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Home » Travel » Entry conditions Covid-19 » Thailand relaxes the Test & Go entry conditions as of March 1: 2nd PCR test expires
Thailand relaxes the Test & Go entry conditions as of March 1: 2nd PCR test expires
Posted in Entry conditions Covid-19, Travel
Tags: Thailand entry conditions, PCR test, Test & Go
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As of March 1, Thailand will relax the Test & Go entry conditions for travelers entering the country by air, land and water. It is no longer necessary to book a hotel with a PCR test before the 5th day. Instead, there will be a self-test that the traveler can use. The insurance requirement for medical insurance will also be reduced from $50.000 to $20.000.
There is no quarantine obligation for arrivals by land and air as of 1 March, but on day 1 you must wait in a hotel for the results of the PCR test. This must be done in a SHA Extra Plus (SHA++) hotel or alternative quarantine facility. If this is negative, you can go wherever you want in Thailand.
The other entry rules remain unchanged.
More information: https://www.tatnews.org/2022/02/thailand-reopening-exemption-from-quarantine-test-go/
I am very curious what that means for people who already have a Thailand pass, including booking for a hotel on day 1 in February and day 5 in March. For example Arrival February 27 (test, day 1) , booked hotel and Test on day 5 is then March 3.
If it is cancelled, it will give many travelers more air, but it will put a hole in their wallets.
I wonder if this has been thought through.
Then you're out of luck. You have received a Thailand Pass under the old conditions. Incidentally, you can only use the new rules after March 7, which will take effect on March 1 and you must allow 7 days for the approval of the Thailand PASS.
haha. The farce just keeps going. I leave March 18 and have indeed booked day 1 and day 5 in the same hotel. For convenience only booked 5 days in the same hotel (Pattaya).
Wonder what they do with that. Day 5 I might get full board 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂
So if I understand you correctly because I applied for the Thailand pass earlier do I have to get a PCR test on day 5?
Hello, today I received the same answer from day 5 hotel Anantara in Hua Hin.
Thailand pass is still according to the previous rules and so yes also pcr test on day 5.
I'm not going to do it, I'm applying for a new Thailand Pass from March 7 for departure on March 19.
Then you have the new rules.
Since we fly with Thai Airways, we also checked which route they fly.
Would not now be via Russia (near Ukraine), but over Turkey.
And for applicants before December 22, 2021? They did not have to do a PCR test on day 5 and later on. In fact, the rules will now enter into force again until December 21, and according to those rules they could suffice with an ATK on day 5, just like the applicants after March 1, 2022.
I'm curious, because my Thailand Pass was requested before December 21 and I will arrive on April 16 (yes, if the goddamn applied for a Th. Pass at the time)
Another step close to the old normal. Hope we can enter quickly with only a pcr test and then the sun will shine a bit again for a holiday in Thailand. My crystal ball says that we will be rid of all measures at the start of the new high season, provided, of course, that no new variant throws a spanner in the works.
As long as there is a mandatory test on the first day and a general mask obligation, I think few holidaymakers will travel to Thailand. last January, 3,5% of incoming travelers tested positive on the first day. I and many others will not take that risk for 2 or 3 weeks of vacation.
Any relaxation will result in extra holidaymakers.
In this case probably mainly from people who want to stay longer than 2 or 3 weeks.
Stan doesn't speak for the others I am already very happy as a tourist to only have to do a test and a hotel, we come from 15 days of quarantine to sandbox to two tests and now only one more that I and many others have been looking forward to for a VERY LONG time.
That's right, Pratana! It's just what you're willing to pay for it!
In 2021 I was twice in complete quarantine, locked in a hotel room, in Bangkok for sixteen days.
Including the first time at the gate at Schiphol, 25 meters from the KLM plane, being refused on the flight because I didn't have six printed documents, but five printed documents and one only digital…..go, apply for everything again and another tree printed and still flying a week later!
And the third time in 2021 fifteen days Phuket Sandbox, great!
I kept track: 18 cotton swabs I kept negative….
And now 1 hotel night and 1 test…. It's just what you're willing to pay for it!
Pratana, I am talking about the average tourists who can only go on holiday for 2 or 3 weeks. If you can only do 2 or 3 weeks, would you also risk a positive test and 2 weeks of quarantine?
What happens to people who have already booked this second PCR test? I leave March 18? Of course I paid everything and already have the Thailand pass. Do I still fall under the new rules or under the old ones because I arranged in advance.
Who knows what I can do now? I would still have time to apply for a new Thailand Pass.
Well, I've also arranged everything, we leave April 7, I'm going to apply for the Thailand Pass again soon. And then cancel the 2nd test + hotel.
Fly today, 23rd.
24th day 1 and 28th day 5 a PCR test.
March 1, after a negative test, then travel to Isaan.
I am certainly unlucky, but very happy to be able to be with the wife and children again after such a long time (more than 2 years). And my few days alone I can visit some friends.
Including Gringo (your cigars are on their way).
So the same requirements for Omikron , in November
After a postponement due to December 22, everything is finally ready and paid for. The first test on March 11 and the second test on March 15. Wasn't easy in Khon Kaen. Received Thailand Pass today. Because it is for 2 people I tend to cancel on Khon Kaen. Or am I obliged to adhere to the situation when applying, so 2 days ago? What is Wisdom?
Hallo,
I would like to know whether this also applies to applications that have already been submitted or is it only for applications submitted from 1 March
I have also read that, depending on the infection situation, it is being considered to also have the
first test + mandatory hotel stay to be cancelled. If this continues, the Thailand Pass will in any case still remain with mandatory insurance (expiring this will certainly not be considered in the short term) and the mandatory PCR test 72 hours before departure.
Follow-up to an earlier report: I read it in the Pattaya News of February 24, and there is
expressly stated that it concerns “consideration” and not a “promise”! So just wait and see...
And no one complains about the extra insurance requirement anymore. Reduced, but the amount is still required to be stated in the “statement of insurance”. Do I now have to conclude that everyone has resigned themselves to taking out additional health / travel insurance to obtain the Thailand Pass?
Khaki
My flight arrives in BKK after midnight on March 24. It will be a while before I can get to the SHAplus hotel. Should I assume that I have to book two days / nights. If the check out time is at 12.00, the results will certainly not be in time for a day. Does anyone have any experience with this or a tip?
HH Hello Haki
We have had contact with each other before about this subject OA FBTO.
I am still in the Netherlands due to health and other private matters.
Now that they have lowered the insurance requirement to $ 20.000, it should still be possible to grant a form of exemption for those who still hold a valid residence permit based on non-O ritirement, because these people already have it of THB 800.000 which is considerably more than $20.000. That makes it a lot easier for expats who, for example, spend the winter or for other reasons want/have to visit the Netherlands 1 or 2 times.
Unfortunately, I am no longer covered by this as mine has expired for a long time, but as soon as I go back to Thailand I want to stay there again under the same conditions, which means that I want to enter the country on the basis of 90 days and this period extend with imi for one year. If they enforce the $20.000 rule (which I expect) whether it concerns COFID or other injuries, they at least know that that person has at least $20.000. How simple can it be? But hey, Thailand.