Andrew Dwyer
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Also trying to get them off the bags of food is a nightmare.
Wife goes off to a local tamboon, comes home with food in small bags, try to get the bands off almost impossible, i just get a knife and cut the bag, then get ear ache from the wife for not keeping the rubber band.
I cut em off too !!
The gf always saves em , for what ? who knows !!
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So what's the Guinness record they're breaking?
Most prostitutes on a beach at the same time?
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Anyone know which bar Miss 153 works in?
Pink bikini/blue trainers 4-5 in from the right.
Hands off she’s my Fri/Sat nighter, unavailable other nights ( school nights ).-
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So medical insurance for tourists is only 100 THB? Wow, that is a good value. What could go wrong?
Actually not insurance, but making everyone pay to cover for the ( alleged ) multitudes of foreigners getting treated at hospitals and doing a runner ( or dying ) !!
Actually quite an astute move by them, by making it a small amount ( $3 ) it’s not gonna put off the tourists and then they can increase it annually without any further outcry !!-
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Watching Elizabethtown (2005)
A great feel good movie with some funny moments and a great soundtrack ! -
Well, he said, no if's ands or buts, you need insurance for extensions based on an O-A. I think that's false information. So I guess one would have to go a rung higher to confirm.
Yes, but.
Have you tried asking your immigration office, I know it’s early doors and they probably will not have any answers but , at the end of the day, they are the ones who are going to have to know as they are the ones who are gonna physically stamp your passport with an extension stamp. -
A good idea. The thread is a bit long. A number of people have told me they have asked Tom Thomson, Chief Executive Officer Pacific Cross to confirm and make him aware of such behavior by a salesperson at his company.
Tom Thomson is the one who replied to my question ( see post #1632 ) . -
It was on Thaivisa. Read the whole thread to get his complete statement that extensions will need insurance. I asked him, did you really write that?
The whole thread is asking a bit much, he appeared at post #1625 . -
Marcus is referring to this thread:
“Health insurance mandatory for long-stay foreigners in Thailand “
If you start from post #1625 you will see that the rep from Pacific Cross/Thaivisa Health Protect clearly states “ yes you do “ when I asked him “if an expat on an extension of stay based on retirement originating from an OA visa requires the mandatory health insurance .”
Although he does go on to say that the health insurance requirements for OA visa have not been fully finalised ( which I take to read as he has not been fully informed yet ).
It is his word against many and he did not provide any written information other than the badly worded document that we have already seen .
As he is a salesman/rep for an Insurance company you can make up your own verdict as to whether you believe him or not !!
He certainly did not provide any new evidence to back up his claim.
I personally am on an extension of stay ( retirement ) originating from an OA but my extension is only due September 25th so I have time to see how this pans out.
Marcus, on the other hand, has an upcoming extension ( July I believe ) and has unfortunately become the guinea pig for this situation.
I can understand Marcus’s concerns .-
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I am in my mid 50’s and I have lived in LOS for 3 years and I initially arrived with a Non Imm OA. I have since obtained one extension through the US Embassy Income Affidavit route. Because I did not transfer the 800k into a my bank account or initiated the 65K Monthly transfer scheme I will be leaving in several months. I have considered obtaining a new OA from my home state Thai Consulate and started to get estimates for Thai Government complaint health insurance. This is what I have discovered.
I have always had health insurance and my current policy has 1 Mil IPD but only 20,000 OPD. My annual premium is under 20,000 Baht.
I checked with several companies(those that are listed on the MFA website) and discovered that if I keep my IPD at the bare minimum level of 400,000 and raise my OPD to the minimum level of 40,000 from 20,000 my premium in some cases doubles or triples.
Therefore, my premiums will go up, my IPD limit goes down, my OPD limit goes up by only 20,000. I understand this is Thailand but this does not make any sense.
This is exactly the problem !!
We are being forced into taking out health insurance that is totally wrong for our needs as well as being ridiculously overpriced.
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This one is a bit more recent but relevant due to my previous posts.
( that’s my story and I’m sticking with it !! )
Paul Rodgers - Soul of love -
Paul showing what a great voice he had, and still has !!
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Free - Be my friend
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Oh to be in Croydon in 1970 !!
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Doesn’t come any better than this !!
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From the Somerset Capital website contact us page.
https://somersetcapital.com/contact-us/
612 Wheelers Farms Road.
Milford, CT 06461
(877) 282-9922
(203) 301-3253
[email protected]
Somehow I don't think that is an address in Eire though I could be wrong.
There 8 separate groups within Somerset Capital and some posters are saying that Somerset Capital has moved lock, stock and Barrel to Eire. I think not.
However if you really want to know the truth try contacting these people. They are sure too know if anybody does.
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/companies-house
https://www.gov.uk/get-information-about-a-company
If you Remainers do that and find out, please post the information on TVF.
That address is Connecticut , USA-
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I have been here 15yr ish my non O was obtained outside the Kingdom of Thailand my extensions done Immigration.
According to the latest information from Thaivisa Health Protect then you should be exempted from mandatory health insurance.
Me, on the other hand, came here on a non imm B followed by a couple of tourists visas then, my last visa, a non imm OA which gave me permission to stay which I then remained by doing extensions.
So, in effect I am here on extension ( blah blah ) originating from an OA, which if THP are correct means I now need mandatory health insurance !! -
I believe the spirit of this new requirement is that it is applicable to NEW issues, NOT historic issue and subsequent extension that in effect are O extensions.
So, if you had an OA 10 years ago, you are effectively on O extensions now and its not applicable. Thats my take on it.
Someone asked the why two types ? well, the OA is issued outside the kingdom the O is in the local IO. As the extensions to the OA are done locally they are in effect now O extension and not subject to the new criteria.
That is my opinion. As we all know, Offices and even Officers will vary and its all ultimately down to interpretation. I do believe many are panicking unnecessarily at this stage.
To infer its applicable to SELL insurance in my opinion is dispicable, as it is NOT stated nor based in fact that an extension of an OA is included in ANY police order or official statement. (That I have seen)
I don’t believe that the Thai Immigration will see it that way, there are extensions originating from an OA and also originating from an O, although the extensions are one and the same.
For example i am on an extension based on retirement originating from an OA , I have never had an O visa and immigration searching through my passport will only be interested in the OA stamp !!
If the post from Thaivisa Health Protect is correct ( they do seem a little uncertain when pushed though )then mandatory health insurance applies to me too.
Don’t get me wrong, I hope that i am incorrect in my understanding and to be perfectly honest I’m still not 100% sure of the new ruling.-
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Do you do your extensions at immigration? If so a valid unanswered question.
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Hi Everyone,
I work for Pacific Cross/Thai Visa Protect.
Sorry I am unable to reply to every post. That is impossible currently, the announcement took us by surprise and was overwhelming with the amount of calls and emails that came in. To compound matters many people thought this applied to them when in fact not. If you have got in touch please be patient and everyone will be responded to in due course.
Firstly, a point I made earlier that some may have not seen. We have a plan that meets the visa requirement for NON O A and NON O X. If you are on a marriage VIsa or NON O yearly extension the mandated insurance does NOT apply to you. I can't say that the government over time will not roll this out to all visas, I suspect they may, as we all may agree its difficult to say what is around the corner legislation wise.
Once again one of the principal questions about this mandatory health insurance has not been fully clarified !!
Do you need mandatory health insurance if you are on an extension of stay based on retirement originating from an OA visa ??-
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Might involve a loss of face !!
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Hi Pogust, you seem to know what you're doing but some things I don't understand : you said the sheets were unpainted, but now it seems like they are painted.
I have bought Sherra products (not roof sheets) before and the pamphlets and material were of good quality. Are the roof sheets from Sherra or like Sherra?
I can't see Sherra making a painted or unpainted roof sheet that is porous and lets the water thru...what's the point?
You got a pic of the roof? Not just for me but for other people who have more knowledge than me. [emoji3]
Sorry: Shera not Sherra.
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I think you are confusing Pogust with the OP .
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Here’s another from Free in 1970.
Great stuff !!
https://youtu.be/dApuKznj1Jo-
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This visa started in January 2019.
As Brewster has stated you have plenty of time to look at your options.
At your age, in almost 2 years , health insurance will be extremely expensive if to be found at all.
Going to retirement extensions seems like the better option, of course nobody knows what the future will bring, worrying times for many of us !!-
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At 83 years of age, where can i get insurance ?
Wish i had an answer for you, but I don’t.
Another option for you is to do an extension based on retirement, of course there’s the financial requirements to fulfill but I don’t see any other options.
You’re currently on an OA right ?, are you on the 1st year ( i.e. before its expiry date ) of it or have you left the country and are on the 2nd year permission to stay ?
Thai bikini babes set to smash Guinness World Record at 2019 Pattaya beach race
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Find your own fantasies, this one is mine !!