Frankie 1 wrote:1. You can get a yellow book (registration of address) when you rent or just stay at somebody's house (of course you need the approval of the house owner).
2. The yellow book is only a formal registration of address. In Thailand it's not necessary to live at the place where one is registered. Many Thais live in Bangkok, but are registered in another province, hence the huge traffic jams when people have to vote (they vote where they are registered, which is not necissarily where they live).
Therefore immigration doesn't look at the yellow book (registered address), but at the place where you actually stay at the moment, which doesn't have to be the same address.
3. I'm not sure, but I''ve been told that one can get free (30 baht) medical treatment after having a yellow book for 5 years.
4. When you get a yellow book, you also get a Thai social security number.
I do wish that one of our more resourceful, connected and concerned English/Thai speaking members of the forum would take it upon themselves to get to the bottom of this issue with the Yellow Book and free medical care and let the rest of us know so we can put this matter to bed once and for all. I'm afraid that with my inability to speak Thai I wouldn't get very far if
I tried to get an answer.
I use the Military Hospital quite often since my wife is a retired teacher and gets mostly free care there. I pay 50 baht for a doctor's visit and then the medication and other services is charged at the same rate as a Thai who would have to pay for the use of the facilities if not qualified to receive free care.
I know of one American who recently had shoulder surgery at the Udon General Hospital, and since his wife was well connected he was able to get free "everything".
And yes, with the issuance of a Yellow Book there is a number assigned to you which is similar to a Thai national's ID number.
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