thepool

Yes !

Be aware that a re- entry permit adds no "extra days" to your permission to stay date and that the second visa entry must be made prior to the visas "use by" date

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Hi very sorry to hear you had such a bad accident. Do you mind telling us what happened?
I can lay on my back and have a retirement extension done by a lawyer why not you?
It costs about 6,000 to 10,000 in Chiangmai.
They take care of all the details.

There is no need for the OP to involve himself with doubtful "lawyer" scams which cost a substantial amount more than the 1900 Bht required for an extension.

Thanks for he update !

No callous formation to be seen as yet on the pics. but hopefully that will begin developing soon .

Best wishes !

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Doing a border run just before his visa runs out this month is a reasonable suggestion, but it doesn't gain him that much. It pushes his need for an extension out for three months, but it doesn't eliminate his need (starting the 16th of this month) to get a Re-Entry Permit. And in any case, 90-Day Reporting has been and will be required for any stay of that length.

So, according to my math, a border run saves him 3/12 of the extension fee of 1,900 baht. Sorry if I overlooked something.

Doing a border run just prior to an "O/A" visa expiring secures a permission to stay extending a whole 12 months !

If you do not know then please do not post misleading and inaccurate information.

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I can only hope that the trials on the mentioned vaccine....

...are _not_ based on the ridiculous claim by a Thai medical 'expert', made two weeks ago,

who said that that _homeopathic_ remedies would cure dengue fever. !!

The most effective malaria medicine was originally a homeopathic thing....(Artemisinin)

Phytotherapy is not homeopathy.

Exactly !

Homeopathy is the "science" of magic water and sugar pills -------------total Quackery !

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A border run just before 15th May 2014 will give you another 12 months stay.

That is what I would do.

Then you don't have to worry for another 12 months.

Agreed . However, any travel outside Thailand during the second year would require a re-entry permit and 90 day reports are required if staying in Thailand that long .

Have you really got a B visa or are you on a extension of stay based on work ?

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Perhaps somebody should put pressure on the embassy if they have to wait an excessive amount of time to get a new passport. Ask them to give you a letter to take to immigration to apply for the following extension allowed in police order 777/2551.

2.28 In the case of necessity, with certification or request made by an embassy or consulate:

(1) In the case of necessity, each permission shall be granted for no more than 30 days of stay.

(2) For training only, each permission shall be granted for no more than 90 days of stay.

(1) Must have been confirmed and requested by the embassy or consulate.

(2) In the case of training, said alien must have been granted a non-immigrant visa (NON-IM).

What a good idea !

Wonder what the BE will want to charge for such a letter which given the circumstances should be free

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If I didn't want to leave 400 000baht in the bank would I enter thailand on a non o visa and then would I have to cross the border and come back in every three months for as long as I like?

Visas are time limited and have an expiry date

. You cannot just enter Thailand with NON "O" visa and continue crossing the border every 90 days for as long as you wish.

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Am I getting this right..? I can get a work permit to teach with a National Diploma?. (I have an ND, but not a degree) I thought it must be at least a degree.......

Best ask in the teaching forum. Tell them about all your educational qualifications and teaching experience,

Those guys will assist .

If you qualify by age an extension of stay could be sought on the basis of retirement or you could go down the route of education.

As you wish to work the marriage route would seem appropriate

. Do not forget ANY work done requires a work permit.

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There are people who are sensitive to MSG. My son is one of them, since he was around 3 he has suffered from what at the time I thought was hay fever with blocked sinuses most of the time. Did all the things the allergy guys suggest like non alergenic pillows and bed linen, no mats or carpets in the bed room, washing the bed linen every week in very hot water, etc. Nothing seemed to work until my wife went away for a month and i looked after him. My wife uses MSG in just about everything she cooks. Within a week of me cooking for my son his "allergies" cleared up. I didn't make the connection until she came back and resumed kitchen duties and the allergies flared up again.

Much to the displeasure of my wife MSG is now banned in our house and my boy now rarely suffers from any allergy attacks.

Hope you do not feed the boy potato cos there is 102 mgm of natural MSG in each 100G serving !

Ban peas ! 200mgm of MSG per 100 Grams !

No Walnuts! 658 mgm/100G

The point is that MSG is a naturally occurring substance and is impossible to avoid most natural "healthy" food contains MSG even broccoli ! (`176mgm/100G

Have a look here for info about Lasik

http://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/lasik-eye-surgery/basics/definition/prc-20019041

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If the company has your passport and it is not at an embassy or consulate yet I would get it back from them.

Unless your departure date is very near you could probably do it yourself in as little as 3 days. Where are you located? There might be a honorary consulate nearby that could do it. See: http://www.thaiembdc.us/dcdp/Thai_Consulate_Directory2

thanks but I'm in America and there's only a few embassys in the country .I'm leaving on Sun.I

think going in and getting the 30 day at airport and then fly out in 29 days and back in should be OK,I hope.

Many Honorary Thai Consulates !

http://www.thaiembdc.org/dcdp/consulate_honorary

thanks thepool I do have aRoyal Thai consulant-general office here but they don't do visas.

It would be very helpful to others if you could name this Royal Thai consulant-general who does not provide visas.

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If the company has your passport and it is not at an embassy or consulate yet I would get it back from them.

Unless your departure date is very near you could probably do it yourself in as little as 3 days. Where are you located? There might be a honorary consulate nearby that could do it. See: http://www.thaiembdc.us/dcdp/Thai_Consulate_Directory2

thanks but I'm in America and there's only a few embassys in the country .I'm leaving on Sun.I

think going in and getting the 30 day at airport and then fly out in 29 days and back in should be OK,I hope.

Many Honorary Thai Consulates !

http://www.thaiembdc.org/dcdp/consulate_honorary

Try looking for Difflam Forte throat spray.

Or Kamillosan-M ( Which you will probably reject as being "useless" but is in fact very effective)

What would your request for a non "O" multiple entry visa be based on ? Marriage or retirement ?

A mitral valve prolapse if often an incidental finding which requires no treatment.

If you are concerned about your well being then arrange to see a cardiologist . An ECG + echocardiography together with a physical examination will provide the reassurance you need

More information here

http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/mitral-valve-prolapse/basics/symptoms/con-20024748

Send £25 max !

She might even be forced to save some of that £25 to pay for the transport to the airport. !

Next time (there will be one) she returns home make sure is has "adequate" cash and make it clear there will be no more.

The girl that this "person" wishes to assist" will already have been informed of all the Thai based assistance available to her.

No one has the right to question or obtain information about this girl on behalf of some unknown third party.

If the OP believes he has some right to interfere with this girls life he had best make the move to Thailand .

Have a look here

http://www.travel-penang-malaysia.com/penang-hat-yai-train.html

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Wow. You all have scared the bah jeebers out of me and all I need to do is have my Pacemaker check don't every 6 months. The manufacturer has given a list of for profit hospitals in Thailand. Now I am thinking of flying back to N.America back check. Ticket cost verses buying a hospital a new wing.

As you are looking to have something very specific undertaken you should approach the hospitals listed by the manufacturer of the device for a quote.

As you probably know the check being sought is a fairly easy procedure.

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Thread title and some posts have been edited to remove the hospital name, both because of Thai defamation laws and also because it is simply unfair to label an entire hospital based on experience with one out of hundreds of doctors there. Bad doctors can be found in all hospitals, and I know for a fact, from, first hand experience, that there are many excellent doctors at the hospital the OP initially went to.

A statement like "they are only interested in extracting the contents of your wallet not helping you" makes absolutely no sense because a hospital is not a "they", it is a building. Doctors in private hospitals are not employees of the hospital, they are independent professionals who have an arrangement with the hospital to use their facilities for out-patient consultations and to admit patients to it. Many -- indeed most -- have this arrangement at more than one hospital.

Whatever hospital one goes to, need to carefully choose the doctor. Many hospitals - including the one OP originally went to -- lists doctor qualifications on their website, making it easy to pre-select one with top qualifications. The kind of behavior described is not likely to be encountered among the top doctors, sounds more like a mediocre one trying to drum up business. The ones with top qualifications have no need to do anything like that.

All that said, it does indeed sound like the OP was taken for something of a ride -- by an individual doctor, not by a hospital. OP should however keep tabs on the narrowing of the coronary artery (though it has nothing to do, one way or the other, with the murmur). Annual stress tests (which cost about 2,000 baht only) are fine for that purpose. Should also attend to any risk factors you may have in terms of smoking, diet etc...in order not to end up genuinely needing a stent.

A moderator giving medical advice ?

Did it occur that the "moderator" may well possess the skills, knowledge , qualification(S) and experience required to offer advice.

If you or anyone else is "concerned" it is easy to PM Sheryl and ask!

BTW no one is ever bound to accept "advice" regardless of where that "advice" originates.

If they want a "plan" then give them one !

You do not have to adhere to the "plan" and it can be entirely fictitious !