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Am looking for recommendations for travel insurance for Thai nationals for travel to countries within Asia. Thanks for any experience you can share.

Many thanks for your replies. Yellowtail - not sure what B & H is...?

Looking for experience ordering from Amazon in the US for merchandise that exceeds the Thai Customs duty free limit of 1,400 THB. Does the import fee that Amazon charges when making a purchase cover the Thai Customs fee once the merchandise arrives in Thailand? Or are you stuck needing to visit Thai Customs to negotiate the duty to get your merchandise? Thanks for any feedback.

Hello - Looking for experience and lessons learned about wire transfers from Schwab to Bangkok Bank in New York (domestic wire) in comparison to Bangkok Bank in Thailand (international wire). What are fees and rates? Does the domestic transfer take longer to credit to your account in Thailand? Also, how do wire transfers with Schwab compare to Wise? I understand Wise becomes less competitive with larger dollar transfer amounts.

That's what I have done. The all of my mail goes to this mailing address. It's not clear what, if anything, will get mailed to the residential address on file.

I use a CMRA in Florida and find that banks, investment companies, etc., accept this as a mailing address – but not as a residential address. Another factor to consider is exposure to state tax authorities when using the residential address of a friend of relative.

Hi - was the quarterly payment system established via the FBU office in Manila?

I am a few months away from eligibility for Medicare. I plan to apply for Part B through the Federal Benefits Unit (FBU) at the US Embassy in Manila. I have not started taking Social Security benefits yet - so will need to set up payments for Part B. Anyone done this before (Part B w/o SS benefits start)? Thanks....

This is quick follow-up for people who might be following this thread. I found a lot of very useful information about mail forwarding services in various RV forums. As GinBoy2 indicates (above), South Dakota and Texas are good options if you want to become a resident in a tax free state. Florida is also a tax free state and will let you become a resident (e.g. driver’s license, voting) via a mail forwarding service. Given that I am already a (virtual/expatriate) resident of Florida via my family’s home address, I am going to try St. Brendan’s Isle mail forwarding service. https://www.sbimailservice.com/

I’m looking for a mail forwarding service from the US to Thailand. My family has been helping me with this task for many decades but this is no longer feasible. Currently, my family address is in Florida so I would like to establish a virtual Florida address that I can use to forward US mail to Bangkok. Thanks for any recommendations.