I'm with Pacific Cross. Am I happy with them? I would say

I have never been sick my entire life apart from having Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma back in 1980.

Then four years ago I got diagnosed with cancer on the back of my throat and COPD. Pacific Cross refused to pay for COPD treatment as they claim it was a pre-existing condition which was complete rubbish. So I contacted the Insurance Ombut Man and Pacific Cross agreed to pay for some of it.

As for the cancer treatment, as long as I was in hospital, Pacific Cross paid but Radiotherapy is done as an outpatient and so only got 2'500THB per day for a maximum of 30 days. Each of the 75 Radiation treatments cost 5'500THB.

At the time, the entire medical bill for COPD and cancer treatment, including medication and renting a small room in a homestead for three months close to the Cancer hospital was over 2.5 million THB. Insurance paid around 40% of it, the rest I had to pay myself.

@Marty ********

So you haven't seen these adverts promoting Thai skin care products?

@Sean ******

No worries, in Laos, Thais have to pay more as well 😉

Thailand is one of the most xenophobic and racist countries in Asia and the more rural it is, the more prevalent it is.

🇹🇭 AMAZING THAILAND 🇹🇭

Looks like most people with

"Visa on Arrival (VA)"

are from countries that are NOT eligible for Visa on Arrival. 🤣

@Russell ******

Beware, you need to make sure you enter the second time within the visa validity. On a tourist visa, that's usually within 90 days of visa issue, not from the entry date.

@Christopher ******

If someone is holding your passport and doesn't want to give it back for whatever, then just go to your embassy and report it lost or stolen. You get emergency documents and the one who has your passport has a document that's of no use to him.

That's why it makes more sense to keep a copy of your passport and cash as a deposit and if you don't pay up it's easy to stop you at the border when you leave the country.

Not illegal to ask for your passport as deposit

BUT

as the passport is not your property but belongs to your government, is illegal for you to use your passport as collateral.

Just got this mail from the Swiss Embassy ...

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27.02.2024 - Virtual Townhall #AskTheEmbassy - Rencontre avec le représentant du Département des Finances

L'Ambassade de Suisse à Bangkok a le plaisir de vous inviter au prochain Townhall virtuel #AskTheEmbassy le 27 février 2024, de 15h00 à 16h00 (heure de Bangkok), avec un invité de marque du Département du Ministère thaïlandais des Finances. Rejoignez-nous sur la page Facebook de l'Ambassade pour suivre la session en direct.

Durant cette session en direct, Khun Nathanan Junprateepchai, un expert juridique de la Division des affaires juridiques du Département des recettes, fournira des informations et répondra aux questions des citoyens suisses concernant la nouvelle politique fiscale en Thaïlande pour les revenus provenant de l'étranger.

Veuillez envoyer vos questions à : ou commenter sous ce post Facebook avec le hashtag #AskTheEmbassy d'ici le vendredi 16 février à midi. Veuillez noter qu'en raison de contraintes de temps, il se peut que nous ne puissions pas répondre à toutes les questions.

L'enregistrement vidéo sera disponible sur notre chaîne YouTube "Swiss Embassy Thailand" après la session.

Veuillez vous abstenir de communiquer des données personnelles dans la section des commentaires ou pendant le Facebook live.

Avec nos meilleures salutations,

Ambassade de Suisse

@Todd ********

It can be.

Trust me, I've been there.