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I have done the maths again to include the travel abroad each year :

- choice number 1 : ED visa : 25000 B a year + 10000 B to cambodgia/laos every year, so 3000 B per month + BTS 570 B + immigration fees : 2250 B every 3 months (taxi+bts included)

total = 4300 B per month (arround 110 euros)

- choice number 2 : the card thailand elite. 500000 B for 5 years, so 8350 B per month + 10000 B to cambodgia/laos every year

total = 9200 B per month (arround 230 euros)

http://www.thaiembassy.fr/fr/visa/visa-non-immigrant-%C2%AB-ed-%C2%BB-education/

wow !

is that the new rules or is it from France only ?

It's written you can get an ED visa if you study thai at least 5 days a week and at least 5 hours a day !!

I cannot belive it !

Ubonjoe did you mean the rules would be different from Laos ?

also now if we study english, russian or japanese does not comply with the new rules ?

I am confused because I didn't have the same informations from my school...

as far as I know you need a tourist visa, it allow you 2 months and one month extention is possible without leaving the country

but I think you need show a plane ticket return to prove you wil not stay in Thailand...

if I would be you I would come to thailand with your plane ticket return (15 days after arrival), and then wait to change this ticket from Thailand to extend to 3 months after arrival

so when you will go to immigration to extend one more month you can show you will leave the country before this 3 months are finished

ok thank you Mr Admin for this information

I've planned to go back to France for one month in mid otober, so I need to go thai embassy in Paris and came back to thailand with a new visa in mid november, right ?

or is it better to go Laos or Cambodgia ? I hope no, else I need to do 2 travels... not sure if doing a new ED visa in Paris is the best option ?

because I rent a condo in bkk, what happen if they refuse a new ED visa ? I guess I have two choices : come back with a tourist visa and remove my things in the condo, or get a thailand elite card ?

I can be student for how many years ? 6 years ? I have 3 years of ED visa already

disadvantage : have to go to school (even if I like it) + interview at the ministry of education each year (ok, not a big deal)

Just to be correct. One needs to go get a new non-imm ED visa every year, not just an interview.

so this is a new rule, because I have stayed 3 years with the same ED visa, I had just to go immigration every 3 months + interview every year

now if I continue to be student, I have to leave the country each year for a new visa ? My school didn't mention it to me, I will ask them

(I've read a lot of topics here, I'm still a bit lost, also because of the new rules...)

I have 3 differents options since I'm under 50 years old and don't want to mary a thai woman.

I have stayed with an ED visa for 3 years in a thai school, I understand thai a bit now, I would like to study thai for 3 another years, but not possible,

so my school offer me to study another language like russian or english...

- choice number 1 : to study another language : 25000 B a year, so 2080 B a month + BTS 570 B + immigration fees : 2250 B every 3 months (taxi+bts included) = 3400 B per month (arround 85 euros)

disadvantage : have to go to school (even if I like it) + interview at the ministry of education each year (ok, not a big deal)

- choice number 2 : to go to a visa agency and request for a B visa : 30000 B a year, so 2500 B a month (arround 60 euros)

but don't know about the fees by plane to exit and reenter since I'm not sure I can go Laos for that, I guess it depends on the visa agency ?

If I understand well I don't need to go immigration every 3 months and the agency do the papers for me ?

But I'm a bit confused on that kind of visa, on the legality of that and even more with the new rules...

what happen if tomorrow the government close my visa agency because they think there is abusive use of the B visa ?

- choice number 3 : the royal choice, but the more expensive : the card thailand elite. 500000 B for 5 years, so 8350 B a month (arround 200 euros)

so for that price you get : VIP lane at airport immigration + limousine car, personnal assitant, -10% on shopping at Siam Paragon and the same on some other malls and hotels... etc

no need to go immigration every 3 months, the personnal assistant do for me the 90 day report. Also this card is transferable one time, so if after 2 years if i'm borred I could resell it for 300k B

the visa is one year, but I'm not sure I have to exit and reenter every year ?

I think it could be a good point if in 5 years I'm interrested by the double nationality french-thai, it prove I'm really interrested by that country (possesors of this card are called "friends of thailand")

but I'm not sure 8 years in the country would be enough to get the double nationality... also I need private class to get a really good level in thai in 5 years

so I don't know what to choose... I have to give an answer to my language school in the next 2 days, after only the choice 2 and 3 will remain...

what would you do ?

the choice number 3 is very expensive to pay as a one shot payment, but it's finally 8350 B per month and has a lot of advantages...

the choice 2 is nice also, but I want to be really sure this is legal and no problem in the future... it would be a nightmare to be blacklisted of the country...

I guess immigration at Chaeng Wattana is open now ?

Lad Prao was boring

how to go there :

it's located at 60-70 km from Bangkok center

you have several options, you can get a minivan at Victory Monument to Samut Songkhram

else you can go by train, more interresting to my opinion : (46 bahts go and back from Bangkok)

first check on Internet about the train timetable

then go early to Wongwian Yai train station (the train arround 8am is a good choice)

pay 10 bahts to the ticket office, it's a one hour ride until Maha Chai,

then walk for 5 minutes to the ferry boat : then 5 minutes trip until Bang Laem the other side of the river,

you can walk for 10 minutes, or take a mototaxi to the Bang Laem train station,

pay 10 bahts to the ticket office, it's a one hour ride until Samut Songkhram - Maekhlong market

I have gone to Maekhlong train market with my camera and fisheye lens 8mm,

the cost to go there was so cheap : 46 bahts go and back from Bangkok !

here is a 2 minutes video while the train is crossing :

I have met a lot of doctors for now, made some expensive tests like brain scanner, 3D CT scan of the digestive system, ultrasound, x-ray...

they will not help me if they don't find a tumor...

I have exactly the same symptoms that people I see on a forum of intoxicated people (2500 members)

so I have advanced with this desease, and I know better where I go,

but I need to treat my leaky gut before to do some tests, I should be able to get results in 4-6 weeks

in the case of poisonning I will not treat myself with chemical chelators, but natural like chlorella, bear's garlic, coriander,

it's a bit longest, but safer...

this is the kind of forum where you never got an answer or almost, each time the answer is : why you want to do that ?

I think i'm losing my time here

I don't talk about these kind of light mask

a simple test NOT TO DO : you open a bottle of mercury, you breath well the vapor of mercury, and check how do you feel after... Never do that, this is highly toxic !

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_poisoning

PoisonedinBKK I'm very interrested to talk with you, I've spend many bahts at Burumgrad and Bangkok hospital for nothing

Yes conventionnal doctors don't learnt so much about environnemental/chronic diseases

I think it's the CD57 count can be a good indicator to check the immune system, if you add the western blot "all diag" test it can give an idea about the Lyme disease

The candida albicans seem not to be recocnized in Thailand, like in many countries. Why would the universities teach to the future doctors a sikness mainly based on problems with antibiotics... ?

The leaky gut can also come from a problem with mercury. I will test it soon by sending it to a german reputated lab. But I'm sure at 80% to have a problem with mercury because I feel bad when I take some selenium (they are antagonist), I will also do a test with iodine tincture on the skin. The mercury is known to disturb selenium and iode in the body.

I have eaten a lot of products from the sea these last months, and since I've stopped I feel a bit better, but the problem is still not solved

There is a french book written by a famous doctor, called the anti toxic book, it lists all the souces of toxic products

why do you think the dentist wear a mask of protection when they fill a tooth with a mercury amalgam ?

the sea is full of mercury with decade of gold searching, even the white bears at the north pole have a problem with mercury...

1 gram of mercury is enough to contaminate a lack

Here you are .............The link will inform of "advanced hair tests" !

http://www.quackwatch.com/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/hair.html

yes hair is not enough, it has to be combined with urine and stool tests

if you get a high level of mercury on the 3 tests, it means you have abnormal levels of mercury in the body

it could come from the teeth (the main source), the vaccins, or from products from the sea, and there are also some other sources

why would you like to put aluminium under your arms ??

this is a great way to get a breast cancer in few years (yes men have breast cancer also)

just relax and live naturally

I'm also searching a pharmacy, not super cheap, but with a wide range of product, a big pharmacy on Bangkok,

all what I've found has a poor choice, and mainly with chemical products, when I'm searching more some natural products from plants

I've heard about one at MBK center, but I don't know where is it exactly

All sound a bit exotic and probably based on Quackery .

you don't know...

what type of blood test?

test to know about magnesium, iron, sodium, potassium...

relative to food

I would like where is the less expensive blood test in Bangkok ?

I just need to test the basics things , and I will need to test it every 2 weeks, so it should be nice to get a good price

I don't need to see a doctor, I just want to get the paper for myself, I'm followed by a doctor in France with Internet...

P.S : if you know some laboratories who do some advanced blood/urine/hair tests, I'm also interrested

It is unlikely that what ails you is due to heavy metals. I strongly suggest you let a doctor diagnose you rather than trying to pursue treatments for a self diagnosis.

This is not my question, my question is : Where is the best laboratory of Bangkok ?

able to do these tests :

cd3-cd57+

western blot "all diag"

porphyrine in urine

cortisol in mouth

indoxyl sulfate test

hydrogen/methan breath test

I don't know what you have so it should be hypochondria...

the fish nowadays are full of mercury and arsenic, and even more in this part of the world

the more intoxicated fishes are tuna and salmons because they are at the end of the food chain,

3 years ago I've stopped to eat meat, so I've eaten a lot of fishes, everyday or almost

on 3 years I've eaten arround maybe 500 to 1000 times some fishes...

there are 10 reason to have a fatty liver (not only alcool or hepaticus B or C)

the doctor didn't belived me when I told him I didn't drink any alcool for 20 days,

he told me your mouth smell alcool...

if my mouth smell alcool it's because I have a fungi called candida albicans (it converts sugar to alcool, this is the reason why I have vertigo, even if I don't drink alcool)

If you have fatty liver and an ultrasound will tell you that, you need to loose some weight in order for the liver to function properly. My suggestion to you is that rather than go the test route and spend even more money, why not go on a diet and try to clean up your liver, then perhaps test later.

yes this is after an ultrasound the doctor told me I have a fatty liver

I've lost 8 kilograms on 2 month, I eat almost only fresh vegetable salad and rice (brown and organic when it's possible)

I also take pills of activated charcoal sometimes

but I continue to have a problem with my liver, and intestinal system

I cannot do sport now, because all the toxins in my body are moving, it increase my vertigos and I have sometimes malaise,

toxins can be a lot of things : heavy metals, fungi, insecticide in vegetables/fruits...

"chelator medicine" (chelating) I don't know the good term in english maybe :

you take some pills that contain very small magnets, and it will "shake" your body enough to move the metals particule,

2 hours after they take your urine and analyse it.

We have all metals in our bodies, but they are searching for high levels for the more dangerous.

For example mercury is known to perforate guts, and after you become intolerant to a lot of food, what I feel actually,

I don't say I have high level of mercury in my body, but it's a possibility... recently they have removed 2 of my teeth that contain mercury,

and I feel bad for 2 months now...

I'm also searching for hydrogen breath test on Bangkok, I've googled it but I don't find this...

you blow into a little machine, and it analyse ratio of hydrogen and methane produced by bacterias in the intestine/guts,

it give you very important datas to know how to fight these problems,

if nobody know where to find this, I will contact a lot of hospitals then...

Thank you very much Jas21 for these informations

yes, a chelator medicine has to be taken 2 hours before the urine test (or blood test), so the results are more talkative (else the test is not very interresting)

what is fasting liver detox ?