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I wonder if a US passport card (not book) would be accepted by Thai airlines as it is official government-issued photo ID. It can be obtained from US Embassy Bangkok just like a regular passport book. It does not have the same passport number as that in the passport book, but does have your full name and photo. It cannot be used in lieu of a passport book, except for use in entering the US from Canada, Mexico, and some Caribbean countries. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/passports/need-passport/card.html#:~:text=The card is proof of,cheaper than the passport book.

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You are in the best position to know when your 90-Day Report is due. You know when you last did a 90-Day Report and printing out the Next Appointment Receipt would indicate when the next report is due. You also know whether and when you have exited Thailand and re-entered Thailand (thereby establishing a new 90-Day Report due date 89 days from the date you re-entered). The reminder system for the online TM-47 (90-Day Report) application ONLY knows when you last did a 90-Day Report. It does NOT know whether or when you exited and re-entered Thailand. Therefore, you should ignore the reminder IF you have exited and re-entered Thailand since your last 90-Day Report due date.

Did you know you can change the color of the font used to fill in the form in Adobe Acrobat Reader? Notice the vertical toolbar located in the upper left corner of the Adobe Acrobat Reader screen. The lowest item probably shows up as a large black dot indicating the current color for type text. You can change this to blue. You then have to visit each text block you typed in to change the font from black to blue. Maybe this will satisfy their preference.

The "Under Consideration" stamp is a normal procedure for a marriage extension but unusual in the case of a retirement extension.

The bank letter can be done on the spot. Any bank statement covering a period greater than six months ago can take up to 7 days at Bangkok Bank as those records are not available at the branches but only from the Bangkok Bank headquarters.

A requirement for retirement extensions in Phuket: Hand draw map of the location of the house with the house Latitude and Longitude coordinates (you can use Google maps for this). https://piv-phuket.com/retirement/

Yes, I believe you would obtain your Yellow Book from the Rawai Tessaban office: https://www.rawai.go.th/contactus/location Then, you could obtain your Pink ID from the Phuket Town Amphur office: You must get the specific requirements from your tessaban, they are very often different in the details. Best wishes.

Would be surprised if possession of a pink ID card resulted in receiving any discounts at any hospital, but if it does certainly let us know. 😉

Having a yellow house registration book (tabian bahn) is a prerequisite for getting the pink ID card. The requirements you mention seem to be those for getting the yellow book. The work is all done in obtaining the yellow book, obtaining the pink ID card follows easily after that. I obtained my yellow book from my local tessaban (sub-district government office) in Karon. Then obtained my pink ID card from the amphur office (district government office) in Phuket Town. Where to go will depend on where you live and what you already have. No agent was required.

1. Try to open an online bank account in the US. Here are some: https://www.marketwatch.com/guides/banking/best-online-banks/#:~:text=Our picks for the best,choose an online-only bank. 2. Here's a bank that advertises opening US bank accounts for non-residents: https://zenus.com/en/group/blog/how-to-open-a-bank-account-in-the-us-as-a-non-resident/#:~:text=Zenus Bank makes opening a,and complete the application form 3. In any case you will need a US address. This could be a friend's or relative's address, or a Commercial Mail Receiving Agency (CMRA) also called a virtual mailbox. There are many available, for example: https://travelingmailbox.com/ 4. Once you have an online US bank account you can get many payers to use that account directly (i.e., not send you a check). For ones that insist on sending you a check, you can use your mobile banking app to deposit the check via your smartphone. I've had my virtual mailbox scan the check, printed out the check while in Thailand, and used my mobile banking app (from my US bank account) to deposit the check into my US bank account. You can sometimes have your virtual mailbox deposit the check for you (for a fee) as an alternative. 5. Don't burn bridges. Keep all US financial accounts open because it can be difficult to open new ones. Tell no US financial institution you live outside the US, always use your US mailing address.

Yes, you will receive your old passport back with a hole punched in the corner of the passport to invalidate it. To answer your earlier question, all applicants at the US Embassy Bangkok received the longer 50-page version of the passport without asking.

The current latest up-to-date instructions for getting a US passport renewal from US Embassy Bangkok are found here in excruciating detail: https://th.usembassy.gov/u-s-citizen-services/passports/adult-passport-renew/ In my opinion, you are making a simple thing needlessly complicated by asking people what they have done in the recent past to get their renewal. That doesn't matter. What matters is the current latest up-to-date instructions which can be found only at the link above. Passport renewals according to that site are being done in "six to eight weeks." I think that estimate is on the conservative side as some people have reported that they are receiving their passport renewals earlier.

The US does not add on any extra validity time for a passport renewal. You get 10 years. I tend to do things at the earliest opportunity because I cannot foretell the future. I renew my passport early enough so that I get a full-year extension of stay from Thai Immigration. That means that every 10 years I choose to renew my passport months earlier (up to a year earlier) than required to do so. I apply for my retirement extension of stay 45 days before my current extension expires. I simply do not know what the future will hold. I do not know if something will happen in the future that will impact my ability to get a passport (e.g., pandemic as happened recently, work slowdown by passport officials as happened in Britain). A passport (or extension of stay) in the hand is worth two in the bush. ;-)

They will process a renewal if you have over a year left on your passport, at least they did so for me.

Financial documents are the *only* thing I have forwarded to me in Thailand by travelingmailbox.com. Includes new credit cards, checkbooks, and blank checks. I can deal with everything else by having it scanned without having it physically forwarded.

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You get a very poor exchange rate if you accept Dynamic Currency Conversion if offerred by the ATM. Otherwise, if you use a branded credit or debit card you will receive the MasterCard or Visa daily exchange rate between baht and your home currency which is usually a decent rate. You can tell if you will get DCC if the ATM shows the transaction denominated in your home currency, it should only show baht.

Many states now accept online notary service, which may not have been the case in years past. Contains a list of states accepting online legal notorization: https://www.docverify.com/Products/E-Notaries/What-States-Allow-Electronic-Notary#:~:text=DocVerify's platform can be used,%2C Nevada%2C New Jersey%2C New

Sort of. Americans can get a 10 year visa for China from Chinese consulates in the US, but they may not from Chinese consulate outside of the US (e.g., Phuket).

Not true if Charles Schwab customer which reimburses all fees associated with the withdrawal.