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Possibly you're right about everyone except Americans. Banks internationally are obligated to do extra stuff for American accounts which is why quite logically that it's common internationally to refuse to open accounts for Americans.

OK. Nightmare report. I never got the email but got the kbank crs file from here. The IRS forms are the same regardless. I filled out the forms on my computer, printed, but signed manually. I needed the CRS and W9. Hoping I could just hand over my forms and passport and bank book copy and be done with it! Silly me. The clerk didn't say one word but started typing up a storm. Eventually he handed me a page in Thai to sign. I said I won't sign something I don’t understand. Rather hilariously he accepted that and tore up that page. Then he typed some more and printed out the forms with what he had keyed in albeit not precisely. So then I needed to proof against my filled in forms. He couldn't print a filled in W9 form so I had to do that by hand. Then sign both forms Over? Think again. He rejected my W9 on the grounds that I didn’t put in a US address. I had researched this in advance and knew that the address on your W9 must match the address you use to file with the IRS. I have been filing with a Thai address for decades. He started fighting me with the support of three more bank staff. I said this is a US tax form and I must follow the US instructions or I can't sign it. He said no this is the banks form. Of course it isn't. It's a very official US tax form filed with the bank. Still trying to fight me he eventually started to get thst I wouldn't budge and let it be. Learn from my awful experience what you will but I think there is an important lesson for Americans and the W9. If you go in tbere without forms and they ask your US address to key in their system, if you don't file to IRS with a US address they are filing a totally incorrect W9 form in your name. Fine if you do file IRS with a US address of course. Maybe filing a very incorrect W9 is OK with most people. Not me.

I think probably mentioned before, but I want to say that the German series Murder Mindfully is one of my favorites of the year.

The story finally released: If that isn't enough, here's a reaction video from your favorite neighborhood Russian: Bizarrely there's an incredibly unlikely coincidence in this story. The very famous Bald and Bankrupt youtuber who previously specialized in everything Soviet and was ironically a Putin fanboy (now banned from Russia) was also locked up in the exact same very provincial prison as Sabbatical.

He deserved it but no need to go that low. He's already thoroughly disgraced. Throwing coffee on him only serves to inspire unearned sympathy for him. Reminds me a bit of a teenaged prank I did with a buddy. We would regularly be approached by scientologists trying to sell vulnerable people on their destructive cult. So as soon as they revealed themselves which usually took a few seconds, we would both scream loudly and start running -- OH NO SCIENTOLOGISTS! It was fun, they were shocked, and surrounding people were well warned, all without physical assault.

I would say that would depend on the specific person's situation. In any case for non Elon Musk types, there is always some chance of being financially wiped out in old age and for people who no longer have any earning power it's a predictable thing to worry about.

I plan on going into the branch with the completed forms which is allowed as an alternative other than email. I assume they will make their own copies of passport and bank book to be signed there. If for some reason they don't want the forms at the branch as reported here they may have questions instead. In which case I will know how to answer because I completed the forms and fully understand the issues involved with CRS and in the case of US persons FACTA.

I'm not suggesting people to do it or not do it. But not getting the email might mean as I suspect in my case about the branch keying in an incorrect email when you opened the account as opposed to online banking where the email must be correct. I have decided to do the forms because I wanted to understand exactly what's on them as I have three Thai bank accounts and I expect all Thai banks to do the same as Kbank sooner or later. As opposed to someday being required to sign a document at a branch to get needed business done without understanding what I'm signing

I peel your vein.

That's not a logical conclusion. The CRS form asks if you have any Thai tax accessible income and if so you must include your TIN or a written excuse why you aren't giving your TIN. If you're a US person there are one other FATCA forms.

I think she should retreat to the academy.

Yes a great example of not needing content to be new if they're new to you. I'll never understand people who say there's nothing worth watching.

Does he have a work permit for handing out the helmets? (Sorry.)

Secretary of Resume Development Ambassador to the Republic of Djibouti

I won't be going.

He wore it best.

The most powerful and effective female politician in American history. She also knew the right time to step down from leadership unlike the tragic example of Biden who waited until the last minute ruining the chances of avoiding what happened.

So you don't care about real justice. only partisan political revenge. Typical maga autocratic dangerous garbage.

All the banks "have to" but Kbank is the first to take the action they did with emails.

Breast milk is a gateway drug Philadelphia freedom me arse.

Look at the time line, eh.

I hope Nancy gets well soon. She's an incredibly accomplished woman.

Another one that doesn't get how different things are now. https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/11/22/trump-second-term-transition-differences-00190775

I use BB for all my delivery orders. I have experienced Panda refusing it on a few occasions (like you, for no explainable reason whatsover). So then I might do a COD order if I really still need the order and LATER it works again. Go figure!

I'll hold back from worrying about a Barron based dynasty until he EVER opens his mouth in public to speak. The public doesn't even know what he sounds like. Why is he so quiet? Does he sound like Pee Wee Herman? I have gotten the impression that helicopter Mama Melania doesn't really want Barron to be infected with Daddy Trump's stink though as he's an adult now, it's up to him. He is tall though. That's generally a plus in politics. However, he's freakishly tall which likely cancels that out. I suppose he does likely share the politics of Daddy, though I think if he flipped the script and went anti-Trump, he could really be something special.