Do I still have to quarantine for 14 days upon arriving in Bangkok with a work permit?

@Yu***

they are the same for foreigners. Thai nationals have the choice of "state quarantine" somewhere like a military base, paid for by the Thai government. Basic, sharing a room, but OK. Or if they want something more comfortable, they can pay for "alternative state quarantine" in the hotels above. Foreigners only have the ASQ paid option.

@Yujin ************

You cannot enter on an ED visa at this time

@Ron ******

do you have a lead on when will the kingdom will allow us to enter there?

@Yujin ************

No idea. The UK are not issuing visas at this time

@Ron ******

i hope they can give us a chance this July.

@Jo**

it's inclusive of 3 meals a day. Additional food you get 20% discount.

@Ivan ***********

what is a deluxe mirror exactly?

@Alice ********

no problem.

@Alice ********

she needs to apply via the Embassy with the listed documents.

@Alice ********

and she has the entry certificate?

@Alice ********

until she gets the entry certificate, she cannot do anything.

What is 100% certain is that she MUST go into quarantine and PAY for it.

Depending where she stays, its between 45,000 baht and upwards of 100,000 baht for 14 days.

Nothing is free.

They test twice during the period of stay.

If she proved positive, on the final test of the 12th day, her period in quarantine is extended.

@John ******

re “There is no teachers in employment at the moment except admin.” Actually teachers at my wife’s posh school started teaching on campus again last week.

@Tom ******

ignore him, he's clearly an idiot!

@John ******

- All schools are open for teachers. Just the kids aren't back yet. Most teachers have been back at school for 5 or 6 weeks, some for longer.

@Alice ********

Are you saying $55K is good or bad? I think it’s a bit on the low end myself. I was getting on average $100K a year as teacher abroad before retiring in 2018.

@Alice ********

I was teaching in Saudi and Bahrain mostly. Of course I was lucky because the oil prices were still quite high then which was reflected in the salary.

RIght

@Jo**

"In the uk we do not employ many teach from outside the country to do foreign languages." that might explain this

@Ivan ***********

These are what I think are the key workers in UK. Not once does it say teachers. Thailand normally follow same as UK in most things "List of persons and occupations exempt from 14-day covid-19 self-isolation period

The following persons and occupations will be exempt from the requirement to spend 14 days in self-isolation on arrival in the UK:

road haulage workers and road passenger transport workers;

transit passengers, an individual transiting to a country outside of the Common Travel Area, who remains airside and does not pass border control;

individuals arriving to attend pre-arranged healthcare treatment, when receiving that treatment in the UK (Healthcare means all forms of healthcare including mental and physical health. There are also exemptions for live donors and those accompanying the individual, for example a carer or a child);

registered health or care professionals travelling to the UK to provide essential healthcare, including where this is not related to coronavirus;

persons who have travelled to the UK for the purpose of transporting, to a healthcare provider in the UK, material which consists of, or includes, human cells or blood which are to be used for the purpose of providing healthcare;

qualified persons and responsible persons for human medicines, clinical trials and pharmacovigilance;

quality assurance inspectors for human medicines;

sponsors and essential persons needed for clinical trials or studies;

civil aviation inspectors engaged on inspection duties;

Eurotunnel train drivers and crew, Eurotunnel Shuttle drivers, freight train drivers, crew and essential cross-border rail freight workers operating through the Channel Tunnel;

Euratom inspectors;

workers engaged in essential or emergency works, related to water supplies and sewerage services;

workers engaged in essential or emergency works related to a generating system, an electricity interconnector, a district heat network, communal heating, automated ballast cleaning and track re-laying systems or network;

workers undertaking activities in offshore installations, upstream petroleum infrastructure, critical safety work on offshore installations and wells that are being decommissioned or which are being preserved pending demolition or reuse or activities for the provision of workers, goods, materials or equipment or in the provision of other essential services required to support the safe operation of activities;

workers engaged in essential or emergency works, including those carried out by specialist rail maintenance technicians employed on the national rail infrastructure as part of a specialist team with Network Rail;

drivers and crew of trains operated by Eurostar International Limited, essential cross-border workers working for Eurostar International Limited;

operational, rail maintenance, security and safety workers working on the Channel Tunnel system;

workers with specialist technical skills, where those specialist technical skills are required for essential or emergency works or services (including commissioning, maintenance, and repairs and safety checks) to ensure the continued production, supply, movement, manufacture, storage or preservation of goods;

workers with specialist technical skills, where those specialist technical skills are required for essential or emergency works (including commissioning, maintenance, repairs and safety checks) or to fulfil contractual obligations or warranty specifications in, or in connection with, waste management facilities used for the management, sorting, treatment, recovery, or disposal of waste (including energy from waste);

workers with specialist technical skills, where those specialist technical skills are required for essential or emergency works to ensure the continued safe and secure operations of the following infrastructure:

gas and electricity transmission and distribution networks and system operators

gas terminals

space infrastructure

seamen and masters;

pilots, as defined in paragraph 22(1) of Schedule 3A to the Merchant Shipping Act;

inspectors and surveyors of ships

crew, as defined in paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Air Navigation Order 2016(h), where such crew have travelled to the UK in the course of their work;

nuclear personnel who are essential to the safe and secure operations of a licensed nuclear site;

nuclear emergency responders;

agency inspectors;

inspectors from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, specialist aerospace engineers, or specialist aerospace workers;

persons engaged in operational, maintenance or safety activities of a downstream oil facility that has a capacity in excess of 20,000 tonnes;

postal workers involved in the transport of mail into and out of the UK;

persons involved in essential maintenance and repair of data infrastructure required to reduce and resolve outages, or in the provision of goods and services to support these activities;

information technology or telecommunications professionals whose expertise is required to provide an essential or emergency response to threats and incidents relating to the security of any network and information system and ensure the continued operation of any network and information system;

persons who are engaged in urgent or essential work on electronic communications networks;

persons who are engaged in urgent or essential work for the BBC’s broadcasting transmission network and services;

seasonal agricultural workers who have an offer of employment for seasonal work to carry out specific activities in edible horticulture on a named farm (You can start work immediately but you must self-isolate on the farm. However, you may mix with fellow workers);

members of diplomatic missions and consular posts in the United Kingdom, officers, servants or representatives of international organisations where their head of mission or equivalent has certified that their work is essential to the functioning of the mission and cannot be undertaken whilst the person is complying with the requirements of self-isolation;

crown servants or government contractors returning to the United Kingdom who are either:

required to undertake policing or essential government work in the United Kingdom within 14 days of their arrival;

have been undertaking policing or essential government work outside of the United Kingdom but are required to return temporarily, after which they will depart to conduct policing or essential government work outside the United Kingdom (Essential government work includes, in particular, work related to national security and immigration, the coronavirus disease and any other crisis response, and international negotiations);

international prison escorts – persons designated by the relevant Minister under section 5(3) of the Repatriation of Prisoners Act 1984(a);

persons responsible for escorting a person sought for extradition pursuant to a warrant issued under Part 3 of the Extradition Act 2003 or sought for extradition pursuant to any other extradition arrangements;

defence personnel and contractors doing work necessary for the delivery of essential Defence activities, including Visiting Forces and NATO;

officials required to work on essential border security duties;

persons who reside in the UK and who pursue an activity as an employed or self-employed person in another country to which they usually go at least once a week"

@John ******

was it necessary to post all of that? Perhaps some discernment might be in order.

@Tom ******

I think the best people to ask this question to are the thai people. It will be them to decide in the end. And I see them not wanting the borders to reopen until there is a cure or no risk

@John ******

sorry but I didn’t mention anything about reopening the Thai borders. I think you’re confusing me with someone who else.

@Tom ******

I think he can do copy and paste but hasn't worked out how to post a link

@Tom ******

sorry. I was just trying to make a point. I normally travel 1 month on and one month UK. Just come back after more than 3 months after flights were all being cancelled.

@Alice ********

eventually she will not have a job. Thailand do not need people that eventually they will have to support.

De Mace True has no answer. I bet she has not even got good insurance.

@Canice *****

well said, what a ghastly bloke

@Bobby *******

Don't t want just any old pro...only the best please for this price.

@Andrew ********

. Once you're in quarantine send me a message. I'll take care of things. 🤣🤣🤣

@Bobby *******

😂😂😂 Can't wait !

@Jon *******

. Yes three meals a day