chubby

they only just became available in the US , last few weeks, apparently Novavax may include more recent strains when / if available ever. Meanwhile I hear they are working on a bivalent flu/cv19 for following years.

I just got the Pfizer, i'm under 60, chok dii "researchers"

On 7/27/2023 at 11:05 AM, Sheryl said:

No list as such but brokers can usually provide chart of options. Citizenship does not usually matter but age can greatly limit options for those over 60-65 years.

 

I am American  and have the French April plan.

1- so don't use this

https://www.april-international.com/en/long-term-international-health-insurance/myhealth-thailand

Can someone recommend a Broker for the French April plan?

2- can this be used to satisfy O-A requirements for Health Insurance.

3- maybe it would be wise to join at age 59 then , vs. 64 ?

is there a list of "international plans" for Long Term expats in Thailand. Does it vary by country of citizenship, which plans one can use?

eg an American could not use an April (french) plan, etc?

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23090093/

last week I was there, and was surprised to learn there is no souvenir shop, I wanted to buy a Immigration Vest or shirt ,  then IIRC there used to be a police uniforms shop near CW, but seems its now out of business,         I did see an immigration patch on lazada, but no longer sold, where can I get a souvenir?  or police stuff now

hmm, Guess I see now TR60 e-visa, (unlike my old O-As),  expires ("must be used by") quickly , mine says "July 12, 2023" , but that date is Mute , as its been used already?

does CW have passport photo facilities, that open at a certain hour, I should make my appointment later than?

I guess I have 1 or 2 older passport photos somewhere, or somewhere on Sukhumwit may still make them, (in the US its becoming rare).

so, the TM7 must be used double-sided NOT as 2 single pages?

So the dates have nothing to do with the TR60 visa expiry date. All that should matter is being within 2 weeks from the expiry of the stamped in date?

1) TM30 hard copy , no copies?

2) hardcopy of appt.

3) TM7 form (no passport photos needed?) (no copies?)

4) 1900 Baht or 2000 baht

5) 2 copies of passport front page with data, 2 copies of stamped in page?

6) 2 copies of original Visa?

something like that ?

thanks

hello, so if I'm on a 60 day TR visa,   does the renewal date have anything to do with the length of use of visa? Or just the stamped in dates?  if based on stamped on dates, what is the earliest I can go to CW and do the extension? I have 3 weeks left till end of stamp.

apparently I should make an appointment , with a hard copy of the appt? make it for early in the morning? , and have to ask my apt manager for a hard copy of TM30 ?

20 hours ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

Dunno where the downpour is/was...

 

I live in central BKK, and the only rain I've seen was a half hour or so of very light showers Monday afternoon.

 

Other than that, dry as a bone today/Tuesday... though mercifully quite cooler this week.

 

 

22 , past 7-11 was up to almost knee level all the way down to Davis, black, nasty, luckily didn't fall into a man hole uncovered I guess , or get some skin disease yet

is there an obit?

the los angelas consulate took at least 2 weeks 10 working days, makes it difficult to plane how long to buy a plane ticket, really almost need to pland 6-8 weeks in advance, in case the paperwork isn't satisfactory IMO

at the airport, they asked questions about my long stay being longer than my visa, I had to explain about extensions, of which I'm guessing they know little about, which wasn't really nice to be questioned on.

Is it true that this is a glitch in the system(and it is not fixed?)?  , I answered every question, used the photo of statement I signed saying "this doesn't apply", which is kind of ridiculous, that it gets to this guessing game ,

can't wait for medical insurance to be added, I happen to buy my own via geoblue anyway, but really too many hoops for a TR

why did he know so much about visa issues?   did he live in Ubon ?

did you have a sleep study, if so which type? I'm due to have one done at home, apparently post covid its a well known symptom as well , then of course the prostate bladder thing

would you boil an egg, and eat the egg in tap water, what type of cooking with it, Is ok then ? 

I've the same issues with vegetables and some fruit here, apparently peeling the skin off isn't enough.

the mountains about chiang rai at sunrise, can see the famous sea of Fuun right now , can girls like car camping

What big feet you have.

try the one at national stadium and report back? benjasiri, was a short pool iirc, and required various documents

On 4/13/2023 at 10:48 PM, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

I'd be a bit leary of fresh produce from the Khlong Toei market... Thailand has problems with excessive pesticide use and residues on their fruits and veggies.... as has been documented in the past by the private group ThaiPAN, which ran its own lab certified random testing in past years.

 

And the stuff that ends up in fresh markets is probably untracked and little regulated... though even the major supermarkets also had problems with this in the past... even among items labeled "organic," which tends to have little meaning/value if it's a Thai government "organic" designation.

 

https://thaipan-org.translate.goog/action/1107?_x_tr_sl=th&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=wapp

"Thai Pan reveals fruit and vegetable test results reveal 41% of pesticide residues exceeded standards. Department store vegetables are worse than fresh market vegetables."

My idea would be to buy the types of food that usually require less, elsewhere the clean 15 vs the dirty dozen, don't know if that applies though in LOS, otherwise just only buy UK frozen Waitrose from TOPS?

actually I'll be looking for 500mg, maybe I can break the 1000mg in half?

ymmv but per Eric Topol it may have some anti-long covid efficacy, so, I will seek a 2 week supply ,

not sure if it matters if its controlled release or brand name?

is Metformin available OTC in Thailand ?  Happen to know.

if so where in central BKK might I obtain legitimate medication?

you can find an online tool, to give life expectency, based on your answers decide from there,

much can go wrong with medical errors, leading causes of death overall probably still Cardiovascular, but everything is risk/benefit  with medications and life I suppose

what if from a US airport your return ticket is >60 days, and it's a 60 tourist visa.

pre-covid I didn't have an issue, curious if anything has changed?

this is flying Japanese Airline ANA

april 2023: mine took 10 business days, via the Royal Thai Los Angelas Consulate, if it helps anyone,

I can let you know how I answered the dubious questions, if needed (forum or PM)

On 4/2/2023 at 7:41 AM, Langsuan Man said:

How  come no one is complaining that if you make a mistake on the e application it costs you another $200 to correct your mistake. All you will get in information from them is to apply again

another reason to not seek O-A s anymore from outside the country I guess, along with the medical requirement.

is it even establishment that all questions for the e-visa, are required for all visas?

I didn't do a trial of the difference between a 60 TR and an O-A on the e-visa site , for example.

presumably if one chooses a different Visa type they get more questions, maybe all the same as TR but extras, like the "5 diseases" and criminal backgroun?

some were saying, that they are not ?