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I currently use a local hospital in Pattaya to buy Ozempic but with the Dr. Fee the price is 12,200 for the 1mg pen. (This is the cheapest price in Pattaya out of all of the hospitals and online pharmacies I have contacted).

MedConsult in Bangkok quoted me a price of 22,000 + 350 baht delivery to Pattaya for 2 months. So, essentially 11,150 baht for one month. I have read some reviews online of poor customer service and orders not arriving as scheduled by their courier service.

Does anyone here have first-hand experience of ordering online from MedConsult and was it a positive one? Also, I am assuming their products are genuine.

Any feedback will be appreciated.

42 minutes ago, krabi local said:

That is only for passport renewal, for visitors visa they return the Thai passport with the visa by courier.

As for the OP question I don’t know why not, my wife has just done hers and didn’t have that problem.  Maybe change to a different browser ?

Thanks for you suggestion. I have just tried with a different browser but still have the same issue.

It is looking like it an extra trip for my wife to pick up her passport and visa when her visa application has been processed.

I would like to use the courier option which is only 308 baht to have my wife's passport and hopefully UK visa returned.

The drop down country box which is set at Thailand is greyed out. When I have filled out all of the mandatory fields I cannot proceed to the next step ''Continue'' (to payment) which is at the bottom because I am unable to insert Thailand since it is greyed out.

Anyone else encountered this or have any suggestions. Her appointment at VFS Global is next week. If this won't work online will she be able to pay at the appointment to have her passport returned by courier?

Thanks for all of the replies. Much appreciated.

How do I show evidence that myself, as a sponsor ''is not, or will not be, in breach of UK immigration laws at the time of your visit.''

Also my wife has not left Thailand since 2017, do I need to upload any of her previous passports? I have answered the question confirming that her last visit to the UK was in 2017.

Just a quick note to say thank you all for taking the time and trouble to reply. There have been many wide and varied responses. They have all been very interesting and informative to read. 

45 minutes ago, Etaoin Shrdlu said:

Our children attended international schools here (Kindergarten through grade 12), and although they are verbally fluent in Thai from speaking Thai in the home and with their Thai friends, they would not be able to hold a job that required professional-level reading and writing Thai. They did have the usual Thai language classes in school much the same as your daughter.

 

They have all graduated and gone on to university in the US and have not expressed any desire to return to Thailand to live and work. 

 

Given the cost of both their international schooling here plus US university, I would find it difficult to justify the expense when contemplating Thai salary levels. Perhaps when they are better established in their careers they could consider coming back if they wanted to start their own company or had a position with a large multinational firm that would give them a generous expat package. But it is their call in any event.

Etaoin, thank you very much for your reply. It is most appreciated.

My 7 year old daughter is in a mid-tier international school (year 3) that follows the IGCSE curriculum. She is half Thai and half English. Whilst her written, spoken and understanding of English language is very good and commiserate with where she should be at her age her Thai is not. 

Thank you all for your replies.

It was the filter housing lid that was actually damaged. I had this replaced together with a new filter as my current filter was almost a year old.

I have busted seal by the looks of it on the outside of my house water filter.

Can anyone recommend a company or person to change this and to service both the big and small water filters also.

Someone with a little English speaking ability would be preferable but not essential.

4 minutes ago, blackcab said:

Option 2. Remit sterling to the UK.

 

If you remit baht and let a UK bank exchange it you will lose out.

Thanks very much.

I have just sold a condo and have the paperwork to remit the sale proceeds back to the United Kingdom through my bank which is Bangkok Bank. To get the best exchange rate do I send THB back to the UK or ask Bangkok Bank to change it to sterling and then remit sterling back?

Many thanks.

1 hour ago, Susco said:

I think Krungsri ( yellow bank) will be your choice, as they give I think currently 1% on a Mee Tae Dai accounts, which you can withdraw at any time.

 

Thannachart gives a bit more on an E-account, but is only if it stays there more than 6 months

 

 

Thank you very much.

15 hours ago, HampiK said:

I would suggest you try SCB, as there you still could become 1.5% interest even as foreigner. The only complicated could be to open an account with them.

The money would be available right away. Check for further details with SCB.

Kasikorn and KrungThai also have accounts with 1.5%, but as foreigner you can't open this special accounts ???? 

Thanks very much. I will look into that.

I have had a 10mb sitting in my Bangkok Bank for the last 3 months as I want to buy a house. Since I have not found somewhere suitable yet, can anyone recommend the best bank to keep this money in where I can access it with a month's notice and receive the best interest rate?

Thank you.

I'm enquiring about the UK one. I have managed to get an appointment for the 26th May (standard service). I would have preferred to pay for the priority service as I will now have to change the dates of our flight back to the UK.

Even testing the the super priority service there are no appointments all next week. (I cannot believe this is accurate since it costs 40,000 baht).

Anyway I got to the make a payment page and it has summarily rejected 3 of my credit cards so far...(All have good balances etc).

I have been trying to book an appointment at VFS in the Trendy building for my wife to take her documents down, biometric test etc.

Each time I try to book a date in the payment section all the dates are booked even a month in advance, yet they are yet are showing certain time slots are available for any particular dates I want within say the next seven days.

This isn't a glitch in the system as it been like this the last 4 days. I've tried on thee different computers now.

Any ideas as to why this is happening?

Thanks for that.

We've spoken to the hospital and they will be doing it for us.

Thanks very much for that info.

Our child will be born in Bangkok in the next few weeks. Can I register the birth at our local amphur in Chonburi? If I take paperwork presented by the hospital to Chonburi to our local amhur to apply for a birth certificate will it still be recorded as the child being born in Bangkok on the birth certificate?

Many thanks.

Its usually the people who can't afford to buy that trot out the ''it's better to rent'' line most times.

Rubbish,these are wise heads that don't like making a huge loss.

Wise heads lol

Well I've been in the same place for 15 years & have saved a fortune on rent. Typically about ฿100,000 per month for a unit in my condo of comparable size. There has also been a substantial increase in the value of my property. No huge losses here.

A "rise in value" can only be proved at the time of sale and when the cash is in the bank !

Yes of course.

Going on sales of similar sized units over the years I'm highly confident that there will be no huge losses here.

Its usually the people who can't afford to buy that trot out the ''it's better to rent'' line most times.

Rubbish,these are wise heads that don't like making a huge loss.

And move when the neighbor from hell moves in next door or any of the 1000's of things that can happen in Thailand that you never saw coming.

Yes I concede that if there are many units per floor then this may be a problem. There are only two other units on mine. I rarely see my neighbours.

Its usually the people who can't afford to buy that trot out the ''it's better to rent'' line most times.

Rubbish,these are wise heads that don't like making a huge loss.

Wise heads lol

Well I've been in the same place for 15 years & have saved a fortune on rent. Typically about ฿100,000 per month for a unit in my condo of comparable size. There has also been a substantial increase in the value of my property. No huge losses here.

Its usually the people who can't afford to buy that trot out the ''it's better to rent'' line most times.

I was in Amorn yesterday fixing a TV remote I dropped on the floor. It took them two minutes and the cheeky engineer tried to bill me 200 baht before dropping to 100 & then 50 baht.

I did point out that they were selling the same remote new for just 120 baht.