Sheryl

I have 2 household staff here on L-A visa, presumably same as what the woman OP refers to has. Getting the initial L-A visa and work permit is an onerous process that requires work both in the province where the person will work and in the home country (and lots of "tea money" at both ends). Virtually impossible to do without an agent and costs 15 - 20k baht. Also takes up to 6 months to do. The visa allows for a 2 year stay and can be extended once for another 2 years. Extension of stay under L-A visa is easily done for just 1900 baht at immigration office but does need the employer to attend with her. Once visa is extended, easy to get work permit extended at labor office (again ,requires employer attend). @Barley the story is confusing because you say her L-A visa was issued in November 2022 but her work permit expires in February 2023. If so, that work permit (if it is a work permit, and not just a foreign worker registration card) must have been issued on a different basis than her L-A visa. The L-A visa is new. What date is her permission to stay? Should be 2 years from when she entered on this (recent) L-A visa.Typically the agent who arranges the L-A visa will handle the work permit as well. I suspect the 15K she refers to is the cost of this new L-A visa just issued and associated work permit. A service already rendered and not avoidable. When 2 years are up, she can extend everything herself for another 2 years, but the initial L-A visa + work permit is a very complicated process and does need an agent.

Palliative care is a very weak area in Thai health care. There are almost no hospices as such and no real hospice care. That includes at private hospitals. About the only place that comes close is McKean Hospital in Chiang Mai. That line item in insurance policies is for care in a hospice facility which (with possible exception of McKean) is not applicable here, since there are none. Insurance will not exclude care in a hospital because the prognosis is terminal (which they also likely won't know). Their coverage will depend on what thep urpose of the hospitalization is, which leads to the next point - it is hard to imagine a scenario in which one would want to spend a month in a Thai hospital - private or otherwise - if in the terminal phase of an illness. Most people would much rather be at home, with hired-in carers if needed. Government hospitals will give pain killers, and there are some with palliative care units (e.g. Khon Kaen University hospital). The big difficulty comes when the patient is no longer able to swallow oral meds, as they will not provide morphine drips and the like outside the hospital. Typically this is within days of death and many people at that point go into the hospital.

This exact thing is not available. Closest would be something called Candacort

There are government run centers for this, and local hospital can provide info. However pretty grim places. And a sort of detention center like vibe. There is a Wat in Saraburi famous for this which might be a better bet though it would entail a trip https://wat-thamkrabok.org/ Narcotics Anonymous has several locations in Pattaya area and is not just for farangs, Thais are welcome - but I am not sure if any of the meetings are held in Thai language, you'd have to call and ask https://na-thailand.org/meetings/pattaya-meetings/

As cost is a concern you would be best off coming here, but as it is a government facility need to plan on staying in Bangkok an extended period: https://chulalongkornhospital.go.th/kcmh/en/ec/ศูนย์ความเป็นเลิศทางก-13/ Bring a medical summary with you from your doctor. They only consider DBS for patients for whom medication alone is no longer working, or who have intolerable side effects from the meds T save time, in case you would nto be a candidate for DBS, I suggets you see this senior Chula doctor privately for a consultation https://www.medparkhospital.com/en/doctor/prof-dr-roongroj-bhidayasiri https://www.bumrungrad.com/doctors/Roongroj-Bhidayasiri If he thinks you are possibly a candidate for DBS can then discuss with him the process for doing it at Chula (there may be a log wait list) Regarding India, I can't say re cost or ease of getting DBS but doctor to contact is Dr. Prashanth L. Kukkle, Center for Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Clinic, Vikram Hospitals, Bangalore 560052, India; E-mail: [email protected]

That will not work, hospital will only transfuse blood obtained through officiual chabnnels. OP: as foreigners are your best bet, I will create a post for you asking for donors on this forum but first please verify where exactly people can go to donate. Ask the hospital. It night be possible at the hospital itself but more often it is only at the Thai Red Cross. Also ask the hospital if O negative blood can be accepted as that would widen the pool of potential donors.

Thailand most emphatically did not sign that convention.

Yes Though there are many doing so illegally. Because the visa and work permit process are difficult, time consuming and costly to go through

Where in Thailand are you located?

The word for tax in Thai is pah-see Have someone wrote it down for you in Thai Usually available in January

Stool test for parasites & occult blood makes sense. So would a repeat blood count.

There is a form you get from the bank. Just tell them tax form. They'll know. This, your passport and tax number. It seems to go smoothly in locations with many foreign retirees. Everytime I have done it (province with almost no foreign retirees) there was a prolonged interrogation (multiple ttipsthere) demanding to know where my income comes from. Had to show years of credit advices showing transfers from abroad and even that was not enough until eventually referred up the chain to an officisl who understood that there Rd retired foreigners living in Thailand. Following year, same. May skip it next year as just not worth the hassle, time and aggravation.

She can get annual extensions of stay on grounds of being the parent of a Thai child(ren) assuming at least one child is still under the age of 20. But will have to show proof of either 400k baht in the bank or at least 40k baht a month income. Many (but nto all) labor departments will issue work permit for holders of this type of extension. There is also some provision for being a parent supported by Thai children (in case the children are grown and will support her) I am not sure how that is proven. OR if she is able to find work can get a non-B visa OR can get extensions of stay based on retirement. For this have to show either 800K baht in the bank (with restrictions on spending it) or monthly transfers from abroad of 65k/month. Cannot work on this type of extension though.

You are confusing visas, which are permission to enter a country, with permission to stay, which is something granted once/as you enter. Very different htings. Visa expiration date is the last date on which you can use a visa to enter a country. How long you are allowed to stay depends on the permission of stay you are granted when you arrive, which is stamped into your passport. This is independent of the visa expiration date True everywhere as far as I know.

You have not been renewing your visa, that long ago expired. You have been getting extensions of stay. And these can be applied for as much as a month before expiration (longer in a few places). Which is what you should have done. As it is now already the 21st, best suggestion I can give is to go to immigration NOW, and move your flight back a few weeks. Otherwise you will be on 8 days overstay when you depart.

It is very rare in rural Thailand areas where people don't even bother to get a license -- which is where OP refers to

5, 10 and 20 mg tabs (locally made brand) can be bought online here https://medtide.com/my-account/customer-logout/?_wpnonce=8a941bdbb7 (have to register an account first then search) And 10 and 20 mg boxes here https://bangkokdrugstore.com/?s=lisinopril

This does not look at all like a fungal infection. More likely some blood under the nail. If so takes many weeks, even months, to fully reabsorb.

See above for link. eVisa is accepted at some but not all land borders. 5 hours from Bangkok to the border. More if hit traffic getting out of Bangkok. At least 1 hour at the border crossing. 8 hours or more from border to Phnom Penh. (Easily 10 if you hit traffic). Uncomfortable trip, road bumpy at places. Also dangetous (frequent accidrnts). Makes absolutely no sense except for people who are dead broke.

Everything is now as usual. Same as pre-COVID. Visa on artival or you can get evisa online. Vist $5-6 more but saves a whole page in uour passpory. In decifing between land and air rbtry important vonsideration is whete in Cambodia you want to go. If Phnom Penh then land travel makes little sense unless really short of funds and a glutton for punishment.

I was replying to someone else, not you

If you mean on the online app, you might as your detauls may be linked to your old passport.

You do not need to change visa at all. You can get a one year extension for reason of retirement (assuming over age 50 and meet financial requirements) based on your original non-B visa.

The medical benefit and the pension benefit are entirely different things under SS and not dependent on one another. Contributions for medical care are never refunded, period. You can continue eligibility through self pay if you act within 6 months of retirement. Under the pension benefit it depends on how long you were covered by the scheme. If around 10 years (approx, don't quote me on that) you have a choice of a refund of contributions or a monthly pension for life. Between I think 1 to 10 years (approx), you can only claim the refund. What you choose to do re pension benefit has no bearing on your medical cover though some SSOs have erroneously told people it did.

Mostly the same. Main difference is no choice in hospital whereas under SS there is often a list you can chose from. For a few specialized things there are differences but without a clear winner between the 2 systems i.e. some things covered under one but nto the other. There has been talk of harmonizing these systems for years but little progress. But this only pertains to a very few specialized treatments (e.g. dialysis)