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Thai tourism sector proposes 300-baht tax to counter over-tourism
Captain Monday replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Just make it 300 baht per day, to include accident insurance. Solves one “problem” Now, how to keep out the criminal dross?🤔🤔🤔 -
This one used call me frequently from a Tonga area code “Hello this is the customer service department” in a heavy Indian accent. “You have a virus on your computer” My question to them was what is the name of my internet service provider? They could never even answer that.
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Dead Burmese man found in water tank of Bangkok condo
Captain Monday replied to snoop1130's topic in Bangkok News
Jes. I can’t just stop thinking about what ever insects sediment and dead vermin are inside the pipes. I can afford bottled water -
Dead Burmese man found in water tank of Bangkok condo
Captain Monday replied to snoop1130's topic in Bangkok News
I would not even make hot drinks with tap water. -
British man arrested for begging to buy drugs in Koh Pha Ngan
Captain Monday replied to webfact's topic in Koh Samui News
Isn’t positive urine test in Thailand considered possession? Maybe he was made to submit a sample and resulted in the purple stain. -
I think it is because no competition and Immigration doesn’t really buy into it Look at online retailers. If their sites are hard to use they lose custom The more painless and efficient online immigration services become the less justification for the huge cadres of officers and that will end up with less headcount and slower promotions.
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British man arrested for begging to buy drugs in Koh Pha Ngan
Captain Monday replied to webfact's topic in Koh Samui News
If he was found to be on overstay thinking the Cops would have made that clear -
Can a radical proposal save Phuket’s tourism crisis?
Captain Monday replied to webfact's topic in Phuket News
I vowed to never go to Phuket again more than 20 years ago based on taxi mafia alone ago but did 2 weeks in July 2021. “Sandbox” -
Similar then, but participation in US social security is mandatory. Mandatory in that the payments, which people call social security taxes but are actually *premiums are automatically deducted from paychecks and employer contributions. *I went to a retirement and investment forum sponsored by our Union years ago. There the RI subject matter expert there claimed that social security is not a government pension by definition but a type of insurance policy.
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Sorry no I just read that in somewhere on another thread yesterday. I will never have any pension. State public or private. only US Ssc. Everything I expect otherwise is currently invested 401k plan and private assets. All are taxable when distribution realized. At least partly, as 70 percent of Ssc and railroad annuity payments are not taxable Interesting, but why in the UK context is a State pension not a government pension?
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USA Bank Transfer
Captain Monday replied to Brn2Trvl's topic in Jobs, Economy, Banking, Business, Investments
How long should a bank wire sent from US on monday afternoon take to land in Thai bank account? -
My country does not issue you a new passport if you have too many Thai stamps Only if you have no more pages left. Or it will expire within 9 months Or if it was lost or mutilated. You can also apply for a second valid passport Your name DOB, fingerprints and face don't change. All your previous entries can be linked
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I filed the returns to scrape back some of the interest on saving account that was confiscated. My only income in Thailand has ever been from savings account and I used to keep a large amount here gaining a nifty return. Never took more than 30 minutes rubbing elbows with some nice ladies ad the local revenue office.
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Thai e-visa system sends you it an email You print it out somewhere
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Interrogation at Suvarnabhumi
Captain Monday replied to Peabody's topic in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
Maybe they are hip to the “onward” gig The famous “listing without a booking” I bought one once to see if they are real It is a real PNR listing, just not paid for yet So not a confirmed flight reservation I guess if you called the airline and completed the payment in time it is a flight you could actually use I traveled for years on staff standby tickets Those are by definition not confirmed, but nobody ever asked -
2nd visa exempt by air. Denial?
Captain Monday replied to Captain Monday's topic in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
Not trying to impress anybody and won’t be lying to them about where I stay. Since my condo is where I have been coming around 6-8 times a year for 16 years even if I book a couple nights at Marriott Chiang Mai. Looking forward to seeing what the remodel looks like ( Le Meridien Chiang Mai has been rebranded) -
2nd visa exempt by air. Denial?
Captain Monday replied to Captain Monday's topic in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
Yes. This happened to me returning to my own country once and disgusted I went to another agents line. Always wondered if this information on the TM6 was recorded a database or the forms just stored somewhere. A actual full mailing street address in Bangkok or Chiang Mai is pretty detailed. House number, street, soi, condo name, room number. tambon. Then what Jangwat and postal code. No foreigner can write that on a TM6. And how the hell would Thai immigration be supposed to read the ham fisted scrawlings of these people who come from dozens of countries and Many who can’t write Roman letters?