Dan O

Bs this issue has been going on for decades under both Republicans and Democrats. It becomes a convenient talking point on command when its handy and disappears when its not. They are called illegal for a reason. They don't announce themselves and ask permission to enter, they sneak in. Do we know that its going on, yeah, can we man every inch of the border, no.

How many decades has this complaint been made of every president? No one has ever had control over illegal immigration.

Do you really think a territorist organization hands out pagers, their only form of communication, to lazy sh!ts that share it out to others coz it's after 5 and they are off the clock? Their not freedom fights they are terriorist. The reason they were using pagers and walkie talkies was to protect their communication and locations after their main bomb guy got blown up by tracking his cell phone back in Feb

I seriously doubt a territorst is going to share his only means of communication for their activities with non terrorist. Think about what your saying as the two scenarios are markedly different

You may want to go back and reread that and compare it to your statement. They were not illegally counted in the last election as that was the current regulation which has now been changed for future elections. That rule along with other rules can be changed in the future as well

Can you post a link to that so we can see your source of info on this?

Stating a fact is hardly scaremongering. Imm Officers can request any additional documentation that they feel is necessary, even if its not listed in the regs. Telling people to just flat out ignore request from Imm is not a smart thing to do. Giving them information and let them decide their own course of action is appropriate. We are not citizens of this country last I checked if you're here on any type of permission to stay. Acting entitled to choose to just ignore requests from Imm can come with consequences. Will it happen, don't know, has it happened, don't know that either as all expats don't belong to this forum, read here or post here. Does or has Imm officials done odd stuff not listed in the regs, every day.

My wife sells silver cleaner in several types and sizes from liquid to clothes and ships via Kerry, j&t, flash. Very reasonible prices also

I don't think they are the looney tunes. you may want to look closer to home, like in a mirror

@BigStar replied "True. I ignored when they gave me notice, no problem, as it's not a regulation. They make no record of whether you submitted it or not. The bank book shows whether you had the funds or not" And you have expressed your opinion, which is bad advice as far as I'm concerned. Its one thing to say its not recorded and not in the regs and may not be acted on by Imm if you dont comply. But what is in the regs is that imm officers can request additional documentation as they see fit. All it takes is one time with the wrong Imm Officer and you don't comply and it can blow up in your face.

Yes but that doesn't have anything to do with the issue of telling people to ignore a document requested by Imm. They have the authority to request additional docs as they deem fit. Not smart in my opinion whether you agree with it or not.

Not all provinces will issue a COR on a tourist visa. As an example NST requires a 90 day report first. All banks will not issue an account on a tourist visa with just a COR. Many require a long stay visa stamp so be sure to check first as there is no single rule that provincial Imm follow.

You using Word salad now. Think whatever you want to.

Thats what I said, nothing more or less.

Yes but why did it take from March until now to hit the news with this story? When was the confiscation back in March or now? If it was now plenty of time to move the money around.

Sorry if you dont agree but thats the process. If a bank is a swift member the transfer is direct. If the recipient bank is not then its routed through an affiliate bank that is. Pretty simple really

They do use other codes if the recipient bank is not a member bank on the swift code system as the recipient bank does not have a swift code or bic code for routing. Then thats not a true swift transfer but an international wire transfer and coded as based on that routing.

As I told Jack you should discuss that with your bank or wise. I was only speaking to the reason other banks get domestic transfer codes when using Wise. Wise apparently has been changing their process recently without notice as others have noted and dropped the long stay option as a reason for transfer. I don't work for them so I can't speak to that or the reasons why.

I didn't mention which banks wise uses but they list them on their website. If wise didn't process it correctly that has nothing to do with the issue I spoke about. Take that up with your bank or wise.

Still bad advice to tell people to ignore requests for documents from immigration. It only takes one time to have a bigger issue for no reason. Its one thing to say its not recorded or not a real requirement but to say ignore it is not correct IMHO.

WIse only uses 3 banks to do transfer into Thailand. If your bank is not one of the 3 then it gets the "domestic transfer code" as it does travel domestically from the inital bank to your bank.

bad advice in if that office gives it to you, regardless if they record it or not.

Its quite smart actually although the amounts of income should be adjusted up a bit. If you're successful then you should be able to use a stall inside somewhere. If the govt were smart they would set up off street lots and let these vendors use them rather than the side walks. The appearance would be much better for the city streets and help the vendors at the same time. That bill does address the over abundant sidewalk usage by vendors, in many areas its outta control, just like to scooter taxis using the sidewalks as their personal stands.

True Swift WIre Transfers are direct bank to bank. Not all banks are part of the Swift Network. If you see an intermediary bank then the recipient bank is not part of the Swift network and the transaction is processed thru intermediary banks using the swift communication network for correspondence using a bank that is part of the swift network but is actually just an international wire transfer and that is why you see additonal charges.

That's not accurate to my knowledge for a true swift wire transfer which is what I wrote and offered as an alternative type of transfer