Process Notes…
ASQ/ALQ is one part of the bigger process. It’s the name they have given to quarantine process.
• ASQ hotels are Bangkok area.
• ALQ hotels are other parts of the county.
• As was explained to me, ALQ hotels require direct flights to their city. I inquired on Phuket and the hotel told me I cannot book unless my flight is coming directly to Phuket. These flights are extremely limited, so plan ahead.
COE (Certificate of Entry) is the bigger process, of which ASQ is a part of. It’s a multi-step process –
1. You upload things like passport, health insurance, estimated dates of entry and similar. Getting them this information shouldn’t require you to buy anything.
2. Thai Embassy pre-approves
3. Your actions – you need to purchase and upload documentation on
a. Flights (both in and out)
b. Hotels (both quarantine and post-quarantine – entire stay must be covered). There is a formal letter the ASQ hotel provides. The post-ASQ can just be a reservation.
c. Health Insurance (at least $100k USD coverage including COVID coverage). Again, there is a formal letter your insurance company must provide.
d. Bank Statements (I don’t recall the required balance)
4. Thai Embassy formally approves
5. You forward ASQ hotel your COE approval.
6. You need to get a PCR COVID test with-in 72 hours of flight. The 14-day quarantine required Fit to Fly; 10-day only requires PCR.
All uploading of documents is done at https://coethailand.mfa.go.th/. The website is pretty easy to follow, but it doesn’t call out all of the items I mentioned above. I only knew about some of the requirements based on a call I had with Thai Embassy.
End to end, the Embassy says the COE process takes 8 days. However, I don’t they are getting many applications and both my pre-approval and formal approval was done in less than 4 hours. Obviously don’t bank on that, but if you’re in a time crunch it may help you to reach out and see if they have a backlog.
[ Last edited by jk45_89 at 29-3-2021 20:43 ] | |
