Is the Bangkok work permit office currently requiring a med certificate for renewals?

Thanks.

It's a requirement, so why wouldn't they ask for it?

Maybe better to ask what is required to get a valid health certification.

The newer requirements were a lot more extensive than in the past.

The Labour Department in Bangkok requests a Medical Certificate for Work Permit renewal...

WP renewals require a medical certificate.

As has been said, more important is what the requirements for the certificate are. Some include a blood test for syphilis.

Though the requirement is only not to have 3rd stage Syphilis, if you are found to have only second stage, you'll be fine

Just go to any clinic and they have a form and get one for about 300 bth

Just go to any clinic and they have a form and get one for about 300 bth

It must be from a hospital. I submitted report from clinic few years back and it was refused. Done the cert. few days back - chest x-ray, blood test for STDs and general check up from a doctor (heart, lungs etc.).

I can confirm there's no need for a blood test in Bangkok. All you need is all the right boxes ticked - including tertiary syphilis. There seems to be a widespread misunderstanding/scam among some doctors and provincial immigration officials that a blood test is required but in Bangkok it definitely isn't.

Just go to any clinic and they have a form and get one for about 300 bth

It must be from a hospital. I submitted report from clinic few years back and it was refused. Done the cert. few days back - chest x-ray, blood test for STDs and general check up from a doctor (heart, lungs etc.).

It's not helpful to make these general statements without specifying what immigration office you're talking about. I think you got ripped off if you did all those tests - no requirement for those things at all.

Edited June 18, 201313 yr by edwardandtubs

Chiang Mai - medical certificate required by labor for the last 3 years that includes a blood test for tertiary syphilis. The usual, 100 baht - you're alive, certificate no longer accepted.

I can confirm there's no need for a blood test in Bangkok. All you need is all the right boxes ticked - including tertiary syphilis. There seems to be a widespread misunderstanding/scam among some doctors and provincial immigration officials that a blood test is required but in Bangkok it definitely isn't.

You do not get work permits at immigration.

I can confirm there's no need for a blood test in Bangkok. All you need is all the right boxes ticked - including tertiary syphilis. There seems to be a widespread misunderstanding/scam among some doctors and provincial immigration officials that a blood test is required but in Bangkok it definitely isn't.

How do they know you don't have tertiary syphilis if they don't do a blood test?

I can confirm there's no need for a blood test in Bangkok. All you need is all the right boxes ticked - including tertiary syphilis. There seems to be a widespread misunderstanding/scam among some doctors and provincial immigration officials that a blood test is required but in Bangkok it definitely isn't.

You do not get work permits at immigration.

Good point. I meant the Department of Employment of the Ministry of Labour.

I can confirm there's no need for a blood test in Bangkok. All you need is all the right boxes ticked - including tertiary syphilis. There seems to be a widespread misunderstanding/scam among some doctors and provincial immigration officials that a blood test is required but in Bangkok it definitely isn't.

How do they know you don't have tertiary syphilis if they don't do a blood test?

The same way they know you don't have elephantiasis - it's obvious from a brief physical examination. A simple balance test is often mentioned.

Incidentally there's no blood test for tertiary syphilis. The blood test would either be positive or negative for syphilis - it wouldn't say anything about the stage.

I went to BNH on Soi Convent today for the exam. I knew it would cost more than other places but it is convenient and I figured it would be an OK experience. I expected maybe a 1000 baht at the most.

First thing they told me was that I needed a chest x ray for TB and the blood test. They wanted me to do the x ray before seeing the doctor. I insisted no x ray was needed. The nurse said I could discuss it with the doctor if I didn't think I needed it. It was such obvious horseshit that I decided to ask the price for the work permit exam...... 1500 baht.

I went to St. Louis Hospital and payed 680 baht which included the blood test. I'll find out on Friday if it was really needed, but it sounds like it isn't.

Edited June 18, 201313 yr by ricklev

1 pay only 50 baht at my local government hospital, without x-ray or blood check. (That would make it a few hundred more).

1 pay only 50 baht at my local government hospital, without x-ray or blood check. (That would make it a few hundred more).

Which labour office? work permit at Nakhon Pathom last september I needed the blood test.

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I am much further out in the boondocks. Many labour offices still have the old requirements without a blood check.

How do they know you don't have tertiary syphilis if they don't do a blood test?

You are able to show up for your medical.

I can confirm there's no need for a blood test in Bangkok. All you need is all the right boxes ticked - including tertiary syphilis. There seems to be a widespread misunderstanding/scam among some doctors and provincial immigration officials that a blood test is required but in Bangkok it definitely isn't.

I was instructed by my employer for the procedure of getting a WP, one of which is this:

4. Medical Certificate stating that you have never been suffered or effected by any of these following diseases:

(at any hospital or clinic in Thailand)

Ø Leprosy โรคเรื้อน

Ø Tuberculosis วัณโรค

Ø Elephantiasis โรคเท้าช้าง

Ø Drug addiction ติดยาเสพติด

Ø Chronic Alcoholism โรคพิษสุราเรื้อรัง

Ø Tertiary Syphilis ซิฟิลิส ระยะ 3

Ø Blood type กรุ๊ปเลือด

So, without a blood test how they can identify your blood type?