My only comment would be that July/August is the start of the rainy season. If you want to come to Thailand do it, ignore a lot of comments they're generally biased one way or another and personally i'd imagine a lot of things will be returning to some kind of normality by then.

No - you need a work permit and an non-B visa

@Espanola ******

Mine was the same as yours (see attached image). It was authorised, no need to change language or anything else complicated. Call your insurance company to change the wording on the cover note.

@Lai ************

your SHA plus + hotel will send it to you after payment.

A friend of mine (from Norway) was successful in obtaining an STV by submitting a letter of invitation from their Thai girlfriend. The letter supplied included her address and phone number only. The letter was very brief.

Perhaps they should read their local Thai Embassy website for visa information. The information is all there when they applied - it's still there now.

But for ease of reference a 60 day tourist visa can be extended once by another 30 days.

I'm day 6 now. No joy with the phone numbers either. Had a friend in Thailand call on my behalf and they were informed that the officials were dealing with those arriving on th Jan.

I am wondering if the delay is due in part to my insurance being from the UK and not the usual package insurance sold to placate the application process therefore it needs to be manually looked at as this process should be automatic more or less.

Those being manually checked will obviously be done during office hourse so by the time Europe/UK day time comes around the office hours in Thailand are almost done for the day so chances of making contact are very slim to none.

Either way this is frustrating and the days between now and departure are getting less ...

@Stephen ************

congratulations

@Stephen ************

did you get it to work and your query answered?

Stephen drop first 0 and start the number with +66 (Thai international dialing code)