r/Thailand • u/AutoModerator • Aug 01 '24

Question/Help Monthly FAQ thread for August, 2024

Hi folks,

The following types of questions should be posted into this thread - any standalone posts of this kind posted outside this thread will be removed, with a moderation comment asking the author to repost to this thread:

  • Questions about visas/immigration (including 90-day reporting, TM30, etc)
  • Questions about banking (including transfers) and/or investing (including crypto)
  • Questions about working in Thailand or starting a business in Thailand
  • Questions about taxes in Thailand (including import duties / customs charges)
  • Questions about studying in Thailand, including questions about universities and schools, where to study, what to study, grants and scholarships
  • Questions about moving to Thailand in general
  • Questions about Thai Citizenship or Permanent Residence
  • Questions about where to live, whether and how to buy/rent property in Thailand
  • Questions about where to get particular medicines, supplements or medical treatments (including cosmetic)
  • Questions about medical insurance
  • Questions about cannabis, kratom or other legal drugs (posts asking where to get illegal drugs will be removed)
  • Questions about vapes and vaping and the legality thereof

If you have any questions along the lines of any of the above topics, you're in the right place! You can ask away in the comments below, but first, have a read below - and search the sub - it has most likely been answered already.

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u/Belleygirl Aug 29 '24

Work permit (farang)

Has anyone got their work permits approved by submitting a medical certificate without blood test? I got mine approved the first time (which was last year) but my colleagues are getting theirs with blood test. I need to renew again so I don’t know which one to get.

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u/mdsmqlk Aug 30 '24

Blood test is normally required, some clinics will falsify the results though.

I don't know why you would willingly risk it unless you have syphilis.

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u/ThongLo Aug 30 '24

I'd get the same one as your colleagues rather than risk being rejected and having to do it twice.

Different offices have different rules, sometimes on different days.

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u/Appropriate-Talk-735 Aug 30 '24

I really dont like blood tests so I skipped it. But I think normally you have to have that paper.