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South Africa: Adjusted alert level 1 COVID-19 regulations
Test and Go for Non-Thai Nationals (Registration starts from 1 Feb 2022)
Source: Department of Consular Affairs, Ministry of Foreing Affairs of Thailand
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced that visitors leaving from African countries can register for the Thailand Pass to enter Thailand under the Sandbox scheme from 11 January 2022.
The lifting of travel restrictions on arrivals from African countries
From 11 January, 2022, the Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) approved the lifting of travel restrictions on arrivals from African countries. All travellers from Africa will be allowed to apply for the Thailand Pass under either the Sandbox programme or the Alternative Quarantine system (ASQ).
For more information, please visit
https://www.tatnews.org/2022/01/thailand-reopens-3-more-sandbox-destinations-from-11-january-2022/
The South African Embassy in Thailand joins the President and all South Africans in expressing our sadness at the news of the passing of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu. Our condolences to his family.
South African Embassy in Bangkok
Thailand
The Embassy's closure on Christmas and New Year
The South African Embassy will be closed from Friday, 24 December 2021 @12h00 until Monday, 3 January 2022. The Embassy will re-open on Tuesday, 4 January 2022. In case of EMERGENCY, please contact 081 934 8862.
Please note that the South African Embassy is currently not receiving walk-in customers as we are limiting in-person services. In order to make an appointment for visa application and consular services, you need to forward your request to:
[email protected]
If you wish to make any appointment with visa section and consular section for Tuesday, 4 January 2022, kindly send your quires to us (email:
[email protected]) prior 24 December 2021.
SA Embassy, Bangkok
Joint Statement by SA Tourism and TBCSA Re: New COVID variant
Revision of quarantine period for all travellers to the Kingdom of Thailand
On October 1, 2021 the Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) revised the quarantine period for all travellers who wishes to enter the Kingdom of Thailand and the Phuket Sandbox Scheme as follows:
1. Reduced Quarantine Period
1.1 No less than 7 days: Travellers vaccinated with the list of vaccines approved by the Ministry of Public Health of Thailand as follows:
(as of 22 September 2021)
• CoronaVac (Sinovac Biotech ltd.)
• AstraZeneca or Covishield (AstraZeneca & University of Oxford / SK Bioscience (Korea) / Siam BioScience / Serum Institute of India (SII))
• Pfizer — BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine or Comimaty (Pfizer Inc., & BioNTech)
• Janssen or Janssen/Ad26.COV2.S (Johnson & Johnson Services, Inc.)
• Moderna (Moderna Inc.)
• Sinopharm vaccine or COVILO (Sinopharm Co., Ltd.)
• Sputnik V (Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology)
1 .2 Travellers must be fully vaccinated for more than 14 days prior to traveling date. Additionally, travellers must present the vaccine certificate (either the original or a printed copy) at the port of arrival. The quarantine period will be determined by the Health Control officers upon arriving in the Kingdom of Thailand.
1.3 No less than 10 days: Travellers without vaccine certificate (or did not receive a full dose of vaccination). The quarantine period will be determined by the Health Control officers upon arriving in the Kingdom of Thailand.
1.4 Travellers under the age of 18 who do not fulfill the vaccination requirements are eligible to undergo the same quarantine period as their guardians should the guardians fulfill all vaccination requirements.
2. Phuket Sandbox and Samui Plus Scheme
As of 1 October 2021, travellers from all countries and territories are now eligible to enter the Kingdom of Thailand via the Phuket Sandbox and Samui Plus Scheme as long as they have all the required documents and satisfy all criteria of the sandbox programme.
3. Other Required Documents
For entry into the Kingdom of Thailand, the Fit to Fly/Fit to Travel health certificate is no longer required. However, all other relevant documents are still required including, but not limited to, Certificate of Entry (COE), and a medical certificate with RT-PCR laboratory result with the validity of 72 hours prior to departure indicating that COVID-19 is not detected (COVID_Free).
SA Embassy, Bangkok