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Settlement time when you sell a portion of your 401K is a few days. Not immediately available, like in checking or in savings.

Credit cards. Credit cards are for emergencies.

He would make more from his investment in the US. Why would he put 800,000 baht in a Thai bank? I don't tell him to do something that will result in financial loss and is not a win-win situation for any party. Obviously, in US dollars. Does anybody know if the money should be in a savings account or a 401(K) or IRA will be OK?

Sorry, I should have made it clear. He is in the US (Chicago area) and would apply for a Non-O at the Chicago consulate. He does not draw any Social Security yet and lives off of his 401(k) savings. He has been to Thailand plenty of times and always goes on TV and gets an extension for 30 days. Apparently, he has a condo in the Jomtien area. He was asking if he could get a non-O and didn't have to apply for an extension. If possible, how many times can he get from the same consulate. He would like to stay in Thailand for six months, but not continuously. So, he is not interested in METVs. He was wondering if he could do it with a non-O, each time applying for a non-O, at the Chicago consulate. I told him I didn't know, and he could get an agent-assisted retirement that would allow him to stay as long as he wanted for up to one year.

Regardless of the expiration date of the visa, when the person enters Thailand, he will be given 90 days to stay. Even if he enters on the expiration day of the visa, he will be given 90 days to stay.

No my question is not that. My question is about applying for a visa at a Thai embassy.

Do you mean savings account? And how much do you have to show?

For non-O, do you have to show SS or savings account? I don't need it, but my friend was asking me. I told him I didn't know.

There are not many people, but I know a lot of people. It takes time to accumulate cards. I have been accumulating cards for the last 40-years. People also use Tradeline to make 20–30K a year. My credit score swings widely. The maximum I had was 810, and the minimum was 740 in the last few years. I really don't care about my credit score any more.

Not one car but multiple cards totaling available credit of a million dollars. A dozen of them have more than $50,000 in credit limits. The maximum is 75K. I borrow $100,000 at 3% for one year and then invest in VOO. I have been doing that for almost 10 years. A cool 16–17K in profits before taxes just to keep those cards. I know one person who has 1200 cards and lives off of the income from his cards. I have 107 cards in the last count.

Yes, both savings accounts. I opened the Bangkok account a long time ago on a tourist visa. After I moved to Pattaya, I wanted to get a Visa/MC debit card, and in Pattaya, they told me I had to go to the same branch where I opened my account; however, they could open a new account and give me a Visa/MC debit card for the same. I said OK, open another account. Hence, I have two accounts.

I have two bangkok bank accounts. One is in Bangkok, and the other is in Pattaya.

It definitely feels empowered when you carry $1,000 with you. You feel rich, but I feel more secure when I have access to a million dollars through my credit cards.

People will work hard to find all the loopholes to avoid putting the money in the bank, but there is a better solution and it's called agents. They will do the work for you for a fee.

I don't think you need a letter. Just a regular monthly deposit into a Thai account will suffice.

Sworn statements by themselves mean nothing because the first amendment protects us from lying. Somebody must be injured because of your sworn statements. And who is injured when I lie and get sworn false income statements? Except the Thai government, no one is injured. Yes, the Thai government can sue me in a US court. Good luck with that.

I have strict protocol with my four doxies that they must stay naked or in completely transparent nightgowns when I am with them in my condo because a woman's body is a work of art. One night, one of them went to the balcony naked by mistake, and somebody yelled out at her from outside my condo boundaries while driving his motorcycle. I'm glad that he did not had an accident.

But people love this society to travel thousands of miles, live like refugees (year-to-year contract), and marry women of this society for a decent life because their own society can't provide them with a decent life or women of their own culture. Maybe, if Thai society is not far behind, their lives will be doomed.

Random western guys on YouTube are advocating for Western losers to come to Thailand and start hawking on the street because, unlike in western countries, they don't need a license in Thailand. If you watch YouTube, you will find random western guys who have gone berserk after discovering Thailand because, apparently, you could rent a room for 5000 baht and get a meal for 50 baht. And they are very nearby. You can step out of your 5,000-baht room and start eating a 50-baht meal without any means of transportation. They had discovered a gold deposit. In my wildest dream, I never saw so many desperate western losers. From the comments in those videos, you would think that the West is in decline and the youths are running away to low-cost countries in Asia

Maybe some pity you and others don't care about your feelings.

BS excuse. I have missed my 90-day report multiple times during COVID.

May be you exude an aura of a loser

Not true. I have worked outside the US, paid taxes to the country of residence, and then claimed the money from my US tax obligation. You have to report to the US IRS your worldwide income.

That's the reason I always rent from AVIS, hoping that they have the correct insurance. My car was once stolen from Bangna Mega Mall, and I handed over the key to AVIS and walked away to let them deal with the police.

It happened many times to me. Thais never beat up if you just say sorry, "Lum." smile and pay immediately. I found Thais to be very polite and never raise their voice. Even the police were polite and spoke softly. I was even arrested for smoking ice, They took me to the police station and for three hours talked to me about why I should not smoke ice but drink and have sex with ladies as much as I could. Of course, eventually they took 10K from me. They wanted me to rat the person who sold me ice, but I also stood my ground firm, denying I knew the person and that it was a lady in Nana and she offered me ice for enhanced sex. Of course, I bought the staff from an African guy in Sukuhmvit and I even knew his place in Udomsuk.