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3 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

It sure was cheaper for me many years ago and others I know who were registered in the provincial hospitals data base.  Treated just as a Thai would be, but then definitely not the 30 Thb scheme, but still a lot cheaper than at one of the private big name hospitals.

As per my long answer: Thai govt hospitals ARE significantly cheaper than private hospitals, BUT you could as well register with your passport, has nothing to do with the pink ID card

52 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

If I understand correctly… Significantly cheaper as it grants you access to the Thai healthcare system. 

plain wrong

46 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

Are you implying that being registered at a property (Yellow House book) doesn’t give you cheaper access to Thai Heath care ?? (Or just arguing the semantics of ‘free’)

(Pink ID being an extension of the Yellow house registration book in this case & not 100% free, but significantly cheaper than paying the going rate as a foreigner for medical / health care services). 
 

 

yes, that is EXACTLY what I am saying. I have the yellow house book and the pink ID card. The card does NOT give you access to the health care system in the way the Thai 30 Baht scheme does or in the way the social security system does, if you are working and paying taxes. 

The only financial benefit it gives you is that in SOME (but not all) Thai attractions, you can get around the dual pricing scheme, but that is about it. 

"Cheaper" with regards to the health care system means, you have to go to the government hospital, where registering with your pink ID card will be a bit faster, BUT will NOT give you any discount on the prices they charge. The prices in the government hospitals are lower than in private hospitals, but that has nothing to do with the pink ID card, you could as well register with your passport and get the exact same price. 

The ID is useful for registration purposes, i.e. in banks, for certain apps, even in hotels and on domestic flights, and it helps create some "respect" in traffic stops, if you show it together with a valid drivers license, but that is about it. The pink ID does not even have a chip to read it in, and I have never seen anybody using a mag stripe reader with it, so I don*t even know, if the data on the mag stripe is worth anything.

1 hour ago, LoVeFuN said:

I need an operation and thought if I can obtain one I could get free medical treatment.

Nope, your pink Thai ID does NOT give you ANY free perks, specifically not in the health area.

Rule 1: Turn left on red IS ALLOWED, when there is a sign saying so. HOWEVER, you have no right of way in that situation, you turn at your own risk.

Rule 2: Red lights at pedestrian crossings - as in your picture - must be followed, the taxi is clearly in violation of the law.

Rule 3: The leftmost lane, if clearly separated from the other lanes, can go through red lights, IF there is no intersection for turning left, so there will be no traffic crossing through your lane (kind of a T-junction coming from the right side). HOWEVER, you have no right of way in that situation, you drive through at your own risk.

MAIN RULE 1: No enforcement of traffic rules means, that everybody drives as he/she sees fit. I often drive early morning, and red lights seem to be ignored by a majority of the road users. If they don't see nothing, they drive. Motorbikes are worse than cars.

MAIN RULE 2: Even when you have a green light, you drive through at your own risk, you never know what/who is still driving through their red light (see main rule 1). There is a reason why careful drivers wait for 5 seconds, until they start driving on the light turning green...

5 minutes ago, lextsy said:

saying that…… only 35 days till I’m flying out 

Bye bye, don't let the door hit your butt. You are obviously not fit for Thailand / have never bothered to understand the country and the people you were coming to visit / work with. 

With 5K per day, you can stay pretty much everywhere 

Whatever filter, without maintenance, it will likely be clogged and completely ineffective 

This morning, Swampy immigration, no TM6 (I asked in plane, they don't have them anymore), should save time, right?

WRONG!!! First of all, don't throw away your boarding card, now immigration wants to see it. Then you get asked where you live, you have to write the address down on your boarding card (above your name), THEN the boarding card gets scanned in, while you scan your fingers (4 right, 4 left, 2 thumbs) and have your pic taken.

Overall process is LONGER! You have to write down almost all the information previous on TM6 on your boarding card or on a piece of paper, most people don't have a pen or don't find their boarding card no more... 

8 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

Nice deflection.....  accuse the victims of pulling a scam.. 

Always ever Indians, never other nationalities...

Easy... stop the Indians wearing gold stuff for insurance cheats...

If they don't like the laws, they can at anytime move to any of the Islamic countries... or to Texas, which is about as homophobic and misogynistic as this bunch

So they will officialize what is already happening in the city: The majority of tourists (99% of the tourists from India and 50% of the tourists from other countries) are not wearing a mask already now. 

Yesterday, the Starbucks on beach road outside Central festival did deny entry to at least 15 tourists from India in the span of 5 minutes (while I was waiting for my coffee), none of them either willing to wearing or even having a mask.

And oh... I am waiting to see the Pattaya police with weight scales on beach road to check the wait (and age) of every single person without mask...

It's in Pattaya on Naklua road near Dolphin circle, 200m drom Terminal 21

As a foreigner, if you work in Thailand, you need a work permit. Period. That is the law.

That said, as a digital nomad, there are several options available:

• don't tell. make sure that nobody knows about you working, otherwise somebody could inform immigration. Make sure your salary does not come directly from the company you work for, this would be a pretty telling sign of you working. Let the company pay you into an account outside Thailand, and then transfer the money to Thailand in your own name.
• create your own company, hire Thai employees and do it by the book. There are companies in Thailand, that help you with that, they even offer "Thai-Employees-as-a-Service", offer the taxing work for you etc. This is costly, don't go that route, if your salary is not in the at least mid-6-digits THB monthly 
• Co-working spaces: There are plenty of companies offering co-working spaces, some will "hire" the digital nomad and for a share of his income, they will give him the work permit and do his taxes.

With regards to foreign earnings, yes, all foreign earnings (not only from working, but also capital earnings etc) would in theory be taxable, if brought in to Thailand in the same year they were earned. However, you would need to check, if the country the earnings come from has a double-tax-treaty with Thailand (many countries have one, i.e. Switzerland does).

If you are concerned about cost  I recommend any local barber shop... they can get rid of your hair problem within minutes ????