LivingNThailand

Really glad I found this. I keep going to the website expatvac to find an update and there is nothing. I've been to Bangkok Hospital Phuket about 3 times last month and everytime I asked to sign up for the vaccines they say I cannot. Not available. You would think they would start a list. Phuket.win has run out of vaccines, but I keep looking. They say 70% of the "targeted" group has been vaccinated, but that's not true. I'm over 70 and would really like to get a vaccine soonest. Not in a deep red area, and I know that is a priority, but a little communication would be appreciated.... I know I know.... don't say it. I'll follow this and hopefully there will be good news soon. Thanks for all your information, there may be hope out there.

The Driver’s License Department at the Phuket Land Transport Office is temporarily closed. TFN. I was going this week to change my DL when I do my 90 day. So I'll forget about it until .... 2024-2025, when the tourist start coming back.????????????

Thanks, good idea but I have no idea how to twitter or tweet. I was thinking of using my old US address and phone number. It's only been 6 years. Hey, the house is still there. I did live there. And I have a VPN so I'll use Illinois as my location so it might get through. It's worth a shot. I also wrote the US Ambassador in BKK. He has a fancy title, Chargé d’Affaires. What a loser. He told me that I could wisk back to the US and get a single shot and wisk back using the Phuket Sandbox. I had to EXPLAIN to him all the steps it took, how long it would take and how much money it would cost me. On a completely separate subject, sort of, they are saying 80% of the people coming in on the Phuket Sandbox are return residents or people visiting family. I personally know 3 separate people that are going to Europe and returning via the Sand Box. They have to stay at a hotel for 14 nights just a few streets away from their houses. Don't get me going. Thanks for the idea. I'll see what I can do.

I wrote her an email and when I went on the website you had to have a US a address and phone number. Maybe I read it wrong. I still have it saved if anyone can point me in the right direction.

My understanding regular savings accounts are insured for everyone but foreign currency accounts are not insured. You can read the link that userabcd posted. There is a lot of information. I didn't read the whole thing because I've already made my decision.

Thanks for the link. I had to do the math on item 12 because the example was for 15 mil. insurance. If this is true I'd still have to move some money out, but not as much. However the manager insisted it wasn't covered, only one million per bank, so I just moved it. It doesn't matter really. The savings scheme was insane. 12 years. First of all I'm too old to invest for 12 years in one thing and when I was younger I was too young to invest in one thing for 12 years (except my mortgage). The interest didn't compound and they said the interest would be 19%, which wasn't true. Then the final nail on the coffin was that they claimed I would make 424% on 400,000 THB over 12 years yielding 424,427 THB. Even if you don't compound the interest 424% on 400,000 is 1,696,000 THB. Who makes up these things. After I saw this I wired the money out and keeping the bare minimum in the bank.

We had just over 2 million in 2 accounts, one joint and the other my visa account. Bank manager said one one million total. Not two million. Period. Then we transferred the money and the manager didn’t stop us. I would have thought the manager would want us to keep the money in the branch. We asked for options and was pitched a saving insurance scheme. No thanks. Do you have a link? I’ve been trying to find this out for weeks. Too late now though I guess. Thanks.

In case anyone else was wondering about joint accounts....I went to the bank yesterday and asked the manager. One account, one Bank, One Million. Period. If it's a joint account it is not one million each person. Just one million insurance per bank. I could have opened another account in a different bank, but I just wired most of my money back to the US. I can get it back in 1-2 days if I need it.

I have a new passport and want to put the new number on my Thai drivers license. Does anyone know what paperwork I need to accomplish this without having to go back and forth. Smooth & Seamless, if that is possible. One of my friends said to forget about it, but I have 4 more years left and I'd rather do it now. This is in Phuket so it might be different. I think I saw this here once before but I couldn't find it in the searches I tried. Thanks.