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1 hour ago, Kendo11 said:

We are supposed to fly to UK on Wednesday assuming my wifes visa arrives. To add to the compilcation her vaccination certificate while listing date s and type of vaccine in English inly cives her name in Thai. Am i right in thinking this wont be acceptable? 

It would seem so I'm afraid, it might be worth visiting the hospital, or vaccination centre, where the vaccine was administered and ask if they could issue one with an English spelling. She obviously wont have her passport but her ID should also have an English spelling.

The vaccine certificate must be issued by a national or state-level public health authority, be in English, French or Spanish, and include as a minimum:

18 minutes ago, kennw said:

Note that Singapore airline and Scoot VTL (Vaccine Travel Lane) designated flights do not accept the Thailand Covid 19 vaccine certificate. They advise travelers to chose their flights carefully.

Thailand is included in the VTL from December 16.

15 minutes ago, MRToMRT said:

Is that per day? per week? Thanks

It doesn't say on their T&C's, though I thought it was per day.

15 minutes ago, Jeff Olssson said:

I have also an account with K-bank. I can login to their online site at

https://online.kasikornbankgroup.com/K-Online/login.jsp?lang=en

as well but I do not have installed K+App so I wonder if one can also transfer money using their cyber banking site. A related question is if I can install K+App while I am outside Thailand.

I think you can use the online service but you need to register each account you're send cash to by completing a form and sending it to the bank for approval, with the app it's all done on the app.

I don't know if you can install the App from overseas, but you have to set up the account via the app on a phone whose number that Kasikorn have on file for you, so I suspect you can't, though I don't know for sure. 

On 11/23/2021 at 12:02 PM, OJAS said:

Have just sent IPC a secure message via https://secure.dwp.gov.uk/ipc/personal-details seeking clarification of the situation (and whether a fresh LC is currently en route to me).

 

Do let us know when and if they answer, hopefully we've been spared this year.

I can only speak for transfers to the UK via Kasikorn, using the the K+ App, I've done it a number of times without any issius, no visits to a branch, no documents and no work permit, I imagine other banks have something similar.

The limit is $49,999.

https://www.kasikornbank.com/en/international-business/global-money-transfer/pages/international-transferviakplus.aspx

As your question is about travel to Thailand, rather than from Thailand, I'll move your post to the correct forum.

As you are asking about travel to Thailand, I'll move your question to the correct forum.

1 hour ago, cyril sneer said:

i'm in the same boat here

 

when they gave me the print out they said I could visit the hospital that was administering the vaccines and get a 'vaccine passport' from there. not sure what's required to go to the UK

Visitors from Thailand to the UK are only required to show a vaccination certificate, a Vaccine Passport isn't required.

Vaccine certificates only

If the table below says you can use a ‘Vaccine certificate’ as proof of vaccination, the following rules apply. The vaccine certificate must be issued by a national or state-level public health authority, be in English, French or Spanish, and include as a minimum:

• your forename and surname(s)
• your date of birth
• vaccine brand and manufacturer
• date of vaccination for every dose
• country or territory of vaccination and/or certificate issuer

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/countries-with-approved-covid-19-vaccination-programmes-and-proof-of-vaccination

Of course requirements can and do change fairly quickly

The UKVI  do supply a generic list of documents required, though this is pretty general.

The applicant must satisfy the decision maker that they are a planning a genuine visit, the visit is affordable and that, on the balance of probabilities, they have sufficient ties to their home country to indicate they will leave the UK at the conclusion of their visit.

It really depends on what you want to do in the UK, but financial evidence is most certainly required and ties to the home country.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/visitor-visa-guide-to-supporting-documents/guide-to-supporting-documents-visiting-the-uk

https://www.gov.uk/standard-visitor

https://visa.vfsglobal.com/tha/en/gbr/apply-visa

Whilst an agent isn't really neccessary, some people do find the use of an agent comforting, though they should be chosen with caution as there are a number of cowboys out there, is there a particular reason you don't want to use one?

4 hours ago, Phulublub said:

Your NI contributions paid for current expenditure, including provision of health care servics for everyone entitled to them, including you. 

No that's not correct, National Insurance contributions are paid into a fund, from which some state benefits are paid. This includes the state pension, statutory sick pay or maternity leave, or entitlement to additional unemployment benefits.

This was made very clear to me when I wrote to the Health Secretary calling foul in the change of rules surrounding NHS charges for visiting expats of pensionable age, even though I hadn't mentioned NI contributions in my submission.

The NHS is funded from general taxation, many of us pay substantial amounts of UK tax on their pensions, with many joining the ranks of the higher rate tax payers as the freeze in personal allowances bites over the next few years.

6 hours ago, BritManToo said:

No, the UK never bothered to track it's citizens.

They have no idea I ever left the country.

Australia was a prison colony so obviously they want to keep track of the inmates. 

That's not strictly correct, when embarkation controls were abolished in 1994 there was no real control of who had actually left the country, 
The solution was the e-borders fiasco, which was supposed to keep a check on all arrivals and departures, it cost well over £830m, final estimates exceed £1.1bn, and failed miserably, the UKBA has a history of failed computer projects.
The follow up solution was for carriers to record all those leaving the UK and to pass that information to the UBA, who would in turn pass onto relevent agencies and check for visa violaters, so UK Nationals are recorded when leaving the UK, but what if anything is done with that data is another question, one I suspect we all know the answer to.

8 hours ago, Chris.B said:

How will the NHS enforce payment?

I have absolutely no idea, maybe you could read their guidlines and report back, but the intructions are very clear.

The Charging Regulations place a legal obligation on providers of 'relevant services' (which means accommodation, services or facilities which are provided, or whose provision is arranged, under the National Health Service Act 2006, other than primary medical, dental or ophthalmic services) to establish whether a person is an overseas visitor to whom charges apply, or whether they are exempt from charges.

When charges apply, a relevant body must make and recover charges from the person liable to pay for the NHS services provided to the overseas visitor.
 

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/742251/guidance-on-implementing-the-overseas-visitor-charging-regulations-may-2018.pdf

12 minutes ago, hotandsticky said:

 

I went back 2 years ago for a hernia op.

 

No issues getting that sorted.

Some people manage to flout the charging legislation, many others don't, there have been numerous members posting on TV over the years stating that they've been charged in the UK for treatment.

27 minutes ago, flossie35 said:

The rules were changed a couple of years ago to exclude citizens residing abroad from the NHS. You now have to pay costs + 50%. I was caught early on - GBP 4000+ for a gastric ulcer. According to J Hunt your tax and NI payments are "irrelevant".

Apart from that the NHS has been seriously run down financially, and had lost a lot of staff from brexit. There are long waiting lists for treatment.

There are good hospitals in Thailand, and they're less expensive.

 

There used to be a concession that Expat UK State Pensioners could receive ongoing NHS treatment when they were taken ill in the UK, this was withdrawn during the Cameron/Clegg Coalition Government, and Jeremy Hunt subsequently introduced the charging legislation, to much applause from the Daily Mail and Sun readers.

I wrote to the Secretary of State at the time, as I'm sure many of us did, calling foul, I was advised that the NHS is funded by general taxation, with the NI payments funding benefits. I responded saying I was aware of that and that's why I didn't mention it in my submission, adding that I paid thousands of pounds a year in tax so I was in part funding the NHS, they responded that they would put my views forward to the policy department, I knew that would be the end of it. 

3 hours ago, IvorBiggun2 said:

What a load of tosh. Fly into the UK, UK citizen or not, and go to your nearest hospital emergency department and you will be treated free of charge. Them's the rules.

Not a load of tosh at all, whilst anyone can get treatment at an NHS Casualty Dept in the case of an emergency, it’s highly unlikely that if somebody suffered a major trauma or a heart attack in Thailand that they would be in a position to fly to the UK for free treatment, even if a carrier would fly them.

Those with ongoing health conditions, unlike the condition the OP sadly has, would not receive ongoing treatment in a Casualty Department and would be charged for the full cost of treatment, plus 50%.

Did you actually read the Government guidelines?

@SteveyYou might want to contact the RBL here in Thailand, they have a tremendous support network and a number of caseworkers here, I'm sure they'll be able to offer some meaningful advice.

Troll post removed.

6 hours ago, The Hammer2021 said:

I have never been treated with disrespect or discourtesy at the IO nor have I witnessed any such behavior nor have my friends ever mentioned it. 

Well I have been treated extremely rudely by a very unprofessional Immigration Officer, I'm glad to hear that neither you or your friends have had the same experience as me.