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Thank you very much for the reply Brandon. With my PR i did get named into the blue book of our house, so that hole should be covered. It is not so much that i need it atm, but thinking along the road, where i might get kicked out of my personal health insurrance, once passing 65. You never know what happens in life, so good to have an back up option. Granted, there might be some bureaucratic issues along the way, but my company HR did somehow get me 800 TBH child support by SSO for our son so i should be in the system for that and hopefully also after retiring, if keep paying the 432 TBH montlly to stay covered until eligeble age. Ant.

I asked the below before in the Pattaya forum, but only got one useful reply to part of the question, then thought i would ask it here, as for any PR holder the SSO subscription might have been part of the work permit application to get to PR. Whereas many readers on the normal info boards are pensioners on a visa, without ever having worked in Thailand. https://thaicitizenship.com/thai-social-security/ i read here, that it is possible to keep some kind of heath coverage and even some kind of small pension, if keep paying to SSO even after i would loose my job until i am 55. After the "topic, can you live on 40 K a month" when retired, i got worried and started thinking. Currently i do phave private health insurrance for me and my family, but they did bump it up by 30% and you never know what happens in the future, if it would still be affordable or if they would kick me out at 65 as i did have an pulmonary embolsim a few years ago. Then is there anyone who has made use of their SSO coverage for health care? was it ok? What hospital were you treated and was it survivable, or no AC available and outdated equipment? or very good value for the money and definetely something worth to keep just in case. In the Pattaya area, what SSO hospital would be recommended. And would anyone know if this pension mentioned is still paid out to foreigners? How much would it be? In the end, even small amounts are better then " a poke in they eye", especially once one no longer receives salary and with stock market uncertanties. Any info would be appreciated. Ant.

it helped me tremendously from start to finish of my PR journey, as there seems to be no better source for it then and https://thaicitizenship.com/category/thai-permanent-residency/ this website

Cheers, as will I. thank you for your reply Ant.

Thks for the reply, i do have PR, so i am on the blue book of our house. However, the yellow book requirement i think you can also get without owning a condo unless i am wrong. Well, yes that was my understanding also of it, but after reading that website article and Ralf's reply, (also on the "Can you live on the 40K " thread where someone said his private insurrance did not cover after accident, but he did get full cover by SSO, it got me peaked. Like i said, i am still below 50 and working, but there might be the time that the premiums of the private insurrance go to the roof or worse the insurrance throws you out after 65, so worth to keep the SSO. May i ask why you were shot down, as you state? if you paid for the SSO and keep paying the monthly 432 TBH after stopping work, you would be entitled right? Thank you Ant.

thank you for the fast reply, then definetely worth to keep it as a backup. That sounds like very good coverage actually for the 3 months you stayed. i stayed before at Bangkok Hospital in Pattaya for that pulmonary embolism and that costed 250 K for a 5 day stay (food was ok but bland xD). Just got worried if at an later stage in life the same would happen again, without health cover. No needed to pay any extra's for that 3 month hospital stay? )Besides the pizza's and burgers haha). As i believe the coverage of the SSO is only TBH 500,000 p.a.? or is it per incident? Those months in ICU must have been expensive. Also would you know anything about pension benefits? Might be little, but better then a poke in the eye xD Thank you Ant.

https://thaicitizenship.com/thai-social-security/ i read here, that it is possible to keep some kind of heath coverage and even some kind of small pension, if keep paying to SSO even after i would loose my job until i am 55. After the topic, can you live on 40 K a month i got worried and started thinking. Currently i do phave private health insurrance for me and my family, but they did bump it up by 30% and you never know what happens in the future, if it would still be affordable or if they would kick me out at 65 as i did have an pulmonary embolsim a few years ago. Then is there anyone who has made use of their SSO coverage for health care? was it ok? What hospital were you treated and was it survivable, or no AC available and outdated equipment? or very good value for the money and definetely something worth to keep just in case. In the Pattaya area, what SSO hospital would be recommended. And would anyone know if this pension is still paid out to foreigners? Any info would be appreciated. Ant.

i saw this post on x. it made for an interesting read and many thoughts well articulated.

Thank you Ralf and Upnotover, guess i have too. Seems that is not possible to fill in until before 3 days of traveling, and funny enough can not opt for Thailand as country of residence. Thks for the reply. i did not have my PR yet when i traveled due to the Covid and my family visiting me here after, but then will end up doing so.

Good evening. Would anyone know if the new Thailand Digital Arrival Card is required to be filled in by PR holders? I am flying overseas over Songkran for the first time since getting my PR and will come back in the first week of May and would like to avoid any hassles. Unfortunately on the immigration website i did not see any information regarding this. Any advice would be appreciated. Ant.

Good evening. I will be flying over Songkran to see my family in Europe and will be coming back to Thailand on the3rd of May when this new requirement comes active. There would like to know if anyone has seen somewhere, if Permanent Resident Permit holders are required to fill this form in or not, as i can not find any information on it on the immigration website. Any reply would be appreciated. Ant.

i have lost since the first of January 15 Kg, so a little less then 3 months. What worked for me very well is eating 4-5 boiled of Eggs and a greek yogurt for lunch in the beginning to ease into Keto and later into OMAD. I started off with walking, but upped to 4 K at a slow pace in the morning and some Basic heavy weightlifting 3 times per week (Incline bench press, deadlifts, squats, military press and bent over rows for 30 min) Now nearly 3 months in, i am not hungry anymore at lunch time and eat my boiled eggs with my caesar salad in the evening. ( i did have some cheat meals once or twice a week with spare ribs, pizza, steak etc) and it felt pretty effortless like you. For me the eggs really stuffed me in the beginning. I guess the same as ozempic would work.

doing calves stretches helped me to get rid of shin splints in the past. It feels like it is the bone, but it it actually from overload on the muscles that are not strong enough.

Dr. Doctor Somjot, May i kindly ask for the location and name of your practise. I have a crown that got broken in the last year that needs replacement. Not sure if Smile, dental clinic above is the one as it was posted by someone else. Thank you Ant.

I guess the reason to have low calorie dishes is too loose weight? but maybe think next to low calories also about satieting food. From the 1st of January until now i have made lunch consistently out of 5 hard boiled eggs, 14 Cherry tomatoes to eat together with the eggs for taste, a greek yogurt, and a dragon fruit or small 150 kcl pack of Almonds. This will get you to around 550-600 kcl and it keeps my stomach filled so much i have to nearly force my self to eat dinner. I dropped from 123.5 KG to 114.7 KG this morning, so roughly 6 weeks. ( i do walk over 6000 steps a day and incorperated 3 times a week of 5 Compound weightlifting exercises) I did stop alcohol mostly, but have had days of a bottle of wine with a 200 lbs sirloin steak and pizza from the pizza company because my son wanted it, but because of my lunch could not eat more then 2-3 slices in the evening for a few days. Anyway, seems like the eggs work to me like an extremely cheap dose of ozempic filled with complete amino acids for good protein nutrition. For the Thai dishes, obviously the pad phak ruam (fried mixed vegetables are probably lowest on calories depending on oil usage) but grilled chicken and prawns would be better from protein and filling perspective making you eat less because your are less hungry. Ant.