OneMoreFarang

Please tell us if you find one. I will make sure that I will never go there.

I hope this doesn't get too complicated. What do you mean with "red tape etc"?

I think I am registered at Lerdsin Hospital, Silom Road. But I am not sure. I just checked on my social security card, but I don't see any information about the hospital on that card. How can I find out? Thanks

I wonder how many of the teenager, let's say 16 up, have sex without permission from their parents. In this case I have the typical boy/girl relationships on my mind. When I hear the stories from the village of my gf and who is pregnant there is definitely a lot of sex going on. And I would be very surprised if many teenagers ask the parents.

The USA, some people call it the richest nation on earth, was always special. The super rich get tax cuts, and the poor have to suffer. And this is what the American voters vote for. Amazing!

Many retirees can return to their home countries without any money, and they will be taken care of. Hopefully we all won't need that option. But it's nice to know it exists. I know a couple of people who had to go "home" broke and now they don't have sun and the sea but at least a warm room and 3 meals a day.

Interesting Do you know if it is necessary to visit the ss office to setup the automatic deduction from the account? And about their website and payments: Do you have an URL? Is it necessary to register or good enough to enter a ss number or how does that work? Thanks

https://opticland.com/ Family business with high quality, and they all speak English. I go there since many years. Mostly to get new glasses for my existing frame. I tried out a couple of places before I found them. No other shop was even half as good. Tell them, the guy with the Oakley frame and the blue glasses send you. ;)

Thanks Sheryl maybe you also know about the following: What happens if a foreigner is in an accident, and he is not conscious? I guess many Thais will assume the foreigner is a tourist and/or they will assume the farang should be transported into a private hospital. But then, what happens if that farang has only Thai social security? Will they expect that he pays from his own money for the cost in that private hospital? Or will no private hospital provide any (expensive) service until it is clear who pays? I have my Thai social security card with me, but obviously that can be lost or damaged at an accident.

Pedophiles are people who are interested in pre-puberty children. That is something completely different to people who are interested in late teens - who had their puberty years ago.

Which age? It seems some people think 17 year old girls are underage, other think anybody below 20 is underage. And then there is of course "real" underage, below the age of consent in Thailand which, as far as I know, is 15. Personally, I think nobody of any age should be forced into prostitution and anybody who does that should be severely punished. But if a teenage girl wants to have sex, and she thinks about starting with a boy from her village for free, or collecting a 6-digit amount, I can understand that many girls will be ready to sell their service.

Thanks for starting this tread. I have no answers but maybe some more questions what to expect. I was working for one company in Thailand, and they provided a private health insurance for me. It was a group policy for that company, and I won't be able to continue with their group policy. Now I work for another company, and I have only Thai social security. I think about paying myself for a private insurance. But there is one problem. I have a preexisting condition, diabetes. It seems any private insurance with exclude that, ask me to pay extra, or they won't allow me to get into the insurance at all. So now I have to decide if I am willing to pay 5,000 USD (just a rough amount) for a private insurance, which won't pay for my diabetes, or if I should just rely on the Thai social security cover and maybe pay some things out of my own pocket. My regular medication cost roughly 3,000 USD per year. Will I get the same medication from the Thai social security? Or similar medication? Or does it make sense that I pay myself for high quality medication if the Thai insurance does not pay it? And what about an emergency? If I have an accident with my bike, will the Thai insurance coverage be adequate? Or would an international insurance be much better? This is just my personal situation, but it gives you an idea what this is about. I am sure others are in similar situations.

Did anybody here try that? What is your experience with that? (Sorry, I hope this fits into this thread.)

What a glorious exiting new idea. Did anybody ever mention that maybe it would help if the police would actually do their job all year long? Or would that be too much of a challenge for the boys in brown in this beautiful country?

And there is no prostitution in Pattaya. Yeah, sure.

The problem with some lawyers is of course, that they want to make money by themselves. I went there with an accountant who was used to Thai officials. She helped me to fill out the forms and answer the questions. That was, in my case, enough. To be fair, my case was straightforward, with enough written evidence, that stating the facts and giving them the documents was all we needed to do. Before I visited the labor department I talked to 3 lawyers (not only about that). Two lawyers told me directly that I should talk to the labor department directly and they will handle everything. One lawyer offered his own service (starting 30k)...

personally i would not inform them Obviously you don't have to inform them. But if you inform them about your intention that should make it clear that you are serious and know you have the right to do that. I guess in many cases that, and the possibility of fine/jail will convince the employer to pay.

Sure, you can do that. But obviously that cost money. And then best case you have a private agreement. If you let the labor department do that then you don't have to pay. And they can put a lot of pressure on the employer. You don't need a lawyer to go to the labor department. A Thai person who is familiar with talking to authorities and filling out forms is all you need.

Collect your documents like employment contract, work permit, details how you were paid until now, important communication about how you were fired, if payment was offered, etc. Tell your ex-employer that you will go to the labor department if they don't pay you. And if they don't pay, or don't make a reasonable offer how they will pay, then go to the labor department with your documents. Translate everything to Thai (something like Google Lense will do the job). If your Thai is not good, then take a Thai person with you to fill out Thai language forms and talk to the officer. Talk to the officer and explain the situation. They will ask questions about how long you worked there, etc. After the officer has all the information from you then they will work on this. No charge for you. They will invite the employer to tell their side of the story. And then they will make a decision, i.e. that you should get x months of your last salary. They will inform your ex-employer. They have to pay. Otherwise, they get a fine and/or jail. Important: Once you go to the labor department let them do the job. Don't make any private agreements with your ex-boss. You can expect a decision within a couple of months. Employers who know about the labor department will try to avoid trouble with them. Because the labor department can make life difficult for such employers.

Probably it helps if you are more specific. Is this about existing tiles, which were installed maybe many years ago? Do you want to buy new tiles (in a shop)? Do you want to (a new) buy property with tiles and you want to know more about them?

I participate in this forum, and maybe I leave a comment on YouTube or a news article. Normally I don't use facebook or anything like that, except if I want to check out if a person is truthful, etc. It's interesting how much information some people leave on facebook. And if you know i.e. one girl in a bar and her fb page, just look at her friends and you have all the information about all the other girls. Most of the time I don't care. But sometimes it is wonderful to get lots of information presented like that.

The article lacks the most important evidence. A picture of the waitress. I found one, but I am not sure that is the one they fought about.

Some apps like AntiVirus, need deep access to the phone to work properly. That gives these apps the chance to work properly, but it also gives them the chance to do much harm - at least in theory. That is why security sensitive apps like banking apps, don't like them. I am pretty sure many (all?) security sensitive apps will have whitelists for apps with many rights which are known as good, and they will continue to work. But these lists have to be updated. And new versions on the same apps with deep access need to be approved, etc. All in all, banks do that for your security. My k-bank app didn't work anymore because I used Microsoft launcher. I had to switch it off. Not what I wanted but I understand their point of view. It's difficult.

And I thought that judges is the USA are just judges, and not DEM judges or GOP judges. What a wonderful democracy they are...

In my dreams Americans would wake up one day and realize that it is not a good idea to vote for a maniac like him to be president. But it seems that won't happen in the real world anytime soon. Back to sleep and dreaming. And yes, I also have better dreams than that.