John Phuket

Does anyone know of Thai Health Insurance that covers up to a few million baht if you have to go into intensive care for a prolonged period even if it has a big excess. ? My ex thai bupa policy costs me baht 165k per year but only covers for a max of 240k in the IC.

Thanks to everyone who responded. The pdf info looks good although last year I was also asked for copies of all previous retirement stamps in my passport.

Does anyone have the latest requirement to renew a retirement visa in Phuket? I understand about the bank requirements but are photographs of you both outside and inside your house also required? (or even a video ?) Is a hand-drawn map of where you live also required? And are there any new requirements that might have been introduced recently? Thanks for any input

We are supposed to travel to Italy in the third week of September this year. Although my Thai wife submitted her Shengen visa application via VFS more than TWO months ago and despite repeated phone calls to VFS she has heard nothing back at all. The VFS tracking system states her passport is at the Italian Embassy but the application has not been granted or refused. She has also tried calling the Italian Embassy many times but all calls go unanswered. I mention she has previously been granted more than five Schengen Visas including two from Italy. Therefore the Italians have kept her passport which means she cannot make any alternative travel plans or travel outside the country. We will also have to shortly cancel our travel plans at a very considerable expense. Checking online this does not seem to be an isolated problem. It seems to me that the Italian Embassy treats Thai people with utter contempt.