Langsuan Man

16 hours ago, Isaan sailor said:

Pandemic brought to the world from Wuhan China.  Send them the bill.

While we are sending out bills how about one to Mexico for Trump's Wall

Oh,  I forgot for a minute,  Trump Inc.  doesn't pay bills it just sends them out  

56 minutes ago, paddypower said:

This will do for me. tks. never used Ali before.

am uninformed - so ? ....is there not import duty and sales tax?

 

Go to the site and look.   During this crisis what else do you have to do ?

https://best.aliexpress.com/?lan=en

You might want to specify which countries taxes you need help with before you tell us where you are willing to go for help

16 hours ago, EricTh said:

 

I am glad that immigration have levelled the playing field.

Your ignorance is not bliss.  If you are not married or have a Thai child the O-A visa is the only long stay visa available in your home country

18 hours ago, gamb00ler said:

Many US expats living in Thailand do not have access to a US phone number for that process

$39.99 for a Magic jack will solve that problem, and if that is too much for you then you can always by one every two years

https://www.magicjack.com/

I think EFTS and Wires will not be effected, and I would not be surprised if many banks loosen their rules for online transactions to continue to earn while walk in traffic stops

That being said there is always the chance that the no congregating rules and mandatory closures may spread to back office operations.  So if it were me, I would do your online transfers and wires now, just in case 

So even after Royal Thai Immigration reversed themselves on the need for insurance for O-A that were issued before the cut off date, those who are trying to follow the rules of the O-A that allow multi entry,  local immigration officers are once again making up this sh... as they go

And you people on "O" visas really don't think it is going to happen to you

Never coming back is becoming a more attractive option every day   

Don't you worry your little heads, if the Security and Exchange Commission will go after Martha Stewart for inside training these mopes in Congress will soon get a visit 

1 hour ago, cmarshall said:

I doubt that they will include us.

Not true, last time there was a give away like this expats were included if they made the income cut off and they even included foreign spouses in the largess.  Spouses had to get a TIN to be eligible but the IRS was forced to speed up their issuing 

Did not effect me but several friends and their wives benefited from the program, sorry I can't remember what administration this was from 

On 2/2/2020 at 1:37 PM, Khun Falang said:

how will my loss of / giving up on my one year visa, affect my bank account? Will the bank tell me to close my account? I know that the bank will have no knowledge of it until the time comes for me to renew my ATM card, and at such time they will look at my passport and visa. Then what? Anyone has knowledge of the answer?...

Short answer no, and I never had to show my passport (and if they did they would only look at the face page anyway) to renew my ATM card, just the fee. 

The only problem you will have is that you will not be able to get a Residency Permit on a tourist visa so unless you plan on getting a Thai Drives license or buying or selling a car nothing will change 

I wonder how long it will be for commercial labs to start testing ?   Like, Lifecare, in Pattaya 

Tell that to all the US customers who had Direct TV go down on them, sure affected them:

https://deadline.com/2020/03/directv-outage-lost-signal-coronavirus-self-isolating-1202887280/

Why can''t you use Google Voice ?

I don't have roaming on my US cell plan so Google Voice and it's text option has worked for me to receive US Text messages and OTOP's from US banks

6 hours ago, Issanman said:

They sent me a letter to my Thai address with a phone number to call. 

Glad to hear that since I have a Magic Jack,  they called me on that, after an email telling me when they would call

Good to know that there are options other than Manila for overseas applicants 

16 hours ago, Nyezhov said:

Well in her defense she doent have half of the US schoolkids hating her lunches.

When all else fails let's bring back Michelle Obama for some kicking, especially since she had such an audacious idea of getting overweight kids to eat right, oh crime of crimes 

Do you go to sleep at night dreaming of what you can blame Obama for in the morning 1,155 days later ?

I wonder if would still have been canceled if Trump had been able to get the conference to be held at the Trump National Doral Country Club in Miami, one of Trumps many properties 

50 minutes ago, Langsuan Man said:

just checked with a VPN.

edit:  checked it without a VPN

An existing Thai company can be transferred to new owners and there is no problem changing the make up of share holders, since the company has already been approved and registered.  This purely an administrative task 

This is why the company system was established, to make it cheaper for companies to transfer assets.   It was just smart Thai lawyers that determined that the company structure could be used by foreigners to create companies that could own land  

This is different since it delays your required tax payment until Sept 15, your automatic 2 month extension for being overseas does not exempt you from interest, only penalties, for not filing on April 15th.  So this one is more generous

As far as how you get it if you are overseas hasn't been addressed yet, since "mailing checks" has a bigger media message to it which the Administration craves

If we lived in a sane world overseas taxpayer would get their checks the same way they get tax refunds, but sanity seems in short supply in Washington these days  

7 hours ago, Ron Sam said:

Excuse me ! slightly different topic. _ Is there anybody know how can (or possible) I apply for SS Retirement Benefits from Thailand ?   I'm US citizen turning 66 yrs this June 2020.  I don't have US address, is that a problem ? 

 

https://www.ssa.gov/myaccount/lp/landing-page-rome.html

Just follow their schedule, and be prepared to be able to answer a phone call from Social Security to verify your final monthly payment amount, other wise,  everything can be done via the portal.   But full disclosure:  I have a US address

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6 hours ago, Issanman said:

I did it a few years back completely online using a Thai address. No problem. 

How did you handle the mandatory phone call to confirm your monthly payment amount ?

6 hours ago, gk10002000 said:

I have read that some people can get through properly with a VPN, a valid USA address, etc.

Not needed,  https://www.ssa.gov/myaccount/lp/landing-page-rome.html 

is open for business, just checked with a VPN.  You just need to be aware of the hours the web portal is open:

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