone who is fully vaccinated against corona and wants to travel to Thailand can now use a new information platform from the TAT. This website should make the information and the steps to take to travel to Thailand clearer. It involves six steps that cover entry requirements, from CoE registration and flight bookings to quarantine and insurance.
The one-stop platform, available at www.entrythailand.go.th/journey/1 , provides an overview of entry requirements for international visitors who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and eligible for a reduced mandatory quarantine period.
International visitors who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-14 with a vaccine approved and registered with the Ministry of Health of Thailand or approved by the World Health Organization (WHO) no less than 19 days prior to travel are eligible for the quarantine reduction to seven days. Unvaccinated or incomplete visitors must be quarantined for 10 days. Visitors from the 11 countries with SAR-CoV-2 virus mutations and variants must be quarantined for 14 days.
After reviewing the overview of the rules and entry conditions, fully vaccinated international visitors can proceed with the six steps:
- Step 1: Registration for the Certificate of Entry (COE). This approval can take three days.
- Step 2: Flight booking on a repatriation flight or a semi-commercial flight. Tickets must be purchased within 15 days of receipt of the pre-approved COE.
- Step 3: Book and send the hotel booking confirmation in an alternate state of quarantine (ASQ) within 15 days of receipt of the pre-approved COE. Any ASQ accommodation booked through the “Entry Thailand” system automatically reports the booking status to the COE system or uploads proof of confirmation in the “Entry Thailand” system.
- Step 4: Get COVID-19 health insurance within 15 days of receipt of the pre-approved COE. Any COVID-19 insurance policy booked through the “Entry Thailand” system will automatically report the booking status to the COE system or upload documents in the “Entry Thailand” system.
- Step 5: Check the COE status and, if necessary, prepare additional documents before you travel.
- Step 6: Prepare for the journey through download it and register it with the “Thailand Plus application“, complete the Thailand health declaration or T.8 form and prepare other relevant documents to enter Thailand.
Learn more about the “Entry Thailand” online platform at www.entrythailand.go.th/journey/1 .
The TAT provides ongoing updates on the tourism-related COVID-19 situation in Thailand on the TAT Newsroom (www.tatnews.org); Facebook (tatnews.org); and Twitter (Tatnews_Org).
Source: TAT
Thanks Erik, apparently still sleep in the eyes.....
LS
I find all those steps for already vaccinated completely ridiculous. In particular, the quarantine and compulsory insurance up to 100000 dollars. It is a quantitative adjustment, not a qualitative one.
Adrian.
It may be, but nevertheless the only way to enter Thailand. So just follow the indicated route, ensure covid insurance and quarantine for 7 days.
She must impose even more rules, then the tourists will drop out even more and more. If they checked their quarantine better themselves, how come the infections are rising again? Surely exceptions make the rule? Last year the provinces were closed and then they could not go from BKK to other provinces to pass on the infections.
Flight ticket... If I read/understand correctly that I have to buy a ticket via their website...? I have already bought a ticket with KLM directly to BKK on September 1st… ??
Does anyone know what the rule is for airline tickets ???
After October 1, I could fly without all these rules… provided there are new rules. So if I cannot use my own ticket, can I fly on October 1…
Please comment…
Thanks in advance.
Jack.
Sjaak
“KLM direct to BKK on September 1” is a semi commercial flight. So allowed.
How can one find that information? With the airlines themselves? I also already have my tickets (already postponed 3 times…). Thank you in advance. Grtn
Still a mess. It is still made too complex. Caution yes, but please keep it simple and risk-free. For example: abolishing COE and also booking a flight should not be a condition; it is logical that a flight and return flight is needed. Just submit everything together (flight, ASQ and insurance) in one step.
Unfortunately, I will stay away for a while, despite my first injection. Since the tourists will certainly stay away and hardly anything will change economically, I assume that eventually the “plate for head” will also be removed in Thailand and the procedures will be simplified. Then it may be time to return.
There are some tourists who want or wanted to visit the island of Phuket and were confronted with it already upon arrival at the airport.
That they have to undergo some kind of Covid test on the spot where they have to pay 500 bath and the arriving Thai are free of this.
Some have already indicated it is no longer necessary for them.
I feel the same way if it has to be this way and they would love to have the tourist back again.
Don't get me wrong, it's not about those few 500 baths, but about the principle.
So my Thai spouse and I have been living here for over 16 years and with yellow books, purple ID cards and whatnot, our plans to go south and Phuket sometime have been put on hold for the next few months.
So another hotel room including everything it entails is empty again, they are slowly sorting it out there at the TAT in PHUKET.
Source of all this Thai Visa.com, And as for that steel plate for the head, it has gradually become meters thick, you can no longer get through with a cutting torch, even if it was a plasma cutting torch.
Jan Beute.
What I do not understand is : how does the above apply to the application for a NON O and NON OA visa ?
In what order should that be done?
If – emphatically 'if' because you can also enter without – you need a visa, you must first have that in order before starting the rest of the procedure.
With two syringes in my pocket (official document), possibly PCR test 72 hours before departure + on arrival in BKK and possibly I say 2 days of quarantine I can live, and many of us I think.
On the other hand, what guarantee does Thailand offer me or us if the same number is infected in September as in Europe now?
I ask myself more and more the question of “who should protect whom?”.
In theory we are "protected" with two syringes, but is it impossible that we can still get sick from Thai corona infected persons? I don't know, maybe one of the readers/writers knows.
Also planning to travel in September.
Greetings to everyone and hoping from..
Dear Philippe,
I hope your plan can go ahead in September, currently I hear nothing but more corvid infections in Thailand every day, where it was claimed last year in Thailand almost none, today more and more provinces are going into lockdown.
Anyone who knows what will be in some time may say so, uncertainty will remain for a while in my opinion.
hope gives life Greetings
I read yesterday that a country like Laos has closed its border with Thailand, and I can't blame them.
The virus is also increasing in numbers daily in my immediate vicinity.
By the way, I hear it through the local TamTam.
The newly elected new boss of our Tambon and his spouse and contact persons are now also in quarantine.
Also had to go south during the Songkran if necessary.
Jan Beute.
Yes, but compare: 2800 new cases in a country with 69 million inhabitants (Thailand), 8000 new cases daily in a country with 16 million inhabitants (the Netherlands).
In Thailand, however, people react differently. Hofstede called it “uncertainty avoidance”. Others call it 'Dutch sobriety' versus 'Thai panic over nothing'.
Chris, it just depends on how you look at it, if you want to compare Thailand with the Netherlands you have to take the necessary things into account, if you make the comparison you have to compare an area that is the same size, then make a comparison between Bangkok and surroundings, which density is more similar to the Netherlands.
The comment "Thai panic over nothing" is also a strange comment, if a country is used to going to the hospital (doctor) and they are told it is full, I don't understand the comment. But if you're healthy yourself, it's often exaggerated, isn't it?
It's only so easy to talk if it doesn't hit you yet.
best nl th:
1. why should I compare an area like Bangkok with the Netherlands? Bangkok is a very big city (where people live closer together) and the Netherlands is a country with countryside. But if I do that at all: 1.200 daily cases in Bangkok (with approximately 12 million inhabitants), in the Netherlands (16 million) 8.000. Still looks much better for Bangkok, doesn't it?
2. It's not about what people are used to. It is about what a (credible) government thinks is the best way to contain the virus and reduce the number of deaths. In no country do people who have tested positive but are asymptomatic have to go to a (field) hospital. In Thailand, yes. Wise than the whole world? I dare to doubt it from the point of view of further spread and shortage of beds. Name me a country where field hospitals are set up that are also not enough??
3. My opinion based on reason, common sense and analysis would not change even if I got the virus myself. I'm not that emotionally unstable. I follow certain rules to avoid getting corona just like I do to avoid getting lung cancer, getting into a traffic accident or getting a liver disease. But if I do get it, I'm out of luck and no one can say I brought the disease on myself.
dear Chris:
1. why compare with bangkok WITH the necessary conversions where you add the countryside. Looks even better now, yes.
2. I'm not claiming anything just wondering what you mean. you are now going to get the government involved do you really think that the people on the street only listen to that talk? I think more that those happening on social media and hospital are bashing.
3. I can agree with this point, everyone should, but as long as anti-social figures sit quietly (where everyone wears a face mask) sitting next to you, it is difficult.
It's just now so be careful and if you are unlucky then you can at least say I was careful.
Dear Chris, I can agree with you on point 3.
But on point 1 I think differently, namely if everyone in Bangkok had been tested, what would the relationship be?
Because how many of those 12 million inhabitants in BKK have been screened, look and that's where the difference lies, only we don't know.
So it's just guesswork so far.
But the fact that the virus is now starting to gain a firm foothold here can be called a fact.
Jan Beute
In the Netherlands (17,5 million), 70.000+ people are tested every day. How much in Thailand?
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'Yes, but compare: 2800 new cases in a country with 69 million inhabitants (Thailand), 8000 new cases daily in a country with 16 million inhabitants (the Netherlands).
In Thailand, however, people react differently. Hofstede called it “uncertainty avoidance”. Others call it 'Dutch sobriety' versus 'Thai panic over nothing'.
Chris, this is not about the absolute numbers but about the strong increase in a short period of time. That's what real epidemiologists look at and worry about.
You call on Hofstede's Uncertainty Avoidance Index to explain the differences in response to the virus in the Netherlands and Thailand. I just looked at those numbers. That index is 64 for Thailand and 53 for the Netherlands. For comparison: Belgium 94 and Singapore 8. This means that with regard to this factor there is little difference between Thailand and the Netherlands. You cannot explain everything with cultural factors.
What the average citizen is interested in is the number of infections and the number of deaths, in order to estimate how afraid you should be of Corona.
In Thailand total since March 2020: 129. In the Netherlands since June 2020: 17.038.
And yet people in Thailand are much more afraid of Covid than in the Netherlands.
Ra, ra, ra: how is that possible? It has nothing to do with the real chance of infection and death. Not culturally determined? How?
(a difference between 64 and 53 is really significant with thousands of questionnaires)
I find it difficult to judge how big the difference is in fear of the virus between the Netherlands and Thailand. That fear is determined by many factors. In Thailand more due to a strong increase (in the Netherlands the peak seems to have been reached and more are opening up), socio-economic issues such as unemployment and hunger, less access to good medical care and less confidence in the government. In the initial phase of the epidemic in the Netherlands, with few infections and deaths, the fear was perhaps greater than now. And yes, 64 and 53 is a significant difference but a small difference. I don't think it has much to do with culture.
The fear of the virus has been there since the first outbreak in the Lumpini boxing stadium. Don't forget that Thailand was the second country in the world with infections, with the TV images of a complete lockdown of Wuhan in the crosshairs.
Add to that Anutin's statements that the foreigners were responsible for everything (refused to wear masks) and you have a cocktail consisting of fear of the virus (because also unknown and initially compared to SARS) and of foreigners. That fear has never really gone away and the government has done nothing to dispel that unrest because the figures continued to show that things did not go that smoothly in Thailand.
I already have my flight ticket with Qatar on 25 Jul, I will be fully vaccinated by the end of May.
Is my ticket valid then? Is this semi commercial?
I land, according to ticket, in Phuket where I hoped to do the Q in the “Sandbox”, so Q in Phuket instead of Bangkok. Is this always provided? Thanks in advance and take care.
Hallo,
Ben left for Spain on March XNUMXth and got there without a PCR test certificate
admitted from Thailand. What had to be arranged for that was a Spanish one
certificate with a QR code and a self-completed health declaration.
Now with this development in Thailand you can forget that; you also have to quarantine.
Yesterday I tried to look into the statement from the Thai embassy in Madrid.
Certain things in the quarantine lists are still in Thai!
The list of ASQ hotels in Bangkok is too long (for making a choice), the series
in the various provinces is slightly less, but it remains unclear and the costs are rising
the lap of the travellers. If it were 50/50, it's plausible.
I prefer to give the 40.000 Bath that is charged for 14 days to my girlfriend for two
to live on for months if she is frugal.
Was planning on going back in May, but we're just going to forget about that.
Needs a second Pfizer shot and if a PCR test is needed afterwards, it's no different.
That PCR test, even if you have been vaccinated, is now also added.
JD Kruse
Completely agree with your opinion that it is better to give that money to your girlfriend than some hotel. I am of that opinion too.
Hallo,
Yesterday I tried to look into the statement from the Thai embassy in Madrid.
Certain things in the quarantine lists are still in Thai!
The list of ASQ hotels in Bangkok is too long (for making a choice), the series
in the various provinces is slightly less, but it remains unclear and the costs are rising
the lap of the travellers. If it were 50/50, it's plausible.
I prefer to give the 40.000 Bath that is charged for 14 days to my girlfriend for two
to live on for months if she is frugal.
Was planning to return from Spain in May, but we're just going to forget about that.
Needs a second Pfizer shot and if a PCR test is needed afterwards, it's no different.
That PCR test, even if you have been vaccinated, is now also added.
JD Kruse
I don't understand all the commotion and all the questions about airline tickets and insurance.
The website of the Thai Embassy in the Netherlands explains point by point what you need to do to get a COE.
It's just that simple.
Follow the points and if you miss something you will automatically receive a message from the Embassy what to do.
And what you think of it, too expensive, too long quarantine is all irrelevant. Follow the list of points and you will be in Thailand within 1 month.
Completely agree with you, read several comments in this blog that people can no longer see the wood for the trees and other texts. It is clearly stated on the website of the embassy and that makes it simple. Why the TAT goes over it with its own version only makes the passage to Thailand more confusing.
To give just a few examples, the term Certificate of Travel is used in the TAT platform, while the name is Certificate of Entry,
are they talking about 10 days of quarantine for unvaccinated people while that is 11 nights which means a quarantine can be 12 to 13 days,
it says: Covid-19 test results in the event of a designated airline or a transit country while a Covid test is always necessary (and then specifically an RT-PCR test, which is also not even mentioned yet) and with a transit flight it is necessary again not while this is mandatory to purchase before departure. So has nothing to do with the airline and also not with a transit, but has to do with the entry into Thailand,
on the TAT site not a word is said about a visa, while this is one of the most important points.
As mentioned, the TAT platform causes confusion because it is unclear and incomplete.
But if you are fully vaccinated (2 syringes of pfizer) and have Dutch health insurance, with additional travel accident insurance. Then such additional covid insurance, which Thailand demands, is double and nonsense. And what does that not cost, if you go for 3 months.
That is the same for the Belgians, I also have a Belgian health insurance with additional hospitalization insurance, they even repatriated me in 2020 from Nong Prue, came to pick me up by taxi, to BBK, flight KLM, transport Shiphol and then with patient transport to Antwerp, all taken care of and paid for by Mutas. So it would probably also be superfluous for me and others such additional insurance, but yes if we want to go back we will still have to do what they ask, so another € 650 on top for that covid insurance,
3 months sat. Costs 7400 baht is about 200 euros. Too bad to spend because I'm already well insured, but Thailand doesn't want to sift through thousands of policies and ned. Insurance companies do not want or are not allowed to state amounts, so we have to pay.
And what insurance is that? also stating $100000.
I'm just addressing the readers here, because I'm having a hard time finding anything on the following topic:
If you have met all the conditions and your quarantine period (in Bangkok) is over, can you travel throughout the country without restrictions?
Yes, after your quarantine you are free.
I think that's incomplete.
Depends on where you are going at that moment, which province you come from and what the local provincial measures are.
You may well have to quarantine again if the provincial measures require it.
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2099319/entry-restrictions-now-in-43-provinces
I think the questioner wants to know if there are any restrictions if you enter the country and have undergone the mandatory quarantine.
The TAT website states the following about this:
'Stage One (Q2), from April to June, vaccinated foreign tourists will be allowed to undergo quarantine in government-approved hotels or other facilities under a '0+7 nights + designated routes' model. After completing the first 7 nights, they will be allowed to visit other destinations in Thailand.'
So yes, you are then free to travel further. The only rules that still need to be followed are those that also apply to the ordinary Thai.
For now, those are lockdowns per province, I'm afraid.
His question is “If you have fulfilled all the conditions and your quarantine period (in Bangkok) is over, can you travel throughout the country without restrictions?”
Yes, you are free to travel throughout the country, but that does not mean the same as traveling across the country without restrictions.
As soon as one speaks of "entry restrictions" you can no longer speak of free travel.
That is why I only say that it is somewhat incomplete that “being free”.
And since he's leaving Bangkok, which is a red zone, there's a good chance that this will have consequences wherever he goes.
It is best to inform yourself before you go somewhere.
Can you just always cost a PCR or other test, a quarantine or whatever upon entry into the province.
Those measures do indeed also apply to Thai people, but that is only a meager consolation that is of no use to you.
See here various websites that can ensure that you can enter Thailand.
In my opinion, the only correct and complete information can be found on the website of the Thai Embassy. If everyone who wants to come to Thailand starts there, all the problems presented here on the blog will be completely unnecessary. Look at the THAI EMBASSY for Thai and Farang, I can't make it clearer.
So Martin, show where the information that the questioner asks for can be found on the Thai Embassy website.
Asking for and sharing information, isn't that what a forum is for?
If any post is superfluous here, it's yours.
Website Thai Embassy:
[email protected]
Enter 3 dashes at the top left. Next screen choose travel to Thailand in the covid-19 situation
Click:
To scroll down.
4th point for Thai
5th point for farang like you.
Daily changes for travel. Mouth caps etc can generally be found in the Bangkok Post.
Make it so easy for yourself Nico
Typo in website should be:
[email protected]
Thanks for the link, but I really didn't need it. As a Belgian, I get my information from the Thai embassy in Brussels.
+ I didn't ask you where the information is for the non-Thai who want to go to Thailand, but where on the Thai Embassy website the questioner can find an answer to his question: 'Can I travel freely through Thailand after the mandatory quarantine. '
Nico. Dutch people always read everything, including farang and where you can find the current situation in Thailand. Read my message again maybe it will become clear. Hello guys