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....which is why no one has mentioned it in the "Best Restaurants in Chiang Mai" thread.

None. All of them practice zero accountability, are ripe for theft, and offer little or no customer protection from theft, fraud, or other criminal wrongdoings. I keep as little as possible in my Thai bank account and keep it as locked down as I can.

Yes, you will need to show twelve consecutive months' of incoming foreign transfers prior to "switching" from the bank deposit method. The monthly deposit amount for a marriage visa extension is 40,000 thb/month.....but since you asked in the OP about converting from a marriage extension to a retirement extension (income method), you were told it's 65,000 thb/month.

He didn't ask if there was an immigration home visit. He asked which agency came to your home because you said, "Worth the price given the agent came to my house to get materials and such."

Congratulations, you "lose" the internet today. It isn't often that someone posts something so obtuse that all of the other posts on the entirety of the internet that day are better.....but, what the heck, you've accomplished that. Pat on the back or slap upside the head - whichever you prefer.

I'll narrow it down, it is on the corner at the intersection of Sukhumvit and Soi 7/1.

Always Tip My Barber is the name of my new band.

So, that's not true at all. Again, not true. It isn't a loophole, you simply don't understand the Thai Revenue Dept position on this. Good luck explaining how "importing" money from a debit card is different than "importing" money through a bank transfer from the same bank via WISE. Will you get "caught" by trying to avoid taxation by using a debit card? Very unlikely. But let's not misrepresent it as a loophole, It isn't.

Having lived there for several years, I concur with your assessment (mostly). Moved on to another place but few complaints about the building and the location is great. Happy to see you're still around the area, Neil. Cheers.

Huh. Says "service charge". What do I know, though - you're the new AN "expert" here, lol. Congrats on hitting 50 posts.

Do you apply this rule to hotel stays as well? Difficult to find a decent hotel without a service charge.

Indeed it can.

This stuff is 3 carbs per serving and about 90 calories - surprisingly tasty too. Can be found for approx 100 thb/bottle in the grocery stores.

A monthly occurrence for me; six days from starting the transfer to receiving the THB into my Bangkok Bank account. I initiate my transfers from within the WISE app. As I understand it, if you were to set up WISE as a transfer partner in your home bank's account and initiate the transfer that way (i.e., you push the money from your account to WISE instead of asking WISE to pull it from your bank) then the transfer would be measurably faster. For whatever reason, I'm reluctant to do that though many others do so. (I think the fee may be less too.)

You can definitely obtain a re-entry permit at CNX. The desk for that is to the right of the immigration departure lanes, after going through security. I've always completed the paperwork in advance to save time so don't know whether you can pay for that service. (I suspect yes, you can.)

A friend of mine recently (last week) had an MRI performed at McCormick Hospital. Cost was 8,500 THB.

Oooooooh. Good catch.

Given the situation he's in, I'm gobsmacked that he's changed his name to Big Poker.

Doomed to failure. USA constitutional amendments require 2/3s of each house of Congress to ratify and then 75% of individual states to ratify.

As I interpreted the OP, the fund is run by the government. Since the government prints the money, they can certainly guarantee a 3% return. But yeah, it sounds like a government run Ponzi scheme.

Nothing but good to say about the Schwab no-fee checking account. I have had no problems "accessing accounts" while in Thailand. As another poster mentioned, the account has many benefits that can add up to substantial savings if you use them.

Generally, if you hold a visa, you don't need an onward ticket. DTV is, by definition, a visa.

Thieves have numerous possible ways to get your card number. Data breach at one of the places you used the card, skimming devices, hacking the credit card processor, scraping the number from you by intercepting the RFID signal at close range, formjacking, stealing it if you used it over public or other non-secured WIFI, one of the employees where you used it stole the information, among others. Presumably you didn't fall for one of the obvious ways: phishing email, inadvertently downloading malware, scam phone call, or the ever popular "your wife/girlfriend did it." In short, it happens all the time and you'll probably never know how.

PM Sretta Thavisin said, "With this new scheme, Thailand is poised to become the ASEAN hub of ignition." Probably.