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When renewing my Retirement Visa in the past few years, I was given an appointment to return in a few months to -re-confirm the funds in my bank account. This year I was not given any such appointment (that I know of). Has that requirement been dropped from the process? Or do I need to go down to immigration and volunteer the info?

Why would I care what you believe? You've been wrong about everything...

I drove hapless moron to the hospital a few hours ago and... nothing happened. Just in and out without any issue. I guess that means the foreign insurance company paid out, because no one in the hospital bothered him about payment, nor about his passport at all. So the original question about hospital procedure for deadbeat farangs remains unanswered.

Bill is a bit over 300k. Hospital had his passport on record from a previous visit. Operation was done. Yup.

Friend of mine got in a motorcycle accident a few weeks ago. Needed an operation to fix his leg. Insurance company in his home country told Thai hospital that they would pay, so the operation was done. When he checked out of hospital, they wanted a copy of his passport, specifically asking for date of entry stamp. He did not have passport with him and told them he'd bring it for his next checkup. Problem: His passport will show that he has overstayed his visa, BY YEARS, and it will also show that he was already in Thailand when the insurance policy was purchased in his home country, which is against the terms of that policy. At the moment the insurance company has forwarded funds to Thailand, but not to the hospital. It is being held by a Thai intermediary who is awaiting a copy of the passport to either release the funds, OR deny the claim based on his immigration status. No idea which way that will go, but assuming that the claim is denied, what is likely to happen next? Hospital notifies immigration? Detains him on the spot? What should this hapless moron do? What are his options? He's asking me for advice and I have no idea, but if things go poorly I'm pretty sure he'll ask to borrow the money from me, and I don't like that option at all...

I've been in Thailand for a few years on a Retirement Visa, but now I have a company that wants to hire me but only if I go onto a work visa with them. Are there any issue switching from a retirement visa to work visa? Or issues switching back if things don't work out? I want to avoid any need to leave the country as I have a wife and kid to take care of.