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Post by nomadic on Oct 7, 2020 7:36:29 GMT 7
Just heard 2 depressing things. 1. Qantas don't expect to resume international flights until late 2021. 2. Malaysia has just had a surge in new COVID cases. A record 700 in one day after the previous day was a record also. And I hear more and more people saying there may never be a vaccine when we have been taking it for granted there would be. Originally they were saying by May this year but since then the time keeps blowing out. Still no vaccine for bird flu after years and other recent other ones. So bunker down with crossed fingers only for now. Maybe they have one already that Trump is keeping until he can become a hero with it just before the election.
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Post by bear on Oct 7, 2020 7:59:18 GMT 7
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Post by twentypoints on Oct 8, 2020 9:03:20 GMT 7
Happy news. Twentypoinys has just received my excemption to leave Australia. The word is on the street or should I say on the fb is that its getting very easy to get approved and I can confirm indeed it is. I lodged the application last night with a one liner reason and offcourse a heavy waited letter form my speaclist and boom! Next day approved. Now for the visa!
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Post by bear on Oct 8, 2020 13:28:19 GMT 7
Happy news. Twentypoinys has just received my excemption to leave Australia. The word is on the street or should I say on the fb is that its getting very easy to get approved and I can confirm indeed it is. I lodged the application last night with a one liner reason and offcourse a heavy waited letter form my speaclist and boom! Next day approved. Now for the visa! Wowie, well done.......any idea or word on where and when? Cheers bear
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Post by bear on Oct 8, 2020 19:51:27 GMT 7
'TRAVEL TO AUSTRALIA NOT POSSIBLE UNTIL ‘LATE NEXT YEAR'
Australia is unlikely to open its borders for international travel until the end of 2021, the country’s government has confirmed.
The rule applies both ways, meaning Australians will be largely unable to travel overseas, while tourists will be unable to enter Australia. Josh Frydenberg, the Treasurer, confirmed the decision to wait until a vaccine is available after handing down the Federal Budget, reports News.com.au. He said: “International travel, including by tourists and international students, is assumed to remain largely closed off until late next year and then gradually return over time, and a vaccine to be available around the end of 2021 is one of the assumptions in the budget. “We have taken every step possible to give Australia the best possible chance of getting a vaccine.” He added: “We know that the road out of this crisis will be unpredictable. We also know that this Budget outlines possible alternative upside and downside scenarios. We are taking nothing for granted.” The country’s domestic borders are expected to open earlier to allow travel within Australia. In most cases, restrictions are expected to lift by December this year; however, Western Australia will not reopen its border until April 2021. Australia has managed to keep coronavirus rates relatively low, with 27,182 confirmed cases to date and just 897 deaths. In comparison, the UK has had more than half a million cases and over 42,000 deaths to date. It comes after the news that Australian flag carrier Qantas sold out a scenic “flight to nowhere” in under 10 minutes. Travel-starved Australians were keen to book onto the seven-hour sightseeing tour, which takes off from and lands at Sydney without touching down anywhere en route, paying between $575 (£445) and $2,765 (£2,145) for tickets. www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/australia-travel-tourism-tourists-2021-borders-closed-coronavirus-b857365.html?amp
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Post by twentypoints on Oct 9, 2020 15:08:16 GMT 7
Yep, im working around the clock on my 9a visa to the Philippines. I wont go into detail about it now but ill tell you once im done. Plan to be gone no later than late November
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Post by bear on Oct 9, 2020 17:38:37 GMT 7
Yep, im working around the clock on my 9a visa to the Philippines. I wont go into detail about it now but ill tell you once im done. Plan to be gone no later than late November Fair enough; it's certainly been a long hard slog for you twentypoints........ cheers bear
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Post by aussiebernie on Oct 10, 2020 0:49:11 GMT 7
Yep, im working around the clock on my 9a visa to the Philippines. I wont go into detail about it now but ill tell you once im done. Plan to be gone no later than late November Just be careful. If you can get a tourist visa and you get here. There are still a lot of travel restrictions in place, especially if you are over 60 years old. Still not allowed in many shopping malls. Only allowed out for work,food, medicine and essential shopping only. Lots of hotels will not give you a room. If things get too hard here, then you have to try another country. That's not easy coming from the Philippines, and going back to Australia will be a lot harder and a lot more expensive. Plus you have the 2 weeks quarantine for $3,000 when you get back. I suggest wait another 6 months.
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Post by latindancer on Oct 10, 2020 9:46:41 GMT 7
Yeah, the devil may be in the detail.
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Post by bear on May 7, 2021 20:31:03 GMT 7
Australia Will Stay Closed to Travel Until 2022
In a surprise move, Australia Finance Minister Simon Birmingham told The Australian today that the country would likely not reopen its borders until well into 2022. The previous target date for reopening had been June 17.
Birmingham cited the emergence of dangerous new variants in India and elsewhere, plus delays in vaccine rollouts, as some of the reasons for keeping Australia closed longer than expected—and longer than North America, which is in the process of reopening right now. "The ferocity of recent Covid outbreaks, the uncertainty in many countries around vaccine rollouts, all create an environment in which, although Australia’s enjoying very high levels of business and consumer confidence, there’s a fragility that underpins all of that,” Birmingham said. "These are all considerations that mean we won’t be seeing borders flung open at the start of next year with great ease." At this point, no new date has been set for reopening, but Birmingham implied that Australia may stay shut until the middle of 2022. The country has been closed to travel since March 2020 and has had an unusually effective run in combatting the virus. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), only 910 people have died in Australia of the coronavirus, an impressively low number for a population of over 25 million. Confirmed cases stand at just 29,865. In April, a "travel bubble" opened between New Zealand and Australia allowing their citizens to mix without quarantining. But because of several cases, that, too, is currently suspended. It's hard to imagine Australians, arguably the most footloose nationality on the planet, staying at home for two full years. But it's also hard to argue with Australia's record of success. It will be interesting to see which method pays off in the next few years: Australia's or those of the European Union, the United States, and the other regions and nations that are currently attempting to reopen. This article:- www.frommers.com/blogs/arthur-frommer-online/blog_posts/australia-will-stay-closed-to-travel-until-2022www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/news/green-list-countries-announcement-uk-travel-holidays-abroad1/www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-australia-border/australia-says-international-borders-might-not-fully-reopen-until-mid-to-late-2022-idUSS9N2KV00N
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Post by bear on May 12, 2021 6:53:22 GMT 7
Thailand eyes travel bubble discussion with Vietnam
Thai authorities said they are considering travel bubbles with some Asian countries and territories, including Vietnam, so that international tourism could resume possibly in October.
Once Covid-19 community transmission is under control, the Thai government would resume travel bubble discussions with Singapore, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Laos, and Malaysia, Bangkok Post newspaper quoted Tourism and Sports Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn as saying.
"We have to speed up inoculations, particularly in Bangkok, to achieve herd immunity by the fourth quarter. The number of daily infections should be below 200 by the end of this month to restore international tourism confidence." No country wants to have a travel bubble discussion with Thailand when it still has a high rate of infection, he noted. The minister added it would be easier for Thailand to create travel bubbles with Laos and Vietnam as they share a border. Thailand was Vietnam's fastest growing tourist market before the pandemic, with the number of visitors from that country rising by 46 percent in 2019 year-on-year to 509,000. Vietnam received 18 million foreign arrivals in 2019. Many Thai investors have also been eyeing the Vietnamese market in recent years. Travel bubbles are an exclusive partnership between two or more countries/territories that allows travel between them amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Vietnam stopped all international commercial flights in March 2020. Visitors entering the country since then have mainly been experts, high-tech workers, and investors. The country has been struggling with the fourth coronavirus wave since April 27, with 412 cases found in 26 localities, mostly in the northern and central regions. Thailand has been dealing with a surge in domestic infections in recent months, with its infection tally rising to 83,375 and deaths to 399. ampe.vnexpress.net/news/travel/places/thailand-eyes-travel-bubble-discussion-with-vietnam-4275511.html
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Post by nomadic on May 12, 2021 22:04:15 GMT 7
Just read that Malaysia has gone into full lock down. no chance of any travel in sight from what I see. Just politicians trying to boost morale. They all talk BS only. I can't even get home because of restrictions.
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Post by twentypoints on May 13, 2021 12:59:24 GMT 7
Did you try to get a flight nomad ? I heard there is flights but very expensive
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Post by nomadic on May 13, 2021 21:46:37 GMT 7
Did you try to get a flight nomad ? I heard there is flights but very expensive No, not even thinking about returning until all back to normal. could be years. Can't even get home to the north after 4 months.
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