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1 hour ago, tgeezer said:

‘Customers’!
Is the damned embassy a shop? Where is it by the way? In an upstairs room of a Chinese restaurant I shouldn’t wonder.

Quite right - 'customer' is so 20th century.  I thought we were all 'stake-holders' or 'clients' now..... 

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/foreign-commonwealth-office/about/complaints-procedure

This has a section for complaints about Consular Services ...

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/foreign-commonwealth-office/about/complaints-procedure

This has a section for complaints about Consular Services ....

Just signed and copied it to pals.  Up to 75 now. 

13 minutes ago, 007 RED said:

Those of us who have applied online for an Embassy letter as evidence of or income during the past 12 months have provided the Embassy with our email address, and no doubt that information is retained by the Embassy on a spreadsheet somewhere.  I would have thought that the Embassy, as a ‘damage limitation exercise’ for its Nationals, would send the past year’s applicants an email to inform them that they will no longer provide the letter confirming income and advise them of the alternatives.  OK, pigs will fly, I know. 

Precisely.  ????

31 minutes ago, Peterw42 said:

Its not the wording etc, the main difference is UK income letter the consulate is the writer and signatory of the letters. All the other consulates the letters are written and signed by the citizen (the consulate just verifies you wrote it and signed it)

An income letter from Australia, Canada US etc, immigration has the writer and signatory sitting in front of them applying for an extension.

A UK income letter, the writer and signatory is sitting in the UK consulate.

I got that, and was wondering why the British Embassy wouldn't adopt a similar procedure to avoid stirring up the angst in this thread.

1 minute ago, Spidey said:

Why would they consult with other embassys? The process is to consult with the F.O. who obviously made this change in policy.

Perhaps to establish if there was a form of wording they could borrow and live with which was known to be satisfactory to Thai Immigration?  

1 hour ago, Spidey said:

Thai immigration have informed all embassys that if , after presenting an embassy letter to immigration, it is subsequently found that the information is false, i.e. the supporting documentation supplied to the embassy was fake (fraudulent), then the Thai government will hold that embassy liable to endorsing false information to Thai immigration. 

Logical, but you know this how?

2 hours ago, hlj said:

My retirement pension goes into a bank in the US I then withdraw my monthly spending out by ATM can or could a person use his or her US bank statement for proof of income and monies spent in Thailand? My monthly moneys are spent on car , house , food and clothing along with entertainment.

Same same, albeit a pension credited to my UK bank account.

My monthly statements list date of withdrawals + the address/code number of the Thai ATM used.  That should be enough for Thai Immigration but ....  who certifies/investigates the statements' authenticity?

4 hours ago, roath said:

Several countries are apparently issuing similar guidance, so this issue is not limited to the British Embassy being awkward or cost-cutting (which was the initial reaction)

Please give a source for this.

21 minutes ago, blorg said:

Chiang Mai immigration no longer accept US income affidavits without supporting documentation.

What supporting documents does CM ask for?

8 hours ago, KneeDeep said:

Please take note that I am referring to GA for extensive dental work/oral surgery. I have no knowledge of sedation in a dentist's chair for someone who is simply afraid of going to the dentist.

Nor, apparently,  do you have any knowledge of sedation administered for physical rather than psychological reasons.....

8 minutes ago, KneeDeep said:

 

Perhaps you haven't bothered to peruse the thread, but I can see recommendations on the this thread. Perhaps just not at your location.

The thread petered out in 2015 with no specific and proven recommendations of dentists in Thailand who provide IV sedation.  Did I miss anything?

Hospitals:  Bumrungrad and Samitivej do not offer it; waiting for a reply from Bangkok Chiang Mai Hospital whose website suggests they do offer it.

Large Buildings with lots of dentists within: Big-wig at Asavanant described IV sedation as "unethical"; excellent diagnostic consultation earlier this month at Bangkok Dental Hospital and the problem understood, but waiting for confirmation and an estimate.   .  

Hmm...

The section in the Silom Dental site linked above that deals with sedation dentistry indicates that neither IV sedation nor nitrous oxide sedation is available.  (Also appears that the text has been lifted from a  US web-site - see reference to State Board of Dentistry).

So, to repeat the question: where in Thailand is sedation dentistry available?  Any recent experiences? 

1 minute ago, KneeDeep said:

 

Not relevant to this thread then. This is a Thailand specific question.

 

http://www.silomdental.com/oral_surgery_sedation_dentistry.html

 

 

Relevant to this thread since I now live in Thailand.  Thanks for the link.

Just now, KneeDeep said:

 

In which country and location?

UK; London & elsewhere.  

On 2/21/2018 at 2:00 PM, KneeDeep said:

 

IV Sedation is a General Anaesthetic, so everyone is talking about GA. Otherwise the thread topic would be about local anaesthesia......For GA, you aren't likely to be sitting in a dentist's chair. Likely an operating room with at least four people involved.

 

 

 

I've received IV sedation for dental treatment over the last 30 years.  All while sitting in a dentist's chair.

Bangkok Dental Hospital understand the procedure, but have to import an anaesthetist: add-on c. THB 20,000 to the bill.

Bangkok Hospital in Chiang Mai offers this package of treatments; enquiries in progress

http://www.bangkokhospital-chiangmai.com/en/center/dental-clinic/

Any updates on the availability of IV sedation?  

Just submitted (using IE) and received Acknowledgement & Pending Status Check.

Watch this space....

On ‎09‎/‎01‎/‎2013 at 2:41 PM, prakhonchai nick said:

 I forsee a time when bereavement benefits for our wives/widows will not be payable unless they relocate to the UK after our deaths.

How right you were! ;-(