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The entire point is I don't want bank credit or debit card accounts littered with scores of sub-$1 charges, just as Thais who choose the new cards available to them don't. But hey, thanks for the snarky input that doesn't answer the question.

MRT is doing away with the old stored value cards and transitioning to VISA/Mastercard EMV cards. Thai citizens can get a new EMV card specific to the MRT system ("Mangmoom EMV"), but apparently foreigners are not eligible for now. Will we ever be?

Do they exist?

Yes, I've been doing it for years. I just wanted to make sure the required amount hadn't gone up so I wouldn't be surprised when I went for my next annual extension. Thanks.

The short answer is yes. And he doesn't need to hide it. The meme coins he's set up allow anyone to buy them, funneling the money to him in a way that for now is not against any law.

Is it still 65,000? What with inflation, I want to make sure it hasn't gone up and I somehow missed it. Also, if it does go up, where could I find out? Here the best place?

What exactly is BKB;s "4 month balance freeze". I have an account at Bangkok Bank but never heard of this.

...... or can I just use the old TM.7 fillable form I have on my computer and just put the TDAC number in the space for "TM.6 No."?

True, but "American" tacos are precisely the same as "American" Italian food and "American" Chinese food: only fit for the trash can.

I think people should have to show a valid ID to register to vote. If the ID is in fact valid and good, not fake, the registration is enough. The notion that the Social Security rolls were in dire need of cleaning up is one of the many, many lies DOGE told about what it was doing, but that's another story. 🙂

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It appears to be true that the E-Verify system is too easy to game and needs to be strengthened. This would have been a good thing for DOGE to do instead of the nonsense it did or pretended to do. What the U.S. needs is a genuine national ID card, but the recent "Real ID" fiasco probably put paid to that....

Using the method requiring 66K Thai Baht transferred each month, TI requires a year of bank statements, 12 credit advices (for the transfers), and a letter of account ownership and balance. I use Bangkok Bank. My question is about the letter. Because my appointment at Chaeng Watthana turns out to be later than I first thought, the letter I have from Bangkok Bank will be over a week old (9 days to be precise). Will this be a problem? Do I need to go back to the bank for a new letter? (My wife insists that she checked in the past and thought the letter had to be within 7 days of TI appointment date. Now though, she cannot find anything online that says that). Thanks for any help you can give.

If it were me: "Do what you want darling to make yourself feel good. I think you look perfect now and I think I won't like the implants, I really like a woman with natural breasts, but if you really want them and can pay for them, I won't stop you."

Yes, it was a mistake. Like all dogs, soi dogs here are imprinted and habituated in the first few months of life. Psychologically they can be a total mess, and they can't be trained out of it. You might think of doing what Thais do: take them to a temple and leave them. Donate something to the temple for their upkeep. The humane thing would be euthanasia, but you won't find a Thai vet who will do that.