orchidlady

Do any labs or hospitals in Bangkok offer the VAP cholesterol testing profile?

But if I did get the covid extension in Chonburi, non-B would have to be applied for in Bangkok

current extension expires on May 29, 2022

so I would have to return Chaeng Wattana to try the same day to get Covid extension?

After being on a retirement extension of stay for 15 months in Chonburi after being retired from Thai univ teaching job, I just got an emergency job offer yesterday from Bangkok government middle school—foreign teacher has to leave to go back to her country due to family problems. School has 60-day probation period after that they have a condo for me to move into. in the interim, friend has just paid/rented a 2-bedroom condo in Bangkok but won’t leave her hotel to move into until the end of July/beginning of August so has offered for me to stay there and through Sept or whenever school allows me to move into their condo. Her landlord has not filed TM30 as says she is waiting for my friend to get her to physically move in and also get her work permit but doesn't mind if I stay there temporarily but won't file anything for me. Would it be best to stay in hotel for a week so I can get TM 30 easily to change address to Bangkok?

My retirement extension of stay is in Chonburi but I am moving out this weekend to Bangkok to start the job in Bangkok on Wednesday. Can I just go to Chaeng Wattana next week to change my address to Bangkok (whichever address I choose as below) and then proceed when the school has papers for non-B (have to get police clearance, teacher’s license waiver, government certification of my degrees, etc. before they can start preparing papers) to cancel retirement extension of stay at Chaeng Wattana, convert to Covid extension at Chang Wattana, then get non-B and work permit while avoiding having to go back to Chonburi for anything?

 I was hoping to put off conversion to Covid extension until very end of July to allow more time for school to get papers for filing after 60-day probation (Sept 12). Does filing change of address re-set the 90-day report date? My current 90-day report day for Chonburi is August 7.

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Does nearly 100% include foreign teachers at the schools? I know many who had their school organized vaccinations cancelled for the foreign teachers.

Friend is new to Thailand on tourist visa. i was asked to accompany her to Chang Wattana to help her extend her tourist visa. Haven't decided yet whether I want to go yet because of Covid risk, but was wondering if they would even allow another person to accompany someone if they are not related or needed (like landlord for some procedures)?

does he file for the Covid extension at the office where he got original extension of stay or at his new residence in Jomtien?

EXCEPTION: People living overseas that have proof of registration in a national health insurance system in their country of residence (Thai social security insurance, for example) will not be subject to any penalties under any Medicare/Medigap plans if they join up when they move back, 60 days time period also for those under this exception.

I am covered under the Thai SS system so I will just need to provide proof.  Unfortunately Thai SS stopped sending out cards to foreigners, years ago, only new entrants get a card.  So all I have as proof at the moment is a barely readable 6 year old piece of paper, my last ID when I changed hospitals. Efforts to request an actual card saying it was lost and other excuses by me and a Thai friend have been met with not necessary, any hospital here can access your number. I have Thai papers covering my switch to self pay under sec 39, but will worry about this when I eventually go home in a few years.

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1 hour ago, ChipButty said:

How about Shorts?

yes, the boy scout look, they are about as useful

i was hoping it would also have immigration facilities for processing 90 day, extensions of stay if tested positive, a true on stop office but alas no.

13 minutes ago, Neeranam said:

I did this without a pink card. 

Are you married?  I was asked if I was married or had a Thai child, then yes I could sign up. I even got this at the headquarters office. THey didn't need the actual pink card but they needed the same number that would be on a pink card, from registration at local district office. If you go through all the BS to get the registration, paying 40 baht for the card was simple.

It is required if you want to continue paying for the Thai social security health insurance on your own after leaving a job or retiring. Took 4 SS offices and over an hour  on the phone for a Thai friend to get this information. They kept telling me/him foreigners can't continue SS on their own. Lied to him even when he said he was a lawyer and asked for the section they were quoting.

"outside fitness and recreation facilities can continue to operate until 9pm" wouldn't that mean pools also?

Did you submit the results without blood test to Bangkok M of Labour? 

Just curious, are any of them of legal age to drive a motorcycle?

Most orthopedists are used to reviewing MRIs of their patients. They will not write a report for you. The place you get the mri will give you a report. Most of the reports written here are not of the same quality as back in the west from my experience.  MRI Thailand  (find it online) can do one for about 6500 or 7000 baht as long as no contrast neede.

7 hours ago, hapark said:

Can you use any SS office to do the processes, or do you have to use the office closest to your home?

Can you opt to continue any time within 6 months after finishing the employment?

How to receive the old age pension or old age lump sum for past SS contributions made?  Has anyone done this before?

 

Thanks for replies.

 

I went to 5 different offices in Bangkok. The one for my district wouldn't even let me in the door. Do not know if you can file in another province. You can try the helpline (they have English line but seems the hours are limited) they may be able to answer the question. I was told you had to work 15 years to get monthly payment of old age pension so i got a lump sum payout. I would ask the helpline about when you can start the process. I was told by some offices to wait until the "end of the grace period" which meant i would not have been able to file. I would start at least a month b4 the end of your grace period to allow for all of the local rules regarding additional documentation  that office may have.

When did your employment end?  Hopefully you are still in the 6 motnh grace period.They continue it free of charge for 6 months.

I went through the same hassles with 5 different offices in the Bangkok area when I tried to continue my self pay. No one i know from my school continued it on their own. They had left it up to their wives to get it converted. I'm sure when they were told the same <deleted> and they just gave up.Two offices would not even let me in the door stating not for foreigners. Others told me it was too early to apply, I had to wait until the end of the 6 month grace period which would have meant I lost my right to it. The helpline was basically useless-told a Thai friend (lawyer) that each office makes their own rules. One office told me when I said a friend recently got it processed two weeks ago at their office with her partner translating that they needed her name to close her account as it was illegal! I told them I just knew her nickname. I knew i was entitled to it so I did not give up. I went to the office 4 days in a row. Finally they consented to talk to my friend the lawyer. They told him a bunch of <deleted> making up regulations. He spent considerable amount of time online searching the Thai documents and phone calls to the help line to come up with what would solve the problem to allow me to get it.

Basically what worked in the end was getting a pink Thai ID card for foreigners. They want to use that id number to process the forms-they cannot use any other number. Very few foreigners continue with the self pay so they basically do not know how to process it. You will need a copy of the letter (document)from your employer specifying date your work permit was cancelled. A cop[y of your work permit was also requested. My employer gave the work permit back to the labor department-not required to cancel it. But i had a copy of it. Getting the id card was another hassle. You have to get your landlord to go with you to the district office in person and bring all their papers regarding the property and their id. Fortunately my friend could go with me as he was let out of work early for the protests. He had to come with me twice-2 half days wasted.  The Bang Sue district office does not have staff the speak English, same at most social security offices. If you have a Thai who can go with you it will make it much easier. The district officer had to ask questions of my friend in Thai, he translated and then they produced a document of the running conversation--about 5 pages for both of us to sign-Thai and English. The district officer mentioned that if I had not worked for a government school previously, they would have wanted all of my documents that were in English to be translated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 

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On 1/31/2021 at 1:43 AM, Jingthing said:

Well things got bad enough so that I finally have to deal with it. 

 

So I just wanted to share my experience doing so as it may be useful to others, and of course other people will vehemently disagree and say their solution is much better.

 

Anyway my problem is fairly limited in area so that makes a big difference. If I needed to clean the grout in my entire condo I would seek a more hard core solution or maybe pay for help. 

 

In any case, as I haven't done this before, I did what people do these days to find out about such things -- youtube.

 

Ideally of course you won't need to get down on the floor and scrub so the answer many people had for that was bleach based toilet cleaner gels.  Apply to grout without getting down on the floor, wait a certain amount of time, and then just wet mop up.  But these sorts of bleach based toilet cleaner gels don't seem to exist in Thailand although you can order very expensively to have them shipped in from the U.S. via China. But bleach is very toxic and best avoided if you can anyway.

 

There are also custom products that supposedly work the same way without scrubbing such as something like Grout-eez which doesn't appear to be sold in Thailand. Perhaps there are equivalents to that at the hardware stores here. I didn't even check.  Maybe someone can suggest a locally sold product for that. 

 

So then I looked into some more expensive methods. Buy an electric drill (which I don't have) and attach a scrubbing brush to it. Buy a steamer tool, big or small, ideally with an attachment not requiring bending on the floor.  With steam you don't need any cleaner, only water, and with the mechanized scrubbing brush you need to decide on a cleaning product. I think either one of those ideas might make sense for bigger area jobs.

 

But I decided to at least try out a low tech cheap method. I noticed many videos mentioned the use of hydrogen peroxide (not toxic like beach) mixed with baking soda. You can either mix into a paste or apply the baking soda and spray the peroxide (must be a dark bottle or the chemical becomes inactive). As I had shower walls to deal the paste method was the obvious choice. So I made the paste and applied it to the dirty grout and also some larger mold patches with an old toothbrush. Let it sit for 5 to 10 minutes and then scrubbed (not very hard needed) with a custom grout brush. Then wiped away residue with a rag, and then water rinse. For the floor parts which I haven't done much of yet, I will let the baking soda get dry, then sweep, then sponge or mop. 

 

This is working very well. Easy enough. For the floor part I can use a small stool. Not a problem for the small area I'm dealing with.

 

One thing that surprised me is that this worked well enough for some minor mold on the tile adhesive areas. The videos all said it wouldn't and that would need to be removed and replaced or cleaned by using rolled up toilet paper or salon coils soaked in bleach. 

 

As an old boss of mine used to say, there are many ways to skin a chicken (it wasn't a kitchen job), well you know the rest ...

Thank you, I really appreciate the information. I have needed to do this but with 2 knee surgeries haven't been able or motivated. Will start tomorrow!

do they even know what pm 2.5 is?