Thread: Work Permits - new hoops to jump through.

Originally Posted by benbaaa

My left nut hangs a little lower than my right.

I knew a chinese bloke like that

Wun hunglo

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Originally Posted by withnallstoke

Originally Posted by somtamslap

You mean you passed all the tests? Poof!

They didn't spot the heroin addiction, HIV or schizophrenia.

What about the Withnallstokes wank juice stains. Surely they must constitute a serious health hazzard. ? Didn't they run any tests ?

Everyone who got a WP where I work had to get a syph test last year.

^ Likewise.

This year they also had to have a TB test and the meth test, no warning.

All painless and relatively quick (about an hour in and out), and relatively cheap (1,140 bht), but i can't understand why.

Originally Posted by benbaaa

Everyone who got a WP where I work had to get a syph test last year.

Originally Posted by withnallstoke

^ Likewise.

This year they also had to have a TB test and the meth test, no warning.

All painless and relatively quick (about an hour in and out), and relatively cheap (1,140 bht), but i can't understand why.

And you 2 do what for a living ?

Originally Posted by Fondles

And you 2 do what for a living ?

Can't speak for benbaa, but i am an animal pornstar.

Originally Posted by Fondles

I have no idea why some are required and some not but I can definitely say not all are required. As I said I did not have in December 2011, A work colleague did not have to last week (we both renewed) and a new guy just started in January and he did not either.

'Some are required?' Its the law. Some individuals have found a way to circumvent it.

Originally Posted by Fondles

Originally Posted by benbaaa

Everyone who got a WP where I work had to get a syph test last year.

Originally Posted by withnallstoke

^ Likewise.

This year they also had to have a TB test and the meth test, no warning.

All painless and relatively quick (about an hour in and out), and relatively cheap (1,140 bht), but i can't understand why.

And you 2 do what for a living ?

I is a teecher, innit?

Originally Posted by Humbert

Originally Posted by Fondles

I have no idea why some are required and some not but I can definitely say not all are required. As I said I did not have in December 2011, A work colleague did not have to last week (we both renewed) and a new guy just started in January and he did not either.

'Some are required?' Its the law. Some individuals have found a way to circumvent it.

My work permit and extension is done by my work, all expats deal with the same person, are you saying they bend the rules for some, bare in mind we are talking 100 + work permits.

it could be that they are english

do they test you for mad cow disease ?

Originally Posted by baldrick

it could be that they are english

do they test you for mad cow disease ?

It's mad horse these days.

Originally Posted by Fondles

My work permit and extension is done by my work, all expats deal with the same person, are you saying they bend the rules for some, bare in mind we are talking 100 + work permits.

Apparently they have found a way to exploit a weakness in the system. Probably an individual in the Labor department with a big car payment. Our company's attorney handles my work permit and in 2012 and 2013 the labor department has furnished a medical form to be completed at a medical facility which certifies that I am free of syph, tuberculosis, mental illness and elephantasis etc. I have no way around it and nobody that I know does either although some I know have doctors that will just sign off without doing anything. I seriously doubt that this is a requirement for some and not others.

many expat companies do a yearly occupational health checkup - so it could be that the medical company who handles that signs off the medical form also.

lmao, you seriously need your head read if you think the person who does our work permits is bribing someone to get around the syph test.

Originally Posted by withnallstoke

To be declared free of methamphetamine abuse you have to piss into a sample container.

My work permit will be ready for collection next week.

On a positive note, the X-Ray showed i didn't have lung cancer.


What will the fucking clowns think up for next year?

1. Would it be too much trouble for these clowns to address an envelope?

2. Still leaves one free to abuse a variety of other drugs.

3, Hopefully the useless x-ray won't cause cancer

4. Sad that mindless power crazed morons get into positions where they can cause grief to others.

In a perfect World, one would need to show a complete contempt for mindless bureaucracy before they were allowed to run one.

Originally Posted by withnallstoke

Originally Posted by Thetyim

Is the syphilis test for all work permits or just for teaching ?

I don't know.
I think there was a thread on it a while ago (couple of years?) on here, and from memory it applied to all, but as in all things bureaucratic here, it depends on who you see on the day.

The absurd syph blood test is for all new applications. If they had an ounce of sense , they would instead check for hep, that's that one that's a real public health danger.
The lung x ray I did not need to get and the Labour Dept really put me through it all, last year. The doctor just listened and tapped , so.. if it's changed, I'm not subjecting myself to a likely ill calibrated Thai x ray machine once a year , no way and I'd recommend no one else do either.

NIckel dimed and nickel and dimed . Like piranhas, all take a nibble.

Just finished renewal of my WP.

I thought I'd try and got a health cert from Samitivej (just called my GP and asked her to issue one - no charge) but it was missing the syphillis test and subsequently refused by the Dept of Labour. Just replaced it - no problem.

On the plus side - been here 12 years on a WP with yearly renewal and now, out of the blue, they gave me a 2 year extension!

^ No X-ray then?

^
Probably glows in the dark by now.

^

Originally Posted by CNF55

been here 12 years on a WP with yearly renewal and now, out of the blue, they gave me a 2 year extension!

Out of the blue - yeah.


Common, seriously, who you have to blow to get that?????

Syphilis and blood type all I was required to provide. No form however had to be from a hospital(who seemed to know what to provide, 850baht), not simply a clinic such as is used for drivers licenses. They used to sign off and issue the WP renewal when submitted(within 10min) but now you have to go back a few days or week later and retrieve it.

Originally Posted by nidhogg

Originally Posted by CNF55

been here 12 years on a WP with yearly renewal and now, out of the blue, they gave me a 2 year extension!

Out of the blue - yeah.


Common, seriously, who you have to blow to get that?????

I didn't even have to go there - and to 'withnallstock' - no x-ray required.