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No. Not for everyone.

Yes, and they may only take Thai credit cards. Or they may add on a 3% uplift on the bill for domestic or foreign credit card use.. I was surprised JIB (new PC build, Advice will only take Thai credit cards) took a foreign credit card. Most of my medical and dental is paid with a foreign credit card. All three of my Visa cards do not charge any foreign transaction fees. BTW, are out-of-pocket medical expenses deductible on the Thai tax return, all or in part?

Yes, that is my current understanding.

I've had extensive contact, two visits, with my BBL branch over the past three weeks, updating passport information, new phone, new phone number, re-enabling mobile banking, photograph, and facial recording (center, left, right, blink a few times). They took my passport to a copier so I am unsure what they copied. But of the twelve signatures I had to provide, there was just the main/photo page of my passport which I was asked to sign.

Yes, you are correct. No clue why I forgot this as I but a liter every time in the baggage claim area. I assume that is NOT possible on one of the five holy days NOW? But might be with this repeal. There was some talk about closing all King Power Duty Free shops. https://www.nationthailand.com/news/policy/40039344 For single malts in the 2,500 baht segment and up, the savings are pretty good. On average you pay the same or slightly less for 1 liter, as you do in town for 700/750. That is a decent savings.

I think you, as an individual, have to decide what assessable income to declare when/if you file a tax return. Such remittances may represent non-assessable/exempt income. But I'm not sure there is a method to exempt them. I might direct my U.S. SocSec to a U.S. bank, then wire-transfer some/all of that to my Thai bank account. For me, ATM withdrawals come at the daily VISA rate, no home bank fees, and the local ATM fee (220 THB is refunded). For me, SWIFT transfers are free (but come to Bangkok Bank at their TT rate, and their 200 ~ 500 baht fee). Another challenge is foreign credit card usage. For which I might use Social Security "income" to pay off.

I think Stephen Miller is underestimating the logistics necessary for mass deportations. Building internment camps, capturing undocumented people, transporting them (domestically), housing them, feeding them, finding countries to take them, and organizing charter flights, will be an expensive and arduous effort. While the target may be 15 ~ 20 million, he might be lucky to get to 1 million.

I'm shocked. Positions for sale. In Thailand. Surely this is just one bad apple.

Big upswing in both transshipment and local use of Ketamine. https://thethaiger.com/news/national/man-caught-smuggling-100kg-of-ketamine-worth-100-million-baht Crystal meth (Ya Ice) is also exploding on the scene. https://www.khaosodenglish.com/featured/2024/06/27/thailands-massive-drug-bust-41-rise-in-cases-over-9-months/ The drugs problem here will get a lot worse.

As far as I can tell, the Senate "selection" process functioned as designed. Opaque, easily manipulated with the public not allowed any voice in candidate selection. Just another demonstration that the powers that be do not want the public involved in Thai-style democracy. BJT was much more "adept" than PTP. I'm sure we'll be hearing about the money that changed hands in return for a Senate seat, and the disputes over returning the cash.

Is this proposed repeal meant to apply to King Power Duty-Free? Or just the 7/11 (and restaurants/airline lounges) at airports? For Duty-Free, that's only available to departing international passengers, so they won't be consuming alcohol in Thailand on a holy day. Now do "election-days".

I'll save everyone the time, this will be reversed by SCOTUS 6:3.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_YcHhG1OR4 10,000 jobs expected to be created. WIll also make batteries and transmissions. https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20240704_27/

Looks like some sort of cheap Gumby knock-off.

What did you have to do to get back in the saddle? Did anyone explain the reason for the text?

You are correct. I missed that in the OP even after several readings. Thanks, I honestly didn't know there was such a thing anymore, other than from Apple. Every major supplier seems to have quite a large selection of these things. https://www.advice.co.th/product/all-in-one-pc https://www.jib.co.th/web/product/product_list/2/28 The OP can order direct, and most of these suppliers have same day delivery in as little as two hours.

This is for a Thai TIN? (And not a U.S. TIN.) What was this paperwork? Does Bangkok Bank obtain a TIN for customers with the Thai Revenue Department? You mean an SSN? If so, why haven't they asked for it for existing accounts? I infer from the OP that this was a requirement to open a second/new account. I have no issue providing my SSN, but I do not have a Thai TIN so I'd have to get one of those.

I must have missed that in the original post... I'm a complete Luddite when it comes to computers, I bought my present Lenovo All-in-one about 6 or 7 years ago and it's starting to give problems. It's started to get slow, also problems with the on-off switch, so time to upgrade. I mostly use it for downloading movies, Google searches and emails, no gaming, so doesn't have to be top of the line. It's more convenient for me to order direct from Lazada than trawling around computer shops, so any recommendation appreciated. Happy to spend a max of 25,000 baht. The options I suggested are "all in one"; no clue what a 24" PC is though.

Most of the retail brands offer pre-built kits which save the hassle of availability/compatibility. JIB https://www.jib.co.th/web/product/product_list/1/1400 Advice https://www.advice.co.th/product/comset IHAVECPU https://ihavecpu.com/promotion I didn't read the OP's additional posts so unsure about the application requirements (gaming for example), but there are integrated graphics options from both Intel and AMD, which help keep costs down, if not needed. https://ihavecpu.com/product/19387/jund5-03-amd-ryzen-7-8700g-4.2ghz-8c-16t-b650m-onboard-16gb-ddr5-5200mhz-m.2-500gb-650w-(80bronze)-hs https://www.advice.co.th/product/computer-set-intel/set-intel/คอมประกอบ-advice-computer-set-intel-i295-i5-14500-no-vga https://www.advice.co.th/product/computer-set-intel/set-intel/คอมประกอบ-advice-computer-set-intel-i285-i5-13500-no-vga Some of these sell out quickly (7 - 14 days) - I've been shopping for one for a friend - and have missed out on a few.

Nixon was right... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMt8qCl5fPk And Mitch McConnell was wrong... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5-lOAvnxfs

Currently legal medical use is very, very limited. Just a few conditions qualify: 1. Nausea and vomiting from chemotherapy (chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting)(5, 6) 2. Epilepsy that is difficult to treat and intractable epilepsy(10,11). 3. Spasticity in patients with multiple sclerosis(12). 4. Neuropathic pain(8, 13) 5. Anorexia in underweight patients with AIDS(14,15) 6. Improving quality of life in patients receiving palliative care or end-of-life patients I think there is some interest in expanding legal medical use (high THC), but the extent of that expansion is open for debate, which further complicates the current situation. Could anyone get a medical card? Then buy flower? Then use it even in public? After all I can take medicine in public. Who produces medical flower? How is it tested? Dispensed? Controlled? Taxed? Who produces medical extracts (with greater than 0.2 % THC)? How are those tested, dispensed, controlled and taxed?

Like everything here, "yes, but"... I think four members of Hapkarn's gambling cohorts, in this latest "Minnie" case, were heads of provincial immigration offices. And Hapkarn was sacked a few years ago for the Tuhao mess, which involved over one hundred immigration officers selling visas to Chinese ganglsters. If anyone thinks Hapkarn did a bang-up job at immigration it would be wise to remember that most all of the senior management NOW did report to him in the past in that organization. Yes, he did get rid of the tip-jars. Bravo.

In addition to the DCC scheme, which can be avoided by declining that option whereby you will get the daily VISA/MC rate which is excellent, you're getting dinged the local ATM fee of 220 baht, and 3% charge from BofA. Bank of America will assess an international transaction fee of 3% of the U.S. dollar amount for all ATM withdrawals processed in foreign currency. International ATM operators may offer to do your currency conversion for you, but they may charge a higher fee for conversion. Assuming you have a local bank account you would likely be better off making a WISE transfer, or for larger amounts, even paying the $45 SWIFT fee to BofA would be better. The VISA calculator here works fine, you can adjust the fee from 0% upwards. https://usa.visa.com/support/consumer/travel-support/exchange-rate-calculator.html When I use my Fidelity (VISA) ATM card here I get the daily VISA rate, and Fidelity refunds the 220 baht ATM fee.

12-nil Not a good score for the Hapkarn side. This is his third brush with banishment, and his connection to Thaksin (Hapkarn's father was the family driver for Potjamon's family), and Prawit (his godfather/)sponsor are weaker than Big Tor (whose brother is the King's Personal Private Secretary and head of the Crown Property Bureau (as well as an RTAF ACM). Will Hapkarn rise again? Probably? Maybe? In his last year of eligibility for the top job. He always claims he knows where the bodies are buried but he never delivers on those threats. Which indicates he may not be super-clean himself.

Not sure what "established" has to do with anything. There are F1 races in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Azerbaijan, Qatar, and Abu Dhabi, where "motor racing" was hardly "established". Yawn. How does a long-deceased playboy/prince racing driver enhance Thailand's viability to host an F1 race?