Just now, scorecard said:

 

 

8 hours ago, petedk said:

oh. The pink ID card and yellow book. 

 

Do either of those requre input from the house owner ?

7 hours ago, Ralf001 said:

 

Do either of those requre input from the house owner ?

Yes. One gets the yellow book first, with that the pink card (which links to the information in the yellow book) can be automatically issued on tequest, usually done on day yellow book received.

 

To get the yellow book, the Thai holder of the blue book must go in person with the blue book and their ID.

 

People sometimes arrange to get registered at a friend or neighbor's place if not possible to arrange for where they live. Technically the registration should reflect where you actually live, but many people, Thai and foreign,  are registered somewhere else for practical reasons.  The registration location will affect which hospital you can enrol in under SS so should not be too far away though.

 

 

 

 

1 hour ago, Sheryl said:

Yes. One gets the yellow book first, with that the pink card (which links to the information in the yellow book) can be automatically issued on tequest, usually done on day yellow book received.

 

To get the yellow book, the Thai holder of the blue book must go in person with the blue book and their ID.

 

People sometimes arrange to get registered at a friend or neighbor's place if not possible to arrange for where they live. Technically the registration should reflect where you actually live, but many people, Thai and foreign,  are registered somewhere else for practical reasons.  The registration location will affect which hospital you can enrol in under SS so should not be too far away though.

 

 

 

 

 

Yeah thats what I thought.

 

not gunna happen unless I move to another house that has a Thai owner that actually lives in Thailand!

On 10/29/2025 at 6:37 AM, FruitPudding said:

Yeah, but I think without yellow housework or pink ID card, you can't pay in after retiring, so then you lose health care benefit 

That's what they told me at the social security office in Sriracha.  others had told me that was not the case so I went to the rayong social security office it took me 15 minutes tops to enroll. All they needed was a copy of my passport as well as the bank book that I wished the social security refund was to be put into and the medical payment monthly was to be taken out of. Within 2 days they had refund my social security and the 15th of the month they had begun the 432 baht medical deduction. 

 

I guess social security is like immigration different officers and offices can change the rules as they like. That seems to be what happened in this case anyway

2 hours ago, hereforgood said:

That's what they told me at the social security office in Sriracha.  others had told me that was not the case so I went to the rayong social security office it took me 15 minutes tops to enroll. All they needed was a copy of my passport as well as the bank book that I wished the social security refund was to be put into and the medical payment monthly was to be taken out of. Within 2 days they had refund my social security and the 15th of the month they had begun the 432 baht medical deduction. 

 

I guess social security is like immigration different officers and offices can change the rules as they like. That seems to be what happened in this case anyway

 

Interesting 

On 10/31/2025 at 10:42 AM, Sheryl said:

Technically the registration should reflect where you actually live, but many people, Thai and foreign,  are registered somewhere else for practical reasons.  The registration location will affect which hospital you can enrol in under SS so should not be too far away though.

I went to SSO in Bkk and my yellow book is CM. Just showed my rental contract in Bkk so can use hospital here. 

I'm still researching Thai Social Security healthcare after retiring.  My accountant just said, "With foreigners, you can apply M39 but they might not approve for you. As we try to do this case before and they say they might not approved and they will give you the pension rather than cover for health benefits."

I'm 70 and have pre-existing conditions. I never bought health insurance as Thai Soc Sec covers everything... very pleased. 

Nothing has been changed in the Royal Gazette, but many things indicate that the individual officer at the SS can be the determining factor. That's scary and of questionable legality.

I asked my accountant if I can simply keep working until I die and keep my Soc Sec healthcare. She said yes, that is a viable option. There is no age limit for 'retaining' a work permit. There is a limit for applying for a new one from what I've read. 

What a pain. I visited the head of Soc Sec in Phuket Town a few years ago for clarification on this very matter (keeping healthcare after retiring) and he said I could choose that option... now, it seems to be a grey area without any actual law being passed on the matter. 🤦😕

On 11/4/2025 at 11:06 AM, Galong said:

I'm still researching Thai Social Security healthcare after retiring.  My accountant just said, "With foreigners, you can apply M39 but they might not approve for you. As we try to do this case before and they say they might not approved and they will give you the pension rather than cover for health benefits."

I'm 70 and have pre-existing conditions. I never bought health insurance as Thai Soc Sec covers everything... very pleased. 

Nothing has been changed in the Royal Gazette, but many things indicate that the individual officer at the SS can be the determining factor. That's scary and of questionable legality.

I asked my accountant if I can simply keep working until I die and keep my Soc Sec healthcare. She said yes, that is a viable option. There is no age limit for 'retaining' a work permit. There is a limit for applying for a new one from what I've read. 

What a pain. I visited the head of Soc Sec in Phuket Town a few years ago for clarification on this very matter (keeping healthcare after retiring) and he said I could choose that option... now, it seems to be a grey area without any actual law being passed on the matter. 🤦😕

It is crystal clear that, by law, you can keep the health benefit for life if you make the payments.

 

And many foreignrrs have done this.

 

One does sometimes run into individual local offices who either don't know the process or don't want to be bothered. In that case a call to the head office  hotline will usually resilve matters. Or else just go to a different office. 

 

On 10/31/2025 at 3:30 AM, Ralf001 said:

 

Do either of those requre input from the house owner ?

 

Yes. They require the house owners blue book . The house owner (my wife) came with me.