DrPhibes

5 hours ago, soalbundy said:

These genetically altered mosquitoes (they die before reaching sexual maturity) have been released, forget were,South America I think, it was highly successful, I did read that there was to be a trial in Thailand.

And then there is this:

https://phys.org/news/2019-05-transgenic-fungus-rapidly-malaria-mosquitoes.html

Some people wake up to read the newspaper, some other things.

7 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

Immigration could not do anything.

But you could go to the Thai passport office that is one of the designated regional offices that could get it taken care of for you. They would likely have to send your passport to Bangkok to get the problem corrected.

3.     Temporary Passport Office, Chiang  
       Mai Province, Government Center, Chiang Mai Province,  
       Chotana Road, Chang Phueak Subdistrict  
       , Muang District, Chiang Mai Province, 50000, 
       Phone 053 - 891 - 535 to 36, 
       Fax 053 - 891 - 534

Source: http://www.consular.go.th/main/th/services/6441/87789-สถานที่รับรองเอกสาร.html

 

Thank you VERY much Joe.  Always spot on with the right info.  Rare these days in any country!

38 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

Does it have a M or S on it for number of entries?

If M you could go to the Department of Consular Affairs of the MFA in Bangkok to have the valid until date corrected.

If S it might be more difficult to do unless you saved the receipt for the visa fee you paid.

Thanks for the quick response! Number of entries states "Multiple".  Do you know if Immigration in Chiang Mai (where I'm staying) can fix?  Thanks again Joe!

Good to hear.  On another subject.  I was starting to make plan to cross the border to satisfy my leaving the kingdom every 90 days when I noticed my 1 year Non-O multiple entry visa obtained from Los Angeles show it valid from April to October '19.  Looking back at my previous Non-O visas, they showed a year (April to April) valid multiple entry.  I paid for a 1yr multiple entry visa.  Is this a typo that can be correct here in Thailand?

5 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

i am very content being by myself. but always have been. i am computer geek and i can spend hours learning some new tech. 

 

 

There are just some people who can do alone with no problems.  I generally like family and friends but also need time for just me, a beach, a good book, a glass of Lagavulin, and temporary evening company with no hassles.  Kinda recharges me.  Wife and I have made a 17yr old, 15 yr old, and (god as my witness) a one time no protection 1.5 yr old (damn our fertile loins!), at 61.  They are awesome kids, would not trade the situation for the world, but there are times... ????

23 hours ago, Andrew Dwyer said:

Yup, sounds familiar !!

Don't you mean...

That anyone still remembers "The Prisoner", great show!  The bubble ball and music for it used to scare the crap out of me as a kid!

21 hours ago, LomSak27 said:

I feel  ... very ignorant today. I didn't know, and now it is cancelled. I did know about the artichoke festival  ... ..
THE 60TH ANNUAL CASTROVILLE ARTICHOKE FOOD & WINE FESTIVAL

 

I was at Hang Dong Makro this morning. They are in the frozen veg section. I have also seen them at Tops, Central Airport plaza. As usual this being LOS, if they are sold out or pulled it can be a week or more before they magically reappear.

Don't forget the 33rd annual Avocado Festival in Carpinteria coming in October!  Born in the 805

In a separate family house.  Name brand LED units, some in can lighting as well as open lighting interior, put in when we got to CM 3 yrs ago in.  Not the best electricity quality with brown outs and lightning fluctuations.  Not one has failed so far.  Just ta let ya know.

19 minutes ago, law ling said:

It's not just the fruit and veges themselves. Residue spray drifts off into local communities for inhalation. Livestock are likewise contaminated as they consume it through their foods and from their water as the chemicals leach into the water table and rivers.

It's not just farm chemicals. Contamination also comes from antibiotic overuse. Some fish famously now contain dangerous levels of mercury. Etc. etc.

Not-fully-digested, or improperly discarded, contraceptive pills are now said to be putting unacceptable levels of female hormones into the environment, endangering male health.

All this was identified decades ago in the book "Silent Spring" - it dealt with the then big issues of DDT etc, but the principles remain the same.

Silent Spring, that's a title I have not heard for a while.  Was required reading along with Ecotopia and Future Shock in the 8th grade at my school.  The essence of Future Shock I see these days where technology advancing so quick, the culture can't keep up introducing stresses and stratification of the population similar to wealth.

Vacationing south of Hua Hin and passed that building on the way to sea food restaurant at sunset. Shitting sparrows everywhere.  I can see why the complaints.

To the world. To the world.

Have to side with U.Joe.  The various IO's are enforcing rather randomly with their particular interpretation of the rules.  Best to contact your particular IO ahead during this time of enforcement turmoil to see what their rules are and what is needed.  Don't speak Thai, get an interpreter.  It is their country, we are guests.  Not always welcome guests, but how much of that is our fault at not understanding their system and culture.  Through the right channels we can help them improve, but standing there yelling in the immigration office (as I have seen in CM) when the Thai already know the average Falang is more educated and logically thinking, thus, putting them down does not help.  Their system is to blame, not the person in front of you.  Please go with the flow and find a way to politely try to make their system better.  You think yourself the better person on one level or another, prove it by action, not bitching.

The eggs are delicious!  My daughter would eat them like they were candy!

2 hours ago, worgeordie said:

The pickup driver must be driving on slick tyres!,he started

 skidding before entering the tunnel,driving too fast for the

 conditions,bald tyres....what could go wrong,and it did,

 lucky no one killed.

 regards Worgeordie

 

Actually, if you view the video frame by frame you can see the vehicle in question closing rapidly on the white car ahead.  My 2 cents given my experience in driving in such weather is the driver tried to both brake to slow down and change lanes at the same time putting more stress on the tread traction than either action alone thus leading to hydroplaning.

Found this thread way later than I should have but it was tax season and I was in the US working.

Unfortunately, Joe Krebs passed in the US on July 30th 2016.  I had been in contact with him about a year earlier about possibly purchasing his business knowing we were moving to Chiang Mai and he had already gone through the hassle of setting up the practice.  When we arrived, I tried to look him up only to find he had passed a month earlier and his partner had dissolved the business.  "Missed it by that much" as Maxwell Smart would say.

Please PM me if any questions.

As a US citizen or Green Card holder, you are to file US tax returns for the rest of your life (even if you never touch US soil again) unless you are below a rather low income level that may or may not take into consideration Social Security payments depending on the other income amount in the return.  If you have a business such as a sole proprietorship, you file no matter what the net income is. 

For Foreign Corporation ownership:

If you have ownership in a foreign corporation, you may be required to file Form 5471 annually with your individual tax return. Form 5471, Information Return of U.S. Persons with Respect to Certain Foreign Corporations, should be completed for any US person who:

• owns 10% or more (directly or indirectly) in a foreign corporation,
• is an officer or director of a foreign corporation and acquired stock in the company during the year, or
• has any amount of ownership in a controlled foreign corporation (CFC) – generally, this is a foreign corporation that is 50% or more owned by US persons.

Also, US taxpayers who made a transfer to a foreign corporation during the year may be required to complete and attach Form 926 to their individual return. This form is required if the US person owns more than 10% of the foreign corporation’s stock at the end of the year, or if they transferred more than $100,000 USD to the foreign company during the year.

If you take money from the corporation to use personally, that is a dividend distribution or wages or both and is considered income to the US.

If you pay Thai taxes, you can offset the US tax generated by this income by applying the Foreign Tax Credit for the taxes paid to Thailand.  If the money is coming out of the corporation as wages, you can apply the Foreign Income Exclusion to shelter some or all the income tax as long as within a 12 month period (can span more than 1 calendar year) you were out of the US more than 330 days.   You can only apply the Foreign Income Exclusion to wages or self-employed partnership distributions, not dividends, investment sales, or retirement income. 

This is just an overview of Foreign income and the US tax system.  There are other nuances that may affect your particular situation. Best you get a US CPA or Enrolled Agent who is familiar with these particular set of rules.

Guess I won't be able to see the millions of passengers since I'm pretty sure I'll be dead by 2051...  BTW, I looked up Hua Hin and see no scheduled flights to the airport.  Just booked flight to DMuang from CMai then ground transport to Hua Hin.  Are there scheduled flights to Hua Hin?  I know years ago Kan Air flew CMai to Hua Hin.

On 6/8/2019 at 11:27 AM, cmarshall said:

From what I have read, VA is worse than that.  They take the view that your tax domicile remains VA until such time as you establish residence in another state.  Don' know whether they count US territories.  That means that if you retire from VA to Thailand, you would remain liable for VA income tax forever.  Nasty.

Add MI to that list.  Two year battle with MI for a client and it came down to the fact that he still has a MI drivers license (using mom's address) and declared MI as his state when in the military and never established a residency elsewhere.  Retired from the military 7 years go and moved straight to an Asian country.  Has not lived in MI since the late 80's.  Lives in an Asian country where he is a contract worker and not considered a resident (does not pay that countries income taxes).  Due to the drivers license and not establishing residency in another state or country, he is the hook for MI taxes.

They want foreigners but no English version of the sign up page.  Ya, that works.  My teens and I are AOW and would love to do this.

Have never had a problem with LA Consulate.  Thai guy working the Visa window can seem a bit "Official" but always a treat when Bernard is working the window.  Knows me on sight and asks how the family is and such.

Ya, the problem is I have two other teen kids of my own that attend NIS and usually need to be picked up at different times due to after school activities.   Just picking everyone up today after school was 2:45 worth of gas traffic and anguish mostly trying to get in and out of central CM.  May have to put NIS teens or maybe everyone on Grab if I can.  Thanks again everyone for input.