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I thank you all very much for your advice. We had a great experience last time in BPH with an extremely professional doctor and excellent service. I also consider that since my wife gave birth to 2 kids before, the risks of any complication is certainly not close to zero, but much less risky than for a first birth.

Anyhow thanks to Sheryl for sharing that story in Burmungrad - It is indeed important to keep this in mind.

 

Hello everyone,

 

A few years ago, my thai wife gave birth (natural without complication, no caesarian surgery) to our first daughter in Bangkok Pattaya Hospital. Being an expat at the time, all the fees were handled by our international insurance, but i still happened to sign the bill which was roughly 120kTHB. 

During the pregnancy, the doctor asked my wife if we would use our insurance or if we would pay by ourselves, because in the latter case the cost would be only approx. 50 kTHB.

 

I have been localized by my company and the insurance provided by them does not cover birth/doctor consults/ vaccination etc... We are having a second baby this year and I will so pay by myself.

 

Does anyone know the real cost of a natural birth in a international hospital (Bangkok Pattaya or Bangkok Rayong)?

 

Thanks

Hi there!

I wondered if the thai passport office in the Avenue shopping mall is still opened or was it temporary ?

Thanks


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never heard of this

If you have been working here 4 years, one assumes your on extension of stay ?......if you are you, don't have a Non-imm B visa anyway, therefore even if this was true you couldn't use it cos you don't have a "B"...

Further on a B visa, or your re-entry permit does it even say it's a BOI company?, my re-entry permit just names the company and its written in pen.

If its not stated as a BOI company how would immigration even know its a BOI company ?

Me thinks someone is telling you porkies.... ....if I am wrong I will with draw my remarks, with a thousand hail mary's

Non B visa are normally 1 year, but from BOI you get a 2 year Non-B visa. They have a special immigration center at Jamjuree Square.

That is my third extension of 2 years already.

When you get your 2 year visa from a BOI registered company, you can see it as the stamp is not the same as a normal one year NonB visa.

Thanks for the other answers which are useful to me.

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Forgot to introduce myself in that topic:

My name is Guillaume I am french 32 years old and working in Thailand in MapTaPhut for the last 5 years.

I come here quite often to find all different kind of information, from legal, daily life to golf.

See ya all

Hello there,

I have been working here for 4 years now, and I just heard that it might possible for people having a non-B Visa from BOI registered companies to use the Premium Lane at Suvarnabhumi immigration.

Does anyone can confirm this or does it apply to special cases?

Thanks in advance

So i have to go to phuket huahin or chiangmai to play golf, nice! Except that this is a bit far. And that the greenfees there are the same at 4,000thb incl. caddy.

Getting stucked behind a group of 4 koreans or 5 thais gambling on each hole, which is what you see on all the medium fare courses in the weekends in pattaya, and ending playing your round in 5hrs+, that is what makes my game inconvenient.

I cant have a nice game if i have to wait 10 min in every shot.

Dont like the carts but it forces everybody to play and respect a certain pace too.

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Nobody would stop you if you want to walk on the fairway and the caddy drives the cart on the tracks. Though they can be wrong one time on the range of clubs you need, caddies' level is good enough to get the right ones.

Personnally I always walk when I can. Even when I have a cart.

And the top courses with absolute carpet as a fairway are the ones without carts allowed on it: Siam Old and Plantation and Laem Chabang.

OP as a member are you still allowed to walk if you wish or have they made carts compulsory for all - I know guests and visitors have to use a cart?

The cart is compulsory for everybody

Hi Chuck,

All courses are in perfect condition all year long, the service is absolutely amazing, the caddies are experienced and friendly.

Both plantation and Old course have the best facilities among all golf courses around Pattaya.

I know it is expensive but some people are still fine to pay these fees to play on those courses.

Guillaume

Here are the new fees starting from May, 1st.

Hi there,

I am a member in Siam Country club ( Old COurse and Plantation + the new opening Waterside).

I am looking for people who would be interested to join a game on saturdays or sundays.

People interested would get members' guest fee which is 2800THB + caddy and cart.

I am french, playing golf for 10 years and my HCP is 3.

I am looking for friendly people with a HCP not higher than 15.

Feel free to contact me by sending an private message.

Guillaume