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I am a permanent resident but haven't had a work permit since 2008 and have no idea about my social security history (my previous employer also provided fabulous health cover).  Now I'd like to get a social security number to use as proof of COVID insurance for next Thailand entry.  I'm quite willing to pay monthly social security payments.  Can anybody suggest how I can go about this?

I'm a Thailand permanent resident and I understand $50,000 of COVID insurance is required to re-enter the country.  But insurance policies have a defined period and we are here "forever".  So does anyone know the COVID insurance options for Thailand permanent residents?

2 hours ago, Arkady said:

Yes, there is downside to not endorsing your book in 5 years time. There are small fines to pay and you will not be able to renew a work permit or, I believe, get a new duplicate white copy of your resident book when it is full, if your alien book has expired.  Different labour offices may take different views but I had a problem renewing my work permit once because the they insisted I had to have an alien book endorsement that covered the entire period of the work permit and I was applying for a two year work permit. So I was forced to run around to the police station and get a new alien book endorsement long before it had expired.

 

 

 

 

Thank you for this useful information.  I felt it was worth 5K to keep things straight, but I wasn't sure why.  I don't have a work permit any more, but the white book is critical to getting in and out of the country.

On 1/13/2021 at 3:24 PM, Dogmatix said:

That’s the most likely explanation. It’s pretty appalling how police can just BS to avoid doing their jobs, like most Special Branch provincial offices either refuse to process citizenship applications or, even worse, try to do it but ask for bribes and mess up the applications.

Well if they refuse to do it, then you have to get someone to do it, and that person may or may not grease the wheels, we don't know do we?

35 minutes ago, scorecard said:

We quickly spoke to the uniformed cop who handles this (spoke good English) he apologized for the  moving-in mess but added 'If you don't mind the mess I'll take care of this right now, about 20 minutes', then he got 2 glasses of water.

 

Fifteen minutes later all done and a new 5 year update in my RED book, 500Baht. My son asked if I can later get a 10 year update. Response 'only 5 years, but with very old people we don't worry if the update is late'.

 

Pleasant cop said 'come back anytime if I can help with any documents'.

WOW, what a great experience in Chiang Mai.  Wish it was the same here.  My book has been moved to Krabi, same expiry date as before and I have to report into Ao Nang police around 3 years from now.  I suspect I will end up having to pay the fixer again to get it extended, but let's see.

An update on moving my red police book from Khlong Tan (Bangkok) to Ao Nang (Krabi) Police station.   Since I had been turned away from every police station around here including Ao Nang, I paid a fixer 5,000 Baht to take care of it for me.  She ended up having to send the book to Bangkok, someone took it to Khlong Tan police station, book came back, then they got it updated at Ao Nang police station.  I think I got a really good deal for 5,000 Baht considering the amount of effort she spent on it.  If anyone knows the process to do this, please do share.  Also, is there any bad consequence to not updating this book or reporting in every 5 years?  Because if I get turned away from Ao Nang police next renewal I'm quite inclined to give up on this BS.

23 hours ago, Bangel72 said:

Also had issues with the red book, first station sent me to another one, they initially said no and eventually would only be signed by big boss of area who was rarely at the station.  My five years renewal ran into similar issues, initially a point blank refusal, was told to go to a border crossing to get it stamped and only when I insisted i was in the right place and had them talk with CW rep did I get progress, all done, thankfully its a five year thing.

I've been on hold for hours with the Immigration "Hotline" but they never answer.  Please do share the name and direct phone number of the CW rep if you have it Bangel72

5 hours ago, SteveB2 said:

I too had problems locating the police station that issues/updates the Red Book...

 

It took several days to locate the Police station that even knew about them and there was only one senior officer familiar with the admin process who continuously refered to a dog eared old 'procedures book' while filling in the relevant sections.

 

I this instance, try calling a senior member of the Chaeng Wattana PR team in Bangkok for assistance in locating the correct police station in your Changwat - they've always been very helpfull in the past - you should still have some phone numbers handy from your own PR application.

 

Understand that PR/Red Book status is very rare for foreigners in Thailand - many police stations and even immigration officials in distant Changwats away from Bangkok have never seen them before and are not famliar with the admin process,

Thanks for the reply.  I don't have a phone number for the PR section in Chaeng Wattana.  I did spend quite a long time on hold last Friday with the general immigration number 1178.  In the end it was disconnected automatically.  If anyone can share the direct phone number for Chaeng Wattana PR department I'd be very grateful.

Red Police Book Discontinued?