CM Dad

If the money coming to your BB account is from US Social Security then you need to withdraw it at the bank with a teller. An easy option is to just go to the bank and open a second account then visit the bank once each month and withdraw ALL but a few hundred baht of your SS money and put it in the second BB account then you can use that account with bank cards. The rule about withdrawing SS money in person at the bank is one that comes from the US.

Immigration to Canada is done on a points basis. You need to visit a Canadian Government Immigration web site to get details.

I began using an agent, who has now also become a close friend, several years ago when Big Joke was in charge of Immigration and the US Consulate here in Chiang Mai refused to issue income verifications demanded by Immigration. Prior to that, I had always done all of the paperwork myself for more than two decades. I simply got tired of dealing will the whole process. My friend, the agent, knew how I felt and so she just said "let me take care of all this for you". She has been doing everything for me for several years now. I only go to Immigration one a year with my wife for fifteen or twenty minutes. I pay just under 10,000 baht for everything. She also does all my 90-day reports and any other things I might need done for no additional fees. In August of last year I had her handle getting a new US passport for me. My passport didn't expire until about four months later, but I wanted to give myself lots of time in case any problems came up. She took my new passport photos herself as I stood against the wall outside of her office building. I gave her the passport fee and the mailing costs, along with my old passport, and three weeks later I had a new passport and she had the required stamps transferred to it at Immigration. I have never understood why so many posters on the site have issues with using agents. My experience has been wonderful and the service has been great. In fact, I have been so pleased with all she does for me that I am taking her out for a nice dinner this weekend to celebrate her birthday. By the way, I have lived here for more than thirty years and the first thing I did when I came was to begin learning the Thai language. Now, whenever I deal with Thai government offices, banks, or any other Thai businesses I always speak to Thai people using their language. Even if my wife is with me, I do most of the speaking, and I have always been treated politely. My advice to all of those who have chosen to live here is to learn Thai and never show impatience or anger when dealing with those from whom you are seeking assistance.

I don't miss anything about living in my "home" country. In fact, I have not even visited there in 18 years. I have lived here in Thailand for more than 30 years and now consider it to be my home country.

I think it depends on whether you are a female or male "freelancer" Jackie, but either way I think your choices should be between BKK and Pattaya where there are more men who might be interested in your services.

A gold shop owner has her transport two million baht of gold and is two cheap to provide her with a car and driver...som nahm na!

Thailand desperately needs zoning rules that are strictly enforced. Businesses such as this should never be allowed in areas zoned as residential.

The last sentence is the most important one.

Some people live to eat while others eat to live. The former are often quite obese. I tend to identify more with the latter.

Thankfully, my son graduated last February after spending twelve years in a small, very expensive, private school. While he did get a better education than he would have at one of the many overcrowded government schools in town, I am extremely grateful that he is now finished with it and was able to get into an international program at Chiang Mai University. I chose to send him to a small private school because I could afford it. He did get a better education than he would have at one of the very large private schools or government schools, but the cost was exorbitant and the quality was still subpar. CMU is the top-rated university in Chiang Mai, yet I am still skeptical as to the quality. I am trying to remain optimistic.

An even better solution is to make sure you always have smaller denomination bills.

Does this include the thousands who freelance on apps?

Several years ago, my car was backed into in the parking lot of a private school in Chiang Mai. My car was only two moths old. The driver of the other car rented a car for me for one week while my car was being repaired. He also apologized profusely and repeatedly.

I live in a spacious house, not a small concrete room or condo. You probably live in a one-room box in Bangkok.

Do I stink? Absolutely not! I bathe twice a day, and, in fact, I am often told how nice I smell by both women and men. Unlike many foreign males here, I am not overweight and I do not drink copious amounts of alcohol. I also live in a house that I designed with double, insulated walls, high ceilings and an insulated roof.

I have lived in Thailand for thirty-four years and have never had air conditioning. I just paid my electric bill for the past month today. it was 767 baht.

I'm very pretty, but I always have to pay.

Mr. Morgan needs to focus on his own country. Donald Trump is a lying, cheating, bullying, disgusting individual who needs to be put away for all the harm and damage he has caused in The United States of America.

There are so many quality Chinese coming to Thailand now that they can enter visa free.

Thick skin? Really? He is an immature crybaby and resorts to name-calling and bullying every time anyone says anything about him that his tiny brain considers negative. He is an extremely thin-skinned demented piece of excrement.

No, this is going to be the ugliest election in US history because of one person - Donald John Trump!

The mushrooms are a small part of the problem, but are blamed by the government so as to not offend a certain large corporation that supports contract farming - growing corn - for their business.

My Thai wife has never been a part of the sex trade. In fact, She has never been in a bar in her life. Most foreign men who are married to Thai women did not meet their wives in bars. To assume so is insulting.

The Brit was DRUNK! He was not high on cannabis, he was drunk on alcohol.

Donate them to rural schools. I am sure that you can find a Thai teacher to help you do this. That is what I did with all of my son's books. He graduated from high school in February and we donated the books that were useable (That had not been written in).