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This is going to be very non specific, but my wife's cousin had been out of Thailand for over 30 years, although he was a Thai citizen by birth. Passport was long expired, it was last given when he was a child. never got an id card. Mother and Father long deceased. Came back for a new life, not a US citizen. Long story slightly shorter. The next thing to do was to get his family history from the Amphur and have witnesses say that he was born there and that they remember him etc. That took a month or two to get that situated out. Unfortunately the Amphur decided that the ID card, that he needed to get a drivers license and a new passport and healthcare was "delayed" I think this was 6-7 months until he paid the tea money for it to magically appear. This was 4 years ago, everything is fine now. Your son had a Thai passport already, so that may smooth things over a bit. You may have to get a family history from the Amphur you were born in, unless you already have one. Wifes birth certificate, marriage certificate and any divorce papers from either one of you will need to be certified and translated. They will possibly need bank statements? It would possibly behoove you to get an english speaking Thai lawyer to help out, this is a bit of an unusual case, my wifes cousin was the closest thing I could think of. Good luck.

I transferred the funds to the Government Savings Bank under my wifes name, "she calls it "Umsin bank". They said it would take a week, took 2 days. No, that was the first time. I've used the Schwab atm a few years ago, it worked fine and I was refunded the fees at the end of the month. I haven't needed to use it since then.

I have a schwab account, also have a US address. I believe the old adage, don't ask, don't tell. I did a wire transaction with Schwab through my computer last week using a VPN, my cell phone has a SIM from Mint. I don't use that phone for phone calls in Thailand, but I can get texts via WI-FI to authenticate transactions. It is a real US phone number, so no fear of it being "found out" like GV. Mint is $180 a year, I turn off the cell data and roaming so the only thing it is used for is wi-fi in a home environment. There is an older phone used as a walking around phone with a Thai sim, no US banking apps on there.

I usually go there for the month of February, never had a problem booking anything in CM or other places. our travel is off the cuff, not planned until a day or two before.

The Vancouver to BKK flights are doing well for Air Canada, too bad their service is crap (heard first hand from a few people) They would use an A350, it is alot cheaper to operate than anything they have now. If the interest piques, then more flights would be in order, from LAX or SFO. The 777 is at the edge of its range, so no go on that, maybe a flight through Japan, I've done that run on Thai before. I don't believe Thai has anymore A380's, probably not enough interest anyway. Hopefully through LAX, not SFO. I live 80 miles from SFO, but LAX is easier to get to from Sac, weird I know.

It seems that when new leaders get into office they say things will drastically change, stopping trade deficits, getting troops out of other countries immediately, making a 180 in fiscal policy, etc. What really happens is they see that any quick drastic change will turn the world upside down, for the worse. Most quick drastic change promises go by the wayside because realism sets in and they quickly realize that they won't doing this in a year or two. Change takes time, and sometimes the policies that are in place are working, just not in a timely fashion. I am glad there will be checks and balances at the border, a bum rush vs orderly integration into society, which would you rather have?

I'm not sure why everyone is saying he is a dictator or fascist, he did have a prior term that he tried very hard to have a dialog with the real dictators. I'm not sure why that is a bad thing, even though they are bad rulers, why be antagonistic towards them? try diplomacy first. Nothing really bad happened during his first term, the world didn't end, and he didn't create internment camps for liberals and other nonsense. My house more than doubled in value, as did my investments. For the record I didn't vote for him or Harris, I voted Independent as my preferred candidate didn't get the nod (Nicki Haley). I notice the dollar has gained versus the Baht, so that is good news for us. Give it a chance.

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This is the best thing that the Shinawatras have done for Thailand, no question about it.

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Hey at least there is someone in power saying something about the flooding instead of sticking their heads in the sand and kicking the can down the road.