Protocol for emergency travel - If anyone could please provide insight

[madaboutyou]

Hi folks. I hope someone could throw a light on my problem. I read about the 13 categories of people who can visit Thailand up to the end of August. My situation is a little different.

My dad is a PR in Thailand for 60 odd years. I am a Singapore national.

This morning, he was admitted to ICU with multiple issues and fearing the worst, I need to be in Thailand now. It also happens to be a long weekend with the Thai Embassy here closed until Tuesday. 

1. Does anyone have experience on travel authorization based on such grounds and a high probability to end up as compassionate ground....

2. Would the 14 day quarantine still apply on arrival?

 

Seems like walking through thick fog on this one.

Responses appreciate. Thx.

[ubonjoe]

1. I am not aware of anybody doing it.

2. Yes

If your father has permanent residency they might do an exemption for being a member of his family.

They could issue you a non-o visa for being a member of your father's family.

The embassy will be closed Monday and Wednesday (queen mother's birthday).

They have a emergency number for Thai's to contact them (65 8421 0105). It might be worth trying to call them.

Website is here. http://www.thaiembassy.sg/

 

[madaboutyou]

Thank you ubonjoe. That is indeed helpful. Let me get started now with the call.

[khunjeff]

A friend of a friend - a Thai citizen - came back from overseas recently because her father had become very ill. She was still required to go through the whole COE process (relatively straightforward as a Thai) and go into quarantine.

 

When her father passed away early in her quarantine, she was not allowed to get out early to attend his funeral. So even leaving aside the difficulty that the OP would have in getting a COE at all, there don't appear to be any compassionate exceptions to the quarantine requirement at all. Good luck to the OP in this very difficult situation.

[BritTim]

I sympathise with this situation, but exceptions based on compassionate grounds simply do not seem to officially exist. It would probably take a special order from the prime minister himself to circumvent the rules.