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33 minutes ago, lordgrinz said:

You missed a few steps in the US process, first you need a certified (Notary Signature) copy of the Marriage Certificate from the town/city you got married in, then you have to send that to the Secretary of State for the State you got married in to certify (Secretary of State Letter - Signature) verifying the Local Notaries Signature, then you need to send those return documents to the Secretary of State for the USA to have that certified (Secretary of State for the USA's Signature) verifying the Secretary of State Signature for your State. Then you send that bonded together document to the Thai Embassy in the USA and have them Certify (Thai Counselor's Signature/Stamp) the whole document. It is now an Apostle of the marriage you can use here, however there is one more step, you need to bring that to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs office at IO Chaengwattana location and have them certify (apply a Stamp Signature) to verify the Signature of the Thai Counselor back in the Thai Embassy in the USA. Its a long drawn out process, but technically its the correct process for verifying a marriage from the USA that can be used in Thailand. You may get away with less, and probably will, but that's up to whatever the IO or local Amphur allows.

 

Did mine through the Chicago office:

https://cgchicago.thaiembassy.org/en/page/consular-services-legalization?menu=621348a4b177f672f635e633

 

US State Department Apostille Requirements:

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/records-and-authentications/authenticate-your-document/apostille-requirements.html

I know all the steps but didn't write them out as the OP didn't say he was from the States so didn't want to waste my breath like you just did.  But as long as you seem interested you left out that some States, NY for example, require the city/town clerk signature to be certified by the County Clerk before going to Albany for apostille.

13 hours ago, Mutt Daeng said:

You gave immigration a copy of your ATM card? Why on earth would you do that?

They absolutely demanded it from me despite me using the transfer method and them having absolutely zero grounds to request it.  They refused to accept my embassy income letter 3 times until one of the volunteers finally intervened and told the actual officials they were wrong before they finally relented.  Even then I had to wait for the extension boss to count out the age of my income letter on his fingers first and then with a pad and pencil as he could not believe the letter was less than six months old and was one of the last one issued by the US Embassy before they ended this practice and was still valid.  The thought that I could be right and he was wrong was so overwhelming for him he did everything he could to try to deny me before finally giving me my extension but never admitting he was wrong.  A process that should have taken minutes took hours to resolve.  I thank God every day that I left those SOBs behind and now breeze through my extension every year in Samui where Immigration is staffed by actual human beings not robotic psychopaths.

Can't speak for every country and you didn't mention the one in question but I have experience in acquiring vital records and having them "certified" for use in foreign nations.  Firstly an embassy can't help you.  The record must be requested by an authorized party from the repository that maintains the document.  The copy will be notorized in some fashion and then, again typically, an apostille would be issued by a Foreign Affairs official certifying the local authorities signature.  In the US, only as an example, a State issued document would be apostilled by the Secretary of State from the State where the document originated from.  At that time the document is valid for use at any level including court cases.  The curve ball is Thailand is not part of the Hague Convention so while it is not possible to receive an apostille on a document here in Thailand they may still honor it from a foreign nation.  The alternate here is what is called a legalization which is done at foreign embassies here.  Keep in mind you also did not mention if a translation of the original is required.  If it is, that translation can usually be certified by an embassy/consulate but then also requires apostille before considered valid for foreign use.  You need to find out exactly what they want.  Words like "certified" can have a variety of different meaning in many scenarios.  Especially in Thailand where no matter what you give them it's never enough.

I dropped 11 kilos in 6 weeks.  I eat 1000 calories a day of anything I want and walk an hour a day.  The secret is making your own meals.  Learn the secrets of tasty low cal cooking and leave the quick fixes to the masses. Delicious Thai pork jowls was in the menu tonight and will be freezer vacuum packed in portion control sizes.

On 10/16/2023 at 7:55 AM, simon43 said:

No mention of a crash helmet, no mention if she had a motorbike licence (ie experienced rider), medical insurance expired etc etc.  I wish her well, but yet again (sigh), we have a situation which probably didn't need to happen...

But I bet the selfies on her Instagram are all well worth the risks of death and lack of precautions.

The foot spreads out without form fitting shoes too.  I saw a cute girl in a bar once then looked down and concluded she must have been climbing coconut palms since she was a child without using her hands at all.  Cough*sasquatch*cough

4 hours ago, nobodysfriend said:

They set him ( the norwegian man ) under pressure to make him confess ,because that would have been the easiest for police . But he did not . So , they need to start doing their job and gather evidence .

Never confess .

Funny how in normal countries a confession needs to be proven to be consistent with evidence. A confession on its own is meaningless.

3 hours ago, Smokey and the Bandit said:

Absolutely, don't people have the right to remain silent in Thailand?

Depends how you look at rights to silence.  Last year the BIB gave that drug dealer permanent silence while they tried to beat a confession out of him with a plastic bag over his head.  

58 minutes ago, Dazinoz said:

They do have some strange ideas. My friend had a dog that was very sick and needed to be euthanised. Th vet would not do it. He had to buy the "dose" and took dog to vet. Vet inserted needle but my friend had to do the actual injection.

Buddhists love suffering unfortunately 

In one of my houses they came up through the shower drain.  I am notorious for using lots of talcum powder.  I noticed if I left some powder in the floor corners the bugs would be on their backs in the morning.  Non toxic and gets into their life aperatus and kills them quick.  No Buddhist can fault you for wanting to stay dry.  

Salary is never the primary source of income for a Thai politician 

8 minutes ago, Dazinoz said:

I prefer control of what I transfer. Only did one wrong click in many years. And we all don’t come from the US.

Setting a computer to automate a function is not relinquishing control.  You have proven your self clicking system fails.  I never said you were from the US or that the service was specifically for US expats.  You have trouble using technology and reading comprehension and could benefit from technology.  Look into it or stick it. Makes no difference to me.

19 hours ago, marin said:

That resets the 90 day clock, so you will report for your 90 day stay 90 days after your arrival back in Thailand. Living in BKK I have often travelled domestically here and it has never effected my 90 day due date. But it seems in other provinces this can cause problems, hence the good suggestions to not register the room in your name when travelling domestically. 

Since you are talking about something completely irrelevant to this question and thread what's the best way to boil an egg so the shell comes off cleanly?

1 hour ago, atpeace said:

Thanks everybody and the above answers my question.  I could use Wise but would rather just have the money deposited into my Bangkok Bank account because my wire transfer are free and easy.   Initially I will have one pension deposit that may be short of the 65k but a few years after I will have two that will be well over the limit. Cheers - my old age plans are coming together which is miraculous considering all my financial issues the last 5 years.

No wires are free.  You may not see a fee, they may not list a fee but it comes out somewhere usually in the rate.

1 hour ago, Dazinoz said:

I use Wise and usually transfer 65k or more. This one month I must have clicked some thing wrong and a bit less came. I contacted my agent and he suggested I transfer a little more so the total was at least 65k. It went through immigration ok. So I am sure what you ask is ok.

WISE now has recurring transfers. Set it at 65k to be received at your Thai bank in the beginning of the month and forget it. The amount leaving the US can fluctuate without effecting the amount received.  No way to "click wrong"

On 9/28/2023 at 12:39 PM, BenStark said:

Where does it say that he knew any of them?

 

Racist you are

Neither Arabs nor Homosexuals are a race.  How can he be racist without even mentioning one?

11 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Not if it's true...

You want to fight it out in a Thai court?

Fill your life with something else.  I loved a few beers everyday but started focusing on my health by starting a walking regimen. That was followed by healthy eating followed by doing meal preps followed by deep home organization gardening etc.  I lost 6 kilos in the past 5 weeks.  When I'm cooking with wine I'll have a half a glass but the beer fell to the wayside.  I feel great, I look better I'll live longer.  Start slow and build on it. You can do it.

5 hours ago, Walker88 said:

The only way the US would reciprocate is if trump won again and wanted to build a tower on Sukhumvit.

 

The US is not going to supply Thailand with capital gains data, TBill income, dividends, etc.

Disclosure gets written into the law.  I have Italian and US citizenship.  If I stay over 183 days in Italy I am a tax resident and need to pay tax in all foreign income including Roth IRAs and a tax free government pension.  If you want to break the laws of a country you live in as a guest not a citizen be my guest.  They could very easily add your home country tax statements to the list of visa extension requirements.  But you go ahead and outsmart them while making it harder for everyone.

22 hours ago, bob smith said:

Is the full commando gear really necessary for a so called gambling raid?

You wouldn't expect the highest ranking members and his team to be heavily armed in a Junta regime while committing crimes? Good thing you are not responsible for protecting cops lives.

34 minutes ago, RichardColeman said:

Exactly - so, how can you tell the difference between a 'resident' taking money from abroad rather than using a bank transfer and a tourist if they are using a foreign visa card ? You can't hence they would need to attack tourists as the tax would be lost on residents removing foreign money.  

 

Also in the UK you are not taxed on a certain level, I think it will be hard for Thailand to implement a system of tax on a sum that needed no tax paid on it !

 

Personally I think they would just say a tax on monies over a million baht up. Smaller would not be worth it and could it the tourists that may have a thai account

 

The 183 day rule makes the distinction in most countries.  

15 minutes ago, Walker88 said:

Kind of curious how Thailand expects to get access to US or other non-Thai bank records, transactions that result in Capital Gains, other passive income, etc.?

 

The honesty method?

 

"Hi, Thai tax authority. I just sold my Hampton's summer home for $38 million, after buying it in 2008 for $7 million. How much of that gain do you want?"

The same way they enforce murder.  They make a law.  Banks accounts in Thailand require a W9 filing in the US at least.  I wouldn't put it past the US to reciprocate.  It's common among countries with tax treaties.  The difference between murder and tax evasion is the penalties for tax evasion are higher.