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I am familiar with the process of renewing a passport inside the country while on extension of stay. You just go to immigration and they will transfer the visa information from your old, cancelled passport into your new one. But I am trying to understand how this works if you renew your passport overseas. Scenario: I am on a one year extension of stay. I get a re-entry permit to leave the country. While overseas, I renew my passport, and my current passport gets cancelled. I then show up at Suvarnabhumi with a new passport immigration knows nothing about, and a cancelled passport with my extension of stay. Do I just hand both passports to the immigration officer and let him sort it out? Is the re-entry permit still valid in this case? Seems when he scans my new passport the information on my current extension of stay (tied to the cancelled passport) won't show up. And if he does let me in, does this mean he's already transferred the information and I don't have to make an extra trip to immigration? How is this situation handled? Does anyone have any experience?

Good for Trump. The judge should step aside. Amazing how many people on this forum really don't understand what is happening here. No, Trump is not the bad guy. He's not panicking. He's not worried about jail. He *is* intentionally provoking people so that they will show their true biases. The last several years have been a massive sting operation, and he's still poking to see which judges and federal employees are loyal to their oaths merely acting out of conscience, and how many are actively biased in favor of the globalist mafia and against justice and the American people. Oh yes. The US justice system is riddled with corrupt actors who have been bought off by the globalist mafia. No different than Chicago or New York and the Italian mafia in the early 20th century, just on a global scale instead of a municipal one. Getting these people to incriminate themselves takes time and skill. What is happening right now is all scripted and designed to spread as wide a trap as possible. If you honestly believe Trump is in danger of being jailed you have not been paying attention at all. Stop listening to the legacy media outlets. This is not about Trump. It is an active military operation of which Trump is just one part. There is so much going on underneath the surface of what the media is reporting that nobody truly knows the scope. That is by design. Really look at the nonsense that is happening today. Reality is not this ridiculous. People aren't this stupid. They're following scripts. But what is clear is that at some indeterminate point in the future, the covert sting operation will end, and the public declas and disclosure portion will begin. In the mean time, innocent people are getting hurt, wrongfully convicted, and misled. Keep this in mind while you are forming your opinions. Because only one thing is true. None of us have the slightest clue about the totality of what is actually happening. But we should all be painfully aware that forces from both sides are trying to manipulate our perspectives. As for me, I'll still be voting for Trump in 2024. Because I've seen nothing convincing that he did anything wrong. But I've seen a lot to convince me that the US justice system is being used as a political weapon.

Thank you. This is the essence of the argument. But first: current fractional reserve banks are a scam and inherently dangerous. Just look at what is about to happen in the US for an example of a unstable banking system that is going to undergo complete collapse. There are no significant, solvent banks in the entire country. They are all underwater due to the rising interest rates, and are being kept alive on nothing more than prayer and fantasy. Cash under my mattress is infinitely safer than a fractional reserve bank. Back to the argument above, I have zero interest in digital cash even if we do go back to gold backed currency. I don't wish to share my personal data with the government. I know the kind of manipulative tactics data mining can be used for, and I want no part of any of it. You are insane if you think only criminals are concerned about this. If you are giving away your personal information to those who will use it to manipulate you, you deserve what you are going to get. Educate yourself on how AI works, and the dangers of it. I will fiercely resist any move towards a cashless society, and I will make that known to every merchant I work with. If you want my business, you'll promote cash. I don't even use loyalty cards anymore. Just say no!

Is there a futures market in Thailand where an average Thai national can trade uranium futures? If not, is anyone aware of an overseas market that makes it easy for an average Thai national to invest? When I say average, I don't mean a wealthy Thai with millions. I mean just a typical Thai investor who would like to stake around 30,000 baht. My previous experience trying to help a Thai national establish an overseas brokerage account is they require a utility bill, in the name of the Thai national, in English as part of the KYC process. Obviously, that is extremely hard to come by. In some cases you can overcome that by replacing a utility bill with a bank statement, but not every firm will accept that. And then you have to fund that account with a SWIFT transfer from a Thai bank, which can be extremely difficult as it is not a reason that is on the approved list from the BoT for outward remittance. Does anyone have any thoughts on how to a Thai can make money on the Uranium market?

I know this is coming late, but maybe the OP is interested. We currently home school our children, and had to jump through all the hoops. Each chaengwat is different, but in general you are going to need to meet the following restrictions: 1) You can only go to the chaengwat where the children are registered on the house papers. 2) The lessons must occur in that chaengwat. The master of the house where the schooling is to take place must sign a lot of paperwork. 3) At least 1 parent must have a university degree. You must provide transcripts. Our chaengwat required overseas transcripts to be certified by the embassy of the nation where you went to school, then translated into Thai and stamped by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 4) You must have a room dedicated to studying and provide pictures of that room 5) You should plan on needing to create between 500-700 pages of documents and lesson plans before you get final approval. It is a tedious, bureaucratic process, and there are no standard forms. There are guides in Thai language from the ministry of education to help explain what you must teach at each grade level. If you are renting, you are going to need a lot of assistance from your landlord. Make sure he is open to helping you and knows how much effort that is going to take. You may need to add your children to his housebook. In most cases nobody ever shows up to inspect. Government officials don't get paid enough for that. You just need to provide pictures. You need to really, really, really want to do this. Don't underestimate how frustrating it is going to be. They have no interest in making it easy for you. Lawyers won't help. You just have to follow their rules and be persistent.

About 20 years ago I saw such in a thing in a display case at the Bangkok Assay office on Charoen Krung near the Silom junction. Not sure the shop is even still there, nor the nugget, but the company is definitely still around and it might be worth contacting them and asking them if they know where to source something like it.

Interesting. I will study this. I'm not sure how you got that figure, but I will try and figure it out. Thank you. In fact though, I am trying to do this with financial instruments available from Thai institutions. From experience, I would expect Thai brokerages to give better rates on Baht trading pairs than anything offshore. Sadly, I have been unable to find any Thai firm that can do options on futures. And from my limited understanding this seems to be the only truly risk free way to do it.

Hi Persimmon. Thank you for the warning and perspective. As I said earlier, my query is in regard to future cash flow, not assets that I hold. I already have a relatively diversified portfolio with exposure to various different commodities, securities and currencies that should provide adequate insurance against any USD failure. I am now trying to hedge cash flow for living expenses, as my compensation is denominated in USD and my expenses are in THB. As the work has yet to be done, I can't "sell" this as an asset, and I am only concerned about guaranteeing a stable USD/THB exchange rate.

Hi nigelforbes, thank you for that suggestion. It's definitely worth considering, but the only futures market I know of here in Thailand is TFEX, and I was not aware they trade options on currency futures. Do you know of a symbol for options on THB futures? Is such an instrument available from a Thailand based financial service?

Hi ForAngMoh. Thank you for that suggestion. I have considered that approach, but I am unaware of any Thai financial institutions that will write USD loans. Are you aware of a financial service provider in Thailand that could offer such an instrument in USD?

Hi Neeranam. Thank you for your suggestion. I actually have sufficient exposure to both Bitcoin and XAU at this point in my portfolio. At this point, I am really looking to hedge my exposure to a USD collapse without increasing exposure to other assets. I view Bitcoin and gold for long term wealth preservation. What I am trying to do now is protect future cashflow.

Hi Buick. Thank you for your reply. Yes, I do have a derivatives account from a broker here in Thailand that allows me to buy and sell USD futures. And if I was going to long the dollar I would understand how this works. I just don't have any experience at shorting an asset, and I am trying to understand the basic concept. Clicking on a button to buy is easy, but how do I short a TFEX symbol when it isn't in my portfolio?

Hi Husker. Thanks for your opinion. I don't buy insurance because I expect to have an accident though. I buy it in case there is a catastrophe. This is no different. I'm looking to protect myself in case the worst really does happen. The argument stands irrespective to the probability of it becoming reality. So I'm still looking to protect myself against this possibility.

I am currently working on a project that is specified in USD, and I don't expect payment until around September. The amount is around $25K USD. I am concerned the USD will not survive that long. By "not survive" I mean lose 80% of its value or more vs. the Thai Baht. I'm not asking anyone to agree with me, and I don't believe this is a certainty by any stretch, but I think the chance of this happening in today's environment is high enough that I need to take it seriously. My question: What options are there, from Thailand and only using Thai financial instruments, to hedge $25K for 6-9 months? I do have a derivatives account with a brokerage here in Thailand that I use for gold futures. But hedging against a falling USD is well beyond my limited financial experience. In particular, I've always gone long on things. I've never been in a position where I wanted to short anything in my life, but it seems like that is what I need to do now. Can anyone recommend the best and cheapest way to lock in today's exchange rate on USD that I don't expect to receive for at least another 6 months? Assuming derivatives are the answer, the kind of information I am looking for is what products I should be interested in trading, what those symbols are, what is the minimum value and margin of the contracts, do I need to do anything like set up stop losses and if so how, etc. I know that going long on a future is as simple as typing in a symbol and pressing "buy". What is involved in the opposite process? Do I simply type in a symbol and press sell for something that isn't in my portfolio? Please phrase your responses as if you are speaking to someone who is not stupid but is inexperienced and somewhat naive about the details. Also please remember my ultimate goal. I'm not trying to get rich through high risk activities. The goal is merely to lock in today's exchange rate and no longer worry about fluctuations. You may assume for the sake of this discussion that it is certain I will receive this money before the end of the year, and I am OK if the USD appreciates against the THB and I wind up losing out on the value of any appreciation vs. today's exchange rate. Thank you for any information .

In May of 2021 I purchased a new Emaux SSC25 salt water cholorinator from Winwin Pools. I thought it came with a 2 year warranty, but now Win Win is telling me it was only 12 months. In any case, in what is clearly a manufacturing defect, the silicon rubber protecting the iron terminals fell off, leaving the iron exposed directly to the salt water. The iron terminal subsequently disintegrated, leaving me with a useless cell. Winwin pools will not accept any responsibility for this, and I do not have 20k+ to pay for a new cell that would be in perfect condition if not for the defect. Leaving aside my anger at Winwin for this situation, is there any way to repair the damage to the cell? The iron disintegrated all the way up inside the plastic cap, so it is not clear to me that it can be welded. Does anyone have any experience with this, or can you suggest a way I can use this chlorinator? I didn't sign up to pay 25,000 baht every 20 months for faulty equipment. Does anyone know anything about Emaux? Do they have a reputation for caring about their customers, or am I just SOL? Any advice is appreciated.