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According to news in New Zealand, the two are brothers and their parents are millionaires.

Am going to use U-Tapao airport for first time. Have got re-entry permits at the main airports in Bangkok before - Anybody know if they offer this service at U-Tapao airport?

It’s pretty sad to read nonsense like this again and again on an expat forum. Wherever you go in the world, you’ll find plenty of smart people and plenty of people acting stupidly too… and that includes Thailand and wherever you are from.

Nahhh, everyone knows the Daily Fail always gets it right.

I’m genuinely surprised that you consider this an over-reaction. The banning of flights and closing of borders has been extremely limited. The majority of countries have targeted specific locations while they work out the severity of the newly identified strain. This seems like common sense to me. There already seems some evidence that this strain is more transimissable and more resistant to vaccines. If this is confirmed and it is also found to cause more severe covid then this is going to be a huge problem.

What measures do you think have been a complete overreaction? Sure, there have been a few dramatic headlines but I can’t see any any actual measures that would affect people in most countries.

You’re misinformed here. Florida changed the way that it counted positive tests so they’re counted from the day of the test, not the day of the positive result. Presumably they did this so people are fooled (like you seem to be) when they look at the daily figures. Fine to disagree with Thailand’s Covid measures but anybody who doesn’t see the logic in them is either grandstanding or just dumb.

Yes, I was trying to show the stupidity of the ‘but there are two valid sides’ argument. That there are plenty of things that significant numbers of people seem to believe that should be disqualifying if you want to be a teacher. As you point out, there are potentially grave practical consequences if schools and governments are not firm with this.

If Aseannow readers are not sure of the situation, I don’t think the above 5 paragraphs will help the matter. If you’re going to be critical of others for poor communication, check your own work before you publish.

a teacher who has weighed up the evidence on both sides and decided not to get vaccinated might also believe that evolution is a myth, the earth is flat and the word ‘dumb’ is spelled without a ‘b’. They shouldn’t be teaching.

Yep… and a photo like that at the very least would show that her statement that she didn’t know him at all was false.

I wouldn’t say this has no chance of happening at all but I do think you are piling worst case scenario on worst case scenario. I think schools will do very little testing… and it will become normal for people with mild symptoms to isolate at home… and private hospitals will not be forced upon teachers who clearly won’t be able to afford really high hospital bills. but maybe I am an optimist!

What makes you think they will have extensive testing at schools? In Thailand the numbers tested are really low, I think that will continue. I think schools will expect teachers to be vaccinated but there will only be testing if there is a major confirmed outbreak at the school.

The police may never be able to find out exactly what happened on that night. There is only one living witness and if his testimony is suspect then it will be difficult. The police may never find that money, it could be difficult trace a smallish amount of cash like that and there are many ways he could have spent it. The police should be able to establish if the wife knew the dead man better that her statement suggests. Unless they were exceptionally careful, there will be witnesses who saw them together and phone records. Once there is more information about that, the story will fall into place.

Yes, you are right and I didn’t word my explanation clearly enough. It seems likely to me that they have separate databases with visa information and 90 day information and that somehow (most likely computer issues) the two systems have stopped getting updates from each other.

Today (Saturday) I went to MTT to do my 90 day report in person. am not sure if it is busier on other days, but there were no people in the queue and the only other people I saw were immigration staff and taxi drivers. Took 10 minutes, in and out. I asked about the online system and why it didn’t work for me this time and it’s related to them not updating my latest visa extension in the 90 day reporting system. They were very polite and apologetic but didn’t know when it would be fixed.

To be fair, earlier in the pandemic the UK were changing the designation of countries in their traffic light system with just a few days notice. This led to people cutting short trips and the ludicrous situation of someone arriving back in the country at 11 pm being OK but those arriving at 1 am the next day having to quarantine. In my opinion, the English Thai news and this forum don’t do a good job of distinguishing between government proposals and government decisions. Opening in November seems to be a proposal.

Surely by writing in such a rational manner about the complexity of the case you are in violation of the spirit of this forum? The ‘peanut gallery’ have two of their favourite targets in sight: the morality of Thai women and the incorruptibility and ability (or lack thereof) of the Thai police. Allow them their fun!

Can anybody confirm that Immigration in Bangkok (at MTT) is still open on Saturdays to do 90 day reports? And are the opening hours the same as M-F or shortened?

Same with me. Have been doing it online for years without a problem and now this. If I use the app, it says I am on overstay (although I’m not) so with the app at least you get the probable reason it won’t work.

As someone who often looks at Thai expat forums, I’ve read a lot of nonsensical gibberish but this one might be the most ridiculous. You should realise that just because you are (seemingly) often swayed by people using a word salad of relevant vocabulary in an utterly random way, people with a modicum of understanding of the topic can usually see right through the BS.

What do you truly know about the process of testing vaccines? Do you know how many stages the testing process has and why? Do you know how many people were involved in each stage? Have you looked at the results? Have you carried out a detailed comparison with vaccines developed previously? almost certainly not, you are just repeating buzzwords that you’ve heard. the word ‘experimental’ is utterly meaningless in the way you use it.

Yes, must be connected but the box above gives the correct visa expiration date so the system also knows I am not actually overstaying!

On the app I get a pop-up that tells me my passport number, visa expiration date and overstay status. My visa expiration date is in 2022 but the overstay status says I have overstayed for 70 days. How can it say I am overstaying if it knows my visa expiration date is in 2022? If you use a web browser you don’t get a reason why you can’t progress through the screens so at least using the app I can work out that it is not working because of this flagged overstay. my last 90 day report was July 14 and the last extension was July 9th…

The terms quickly become confusing. The notice on the app tells me my visa expiration date is in 2022 and then says I am on a 70 day overstay. What can the 70 day overstay refer to then?