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18 minutes ago, marty147 said:

 

Insulin - sorry, no info.

 

Houses - I've seen a few dotted around on my travels though most seem to be advertised via word-of-mouth.  It might be worth checking out Facebook marketplace where there are 4-5 properties currently showing.

 

Newsletter - this fizzled out many months ago and has not been resurrected.

Thanks for your response Marty. I had a quick look on Facebook but I got one Roi Et page showing a democracy salute followed by a write on the Skipper Garden Coffee place. No house rentals though.

I don't use Facebook a lot but if you saw a specific site with house could you please forward by pm. Thanks.

Shame about the newsletter.

We're thinking about making a move to Roi Et. Already been visiting for a few years, had great treatment from the Thonburi Hospital and generally like the feel of the town. It's also 200 km closer to the wife's family near Phanom Phrai than our current location.

We're due another visit there in a few weeks and would like any helpful suggestions on the following points.

Does anyone know if insulin 70/30 for diabetics can be bought over the counter or is it necessary to register with any of the local hospitals and buy from them?

Anyone know of house rentals? We saw one last year on Ronnachaicharnyut Road on the way to Le 23 Resort.  We passed there again last month and it appeared to be occupied but in a rather untidy state. I've searched the Internet inside out but found nothing.

Has the Roi Et expat monthly circular been restarted? I had a year's issues from the original editor then the new one sort of let it slip and I heard no more.

Anyway, I'd be very grateful if any kind resident can answer any or all of these questions either by pm or open forum.

Thanks in advance.

Unfortunately, not a penny. A few years ago they even stopped the 2,000 Pounds death benefit which I was able to get from my friend's widow only a few years before. 

That said, if you read through the entire pages on Gov.Uk website, there was a clause saying each case would be considered on merit. I made a note of this on my will paperwork and a friend will make a claim for my missus after I've gone.

And if some resident foreigner chooses a hotel which is already full of quarantine cases, for which the hoteliers receive a huge premium on their standard rates, will those quarantine cases be evicted to make rooms available? More importantly, would anyone wish to occupy those rooms regardless of discounts?

This was still happening in a Roi Et hotel last month where they couldn't honour our booking as they had given an entire floor over to quarantines. Car Park had a new security barrier and front door was locked.

In Roi Et for a few more days and unexpectedly need a dentist.

I see there are quite a few clinics around the lake so can anyone recommend a good reasonably priced one. Or, any to avoid.

Thanks in advance.

20 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

A baiting post and the expected replies to it have been removed.

Thanks -- genuinely

Thanks to everyone for taking the time to respond.

3 minutes ago, Peter Denis said:

The window for doing your 90-day report on-line has been enlarged from 15 days before till actual due date.  So if your 90-day report is due today, you could still do it on-line.

As UJ correctly mentioned it is not required to do your 90-day report during the Amnesty-period (till 31 July).

But if you can do it on-line, it is recommended to do so as it is not sure that you would be able to do your NEXT 90-day report on-line, if you let the present due date slip.  And that would force you to do that next one either in person or by mail.

Thanks for that, very useful

Thanks a lot Joe.

Been busy for weeks so my oversight. My 90 day check is due today so too late to even attempt online.

So, my question is, are 90 day checks still unnecessary or was that earlier and now reverted to a must do today requirement?

And, did you ever use the 2 page paperwork you had completed and attached to your first posting.?

My wife wants to go from Nakhon Phanom to Mukdahan, on to Yasothon then finally to Roi Et Province.

Would she need a new set of these papers for every interprovincial move?

4 minutes ago, lopburi3 said:

Am quite sure emergency treatment is still allowed so if in such pain treatment should be provided.  Did you try hospital?  Oil of Clove works wonders for pain and likely means loss of tooth (been there when Dacca became Dhaka and being bombed by India, to the cheers of local population - unreal).

Yes General Hospital also closed. Stopped the cloves for now as pain's receding 

Not in your area, but, probably the same where u are. Four days ago I tried to get any including private dentists and was told Dental Clinics have ALL been closed under the virus laws until further notice.

Strategically placed cloves and strong mouthwash have deadened the pain until I can find one open. 

In Nakhon Phanom many bigger restaurants are closed and local ones can only serve take aways. Local to us on Thursday, a medium sized one was fined 10,000 for having customers eating inside.

These are only my own observations in this part of town and cannot comment accurately for others.

I should have explained that my first visit to Immigration on Tuesday was intended to be only enquiring how they were dealing with the new rules ie no Embassy letter.

Anyhow, they checked all my papers and copies etc and said I had everything except the bank statements/letter. I already knew that but needed to know exactly what they required from my bank (Thanachart).

they kept my application saying they would consult with others if anything else would be required. I already had a print out from my TransferWise account for the last 6 months but they wanted records for the entire year.

At home I printed the Immigration order kindly supplied by nasa123. I 'suggested' they studied their Thai version. Bad idea as their copy was actually 4 pages long and they found a paragraph saying I needed the full year.

Off to the bank -- 200 thb. When we were there, the oldest IO rang them asking for another document -- 100 thb. Returning to the office they highlighted the years entries saying there were more than 12 payments and should be only one/month. A bit silly so I once again reiterated last year we didn't know the Embassy was gonna stop letters and I sent for money from 2 pensions when we needed it. There was no order saying we can't send money every day. Then she said now there is! So, next she called Nong Khai and I heard her saying sahm duen (sorry for my bad spelling but you know I mean 3 months).

No apology or correction but they then said I could pay, go home and they would bring my passport with the extension to our home at 5.30. I was both delighted and flabbergasted. 

I'll add this before closing. Used same office/IO for 18 years and never seen what I saw yesterday. Teams of Fully armed Immigration Police wearing TACTICS badges looking more like a SWAT team. Maybe 15 in all. Missus says they had a full list of names and remote Provincial towns they would be visiting over the next few days. Didn't hear if they looking for foreigners but seemed a bit OTT to dig out a few Laos working girls in the karaoke bars?

These reports are great for others users to learn from. However this one reinforces why the embassies have stopped issuing the affidavits. But the UK ones never actually showed the money coming into Thailand only that they were potential incomes.

I wonder what all these Bangkok residing civil servants do all day as in recent years they have farmed out UK visa apps, passport renewals and now refuse to issue these letters.

OK guys; thanks for all the info even those following #7 who gave me the actual information I initially requested. Hopefully all the rest will be of use to others in the future.

Since my original posting, the local office have phoned saying all I now need is the bank's confirmation letter. 18 years and 4 different visas with the same Immigration Office dictates that before going to the bank, I will stop off and ask them to write in Thai language exactly what they require from them. Thanachart do show TransferWise as an

International transfer --- at least here they do but, as with Immigration Offices, they all appear to do it differently.

Hopefully tomorrow I can post a successful result.

8 minutes ago, nasa123 said:

That's the one; thanks indeed.

1 minute ago, Maestro said:

The confirmation letter of the bank is missing.

 

What immigration office are you dealing with?

Yes, I know, and therein lies the problem. They don't know what to tell me to ask the bank for as, unfortunately as nobody foresaw the Embassies changing, I only had my bank updated every 6 months or so and my bank entered one lump sum for that whole period ergo the confusion

Next week I'll be changing banks and have the book updated monthly after each transfer.

Nakhon Phanom by the way.

My local Immigration Office are confused about how to process my non-O visa using the 65,000/month system.

I have already provided bank book and photostats of every page and a print out from my TransferWise account. They are saying their 'new boss' requires a full year's income which I have already provided but trying to convince them there is an agreement that only 3 months for this year is required as it has just been introduced.

Anyway, they've kept copies of everything to calculate overnight and I need to return tomorrow. For years I've had the extension in my passport and home within an hour --- using the UK embassy letter.  

So, can somebody please give me a link to the Immigration statement giving the ''official'' guidelines as to what is now required. I can then print it and take it along tomorrow and keep in my file to use only if required. 

thanks

1 hour ago, kkerry said:

 

Fake capacity power banks exposed

 

Almost all inexpensive 50000 powerbanks are fake, especially if bought on the internet from China. The same goes for cheap large capacity SD cards.

Have a look on Amazon. Check the size, weight and price of any with genuine reviews and compare with what you purchased. A genuine 50000 powerbank is a lot heavier and larger than most people would want to carry around with them.

 

I got carried away by the free (imitation) velvet bag. Yes I should be in one for being so naive.

Methinks that was possibly my last order with LAZADA and shouldn't have listened to my half-wit friend.

The hot-air oil-free fryers seemed to be a bargain until I spotted them cheaper with a pile of free accessories on a Thai TV shopping channel. Thai company copied the (twice as expensive) branded type and got lumbered with a depot full. Can't give 'em away now. Avoid that one too.

It's back to the chip pan for me .................

Wonder how many thousand other members have been caught out?

4 hours ago, chrisinth said:

Have a funny feeling that you originally got what you paid for, a case for a 3 TB  drive.

 

Have never seen a 3 TB drive anywhere for 900 baht.

Yer right of course. The too good to be true statement above and my own that I should be more careful in future both apply.

There again, I presume most of Lazada customers strive to get bargains and it sometimes backfires.

I bought what they advertised as a 50,000 power bank and it works, but more like a 10,000 handy-sized one. Came in a fancy velvet bag though.

Terrible experience with a 3 TB external hard-drive. It came with plug, wires and connections --- but no guts inside. I wrote 3 times it was only the case and needed the actual hard-drive and would keep the case if the recommended/sent the inside. No response to that so I returned it via Thai Post.

That was a month ago and they just emailed saying the refund of 900 thb has been authorised but I haven't checked my bank yet to see if it has been paid back in.

I think this was a deliberate scam selling empty cases. Other than that, I've been pleased with the Lazada set-up and will be more careful in future. Some of their lines are available through the TV shopping channels where they are sometimes cheaper.

Does anyone know why Thai Expat TV is not working correctly.

I was off for almost a full day; now it's returned with only half the choice of channels.

I have emailed them twice without receiving any acknowledgment or reply.

A poor service considering I already paid 10,000 thb for the year with 5 months left on the contract.

52 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

Since August of 2013 if you apply for an extension with less than one year remaining on your passport your extension is only issued to the date your passport expires. You will have to apply for a new extension next month.

Thanks guys; yes the expiry date is March.  EMS off to the Embassy tomorrow morning ..... and the endless changes continue.