Watch a very emotional family reunion! Thanks to the GoFundMe campaign 'Get Nick Home to His Wife & 5 Kids' our family was finally reunited after 9 agonizing months apart due to travel restrictions during the covid pandemic.
Thailand has been our home for almost 30 years but in early February I went on what was expected to be a brief visit to the UK just as fears of a pandemic swept the world. Thailand suddenly closed its borders and stopped all inbound and outbound international flights and I was stuck in England with no idea how or when I would ever be reunited with my family as the Thai embassy was also closed. Only in September did the Thai government announce that spouses of Thai nationals could apply for a Certificate of Entry to be allowed back into the country but under certain conditions, including: Proof of marriage to Thai national; Conformation of a pre-paid 15-day stay at one of the designated alternative state quarantine (ASQ) hotels in Bangkok; Health insurance specifically covering covid treatment of at least $100,000; Pre-booked flight on either Thai or Emirates airline; Plus negative covid test results 72 hours before departure.
The goal was to raise £2,000 to cover those costs but thanks to a generous outpouring of support that target was exceeded within a few days of the campaign's launch. So on October 31st, after 2 weeks quarantine and two more covid tests I was free to return to my family home in Phuket.
Thank you so much to everyone that made this emotional family reunion possible. We are all so very grateful!
Also very special thanks to Nathan Oakley for encouraging me to launch the fundraising campaign and for the live 'Get Nick Home-athon' on his channel Nathan Oakley 1980: [ Ссылка ]

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