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Think carefully has your friend complained to the hospital using their internal process ? and given them every opportunity to fix the issues?, you need to follow it through getting everything in writing. I do not want to discourage you but the hospital legal firms will be tier 1 law firms. with ample money, they can take months/years if necessary(just drag it out til you give up) , and as for getting any meaningful compensation as you would expect in the west that will not happen, at best they might just might have to try and rectify the problem, and as we all know you can not mention the hospital or doctors. i wish your friend good luck 

Should have added you have to print off the form and take it to the trendy building along with the supporting documents everything is on the link including what documents you need to take, it seems there is an office in Chang Mai as well

Nothing is easy,  you can not apply online for a passport in Thailand all applications are paper and handled by ukvi at the trendy building in Bangkok, the link seems to talk about renewing a passport or applying for a first passport dont see why you cant get a new one,  you might have to apply for an emergency travel document also called an emergency passport that is done by the British embassy costs 100 quid

https://www.gov.uk/emergency-travel-document/how-to-apply

It takes  up to 12 weeks to get a passport in Thailand some have reported getting it in 6 weeks

Looks like follow this link and state applying from Thailand it then walks you through the process,  it currently says allow 13 weeks to receive a new passport

https://www.gov.uk/overseas-passports

On 1/2/2023 at 10:25 AM, nigelforbes said:

Why do you think dementia care in the UK is light years ahead of Thailand?

My mother had dementia i saw what it did to her( i saw the care and compassion given by medical staff, there were dementia groups where the patients were encouraged to engage in the activities i have seen the care here in Thailand of the elderly( there were very few Thai staff the doctors yes, the care staff were from Myanmar( i doubt they had any meaningful medical training), remember the smiles/ seemingly  helpful attitudes  in Thailand mean nothing, in the UK i saw compassion with the medical staff, not here it is just another job but with a smile that soon fades if you scratch beneath the surface

I live here full time now but have been coming to Thailand for over 30 years, and have experienced the medical system here myself and seen Thai friends treatment.

Not sure why your 90 day report is due end Jan if you left Thailand before your first  90 day report in Dec, and returned in Dec then the 90 days starts when you returned, so mid march is going to be your 90 day report

All available in villa, saw that ham in the villa sukhumvit road soi 33 and that store is open h24

https://shop.villamarket.com/

44 minutes ago, howerde said:

You have it done by Thai embassy after you have contacted the legalization department at milton keynes, it can be sent to the Thai embassy direct from Milton keynes, once you get it back, note Thais call it notarized, but in the UK it is called legalisation  

 

https://www.gov.uk/get-document-legalised/apply-for-legalisation

 

 

https://london.thaiembassy.org/en/page/81905-legalisation?menu=5d6636ce15e39c3bd0007344

 

 

https://www.gov.uk/get-document-legalised

You have it done by Thai embassy after you have contacted the legalization department at milton keynes, it can be sent to the Thai embassy direct from Milton keynes, once you get it back, note Thais call it notarized, but in the UK it is called legalisation  

https://www.gov.uk/get-document-legalised/apply-for-legalisation

https://london.thaiembassy.org/en/page/81905-legalisation?menu=5d6636ce15e39c3bd0007344

A car wax will not protect against paint chips, you would need to have your car wrapped like https://wrapstyle.co.th/en/paint-protection/ , note i have not used them just  to show

I had my Toyota wrapped cost about 45 000(that was for whole car, you can just have bonnet and wings done or other parts so price would be a lot cheaper), and they threw in 5 years wash and polish every 6 months

It mentions it here in this police order. section 6.3, dated dec 2021

https://www.immigration.go.th/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/RTP-Order-No.654-2564.pdf

On 11/10/2022 at 9:32 PM, NickyLouie said:

Update on this for recommendations for expat medical insurance.

 

 

Personal experience, use a policy from your home country. that has an appeal process and is covered by a ombudsman, Thai policies have no such cover and change their conditions as and when they feel like it, i have had a policy for 5 years, made a small claim for out patients, they tried every trick to avoid paying, firstly saying you did not report the symptoms within 24 hours so can  not claim, lucky a doctor had solution, then they said max claim 1900 baht per claim and can only claim 10 times a year nothing on policy about this,  just had my renewal up 80%  ps my full claim was only about 15000 baht

12 minutes ago, allane said:

I did not have a blood test, only  pulse, blood pressure and temperature checks.  All of those were within the normal ranges.

Well a blood test is needed no way did those checks diagnose gout,  you are right you do not want to go to a hospital and ask to see a doctor, they will likely send you to one of their permanent doctors and you could go round and round with tests, hope fully Sheryl will  be along and can point you in the direction, you are best looking at hospital websites and checking the doctors specialist field, as you are paying YOU select the doctor,  i have found the best ones only have clinics in the hospital at certain hours . you also want to see a doctor who has spent time in the west

what was the uric acid reading in the blood test? it is high if 7 mg/dL, or higher, if you have no history of gout, then getting it in feet and hands at the same time seems odd, gout is very painful, maybe a second opinion needed

She will have to apply for spouse visa(i assume it has expired) and start the process from scratch, there are no shortcuts if you leave the country without ILR unfortunately 

Returning  resident is available if you had ILR but have been out the country more than 2 years. there are conditions

https://www.gov.uk/returning-resident-visa#:~:text=You may be able to,Office to leave the UK

Otherwise you would have to apply from the start ie wait 5 years and all the other conditions, i read on another forum a guy got a returning resident visa  and he had left the UK  14 years previous, thought he did have a house and family in the UK during this time

The life in the UK test does not need to be taken if you are 65 or over or no need to prove English if 65 or over

https://www.gov.uk/life-in-the-uk-test

https://www.gov.uk/english-language/exemptions

I had one 18 months ago at Bumungrad, it lasted all day, think was 25k,  best would be to check the different packages at other hospitals it should be on their websites, look through and decide what tests you want. below is link to see Bumungrads prices

ie  https://www.bumrungrad.com/en/health-check-up-center-bangkok-thailand-jci-best/check-up-packages

I went about 5 years ago and enjoyed the show it was well put together, though i thought  the tiffany show and alcazar ones in Pattaya were better, but all 3 are worth seeing

17 hours ago, ole1291 said:

I actually was wondering about the feasibility of the reverse:

Doing scans, diagnostic etc privately (cause that's where the delays are) and then seeking treatment under universal coverage in the public sector.

But would public hospitals accept implementing a treatment based on the recommendations of a private  hospital?  

Sorry do not know, i would think a public hospital would use the decisions of the public hospital doctors not what the private hospitals say needs doing, they might accept the tests, at the end of the day it is all down to money, there is only so much money. in the social security system

You could get your wife to ask the hospital but as we all know you could get a different answer each time,  i have had first hand experience of a rural hospital and have to say the older doctors DO not like to be challenged,  or even a query can end with ok, you can go now lol

9 hours ago, ole1291 said:

I wasn't aware of them, thanks.

"In addition to Thai social security" meaning she would use them for scans etc and would then seek treatment in a Thai hospital? 

As i understand she has selected the option to use any doctor she wants, she would use the social security as the first option, if there were delays or if she was not happy with the hospital doctor, then she would use FWD, not sure but i think that if tests etc were done at the hospital using the social security then the private doctor should use those tests, but these things never seem to be clear in Thailand

A friend uses FWD, note i am not recommending them, but she uses them .this is in addition to to Thai social security scheme, as delays can be long, is is around 50ish no current health issues and pays 80 000 baht a year, not sure exactly what policy she uses.

https://www.fwd.co.th/en/products/       she has never needed to claim, but says they are a good company

Transferred yesterday to Kasikorn Bank was 9 seconds which is usual, i always transfer between 3-4 pm Thai time mon-fri, so banks open in UK not sure it makes any difference, but seems to work for me, the longest it has taken was 30 min and that was back in oct when the markets were all over the place

A Thai marriage that has been registered at an Amphur is legal in the UK . you do not get any certificate or any other paperwork to say so, the embassy can not issue anything as there is nothing to issue. i can not see what youR residence in the  UK has to do with the yellow book, perhaps their motive is something else! 

on second thoughts are they asking for the affirmation for marriage that you get from the embassy before you get  married? then is translated and stamped by MFA

You will need to buy the insurance from one of these companies

https://longstay.tgia.org/