GeorgeCross

wasn't the 300 million figure the same one used to justify mandatory health insurance for O-A visas?

which one is it or?

1 hour ago, madmen said:

Dump it in Jomtien where it will compliment the black sea

maybe arrange it around the outflow like a japanese garden

1 minute ago, lopburi3 said:

Indeed that 200k is extremely low in my experience - but the stents themselves are a major cost factor so multi would be considerably more (and some stents/medicated can cost a lost more).

it was a close relative and i was there, but i agree, i was shocked by how low the treatment was too especially considering it was at a 'branded' private hospital.

its not open heart surgery though the stent goes in via the leg or arm

so retirees can just pop over to laos and come back with a new non-o to beat the insurance requirement?

if this happens it'll be the biggest loophole since the visa-run

hua hin this week bank letter and book update from day before

not intentionally, bangkok bank now do letter while i waited rather than pick up the day after

i guess we'll all be too stoned too care under Junta 2.0

just done marriage extension of stay. in and out in 45 minutes with about 10 people waiting for various extension types. by the time guy on the front desk finished checking docs and selecting which photos to use one of the long stay desks was free and it was plain sailing from there. only questions asked was if my wife is still house wife (she is) and nothing about income for me (doing 400K deposit and don't work). no house visit required as some had reported and 'text book' list of docs required, nothing 'extra'. bank book, letter and kor ror 2 were one day old but didn't cause an issue.

very efficient service as always from this office, actually feel quite blessed it's my local office as some of the others we've been to over the years have been a pain in the rear.

a couple of the IOs have kids in the same school as us so maybe that helped and it was laughs and smiles all round as usual.

between easy extensions and 1 minute 90 days (seriously!) at the bluport mall (!) office i'd say these guys are getting better and better. well done.

9 minutes ago, bubba said:

Seems that many Condo C Ekamai owners are not keeping it a secret that they are doing daily rentals. How about Booking.com as advertised by the Chinese owner:

 

"Hello! I am the landlord, I look forward to your reservation for our condo, I hope that you can feel the feeling of home when you travel! As long as you give us the opportunity, we will work hard to do better!"

Darlene Li

 

https://www.booking.com/hotel/th/xin-di-biao-c-ekkamaigao-dang-gong-yu-47-gao-lou-ceng-47-ri-ben-ren-ju-zhu-qu-47.en-gb.html?aid=356980;label=gog235jc-1DCAso3QFCUHhpbi1kaS1iaWFvLWMtZWtrYW1haWdhby1kYW5nLWdvbmcteXUtNDctZ2FvLWxvdS1jZW5nLTQ3LXJpLWJlbi1yZW4tanUtemh1LXF1LTQ3SDNYA2jdAYgBAZgBCbgBGMgBDdgBA-gBAYgCAagCBLgChKWJ5wXAAgE;sid=f136b89e1fd624efc4e2fcd5647c7d78;dist=0&group_adults=2&keep_landing=1&sb_price_type=total&type=total&

 

Or how about this owner "Amanda", who has 51 listings for Condo C Ekamai on AirBnB:

 

https://www.airbnb.com/users/244044673/listings

 

Now assuming these owners might be Chinese nationals and running what appears to be a daily substantial business, I wonder what immigration and labour law says about their businesses as well?

 

 

they'll be saying bugger all if they are living in china i'd imagine

i'd feel safer putting my balls in their hands. 

once they've got that license its shake down city

39 is young now?!

RIP young man ????

south of france, spain and its islands look damn tempting right now..

anyways we should know soon enough 

2 hours ago, malagateddy said:

How much do you think you would pay in the UK...Bupa for example for out patient care value £1000..and in patient care to value of £10000??

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in the UK you would pay 16,000 baht annually for the NHS surcharge which comes with unlimited coverage both in and out patient, no pre-existing conditon exclusions and its for any age

mandatory for long stay settlement visas 

source: https://www.gov.uk/healthcare-immigration-application/how-much-pay

oh and of course being a developed country, after 5 years they give you a passport and you don't have to pay it ever again.

not 50-250K every year until you die broke in your late 90s with a policy that covered $%$% all of consequence.

anyone know how you go about registering a house?

we want to convert one of ours for minimum 1 week stays for high season

19 minutes ago, madmen said:

"Still, some developers remain sanguine. Sansiri Pcl says it continues to see "real demand" from foreign purchasers despite recent challenges, adding they account for as much as 30% of the firm’s sales.

Knight Frank believes the glut and falling prices may be short lived, citing Bangkok’s resilience and planned infrastructure projects that will renew the city.

“Ask anyone who’s been in property how many times they’ve heard the bubble will burst?,” the firm’s Bangkok-based head of residential, Frank Khan, said. “I’ve heard this more than 10 times, but in my last 15 years, it’s never burst.”"

i've been in the property business 22 years and i seem to remember a teeny weeny blip just around 1997.. shhh cherry pick ya data George ????

5 minutes ago, kentrot said:

For instance, foreigners made 3.42 million medical visits last year, and did not pay for 680,000 of them, while in 2017, foreigners made 3.3 million medical visits and did not pay for 565,000 of them. 

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Would it be possible to identify the country of origin of those 680,000 non-paying patients ?

 

That might help to identify a pattern ,  if there is one .....

and narrow the target of who deserves to be scrutinized by this initiative.

oh theres a pattern alright

old white guys and gals have money $$$$

no more scrutiny needed i'm afraid

15 minutes ago, bbbbooboo said:

..... hmmmm.... maths has never been one of Thailand’s strong points?

yeah anyone who's witnessed a local mom & pop pull out a calculator to add up 2 leo's at 60 baht each can attest to that

i'm yet to meet anyone here who deserved a tip

good service is not one of their strong points