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Hi Sheryl, Thank you for your reply which is helpful. Our daughter is as I type now phoning the Pattaya Memorial Hospital. We'll see how she gets on. With regards to the vaccines, my wife and daughter say there are often long queues at the Government Hospitals so that would be a reason for them not wishing to attend, although I personally would for the cost saving. As for the Hep B, I will check on this, I did take a snip of the full list of injections and it was translated by my daughter but it does look like the baby has had a Hep B injection in the 1st month, although from your correspondence she may still be missing one more? Thanks again, and I will keep posters informed how we get on if we find Pattaya Memorial a good option. Kind regards.

Hello, I wonder if anyone is able to advice the best place for our child to receive her 4-month vaccinations (see attached for info). Normally we would take these in Korat, as they were scheduled for the 9th August, with the price being approximately 6000thb, however due to circumstances we have had to travel to the Pattaya / Jomtien area. I'm told at the local Bangkok Pattaya hospital it would be approximately 10000thb, which is a little more than we would like to pay; so if anyone can recommend anywhere else that can provide the service a little cheaper (and closer to 6000thb) that would be much appreciated. Thank you

Thanks very much everyone, superb information and advice, great to know my CSP will increase annually, only a few years now to the BIG DAY ????

Hello, are there any Civil Servants out there living and residing in Thailand permanently and receiving their Civil Service Pension, please note this is not about the state pension? Is the CS Pension uprated annually and if so, is this by the CPI rate, also does anyone pay tax on this and if yes is it taken out at UK source or do you to contribute in Thailand?

Hi Ojas, thank you for sharing. This has allevaited our concerns as there is more than 2000 bht in the account, and we are topping it up every quarter with a small deposit. Kind regards

Great advice folks and thank you. I will advice my wife to make some small deposits to ensure the account doesn't go dormant which I amagine would be a whole new problem: but we will resolve the issue fully when we return next year sometime.

Hello, I hope someone can advise? The last time my wife and I were in Thailand was in 2019, my Thai wife opened a bank account at TMB, Central Plaza, Korat. This was aligned to her mobile / sim card. It was a pain free process, and she was given a bank book and card; we thought it would be a good idea to invest a little spare money there for when we returned for our holidays and eventually move permanently. We were able to view all transactions via the mobile app. However, since Covid we have not been abroad, but we have still been investing small sums into the account via Wise. Recently my wife changed her mobile and was no longer able to view her account via the TMB app. We have tried re-setting / re-installing the app, phoning both TMBs central and international numbers but we are still unable to resolve the issue, although we and TMB customer services know it is because she has changed her phone. My wife’s other mobile is no longer, as this was sent back to Samsung as a part exchange deal. Does anyone have any ideas how best to resolve this, or have a possible solution; should we just wait until we are there in person next year, and cease any money transfers until then? Any help or advice would be much appreciated.