expat_4_life

By your measure it's actually 4x as good ... suspect many were not around in the 80's when visa exempt was a mere 15 days

You have to skip over the dozens of times during the campaign that Trump has said "no cuts to social security" to make this claim. Most recently, even since the inception of DOGE, he has said it again in a couple of interviews: 1) February 7, 2025: During a press conference at the White House alongside Japanese Prime Minister, Trump stated, "Social Security will not be touched, it will only be strengthened." This came as DOGE’s audit was underway, with Musk present at the event. 2) February 18, 2025: In an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity, Trump addressed concerns sparked by DOGE’s fraud allegations, saying, "Social Security won't be touched, other than if there's fraud or something. President Trump has been consistent on his policy of no cuts to social security. Everyone knows that social security cuts are political suicide, not going to happen!!

Spelling police have arrived ... abandon ship

I'm sorry that you could not work out that a "Condo Map" is a map to my place of residence.

Correct, I did not make a deposit to the account. When I visit the bank to get the letter, I request a B/F (balance forward) entry in the book to match the balance/date in the letter and then again on the day of renewal.

They never ask me for a statement - I guess it because of the type of account. There is no access to the account without the book. As a side note: I did obtain a 12 month statement when they started asking for them some number of years ago (maybe 6). But they never asked me for it so I stopped getting one. Maybe this will come back to haunt me in some future trip.

Retirement extension - 800k method - fixed account - topped up to 800k permanently at Bangkok Bank - TM30 - I am a condo owner, filed TM30 back in 2019 - TM47 is current Prepared the following documents before my immigration visit - TM7 (request for extension) - Appointment notification printout - Bank letter obtained the day before - Condo Map - TM47 - 90 days receipt Arrived Immigration Chaeng Wattana at 09:30 (10:00 appointment) First stop - basement floor, bank photo and copys - update bank book with balance forward - Current photo (100 Baht) - Copy of passport - ID page, original extension, most recent extension - Copy of bank book (cover page and last year activity) Second stop - documents check counter (09:50) - provided the documents listed above - signed a couple of forms they provided then proceeded to renewal counter Last stop - renewal counter 10:00, appointment queue number was displayed there - signed a few more documents - done by 10:25 - Passport returned at 10:45 Only deviation from last year is they did not want my TM47 receipt.

It always starts with blame the car ... not lost on some of us why they do this 🙈 Why did the car do this?

The protest wrapping also included a HUGE mental illness bow on top

Someone needs to snatch that phone from Kayne West ... like right now 😂

Obviously not, he's a white male ... a member of the white supremacy oppressors and the male patriarchy

I strongly suspect you never watched the Mike Rowe series Dirty Jobs, most "DIrty Jobs" are left to men ...

Spoken like a true goober ....

She's an activist and feminist ... empowered when she speaks and a victim when she is criticized.

I also use Bangkok Immigration (CW) and reported in person after I returned from abroad last year. I asked the IO when reporting if I could do my next report and she said yes. However, when I reported online 90 days the next time it was rejected so had to attend immigration again. I inquired of the IO why my online report was rejected, she replied that it was not within the 14-7 day window. I had in fact applied about 5 days before it was due and this had always been accepted in the past. Apparently the rule in Bangkok is no longer "up until due date" but I won't know for sure until I apply online again in March.