Just another reason not to go back anytime soon. It appears to me that the government is trying to make a lot of money during an unfortunate time. I am looking at Vietnam and Malaysia for a family visit, otherwise it will be a long time before I see my Thai family again.

Cost is one of the reasons that I am waiting to go back to Thailand. I have two houses in Udon that I could stay at for the quarantine. My question is how long this will be a requirement along with testing if there is a viable vaccine available?

Idiot...

Mogens Nygaard, yes you are right. I was only comparing current value to purchase value.

@Tod ********

, I have purchased three houses and one property that my son will eventually inherit in Thailand. The 1 rai property has quadrupled in value over the 12 years that we have owned it.

Next year.

I have a ten year old son and wife in Udon Thani that I probably won't be allowed to see until next year. Not my choice and I miss them both. 😞

No such thing as Covid free. Do some serious research.

You will first have to wait until the Thai Consulates open in the US. If you are not married to a Thai national, there are other ways to obtain a long stay visa. There are work visas, educational visas and if you are over fifty years old and place 800,000 baht into a Thai bank account, you can apply for a retirement visa. All the details can be found on a Thai Consulate website. I personally have obtained a Non-Immigrant Multiple Entry O one year visa from the Thai Consulate in Los Angeles for the past 15 years with showing very little money in my US bank account. I prefer to come back to the US every year to visit friends and family rather than go through the extension application in Thailand because immigration likes you to jump through a lot of hoops. It is not the easiest thing to get a long term visa for Thailand. If you are an American citizen, the Philippines is the easiest country to obtain a long term visa. Also, Malaysia, Vietnam, Malaysia and Indonesia are all easier than Thailand. Good luck.

@Dana *********

, we will be one of the last countries allowed back into Thailand from everything that I have read.