howerde

24 minutes ago, flbkk said:

I filed my 90 day report online (Bangkok CW) a week ago, still "pending." How long should I wait before using agent; its due this week. I used Bumrungrad International Business Centre if online doesn't work; I don't want to attend CW.

There seems to be long delays at CW  i did mine online 15 Aug  it still shows pending, usually within 4 days

2 hours ago, JohnOFphon said:

My last 90 day report was done with my canceled Non O A.

I came in visa exempt and converted to Non O..40 days ago...so..no 90 day report done since re+entering 

So much BS with TI

If there is an old 90 day report, then they should accept it(but it can simply be down to the immigration officers mood) print it out/ or take the old one, don't point out it, they might not notice, there seems to be no consistency  when dealing with any official/non official staff 

9 minutes ago, JohnOFphon said:

I have a new 90 day Non O visa... issued 60 days before I will visit to extend the Non O to one year.

I haven't done a 90 day report yet.

I do have a current..up todate...TM30.

 

I need 1 COR. I will apply on the day I go to extend.

I will have copied. passport front page and the new extend to stay. And a copy of my TM 30.

I hope that is enough,....

 

If you are applying in Bangkok at CW you need to show your last 90 day report or they will not process it

20 minutes ago, moe666 said:

Never heard of a O-x visa it is either a O visa or a O-A visa and then some other stuff like a tourist visa.

There is an O-X visa its only available to nationals of about 10 countries aged 50 or over, it is a 10 year visa though you get it as 2  5 year visas 

If you have a trackling number try inputting it here https://www.ems.post/en/global-network/tracking

i had an package from Ireland and the Irish tracking number worked on the EMS site, if you use a VPN you might have to turn it off

You will not get good/excellent dental  treatment cheaply in Thailand, Bangkok international dental center (bidc) or Bangkok dental Hospital(Bidh) have good reputations for implants or Aesthetics if you want quality work, run of the mill fillings etc are cheap at the many dental clinics, i would not use them( went once told i needed 3 fillings replaced, all 3 fell out within 18 months  he never showed me the xrays so i now doubt the work ever needed doing),  the prices for my implants was the same as the UK. you might try the dental centres in some of the hospitals, be careful 

I was at CW yesterday all the systems were down, took me 3 hours to get a resident certificate and there were only 6 people in front of me, tried doing a 90 day report with a new passport was given number 180 this was about 0900 by lunchtime they were only at number 66 looked back at 1400 they were at number 88 there were some still arriving and they were given numbers like 290, i just went home as there were at least a 100 still ahead of me

3 hours ago, Pib said:

@howerde

  How do you handle the OX annual examination of qualifications requirement as quoted below from the Ministry of Foriegn Affairs and Bangkok Immigration websites?

 

From MFA website:

Foreigners must report, in person, to the immigration officer every 1 year for the examination of the qualifications and supporting documents.

 

From Bangkok Immigration website:

Note: After obtaining a visa, you must come back for a qualifying examination every 1 year at the local 
immigration office.
 

As well as all originals i took 

copy of passport photo page and visa

copies of all yearly insurance, they check to make sure it is from an approved insurer

bank book,  and a letter/ statement dated same day from the bank

additionally they wanted the last 90 day report and a copy of the TM30( i had to go to ground floor to get those printed)

2 hours ago, Pib said:

@howerde

  How do you handle the OX annual examination of qualifications requirement as quoted below from the Ministry of Foriegn Affairs and Bangkok Immigration websites?

 

From MFA website:

Foreigners must report, in person, to the immigration officer every 1 year for the examination of the qualifications and supporting documents.

 

From Bangkok Immigration website:

Note: After obtaining a visa, you must come back for a qualifying examination every 1 year at the local 
immigration office.
 

This is where it gets interesting, when i went to CW in 2020 i was told no need to report just come back when you have new passport and we will transfer the stamp, i asked 4 different officers, the same story, i then saw a 5th officer and showed her the requirements that i had printed off the London website, her answer not our rules, ask London why they have put that there, great, fast forward to last month when i went with a new passport to transfer the stamp, no this must be done at the airport, stood my ground til a supervisor came looked at all my documents and asked why have you not been reporting every year, well you told me not to. they accepted this but said make sure you come back every year from now on, she was ok but the IO was not happy, and from the website you mention it also states than an O-X can be converted to another category inside Thailand i did not dare to ask the IO i decided to quit while i was ahead

2 minutes ago, Mike Teavee said:

Thanks for sharing your experience, not many people have the OX visa so it's good to hear from somebody with actual experience of applying for/holding one
.

As I've said in previous posts, if I qualified for the LTR visa I wouldn't even think about going for the OX but I don't,.

 

However I do have the money in the bank & the health insurance (Visa Friendly policy with Pacific Cross) to meet the criteria for the OX & even if I didn't go for it that wouldn't change, so I'm thinking why not try.  

 

 

 

 

Can I ask where you got your Non-IMM OX and how long it took you to get it

 

 

I got mine in London, took them about 3 days, this was before covid if applying there make sure you follow the Thai London website rules to the letter, be aware my insurance has jumped to 80 000 baht a year after a small 15000 baht claim last year. i'm 61 also all the insurance companies said the cover was for 3 million the same as the O-A visa IT is not O-X requires 40000 outpatient 400000 inpatient cover, i just transferred my visa to a new passport a few weeks ago it took them 5 hours, they really had no clue how to deal with it, kept saying it can only be done at an airport eventually 2 supervisors came and told the IO to do it, she was not happy read all my documents line by line, at the time i tried using an agent in Thailand to do it they wanted 40 000 baht lol

I hold an O-X visa i tried at CW they said no have to get abroad, it was a suitable visa for me, as i did not live in Thailand, i had been using visa exempt entries for about 5 years but immigration were starting to question all my entries, it does require 3 million in the bank at the time i would get 0% in my home country so the 0.5% i got at the time was better. The rules say after 1 year it can be reduced to 1.5 million BUT the 1.5 million must be spent in Thailand with no rules showing what they will accept as proof

If you are living full time in Thailand then i see no advantage to the O-X, Another disadvantage is you require health insurance from https://longstay.tgia.org/companiesox

they are not competitive,

2 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

There is no such thing as good rice, it is still high carbohydrate. As are all grains.

 

Forget the glycemic index, this is the diet that got me from 93 kg to 78 kg, and reduced my hbA1C  to non-diabetic levels. I eat until full.

 

1/ Meat of any description. Eggs.

2/ Vegetables - broccoli, green beans, cauliflower, cabbage, tomato.

3/ Fruit - strawberry, blueberry, apple.

4/ Almonds

5/ Dairy - cheese and yoghurt, unsweetened. Skim milk is not diet, it is actually rich in lactose.

 

NO processed foods. NO sugar. NOTHING that grows underground.

If your partner must drink alcohol, spirits such as whisky and rum only.

 

 

 

That advice might be good for a westerner but

His partner is Thai, there is no way he is going to eat a diet like that, Thai giving up rice is not going to happen, you have to work with what you can buy easily and importantly you like and can eat, forcing yourself to eat food you do not like will mean you give up.

Monitoring you GI index is they way to go if you want to eat a balanced diet with different food and not stuck on some restrictive diet eating the same meals day after day.

I Was told my blood sugar level was 214mg/dl and an hba1c level of about 9.5  2/12 years ago.  i cook my own food i never add sugar/salt but i can eat everything i like including rice, pasta. i  am not on any medication for the last 8 months, on my last hospital visit my sugar was 86 mg/dl and hba1c 5.0 all my ldl levels were fine, and as important as diet so is exercise, i cycle at least 8-10 km a day well 5 days a week as a bonus my blood pressure is way down it was usually near the top of the medium range

How often is his blood tested daily? with a kit or every few months? he should have or should have been given an HbA1c test this would show his sugar level over 2-3 months, and regular monitoring

16 minutes ago, connda said:

He and his partner seriously need to consult a medical specialist about his diabetes.  From what I'm reading, neither have a clue regarding how to manage diabetes. 
Just went back to see if this was post number 1 on AN.  But its not so the OPs been around.

OP - take your partner and go see a diabetes specialist. 

Thai doctors i have found are lacking on the advice when dealing with diet, i saw a few their was no advice on diet they just concentrated on the medicine, anything else was look on internet, i saw a few Endocrinologists, they were all the same.

2 minutes ago, watthong said:

Unfortunately he doesn't know. Only at his last check up the clinic doc told him what he ate lately that his measure has come up high. He told her we been drinking mango smoothie lot lately so she said stop.

Yes mango and Durian should be avoided, you can eat plenty of guava and avocado

Just now, howerde said:

Yes i think so i would say it is purple, when cooked it looks like sticky rice(it is a good rice), i found it fine, i just don't like the sticky texture. sadly the normal jasmine rice is not good a high GI index, i have seen low GI jasmine rice in villa, look for the packaging it should say low and it should state GI  below 50 or around it, some packaging just states low GI without figures i give those a miss, jasmine rice can be between 70-80 Gi, and it is not only the rice, it is the sugary sauces Thais eat with it, i always find noodles no problems it is the sauces that thais add that seem to be saturated in sugar and salt. no need to give up fruit just cut down

Not sure about the Japanese rice i have not been able to see the GI index, but i suspect it is better than Jasmine rice, i mainly use indian Basmati rice

5 minutes ago, watthong said:

Yes, he is on medication and the reading is 160. And the rice we eat is jasmine or the japanese sticky one.  In the market we have the violet colored, or rust-color or just plain brown rice, are those low GI?

Yes i think so i would say it is purple, when cooked it looks like sticky rice(it is a good rice), i found it fine, i just don't like the sticky texture. sadly the normal jasmine rice is not good a high GI index, i have seen low GI jasmine rice in villa, look for the packaging it should say low and it should state GI  below 50 or around it, some packaging just states low GI without figures i give those a miss, jasmine rice can be between 70-80 Gi, and it is not only the rice, it is the sugary sauces Thais eat with it, i always find noodles no problems it is the sauces that thais add that seem to be saturated in sugar and salt. no need to give up fruit just cut down

5 minutes ago, watthong said:

His is 160, still under the 180 threshold. The afore mentioned hospital touts the "staple" method (with what looks like a wine bottle opener, circled in red in pic.) so I don't know that would help/speed the healing or not. He is not managing his diet too well, only recently cutting down on sweets/fruit, but still consuming rice/noodles as normal.

Is he taking medication? his reading of 160mg/dl would be high if on medication, if it is sticky rice/jasmine rice they are very bad for diabetics, he should try gabba rice and i have seen low GI rice on sale in supermarkets, and there are mixed rice options, but probably as important is exercise, i have seen low GI pomelo on sale, avocado is awesome in lowering you Sugar levels, it really does mean changing your lifestyle, google diabetes complications it should ne enough to change his mindset 

18 minutes ago, brianthainess said:

What bank??

Bangkok Bank, i ask every time i go there, same answer not for foreigner 6 years been going there, i do get the impression they are lazy

My deposit rate was increased to 1% from 0.8% recently, when i asked about other accounts' was told not available to foreigners, they might be lazy/simply do not know how to do it or might be true.

5 hours ago, spread198 said:

I am applying for a long stay(1 year) visa to Thailand, its states that a criminal records clearance certificate is required is this a DBS certificate or do I require a certificate from the English police force

I used the official site here was accepted by Thai embassy

https://www.acro.police.uk/s/

As stated by others look at the non o retirement no police  clearance and no tied health insurance insurance

23 hours ago, Scouse123 said:

What was the outcome?

 

Also, my contact at Pacific Prime broker said the main cause of disputed claims from the insurer was non disclosure or pre existing conditions and not declaring health issues they knew they had.

Remember your contact will be a sales person, they will not be the ones going through any claim you make.