TigerandDog

where in the article does it say "farangs"? It doesn't, it says "foreigners", and it doesn't make any accusations about "farangs" opening mule accounts. You actually blew your opening sentence out of the water when you correctly referenced those that do open mule accounts. Great job contradicting yourself in your post.

It's not a restriction. It's reverting to the rules/requirements that have been in place for the 12 years that I've been in Thailand. BKK bank took it upon themselves to relax/expand on those restrictions and now it's coming back to bite them and everyone impacted in the bum. My bank has never wavered from and still strictly adheres to the rules/restrictions, with one exception, that are referred to in the article. That exception being they will not open accounts for Americans because of the mandatory reporting back to the IRS.

that's right, BUT who owns & runs the airport rail link, it's BTS. Don't even try to argue with me on that point because my brother-in-law works on the airport rail link and he is employed & paid by BTS.

The airport link is run by BTS, the last time I flew into Don Meung the Red Line wasn't open, so if it's open now that's even better.

Firstly Swampy doesn't have MRT it has BTS, and yeah that's being finicky I know. Secondly Don Meung has buses to Mo Chit where you can then get on the MRT, so there is no need to have to rely on taxis.

If somebody wants to identify as a different gender to the one they are born with, I don't have a problem with that. We see lots of that on a daily basis in Thailand. However, IMHO transgender males should NOT be allowed to participate in female sports. In my neck of the woods in Northern Thailand there are 2 options for transgender males who wish to play sport. #1. They compete with the men #2. There are transgender volleyball tournaments and they are very popular with the transgender guys and supported by the local communities. If a transgender guy tried to participate in a female sport, even though there are no local rules to prevent that from happening, the locals would not allow that to happen.

Not a bad idea, and long overdue. However, like all things Thai when it comes to planning & implementing, who is going to teach the teachers first, because most teachers would fail this new literacy based curriculum.

never used to have to do that. Just this year it's been an issue.

Can't agree with that as I would check 3 times daily and the first time each day was between midnight and 12.15 a.m.

for the most part I agree with everything you say with 2 exceptions. #1. You could always park at Central Airport with no parking fee and walk to the Imm Office, #2. Since appointments have been available I've always made one, but this year, as usual, I started monitoring the appointments web site from the middle of December on a daily basis. Without exception the ONLY dates that would come up as having appointment times available were public holidays. So this year I was unable to make an appointment. I just checked the appointment web site again, and between today and the end of July not a single date available. So either CM do not want us making appointments any more OR the web site is down, and despite being advised that it's not working they aren't interested in getting it working again.

speaking of TDAC, just had a mate return from the USA on Sunday. He had to produce his TDAC re-entry when checking in for the flight back. No TDAC and you're not issued with a boarding pass and thus not allowed to board the flight.

lately I've been watching quite a few of the scambaiter channels. It's interesting to see how these hackers infiltrate the scammers pc's, copy all their files and delete them, upload and activate viruses onto their systems, and then give all the copied data to local law enforcement.

You don't go to you bank to make the change, you make the change with mobile your phone provider, and it's very easy if you have your provider's app. My bank account had my full name and my pink ID card was used as the id to open the account. When I originally got my mobile phone # AIS did not register my details at all. So when I received my first data mismatch message from the bank I updated my profile via the app and used my passport #. I received a 2nd mismatch message and when I contacted the bank they advised me that they ahd used my pink id card # to open my account, not my passport #. So all I had to do was login to the app again (in my case AIS) and update my profile and change the passport # to my pink id card #. All good, no more mismatch messages from the bank.

with AIS you can update this info via the AIS app.

no that was the issue I had. My mobile was registered with my passport and Krungthai bank used my pink ID as ID for the bank account because it was opened to receive my tax refund. As the ID's did not match I had to contact my mobile phone provider and change my ID to the pink ID card #. Either way, whichever form of ID you use, they must be an exact match with the bank and mobile provider.

this doesn't just apply to mobile phone numbers registered since 2022. My mobile was registered in 2014 when I moved to Thailand, and I received notification from Krungthai Bank a few months ago with regards to this. So just make sure that the data on both matches exactly, viz full name and the form of ID used to open the bank account and register the mobile number. If you've had a passport renewal and updated that info with the bank make sure you also update that info with the mobile service or the bank will restrict your online banking use until you do.

I guess like everything, it depends on who checks the paperwork.

Just completed my 9th retirement extension in CM the week B4 Songkran and it's ALWAYS been a requirement to include a copy of your latest 90 day report even though the original is stapled in the back of my passport.

It's not misleading at all. You do understand that by ending the heading with a ? the OP is asking a question as to whether or not there have been any changes to the rules, he is NOT making a statement.

My experience has been similar in the 11 years I've been here. The Thais that know me away from my village ALWAYS call me Mr xxxx. The Thais in my village address me in 2 different ways these days, either leung (uncle) xxxx or Por Luong (father of the village) as my wife is the Mai Luong for the village. The only time I'm aware of being called a farang is when I'm with a group of Thais I've never met before, and then that only lasts a short time, as my wife always introduces me as Leung. The only time I've ever heard the term farang directed at me in a derogatory manner was years ago when out cycling through a village I hadn't been to previously and an old lady, who had obviously been influenced by Anutin calling us dirty farangs, called myself and my cycling companion dirty farangs as we rode past her house, even though we were cycling with a group of Thais. As much as I'd very much like to be able to speak Thai, despite all the lessons I've had I find it very difficult to remember most of it. I'd say my Thai language is advanced tourist Thai.

there were 2 quakes in Myanmar in 2023. 31/05/23 in Mohnyin 5.9 & on 07/06/23 at Ayeyarnwady 4.8. I received text alerts on my Samsung phone for both of these quakes whilst our house in the NW of CM Province was shaking from the tremors.

With all previous tremors I've received an SMS alert (no app required) on my Samsung phone while the shaking was still happening. Not this time.

Once again for the aussies in this forum "Some online tax accountants are advising the Australian/Thailand DTA does not protect an Australian account based superannuation pension from taxation when the payments are brought into Thailand, however the aged pension is exempt from Thailand tax." I have had this confirmed by my District Revenue Office, CM Revenue Office and CM have sought confirmation from BKK and the response was that as the aussie aged pension is actually a social security payment it is NOT assessable income under Thai Tax law.

why would you want to travel to the US with all the crap going on at the moment with ICE. legit visas being cancelled in the Immigration systems and people trying to enter the USA LEGALLY being arrested, placed in a detention center for up to 14 days AND put in chains before being deported. At the very least wait until the convicted orange felon is no longer dictator/emperor of the US.

they may not know who started the fires, so prosecute the owners of the land the fires are on. If it's govt land, prosecute the govt dept. The land owners will know who's starting the fires, so they can dob them in for a reduced penalty.