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6 hours ago, khunPer said:

Samui is now red zone in Surat Thani...

With 70.000 visitors over Songkran, most of them Bangkokians, what could go wrong...

9 minutes ago, gearbox said:

Bangkok hospital here can do it, but the prices are quite high, and one doesn't need a fancy hospital for routine lab measurements.

Bangkok Hospitals 19.000 baht checkup package? You can get almost the same for half that price in Thai Inter.

21 minutes ago, farangkrab said:

Can I do the 90 day reporting in Samui or Surat Thani?

You can if you have been registered as staying here by your hotel/landlord.

On 4/13/2021 at 8:53 PM, Tropicalevo said:

As this is a Samui thread, it might be worth noting that expats going for the vaccine at a private hospital on Samui will only be offered the AZ vaccine (according to my doctor).

Stay safe people.

I'm not sure that is correct, if memory serves me then private hospitals were only allowed to import vaccine from manufacturers which the government didn't import from.

On 4/13/2021 at 8:53 PM, Tropicalevo said:

As this is a Samui thread, it might be worth noting that expats going for the vaccine at a private hospital on Samui will only be offered the AZ vaccine (according to my doctor).

Stay safe people.

I'm not sure that is correct, if memory serves me then private hospitals were only allowed to import vaccine from manufacturers which the government didn't import from.

"1 million more doses of COVID-19 vaccine available to Thai people."

It is like a <deleted> in Mississippi, Thailand has a population of 70 million people and would need 100 million doses in order to vaccinate 50 million of them twice.

2 hours ago, rasmus5150 said:

And it almost rhymes with "thigh headset".

The name of the airline which has the IATA code VZ is Thai VietJet Air.

1 hour ago, Harry Om said:

Is that my best option?

Yes and it is probably your only option in the afternoon.

I don't think Haad Rin Queen from Big Buddha pier is operating right now.

Reconnaissance

4 hours ago, khunPer said:

some people that are sharing a room, share it with a local, but that's not to save rent...????

Oh, that could be a great saver! ????

13 hours ago, Tropicalevo said:

The numbers do not quite make sense.

They match, they add up to 1250 which is the first of two injections. The other 1250 out of 2500 are saved for the 2nd injection.

On 1/17/2021 at 5:00 PM, TerraplaneGuy said:

Maybe I should give him B300?

Something like that, two or three "pinks"..

9 minutes ago, YT3k72Em said:

People on here seem to state that Bangkok Bank main branch in Silom has worked when others said no.

Yes but it is 2021 now and not 2004...

7 minutes ago, TerraplaneGuy said:

Do they insist that your bank book show a transaction on the day you apply?  (Bangkok does.) My bank letter and statement will be as of the day before.

No they don't, the day before is what I usually have.

When I did my last extension application I got the bank letter and bank book transaction on a Wednesday and went to immigration the next day just to find it closed because of a "long weekend".????

No complaints when I got back after the weekend, I think they require the statement letter and bank book transaction to be less than a week old.

57 minutes ago, ronaldo0 said:

He was released on bail as far as I’m aware

He was brought to Suratthani this morning in police helicopter.

2 hours ago, TerraplaneGuy said:

trying to justify charging more by doing an X-ray.

bingo!

39 minutes ago, khunPer said:

No (my bold in quote), never from me for retirement extension, nor has anybody else posted about that, but at least one voluntary did the big test for a retirement extension, and posted it here in the old "immigration thread", saying it was voluntary and not needed.

Where did you get your medical certificate before Thai Inter or BKK Hospital were built?

Immigration did not accept a medical certificate from a doctors private clinic in Nathon when I did retirement extensions in the early years of 2000,  Khun Nok sent me to the government hospital in Nathon.  They tested explicitly for drugs.

Samui International in Chaweng or Bandon Hospital were not accepted for med cert, it should be a government hospital.

10 minutes ago, TerraplaneGuy said:

Thanks, good to hear.  Any chance you know of a good hospital for this on Koh Phangan (that's where I'm located)?

No. Please ask locally, other expats there would know.

1 hour ago, TerraplaneGuy said:

Also,  the list asks simply for a medical certificate without saying what it should contain and apparently now clinics are not acceptable.  I’ve even heard that only public (not private) hospitals qualify. Is that true?

No it is not true.

Years ago Samui Immigration only accepted medical certificate from governments Samui Nathon Hospital which involved both a blood test and a urine test.

Nowadays they gladly accept medical certificate from private hospitals, I and most others use Thai Inter in Chaweng where you get the certificate within 20-30 minutes to the price of 250 baht.

You declare yourself fit to stay and the doctor listens to your lungs. That's all.

13 minutes ago, phetphet said:

I don't know if it would make any  difference, but maybe next time I will ask for a "last twelve months statement" from the bank.  Can't be any more expensive than a three month one.

 

I think it is the same price.

I got a call from Samui immigration a day after I had supplied the docs for the new 1 year extension, they asked me to come back and bring the bankbook with me.

The 3 month bank statement was accepted but they wanted a copy of the bankbook for the whole previous year, not only for the last 3 month.

So it seems that they have skipped the request to bring the bank book when you do your first 90 day report after a new extension (which a few  persons has been asked for) and instead do the check next time you apply for the extension.