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    Medical Insurance Requirement On Re-Entering Thailand

    in Chiang Mai

    Posted

    1.  I'm told you can apply for the Thailand Pass up to 60 days before your trip.  Given, though, that they claim approval is given almost immediately and/or within 48 hours, no likely need to apply for it before a week or so before your trip.  

    2.  No medical insurance is required for a holder of a Non-O Visa and/or extensions thereof; however, currently for Thailand Pass you must get the $10k covid insurance which you can get for 650 baht. 

    The entry rules (even the possibility of the elimination of the Thailand Pass deal and/or the requirement for covid medical insurance) may very well change as of July 1st and any changes for July will likely be promulgated by about the 25th of this month.  Given you aren't leaving until July 17th, wisest course in my opinion is for you to get acquainted with whatever the rules may be during the first few days of July and then apply if needed for Thailand Pass at least 10 days before your trip.

     

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    US Passport Renewal in Chiang Mai

    in Chiang Mai

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    I was told that you cannot renew a US passport at either the CM Consulate or the Bkk Embassy absent special circumstances (emergency, name change, etc.) It generally all has to be done by mail now and it's real easy in my opinion.  Did it in December, passport and required stuff went by DHL on a Monday morning and I had the new passport (and old one punched) in the mail 11 days later.  

    For requirements, simply google the US Thai Embassy and citizen services section will lead you to the appropriate place.

    As for timing, you can get a new US passport anytime.  I renewed mine (which still had 5 years until expiration) because I had the smaller passport book and had only half a page remaining for stamps.

    If you don't get a new passport before your extension, your next annual extension will only go until the expiration date of your passport.....so I'd recommend going for the new passport at least a couple months before your extension date (and, of course, get your current stamps transferred to the new passport before you grab your next extension).

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    Tourist (TR) Visa to Non O

    in Chiang Mai

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    I did once, a dozen+ years ago.  But you first convert to a simple Non-0 and, during the last 45 days of that (last 30 days in some provinces), you can apply for the annual extension based on retirement.  I'm not sure what your real question is but you can likely search this site for many threads about converting to a Non-O from both a Tourist Visa and an exempt entry.

    International covid vaccination certificates for travel

    in Visas and migration to other countries

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    On a somewhat related topic, Thai government (Public Health Ministry) shut down the Mor Chana covid-tracking app today, saying it was no longer needed given Thailand is about to enter the "endemic" phase.

    I'd guess (but don't know) that eventually they'll deep-six the entire Mor Chana app so it might be wise to download copies of whatever information (digital health certificate, international certificate, etc.) you might want to preserve.

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    International covid vaccination certificates for travel

    in Visas and migration to other countries

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    3 hours ago, Hotrats said:

    ..... my question is: how do I receive that QR Code? Do I wait for an email? SMS? I could see no explanation in the Mor Prom app as to how I get the QR Code once my application has been approved.

    I too was expecting an email but never got one.  When I signed up for the certificate, I do recall it said something about it being ready after a given date.  A few days after that date, I just opened the Mor Prom app, hit the International Certificate button, and it was there.  It remains in the never never land of my phone (although I also grabbed a couple of screen shots, printed those out, and now keep those copies with my travel paperwork).

     

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    International covid vaccination certificates for travel

    in Visas and migration to other countries

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    If you scroll down on the Mor Prom app - bottom left - you should see a button to apply for a digital International Certificate.  As I understand it, they are free

    until about (?) the 22nd of this June.  

    Here's a copy of what mine looks like (I've erased name and other personal information) and one can also scroll down and it'll list the exact vaccines (name, lot number, date, etc.) that you received.  I'm only attaching the top part.

     

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    Chiang Mai long-stay yearly renewal experience 26 May 2022

    in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits

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    Op says in part: "....The IO used to laugh at all the documents..."  My guess is they did that because you were providing them more documents than they needed or wanted.

    I've applied for about a dozen annual extensions based on retirement here at CM Immigration and I've never, as part of that package, ever provided any of your "stateside documents" or a copy of the TM47 (90-day Receipt of Notification) nor have any of my friends ever presented such documents or copies.  We do provide a copy of the TM30 (Receipt of Notification) each year.

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    Availability of Moderna booster in chiang mai

    in Chiang Mai

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    5 hours ago, cardinalblue said:

     ....what has the experience been at Central Airport for boosters?

    I had two Pfizer shots early last year and first booster (Moderna) at RAM Hospital in December. Second booster (also chose Moderna) was April 16th at Airport Centran.  They were shown my entire shot history (I didn't want to get the second booster if violated any rules) and they said no problem getting the second booster after slightly less than 4 months.

    Is Thailand Pass Insurance a scam?

    in COVID-19 Coronavirus

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    17 hours ago, bkk6060 said:

    It seems there have been enough claims paid to cause insurers to suffer serious losses.

     

    The OP is asking about the covid coverage required for Thailand Pass and the losses you mention (and were widely publicized) relate to millions of cheap covid policies that some insurers sold mainly in 2020 (before covid insurance was contemplated or required for entry into Thailand).  As concerns the policies sold (and required) for either the prior Certificate of Entry or for the fairly new Thailand Pass, I haven't seen a single thing (newspaper article, etc.) saying there was either coverage or a problem with those policies......so my guess is that the answer to the OP's question is largely unknown.  As concerns posts here, I do see the one in this thread by poster Orchis and that's the first post I recall seeing indicating that there has been no problem with coverage (I presume that poster got the coverage for Thailand Pass but I could be wrong there). 

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    Bacon

    in Chiang Mai

    Posted · Edited by CMBob

    Haven't been able to find really good bacon around CM for years.  The best bacon (just my opinion) in CM

    is the bacon served by the various Dukes restaurants (thick, minimal fat, and a bit of a crunch as it's properly cooked). If we could only figure out where Dave buys it....

     

     

    TM30 and Re Entry Permit

    in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits

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    48 minutes ago, paddyfield7 said:

    I will leave for Europe in a few weeks, and my agent just confirmed last week that when you are living in the province of Chiang Mai, you still need to do a new TM30 each time you return from abroad, even if you return to the same address as previously reported. My address is unchanged for almost 7 years now, and I still do a TM30 each and every time I return from outside Thailand. This may not apply any more to many or most other Thai provinces, but for CNX it does.

    Your agent may have told you that but I believe that is incorrect information. I returned 6+ months ago from abroad to the same address in Chiangmai and I neither did a new TM30 nor was I required to do so.  I've obtained an annual extension, handled the 90-day address notices, and transferred stamps to a new passport and there's been no request for a new TM30 (nor did they disturb the existing TM30 "Receipt of Notification" which I moved and stapled into the new passport). 

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