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Thank you. I'll be looking into this.

Thanks to you all for the feedback. Much appreciated. As I suspected, but wanted confirmation from those that know. I just kept thinking back to my parents after they had retired. My mother had some sort of heart condition which required her to be on medications for the rest of her life. I remember her telling me that her entire retirement income went to paying for her medications, so they had to live off of what little income my father had. Such is life in the U.S. for some.

I am a retired U.S. citizen that has recently moved to Thailand with my wife that has dual U.S./Thai citizenship. Part of my retirement plan is full medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug insurance coverage for myself and my wife. I pay no premiums for this. If I pass away before my wife, my wife will continue to be covered for the rest of her life. While the medical portion of my coverage can be used worldwide, with many “Network Provider” hospitals throughout Thailand, my prescription drug, vision and dental coverage can only be used in the U.S. Since we have unlimited hospital inpatient and outpatient coverage, is getting a supplemental prescription drug, dental or vision insurance coverage necessary? I know the cost of prescription drugs in the U.S. can be crazy expensive, and I’ve know several people in the U.S. that have visited Thailand to get their dental work done because the cost is so low. Also to consider is that my wife, being a Thai citizen, could take advantage of the Thai government system for medications, no? I am 67 years old and my wife is 57 years old and neither of us are taking medications for any chronic conditions. Just an occasional headache or stomach ache medication. Thanks.

I thought that when SS started the IDD system to a Thailand bank account, the Thai bank account no longer had restrictions. They no longer required you physically visit a branch to withdraw funds, and ATM cards and online banking/transfers are allowed.

Thanks. My iPhones region is still set to United States. I had assumed that if the VPN on my phone was off or set to Thailand that was all I needed. If I change my region to Thailand, will it affect updates to other apps I have on my phone, or access to U.S. based websites like banking or Amazon Prime videos or Netflix?

I'll take a link to that app. I've done searches on both the App Store on my MacBook and also the App Store on my phone, but don't see any "section38" app.

Check with the insurance through your employer and see if it will cover you outside the U.S. If not, does your employer offer a choice of insurance plans? Maybe one of them will provide the coverage you need. If so, weigh the cost of that insurance plan versus the additional cost of insurance in Thailand vs travel insurance. The main reason I chose the insurance plan that I did (HMSA, a BlueCross/BlueSheild company) is that it can be used “worldwide”.

Yes, and I thank you for the suggestion, however, being the paranoid person I can sometimes be, I was hoping for another solution due to the fear of loosing everything I've saved in the app if I tried to delete and reinstall. Getting the "Official" word and instructions from LINE made me somewhat more confident enough to give it a try.

LINE customer service actually got back to me with a solution. They told me to uninstall the app, and reinstall, and my location now comes up as Thailand. The previous app was registered to the U.S.A. They said that if the “welcome back’ screen comes up tap “No, that’s not me”. I continued on and this time logged in using my email account and all my chats, contacts etc. were restored and the app now shows my Thailand number. Thank you for all of your suggestions.

iPhone 13. OS 15.3.1

Thanks, but no go.

I've done this but when I enter my Thai phone number I just get the "Invalid phone number" message. Also, as I've mentioned before, I see no way of adding a "+" sign at the start of the number. Pressing and holding a number does not bring up additional characters to type.

When I press and hold the "0" nothing happens. When I lift my finger it types a "0".

Followed instructions but getting nowhere. The instructions state: "01.Enter your phone number and then enter the code you receive via text message". But there is no way to enter my phone number. Also, no way that I can see to add a "+" sign to the number.

I see no way to add the "+" sign. Only numbers.

I've tried the instructions. But it does not work. I sent off an inquiry

I’ve had the LINE app on my iPhone for a few years while living in the U.S. I used it mostly to send personal photos, files, website links, etc. to family in Thailand. I now live in Thailand and have a Thai phone number with AIS. I’m still able to send messages, files, etc with the LINE app, but I want to change out the U.S. phone number listed in my LINE app to my Thai phone number, but when I attempt to change the number, I just keep getting an “Invalid phone number” message. I’ve tried entering the number as a 10 digit number beginning with 093. I’ve tired entering beginning with 66093, and 6693, but it always says invalid phone number. My registered email address has not changed. Anyone know the secret to changing the number?

Arriving in Thailand is not the issue. I've already checked, and the airlines will not allow me to board the plane in the U.S. without the PCR test.

This is a move, not a vacation for us, so after all the planning and cost, we are not taking a chance, and just getting the PCR test. Sure it's one more expense, but much less expensive than not being allowed to fly.

I arrive on April 1st, but depart March 31 so still need the test ????

I depart from the U.S. on March 31, but will arrive in Thailand April 1st At 23:00hrs. I assume I'll still need a PCR test to board the plane. ????

I did a couple of semesters at AUA in Bangkok back in the ’80’s, and Cleo was in my class. She was there studying Thai as part of her prep to help with her research for her book. One day she shared some of her films with the class of her early days in Goa. Very interesting lady.

Thanks. I had already checked, and nothing was showing as pending at my bank. I finally got a hold of someone at the L.A. Thai Consulate and they asked me to call my bank to check if they put a hold on my credit card. Sure enough, the bank had put a hold on my card. The bank had not sent me any email or text notice of this “suspicious” activity. I was surprised, because just a few days ago they put a hold on my card when I tried to purchase tickets with Japan Airlines. At that time it was a very slow/long process to get the card unlocked and to verify my identity, but once completed they assured me I should not worry about using my card for any payments, including international payments. However, just a few days later when I tried to pay for the Visa, they blocked it again. And I had to go through another, even longer verification process to unblock the card. After the card was unblocked, I went back to try and pay for the visa, I got the same error message before I could even enter my credit card information. I again contacted the L.A. Consulate, and they told me to try a different browser. I had tried both Safari and Firefox before, but I thought ‘what the heck’, I’ll try Firefox again, and this time it went through in a few seconds, and my application is “Processing”. Fingers crossed.

Thank you. I sure hope so. I'll wait until after the weekend and see if the payment shows up on my credit card. I must say, there was a lot more to the E-Visa application than the Thai consulate website lists.

I’m in the U.S. and just completed filling out my Thai E-Visa and attempted to make the payment. It looked like it was going through, and then the web page changed to “Error 503 Backend unavailable, connection timeout”. I’m not sure if the payment went through or not. I closed the window and went back to the payment page to try again, but when I click on the “Pay Now” button, it just goes to the same “Error” page, so I can't even get to the page to enter payment information. I logged out and then logged back in and it shows 1 application submitted, and when I check the status it shows “Pending Payment”. Does that mean that the payment I made did go through and is pending processing, or they are waiting for the payment to be made? I tried logging in with a couple of different browsers, but the “Error” page keeps coming up.