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17 hours ago, peterfranks said:

ADR's are American Depository Receipts, and Russian ADR's are all cancelled.

 

They will eventually be exchanged for the underlying Russian stock of that ADR, but that may take several months.

 

Russian stocks only can be sold, not bought.

Ok, but there are countries that have not boycotted Russian stocks, right? As far as I know Thailand has not participated in the boycotts. 
Schwab told me that I can transfer the stocks to a broker who hasn't been forced to stop trading Russian securities. 
Do you know of any Thailand brokers? 
If not, maybe Singapore or Hong Kong?

22 hours ago, peterfranks said:

Did you own Russian stocks or ADR's of Russian stocks?

Hi, I own one Russian stock and one ADR of a Russian stock. I'm not sure what the difference is.

Hello, I am not a citizen of any country that is participating in the sanctions against Russia. I owned some Russian stocks through a US based broker. They can no longer allow the trading of Russian stocks so I need to move those holdings to a broker that accepts Russian stocks. 

Can you recommend some Thai brokers? If not, maybe Singapore or Hong Kong?

Does anyone know how many days of quarantine is required in ASQ hotel for unvaccinated? 
Says 7/10/14 so which is it?

 

I suppose this means you have to fly directly to Phuket, i.e. cannot transit through Bangkok.

Is this where you register? https://tp.consular.go.th/en/registration

https://tp.consular.go.th/en/plan

44 minutes ago, digibum said:

The cold hard truth is that the bulk of the digital nomad movement is essentially 24 year olds in an entry level job that decide that is not the life that they see others living on Instagram.  The vast majority never make it past 24 months as a digital nomad. 

 

For "real" digital nomads, the kinds that actually make enough income to warrant having a corporate entity in Panama or Gib, that's who the digital nomad visas should be aimed at.  Thailand and many other countries should be offering them tax advantaged opportunities to bring their business under Thai taxes and offering long-term visas as an enticement. 

I agree that it is an overrated demographic

The digital nomad style is not for the faint-hearted. You have to constantly deal with the mundane logistics required to set up in a new country not to mention rebuild your social network . Only premier autists/libertarian types and perfect loners can maintain the lifestyle for very long.

5 minutes ago, herfiehandbag said:

Well start with electing a government and allowing the group or coalition of groups which gains the most seat and votes govern, as opposed to blatantly rigging the election to allow the Junta remain in power..,

 

The first is pretty progressive, the second pretty regressive.

Ok, a democratic form of government. Is this the main dispute? Are there others?

1 hour ago, spidermike007 said:

It is an excellent idea. With the regressive army in charge here, there is no doubt the nation is moving backwards. And there is no change in sight. There is segment of the youth here that are progressive, want change, and want society to move forward

 

What are the things that the "regressive" army wants to do and the things that the "progressive" youth want to do? Can you be clear about these differences. Thank you.

I didn't realize there was a difference. Guess it can be either.

In the IT malls, have only been able to find  laptops with keyboards that have the Thai characters on them. Anyone know where to find laptop with only English characters?

On 4/5/2021 at 4:00 PM, BMW Overlander said:

Camped at quite a few places over the years, few videos here:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is it true that campfires are not allowed in national parks?

Just now, Salerno said:

 

Hadn't read about that, are you sure? Pretty sure there was a couple of people on here going Elite when the visa options where limited.

Depends on your consulate. They told me this:

 

We are deeply sorry to inform you that Thailand Elite Members who are now allowed to come back to Thailand are those who already affixed Thailand Elite Visa in the passport. We need to humbly suggest you to contact the Royal Thai Embassy or Royal Thai Consulate-General in the area that you are currently in, to check whether they can provide service to affix Thailand Elite Visa for you.

The reason is that the embassy in some countries may not be able to offer this service as they are now focusing on a repatriation scheme for Thai nationals. However, should the Thai Embassy in your area can provide service for you to affix our visa, we will be able to cooperate with them through the Ministry of foreign affairs to arrange an appointment for you.

4 minutes ago, Salerno said:

 

If my memory isn't failing, I believe that's exactly what they did with the first iteration. 

Well, if the losses were too great, they might have to do that. If they're close to breaking even, better to absorb the loss and price higher in the future. Hard to say without knowing their numbers and deals they have with various business partners like King Power. 

Unfortunately, only members with the visa already affixed to the passport can currently enter. Can't enter with an electronic copy for now. 

On 12/2/2020 at 5:18 PM, Salerno said:

 

 

Best guess, they miscalculated the costs across all the packages (golf, spa, limo, medical, cooking, muay Thai, skimming off the top etc.).

Yep, I assume they don't foot the bill for the 10% shopping, hotel discounts. They might even get commission for those sales. But they are paying for the free golf, spa, limo, etc. 
Obviously they were in the red at 100k/yr so they are increasing it 20%. 
Sure they will lose some customers but face less expenses. This might make them profitable. 
The alternative would be to reduce perks which would be difficult cause you couldn't retroactively do that for pre-existing members without harming your reputation. 
So it looks like a smart, well-thought out price increase. 

16 hours ago, noserious said:

I think the embassy that one must use depends on the return address. I applied to the Thai consulate in Chicago from my parents' house in Michigan even though I am a Florida resident.

To complicate it, my state of residence will be different from state I want it mailed to. Plan to visit some relatives before exiting. Hope that's not a problem!

On 9/10/2020 at 4:20 PM, noserious said:

quarantine

On 9/10/2020 at 4:20 PM, noserious said:

5 days soup to nuts for me.
I overnighted my passport and myriad documents on Thursday morning to the Thai consulate in Chicago and was very pleasantly surprised to get my passport with visa the following Tuesday. I was sent the COE by email about a week later.

Now on my 10th day of quarantine trying to keep my sanity.
By the way, in the instructions on the Thai embassy's website it is quite clearly written that 15 business days should be allowed for visa processing. Good luck.

What hotel are you staying? Would you recommend it?

On 9/10/2020 at 12:12 PM, pseudorabies said:

I sent my visa application to the LA consulate two weeks ago but haven't heard back from them yet.  I've been doing the online application and when I went in to upload some docs I had to change my answer from "NO" for "Do you have a visa?" to "YES" because I got a popup message stating that my visa was approved.  Like I said, that was two weeks ago.  It used to be that you could call the consulate and actually speak to someone but that's been changed.  My schedule is getting tighter (flight is scheduled for end of the month) but not as tight as yours from the sounds of it.

Have you tried emailing them? They've emailed me in the past and sometimes actually respond to my questions.

Two weeks, not good. 
The website says to apply online first. How come you didn't do that?

39 minutes ago, 2 is 1 said:

Do they ask your passport!? Call there and ask what they really need! And ask schedule! They not prove yet nothing! They need original document's to proceed!

Yes, have to send passport for the stamp. 

1. Passport

2. Two passport-size photographs (2″x 2″)

3. Visa application form (Download) or attached file with this email (if applicant doesn’t have a valid Thai visa)

4. Self-addressed return envelope and visa fee (Money order - $80 for single entry / $200 for multiple entries) if the applicant doesn’t have a valid visa

5. Other required documents that you submitted through online application.

12 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

That doesn't mean a lot.

Also it's not really clear what your doing.

Think you have another thread relates to entering Thailand. There are some excellent recent threads with guidelines to whole process, including obtaining COE and quarantine process and booking flights.

Couldn't find the answer in other threads. 
I have to mail my passport along with other doc to the embassy in Washington DC to get the visa. They mail it back. Do you know how many days that takes? 

I have about 10 days.

This is USA

I got this which I suppose means I'm approved:
Your application is reviewed. In order to issue an appropriate visa and in compliance with relevant rules and regulations, please mail the original documents to the Royal Thai Embassy.

But I'm on a super tight schedule. 

How many days to receive your passport from the day you send?

Thanks, do you know long it takes to get your passport back once you mail it in for the stamp? I'm on a super tight schedule. 

I already submitted my application with the cancelled booking. Hopefully it will work. 

By the way, do you book for 14 days, 15 nights or 15 days, 16 nights?

Almost none of them seem to be available on booking.com for my 15 days. 
I finally found one and booked but they messaged me that it was cancelled cause I have to book for ASQ by email. 
How did you book your ASQ hotel? Did you email, call, use a booking website?

17 hours ago, mbeau said:

I can confirm that. I recently arrived from Manila and needed to commit financially to the flight, ASQ, and produce evidence of insurance before they would process the visa application (and Certificate of Entry). Then needed a fit to fly certificate (relatively easy) and a negative Covid-19 test taken within 72 hours of flight departure (more difficult) to submit to the embassy at 3pm the day before the morning flight. Very stressful, to say the least.

Was it hard to get a COVID test with quick results? 
Probably much easier to get a "fit to fly" certificate in Manila than in the US. Suppose you have to schedule a visit with a doctor and pay him $200 or something to check your blood pressure.