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I am a bit surprised, but once you establish a PIN, only who knows what transpires. It is hard to believe that in the same breath of requesting an ATM Card anyone would ask you for the PIN you want to use, AND would not request that once you received the card, you would have to activate. (Almost sounds like your phone had been hacked and they were monitoring your calls or your access to WISE's internet connection, at least the ones that provided them insight into your financial transaction, bank, Wise, etc.) At least in the USA, once one requests a card, the bank sends you a separate letter with their defined PIN. Most times the PIN letter arrives before the card. Once you get the card, you have to contact the bank using the phone number (or an internet address) provided to activate the card. Then, if you want, you can change the PIN, but you have to use the original PIN they sent you for that initial access.

Here is a statement that I found on Google, "To get married in Thailand, the Thai authorities require a Certificate of No Impediment to Marriage (CNI) to prove you're free to marry." Your Embassy would be able to issue CNIs. Once you have that, take the CNIs, your passports (may need them translated), along with 2 witnesses to the Amphur. Should be able to process the Certificate easily. I don't think you need any type of health certificate. If you need assistance, contact Siam-Legal. They are very competent and speak English.

Wise is simplest and easy to use. I transfer from my bank in the US anywhere from 70,000 baht to 130,000 baht. I am pretty sure there are only 3 banks that can transfer more than 30,000 baht. BBL is one of them as well as SCB. Not sure about the 3rd. As of January 9, 2023, total fee for 70,000+ baht transfer is less than $20. BBL charges zero fee!

Before you go to Land Transport, you still have to go online and take the driver's test, complete it successfully and print out the certificate. And yes, from all I know the test is in Thai.

You should probably check with your Thai bank and explain to them what you are planning to do and the reason of the transfer. I think your bank in the US will possibly have issues that you should be able to resolve. But when you plan to do this, it essentially needs to be an International Wire Transfer using SWIFT. I expect the US Treasury/IRS will want some type of notification using FATCA and FBAR reporting. Here is a site you may want to review for basic information. https://www.bossrevolution.com/en-us/blog/international-money-transfer-laws

I have attached an internet address for an article discussing international transfers from Vanguard or Fidelity. One paragraph in the article discusses the use of a sister bank of the final destination bank as the intermediary, ala BBL-New York. https://thefinancebuff.com/free-international-wire-transfer-fidelity-vanguard.html

Never had a problem or issue with Shopee, or Lazada. On returns, both have the same procedure, up to the vender to approve return of item and credit of funds.

This thread is hilarious reading, all the reasons being given from a westerner's perspective. The only Thais that go to a private hospital are those who work for the government (including teachers) or those well-to-do Thais. The rest go to regional government hospitals, which are essentially free to Thais since the government pays for all but a few baht under the Universal Medical Plan. Our neighbor (female) used to go to the hospital to take a rest, paid for by the government. She WAS NOT medically sick! I think this is what many mid-society Thais do, take a rest. For prescriptions, most Thais either go to the hospital or to clinics to get refills, like 90-day refills and as many prescriptions as they have FOR 30 BAHT! I had open heart surgery at the Queen Sirikit NE Heart Center in 2021. When you entered the heart center, for those 'poor' Thais coming in for essentially free care, there must have been 200-300 patients sitting and waiting to see a doctor in the standard clinic. I went to its Premium Clinic for both initial and continuing visits, which cost me an additional 300 baht per visit over the poor's cost. In the Premium Clinic there would be maybe 15-20 who were either under government insurance or like me paying cash. Many of the public clinics are owned and operated by the responsible regional hospital. And you do understood that most of the private clinics are own by doctors who during the day are working at one of the hospitals in their specialty and then have their own clinic after their work day at the hospital.

Same as lungbing. Went in at 1315, 2 officers were just finishing up with their "clients". I was doing three things, retirement extension, re-entry permit app'n and my 90-day report, so I was next up. My TM30 was from December of 2018, but there was no issue. I always provide copies of letters from my several pension providers (SSA and company). Since I was using the 65K method, had copy of bank book with the 100-baht deposit on the same date, the 1-year bank statement, and the bank letter. I also provide a copy of my yellow book. The forms immigration wants you to sign were provided for my signature, no filling in the blanks. Done and gone in about 30 minutes.

If you are planning to get a retirement extension AND NOT A MARRIAGE EXTENSION, then you need to cancel your work permit. Can't have both.

I fully support iherb too. Even with the delivery costs from the US, the price is about the same as from Thai sources, but with a better quality supplement. Note: iherb recommends to keep each order's total cost to be no more than $50. They do have a weight limit on an order.

You are a joke! Those golfers that defected should be dropped from the PGA and DP World.