On April 22, CCSA announced main adjustments for everyone who will enter Thailand, whether Thai or foreigner, vaccinated or not vaccinated. We have coated a lot about this on video for our YouTube channel and in written type right here on The Thaiger. But right here is every little thing you want for returning to Thailand in a single post.
Registration for the revised Thailand Pass was opened at 1 minute past midnight on April 29.
International travellers will no longer need to take a PCR test before their journey or on arrival. The requirement to book a SHA+ hotel as part of the Test & Go entry scheme can additionally be dropped beneath the CCSA choice. However you have to examine the conditions of your flight to Thailand as some airlines may require a PCR check or proof of vaccination.
The Thailand Pass continues to be a requirement for everyone, Thais and foreigners. Documentation, together with passport, vaccination certificates and proof of insurance, will still must be uploaded and pre-approved before your arrival in Thailand. This will usually take no more than 3 days to be permitted.
You can say goodbye to Test & Go and Sandbox as they are things of the previous. The solely two classes for entry shall be vaccinated and unvaccinated. That’s it.
International travellers, who have been absolutely vaccinated for Covid-19, will now not must take a PCR take a look at (both pre boarding and on arrival). The CCSA still recommends an ATK test on the fifth day and expects travellers to watch their well being whilst in Thailand, but the check just isn’t obligatory.
Insurance coverage necessities will also be dropped from US$20,000 dollar to US$10,000. This is specific Covid insurance, separate from travel insurance coverage.
For unvaccinated or under-vaccinated travellers, if they do a pre-travel PCR test, taken within 72 hours earlier than departure, and it’s adverse, they’ll be ready to enter Thailand simply the SAME as vaccinated travellers, with no pre-paid resort, on arrival testing or quarantine. If they’re unable or don’t need to do a PCR take a look at, they might want to pre-book 5 days of accommodation at another quarantine resort. And do an ATK test on the fifth day. If it’s unfavorable, you can go away and resume your travel.
HERE is more info for unvaccinated travellers coming to Thailand.
Are you vaccinated or under-vaccinated coming to Thailand? Check HERE.
International travellers are nonetheless required to have insurance coverage. You must have insurance coverage, to the value of US$10,000 which covers hospitalisation for any Covid therapies. It used to cover to a price of US$50,000 until the CCSA lowered it in March to US$20,000, and now it’s down to masking a value of US$10,000.
If Bonanza ‘ve a legitimate Thai work permit, you won’t want the additional Covid insurance coverage. Same with Thais who are coated underneath the country’s universal healthcare system,
If you do take a voluntary ATK test and have to report it to anyone right here is the rules.
The removing of testing for many travellers after May 1 is great information, but there may be even better information coming shortly.
According to the Tourism and Sports Ministry, the cancellation of the Thailand Pass may occur as early as June 1. With the Thailand Pass gone, travellers must depend on their TM6 immigration arrival papers to confirm their vaccinations. This is only a proposal at this stage and must be debated by the CCSA.
If the CCSA accepts the suggestions, the much-debated and hated Thailand Pass could presumably be phased out initially of June. If they may adapt the old TM6 arrival cards, or get Immigration officials to examine vaccination information, nobody knows yet.
At the time of writing this text, you still NEED to apply for a Thailand Pass. If you have already got an permitted Thailand Pass, and arriving after May 1, the CCSA says you don’t have to re-apply and you may be allowed into Thailand underneath the new conditions. You will then be in a position to strategy your SHA+ hotel for a refund of the one evening keep that you would have paid for when applying for the outdated Thailand Pass.
During this era, as Thailand moves from the older Thailand Pass to the brand new ‘test free’ model, you will nonetheless have to verify along with your airline to make certain you comply with their flight requirements which can require either PCR checks or vaccination.
As of the tip of April, it’s still a requirement for everybody in Thailand to put on a facemask in public, beneath the provisions of the emergency decree which remains to be in place (until a minimum of the top of May). Changes to other restrictions in Thailand are updated at bi-monthly conferences of the CCSA – The Thaiger all the time publishes updates to all Covid restrictions.
Also, after May 1, the official consuming time has been increased to midnight, however rules pertaining to alcohol are actually solely loosely enforced, particularly within the vacationer zones across the nation. Best recommendation, observe what the locals are doing.
There are additionally modifications to arrival in Thailand by way of land borders starting May 1 in 31 provinces. More about that HERE.
And HERE is a hyperlink for the Thailand Pass, remembering that registration is FREE..