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I am not a fan of Britney Spears but found these two covers funny.

I think Mr BS is a bit worried that all his bad karma will catch up to him and he will have to leave Thailand the country that he deeply loves.

I have a US account and asked prior to moving to Thailand about using a Thai address and they told me I would have to move to an international account. I use a mail forwarding service in the US and use that address on the account. There was a thread on here that someones accounts was going to be closed because they were living in Thailand but the OP never posted what happened.

If your stamp expire on 17th March why are you worried about the office being closed in April? I have not looked if there are any holidays in March.

I believe that the new tax only applies to funds you bring into the country. If you are spending less than your wife just bring what you require to live and leave the rest in the US. My understanding is if you bring in 50K a month you will pay the same tax as your wife. I also believe that any tax paid in Thailand can be used on your US tax return as a Foreign tax credit. I think if you leave some of your earning in the US and use the Foreign tax credit you may not see any increase in your taxes but this is only my guess. I would read about the Foreign tax credit in the US if I were you. My income is below the standard deduction in the US so does not help me. I am not clear with this new tax how I prove the money I bring into the country is saving earned prior to moving to Thailand. I hope that in time it will be made clearer and plan to bring in less than 120K the threshold for filing taxes in 2024.

It was aboriginal land 4,000 years ago. They should have it. See it sounds pretty stupid.

While you are returning lands what about giving Australia back to the aboriginals.

If this is your first 90 day report it would need to be done in person. Looks like you went from a 90 day non-imm-O to a 1 year extension and this may be your 1st 90 day report.

You going to train the buffalo and run it in the Chonburi races in October?

Hey Bob you told us yourself that you were planning on leaving Thailand soon so why does it upset you when people remind you of your plans.

If someone talked about American Fiction on this thread I must have missed it. I watched it the other night and thought it was a good watch. It has a 7.6 on IMDB. It is nominated for the Best Picture at the coming Oscars. I have one watched 2 of the other movies nominated movies so do not know how it compares.

Welcome back Bob you have been away for a couple of months. If you can't beat the Russians you could always join them and show them your fake Rolex.

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A different name but still the same BS from the BigBird.

After watching the Blue Grass cover a Brass cover popped up on my Youtube feed.

Is it still considered a cover when they changed about half the words from Billy Joel's We Didn't Start the Fire?

I think the health insurance requirement of only the 400K is wrong. In 2022 they increased the requirement to 3 million for the O-A and I just assumed it increased for the O-X as well. The Sydney Embassy also list the O-A as 400K insurance requirement which I believe is also wrong. I looked on a US Embassy page and it has the 3 million requirement for both. Just wanted to point this possible error out before you buy any insurance that may not have enough coverage. When I entered Thailand they checked my insurance policy before stamping my passport.

I disagree with this. It is all about Trump and the thing I really don't understand about republicans. If they wanted to win they would nominate anyone but Trump. The only way Biden can win is to run against Trump. The republicans are willing to take a 50/50 chance of winning rather than nominate someone younger and take the easy win.

The link had the line "Australia was also “a lot less right wing compared to the US”. " That line may be true but Murdoch an Ozzy has a bit of the blame on how far right the US has gone. Fox also talks a lot about the 2nd amendment so think the US can blame an Ozzy on a bit of the guns violence. I don't disagree with that idea that Oz may be a better place to live than the US but think most places in the western world would also be better from the items in this survey.

This made me think of one of your old threads. You are a tosser and have no respect for others or the danger you may cause. Throwing something on the beach is bad but off the 32nd level is crazy. "Even I didn't want to throw my old clothes out and I hesitated so I just threw it out the window on my level 32 balcony here in Sydney Australia ,I have no idea where it landed and I don't care ,it's out of my life ! "

I am going to reply to my own question since I used this yesterday to visit a Sai Yok National park. I did not look at the site after the first day and was surprised they have added a lot of parks so if wanting to go to a park you may want to check again. Only request the ticket the day before because it is only good for 24 hours and are only allowed to request a park once. I was also asked to show my passport when entering the park but had it with me so the park entry was free.

Now would be a good time if you want to get in for free. It is one of the national parks in the expat privileges which can be used until the end of February. Don't request the ticket until the day before arrival at the park because it is only valid for 24 hours. I went to Sai Yok National Park yesterday and it was a nice day out but would have been really disappointed if I would have had to pay.

I transferred money into Thailand in 2023 to meet my needs for 2024. If I have income in 2024 outside of Thailand but transfer less than 120,000 into Thailand am I still required to file a tax return?

There was a story not too long ago about someone in a tent on Patong beach.