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Since you already have an account at SCB, I recommend you check out their EZ Savings account. When I opened mine, SCB initially asked for a work permit but accepted my application when I told them that I cannot work in Thailand due to the Thai Immigration rules governing retirement extensions. I did need to give SCB my Thai tax ID. I used the SCB EZ Savings account (1.5%/year) for my 800k/400k account. That account has now bank book. CM Imm asked for a bank book but accepted account anyway. @Rob Browder has given you good advice on how to switch accounts/banks.

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Initially, I had my 800K in a fixed account at Bangkok bank. I went to SCB and opened an EZ Savings account (1.5%/year). During the time I was required to only have 400K on deposit I moved 400K to SCB account and left 400K at Bangkok bank. I maintained those balances for a couple of months to show beyond doubt that there was no time that I didn't have 400K on deposit. On the termination date of the fixed account at Bangkok I moved the 400K from Bangkok account to SCB to meet the upcoming requirement to have 800K on deposit. When my extension was coming due I got letters and statements from both banks to show sufficient funds for the months required. After my extension was granted I closed the Bangkok bank fixed account. The Thai Imm. officer spent several minutes looking at the dates and balances to make sure I met the requirements at all times. I'm so glad that now that I'm on my pension, I can just get an income letter from my consulate and avoid these silly gyrations over bank balances.

@Thingamabob The hilarious part of this exchange is that you're probably the only reader that has missed the joke.

Interesting... how have you formed your opinions on transexuals? Is there something that you haven't mentioned?

The reason you don't arrive at logical conclusions is because you only analyze issues with very shallow thinking. Sure.... assault rifles contribute a small % of gun deaths. Most assault rifle deaths are amongst the easiest firearm deaths to prevent. The arguments often used to defend the sale of assault rifles are amongst the weakest the gun lobby has ever put forth. These two factors make an assault rifle ban one of the most reasonable steps towards lowering firearm deaths. An individual can greatly lower their risk of a death from a gun by: - avoiding drug activity - avoiding gang activity - avoiding people involved in theft, robbery and other property crimes There are not many options for people to avoid nutjobs with assault rifles.

that alone is a sufficient reason.

I hope you don't think that your argument here isn't going to broadcast your lack of coherent logic.

He's following in dear leader's footsteps and is practicing his Trumpglish.

Sure.... we can talk later.... but the problem is you, just like now, won't listen.

and when you have a fever your temperature hardly changes.

watch out for that mousetrap.

That's about the right time for crying babies to be put to bed.

The "fix" has been ignored for decades already. Climate scientists have been ringing the alarm bell for a long time but politicians have chosen to ignore it.

Don't look now..... but that axe you've been carrying around forever has been completely ground into powder.

I only have experience with a fixed deposit account at Bangkok bank. Even if you have a Thai tax ID on file with them, they will still withhold 15% of the interest earned on that fixed deposit account. For that reason I switched from fixed account at BBL to EZ Savings at SCB (1.5%) a couple of years ago when BBL fixed deposit was paying less. Now, I'm fortunate enough to be able to get an income letter from my consulate to remove that 800k/400k ball and chain.

The RNC are so greedy for power that they could possibly turn on Trump if it became obvious he is going to lose. It is still possible to replace Trump as the candidate. Here's what the RNC would need to do: Rule 9 of The Rules of the Republican Party provides guidance on how to fill presidential and vice presidential vacancies.[9] It says that the Republican National Committee (RNC) is authorized to select a new candidate by majority vote or by reconvening the national convention to fill the vacancy. In the former process, the three RNC members from each state—comprised of a state chair, a national committeeman, and a national committeewoman—would be able to cast the same number of votes as the entire delegation from that state to the convention.[9] Under Rule 9(c), if the three RNC members did not all support the same candidate, their votes would be proportionately distributed.[9] For example, each RNC member would cast 13 of Kansas' 39 delegate votes.

Let's hope the RNC puts your theory to the test.

errrr... they all swallowed the blue pill?

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One of my wife's cousins is in the tour bus biz and knows a lot of great Thai restaurants that are under the radar. I've been to one in Ayutthaya in a rural setting on the banks of the Chao Phraya river. I've never been disappointed by any of the dishes we've ordered and the prices were hardly higher than side street vendors. Panang is definitely a central Thailand dish and I've had many excellent versions of it, including my wife's. She cooks as well as the restaurant I described above. Her panang shown below.

it seems UOB is overly restrictive in their policy for outbound transfers. I know BBL and SCB don't restrict the outbound transfers to the amount of FET's you can show.

OK.... I thought SSA/US Treasury used SWIFT for those transfers.... so I assumed it would show as FTT. My bad, sorry.

You're using the "original" electronic transfer method for SS benefits. BBL should allow you to change to the newer IDD method which fill show transfers as FTT and will also remove the annoying restrictions on the account receiving the transfers. You will need a different account at BBL to use the IDD method otherwise you will still have those restrictions. To change to IDD you have to download a form specific to Thailand and then send to Manila.

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