Langsuan Man

That is a O-A Visa not an O Visa.

OK, then I will re-phrase my question

Why does the NY Consulate write in "Long Stay" on the VISA ?

1. There is no such visa as long stay O.

Then why does the NY Consulate change the Visa to this ?

I recently found myself having to return money to my ex-employer in the USA

Next to an ex wife I can't think of anyone more deserving of waiting for a personal check to arrive via international air mail

If you are talking about the "transfer tax" , then it is applicable when the transfer is registered at the Land Office, it has nothing to do with the date anyone entered into a contract to sell or purchase property

There were many problems with Pay Pal in the past but since they were purchased by eBay they seem to have gotten their act together BUT, I would still only give them a CREDIT CARD as your payment option and not use a DEBIT CARD and I would still never give them Bank details

Try this url, go down the page to Built In BBQ

http://www.bbqthai.com/barbecues.htm

Where are you located in Thailand ?

There are several VFW Posts here in the Kingdom and they all have Service Officers that will answer all of your questions

Post 9555

Bangkok, Thailand

Post 9951

Bangkok, Thailand

Post 12074

Chiang Mai, Thailand

Post 10217

Korat, Thailand

Post 9876

Pattaya, Thailand

Post 10249

Udorn, Thailand

See http://www.vfw.org/index.cfm?fa=mbr.leveld...d=737&tok=1 Pacific Areas

I think the question that everyone should be asking is not why the Baht is still so strong, but why the other currencies (Dollar, Euro, Pound) are all so weak

It all comes down to deficit spending which the currency markets loathe

I agree with Jingthing. Wire transfers must be set up and authorised before you leave the States. It's for your own protection. I sucessfully use Chase but I applied for this capability and authorised it before I left the States. You cannot verify your identity over the phone. Thankfully, for your own good.

I can't believe some of the posts here on TV

Of course your bank can verify your identity over the phone, they do it via an extended verification procedure where you have to correctly answer several questions about information on your CREDIT REPORT. Such as the amount of your mortgage, a telephone area code you may have had in the past, your last payment on a credit card, or other type questions that only the account holder would know.

I have had wires sent from E*trade Bank using the fax form twice, once when I purchased a Condo three years ago and recently as reported above. At no time did I ever have to "authorize" them prior to coming to Thailand. Only had to do the extended verification procedure this last time due to the large amount and wisely included a local telephone number with the wire request form

Why ?

My wire request was for $106,025 USD, Etrade Debited my account for $106,025 USD, SCB reported the wire was for $105,985 USD which they converted to Thai Baht at the exchange rate of 32.22 THB per USD (after asking me if I wanted it converted on the day they called) and credited my account with 3, 414,836.70 THB

Even a mathematically challenged person like myself can tell that there was $15 missing which must have been the SCB Service fee you are talking about

Since you have read the post's on it then you should know it is dependent upon what the Customs officer that is assigned to your shipment wants

You will received two quotes, one with an official receipt and one without, and I will leave it to your imagination which one will be lower

Etrade bank -- they used to appear to offer ONLINE SWIFT from their website, but when I tried it, they said they don't actually allow the service even after I put it in without an error message. That pissed me off big time. Etrade customer, have you tried the SWIFT FAX service yourself recently, and did it work?

Yes, two weeks ago for $106,000 to SCB. $25 to E*trade for the wire and someone skimmed off $15 during the transaction. Took one day and SCB called me when it arrived, emailed me the Foreign Currency Transaction form as an attachment, I signed it and returned it to them and the money was converted and in my account within 48 hours of the fax to E*trade

If is the same as what is commonly called "tennis elbow" then the only thing that I have ever heard that works is a small band that goes around the tendon between your wrist and elbow and when pulled tight prevents the tendons from pulling on the elbow socket

Unfortunately I don't know if they are available in Thailand

thanks everyone. i'm still in north america and talked to the bank manager on the telephone. i'll switch banks and wire through them.

thanks again,

Since you are going to have to get a new bank anyway I would suggest E*trade Bank who will charge you $25 for a SWIFT transfer to Thailand and only requires that you use their fax form

Additionally, once you are here you can use your E*trade Visa branded ATM card to withdraw from Thai ATM's and E*trade Bank will reimburse you the 150 THB foreign ATM charge, levied by Thai Banks, thereby eliminating your need to deal with Travelers Checks

Not going to happen in the short time frame that you have specified, doubt if you could even get an appointment by May

And in the future don't use all caps on this board, it is considered rude and not acceptable

And your Military ID card doesn't mean squat to the Embassy, just like my State Department Retiree ID card means nothing to them

You also must have forgotten how to use the search function

see

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/Documents-Re...al-t222234.html

(for a start, since there are many more posts)

Every time I read a thread like this I can't help be reminded that there is a reason that Thai Immigration requires 800,000 / 400,000 THB, or 65,000 THB per month income for extending your visa

So you will have the money to go home if it becomes necessary

First thing you had better take into consideration is how long it is going to take to get it

I visited several dealers in both Pattaya and Rayong and the earliest delivery I could get was mid May and this was three weeks ago

I opted for a Toyota, Vios, delivered in three weeks

The sales person in one Pattaya dealership was so proud that she could offer me a free Honda key chain if I ordered through her despite the wait

m on Darkside and D/l speed has dropped to almost unusable over the last couple of weeks and there is NO upload speed at all!! (1-2 KB)

One more reason why it is called the Darkside

Sounds like this MAY be a Bangkok Bank policy

I have never been refused by Siam Commercial Bank for an " over the counter transaction " so long as I had my Passport with me for them to copy

I use the over the counter transactions method primarily since no ATM in Thailand will dispense more than 20, 000 THB per transaction and the over the counter method gives me up to my US Banks maximum $1,000 dollar daily limit

The word Hyperbole comes to mind, not your or their math skills

Similar to the Motorcycle taxis honking at me for walking on their sidewalk

I suspect that the Thai banks have already been fully cooperating with the US and predict that we will see no effect whatever here.

I am going to wire 40k USD into my Thai account in a few days and I will report if there is any change from before (i.e. no questions on amounts below 50k and asking me what I was using it for on amounts over that).

I just wired $106,000 into my SCB account last Thursday and all that happened was a phone call from them (SCB) asking what it was for so that they could fill out the Exchange Certificate, which they emailed me as an attachment, I signed and returned to them, once again, as an attachment

At least Thai banks are willing to accept a signed form via an email attachment, where my US bank insisted on a FAX

Yes, if you are trying to "surf" the web, downloading a torrent can have a major effect on how fast your pages refresh

If your are "seeding" a torrent that may also have an effect on your browsing, unfortunately I have never uploaded a torrent so I can't answer that one