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Agent may help with queue. Message Fat Boys on their Facebook page. 

It’s getting harder to simulate a US presence. I have bank accounts and a credit card with a famous New York bank. They use an outside service and you have to give an American cell phone that’s in your name at the address you say you are in America and that most of the calls are made in that area to verify with them I got a tea mobile pre-paid, but that didn’t work they wanted to postpaid basically, if you’re overseas they want to know and they may not want you to have an account or have one on worse terms.

I posted my last 90 day, when the site was down. When I tried to do the current one, I got the dreaded message too. I was able to logon and see my previous on my reports. However, the one I posted, even though it came back properly by mail, had not been recorded in the computer. That’s the problem. I had to post the new one again.

Recently, at the top and Tesco, even though I requested Thibaut, and it was wrong and I bought, it shows right on there, the DCC was done anyway, and a huge percent penalty be safe.

Illegal migrants need permanent ban, Thais should  serve prison time 

You will get the gambling messages if you use the Thai Chana link in the malls

Only in the upscale Thong area, where you may be accosted by the police. 

You say you are 73, I believe they don’t like to give teachers work permits over 60 anyway unless urgent need.

How about the site that spams me every time I used the Thai Chana app? 

As someone also mentioned, rumor has it that the plates are delayed because the dealer must pay the head office for the car first, and they are keen to float the money for awhile. Agency will process in a day of so; you can try insisting on no red plate. 

Look at Ramkhanhaeng Uni in Bangkok also search for “open university thailand “

I take MRT to Tao Poon. Go out exit 3, down the steps, make a u turn, it’s about 50 meters to main road. Turn left about 30 meters to bus stop. Do not cross the main road. Get bus #66. About 8 baht. Ride 25 minutes to immigration. Stops at the door. 

You have 6 months after you turn 65 to enroll in any Medicare Advantage (HMO, good only on your county with their doctors/hospitals, except for USA emergencies) or Medigap (pays for most deductible and copay to any Medicare doctor/hospital in USA). After the 6 months, unless possibly if you had other coverage or certain life changing events) Advantage and Medigap plans may require medical underwriting–they may not take you unless you are sick. Some of these planes provide a 60 day travel coverage, $250 deductible and $50,000 lifetime maximum. You cannot say you live overseas to sign up for any of these. I keep Plan Hi F Medigap (covers everything after $2000 deductible) in USA + Part D (bought from insurance company, not directly from government like Part A And B) dental and vision on USA.  Won’t help me in Thailand but if I return to USA I don’t want to face waiting periods, open enrollment period, lack of coverage choice. 

Virgin Active closed for 2 weeks starting today. For gyms and airlines too, be careful having money with them, this may go on a very long time, bankruptcies possible 

I’ve lived in Udomsuk for a long time, in a ratty but cheap Thai building. It’s a huge street food area, though you may not care about that. Also there a new mall with a Tops Market at Punnawitti, the next BTS stop, see what you think. Otherwise at On Nut there are many condos with foreigners and Tesco, Big C, and McDonald’s. Opposite Tesco on the same side of Sukhumvit, there’s a Complex with a farang bar. 

Supplements and Advantage Plans are allowed to cover emergencies on the first 60 days of a trip, at 80%, with a $250 deductible and a $50 lifetime limit. So you can use overseas in any meaningful way. Nevertheless I keep Part A and B with a High F supplement. I come to USA fir a few weeks a year, keep a residence there. I also have kept dental, vision, and Part D, s cheap plan. It’s not a perfect solution but if I get sick and can make it back to the USA it will help me. The plan F covers some things outside of Medicare, the 60 day travel benefit, Silver Sneakers (free US gyms which I do use). And it’s good on any USA state at any doctors or hospitals that take Medicare. Advantage Plans use a network of providers in your USA county only, except for out of state emergencies. I can’t get thai social security (government health insurance) and I have thai Aetna but it excludes anything cardiac and it’s injury and accident coverage is very low. I may drop it next year and get accident insurance from my bank. 

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I use machine water, tap for cooking and coffee, sometimes drink it. Nothing has ever happened (Bangkok). I keep bottled water for my guests.

To get to Chaengwattana, go to Tao Poon MRT then leave on exit 3, stay in the same side of the main road, take #66 bus to bus station at Chaengwattana Government Complex, walk to immigration. When leaving I get either same bus or one to victory monument, whichever comes first, in the latter case BTS stop at VM.

20 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

Lot of things confusing. For example "convert" a TV to non o inside Thai you need show funds came from outside. Apply non o consulate outside then that's not a requirement. Go figure.

 

I got TV changed to non O 90 day at Chaengwattana, then 1 year extension by ฿800K method. I bank at Krungsri, Bangkok Bank wouldn’t open account. Used TransferWise, my USA banks don’t do international wires. Showed as domestic through Bangkok Bank. Following a post in a Facebook Forum, I got transactions number from Krungsri, went to Bangkok Bank head office on Silom Road, 2nd floor international department. They gave me a letter stating it’s international transfer. Chaengwattana accepted it. 

The question that keeps coming up is, will you have to go to the bank in person on each month?

Apparently all transfers from overseas come through Bangkok Bank. I have Krungsri. I transferred from USA by TransferWise. It showed as domestic. Krungsri gave me codes of the 2 transactions involved. I went to Bangkok Bank International Department on the 2nd floor of the main office on Silom Road. They find the transactions and gave me the letter for immigration saying they were from abroad, as required. 

A group of expats needs to contact the relevant US senators or representatives, needs to be ones close to the current administration. Perhaps then, we could have an ear in the US government.