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I'm still not convinced the Thais in Pai are being antisemitic. They are being anti Israeli without a doubt. That said if a visible non-Israeli Jew shows up in Pai that would be interesting and I'm not really sure how they would be treated. Some people don't understand what visible Jew means so here goes. Jewish visibility - Wikipedia

But winning doesn't give him the power to act as King/Dictator and to act illegally in clear violation of the constitution. Also his campaign was a big bait and switch. He's doing nothing about grocery prices, rather he 's making them worse with tariff threats. He never mentioned even once that he would threaten Denmark, Panama, and Canada. He never said he would pardon all the the Jan 6 criminals, even the violent ones. He never mentioned he would give Musk powers to steal and alter data of American's private information without any oversight of actually legitimate officials.

It does sound like an overreaction to punish all Israelis as if they all behave the same way. Even if most did, it's still not fair to those who don't. But consider we're talking about people on a holiday. Fairly trivial in perspective. If a specific town in Thailand or Thailand in general is going to treat Israelis unfairly as a class of people, there is a big world out there.

That's very true and ironically Israelis are often Russians too.

Sounds like an urban myth.

Thanks for the responses. However, a bit of egg on my face, it turns out that I can get a number with my desired matching area code. But the original question might be of interest to some.

Any person, Jewish, Israeli, or anything else that supports the right of Israel to exist is pro Zionist. You have no understanding of what Zionism means. Zionism does not conflate with current Israeli government policies. Most current Israelis are NOT of European descent. You're thinking of American Jews. The Jewish people in general most definitely do have a historical connection to Israel. Older than Arabs for sure. Israeli is a Jewish majority middle eastern country. You're spouting ignorant propaganda.

Sounding to be much more anti Israeli than antisemitic. I serioudly doubt Jerry Seinfeld would have any problem being served in Pai, unless there is some kind of soup Nazi`shop there.

I'm talking about when you do need a non VoIP US number and also not Google Voice which is often rejected.

Well different state is an entirely different issue than different country. Also the last thing I would want to do is red flag my accounts beforehand. I seriously doubt any bank would initially reject any non Voip US number. But if an issue came up I can imagine them asking questions. I have in the past have had non matching numbers and addresses but that was pre 2fa.

than your U.S. address on record? Or even if you've never lived in the state of your phone number for the 2FA? Why am I asking? I'm exploring a new 2FA idea but can't get a number matching the area or even the same state as my U.S. address on record. I'm wondering if people have had experience with this and whether banks would care?

Fellow Americans -- red, blue and purple -- I've got a real scoop. It is insider information from a social security employee. who has actual experience with this new filing option. I don't know if it's been widely published yet. But here goes. If you're a social security benefits recipient and you have a NON-U.S. address on record with S.S., as you know you must file a SSA-7162 form annually to avoid benefits cutoff. If you have a U.S. address on record, this topic does not concern you. This has meant the only option was receiving the physical form in the mail and sending it back. No online option. The forms are sent two times a year, but the second time only if they didn't get the first time form back. If they haven't received your form for the previous year, then they cut off your benefits starting February. Then you've got the hassle of trying to fix that. Well Social Security understanding the unreliability of many mail systems internationally has a new and easy way to resolve this. CALL social security and they will ask you the same questions on the form, and file the form even without the physical document or signature. As far as I know, this definitely will work IF you've been cut off in February. However, what if you never got the second mailing and you don't want to wait until being cut off? I'm pretty sure it will work in that scenario as well. I do suggest filing your forms as you have been IF you are getting them in the mail. However, if you don't get the second expected form, by all means DO call Social Security before cut off date. Social security is calling this new PHONE option attestation which is probably mostly about doing the signature over the phone rather than physically. I am confident this information is accurate for now. I can't predict the future as to whether this new option will be taken away (or even improved with online filing for all) given the state of rapid destruction and radical change in all federal government agencies. I also think it's fair to assume it's going to become even harder to reach an agent if you do need to call them (fewer staff).

Sure thing mate Trump illegally dismantled USAID without Congress: Lawsuit

He sold his soul a long time age if he ever had one. But oddly one of the most qualified of the Trump cabinet picks.

What a bizarre disingenuous distortion of my post. I don't have time to for such pest-like behavior. GOODBYE.

Trumo LIED!

Obviously, if you don't mind the rapid destruction of the rule of law and American democracy which is happening right now under Musk/Trump. We'll never agree. I consider supporters of Musk/Trump to be anti American and allied with our enemies Russia and China (although for the latter they don't always understand they are doing that).

I don't believe it is possible for that to be a hard and fast rule. Each officer has the power to reject any application at any time hopefully with reason and showing up with an overstay is obviously a totally defensive reason (not that it really matters if it's a bad reason). So I think you're barking up the wrong tree here. Deal with the ambiguity.

I am curious about your opinion in general in cases where hospitalization isn't in play. In other words, an expat shows up somewhat late (for example from a few days to a few weeks) for their extension. Do you think in most cases they will probably give a deserved rude lecture but still be allowed to apply with overstay fines, or not? In my opinion, in most cases this just based on years of reading the forum, that it will usually be allowed.

I agree he won. Now we have to deal with that dangerous and idiotic outcome.

So far I have only seen one maga fascist red hat in Thailand (in Jomtien). It turns out the guy was trolling for people to object to it probably for right wing youtube content. I don't mind if people want to make fools of themselves wearing that here. It tells you what they are so you don't need to guess. There is a Make Soi 6 Great Again hat for Pattaya but that's obviously just a joke.

Now he wants to control arts and culture. Like Hitler did.

Jewish owned media? Another live one.

That's a gross oversimplification of his position, His actual position is that he doesn't think it will impact most retired expats. Presumably because of pension DTAs. But he's very clear that it will impact many people but the only way to know if you're one of those people is to look at (or have a Thai lawyer/tax guy look at) the specific details of your specific situation to know for sure. I for one am one of those retired expats that he suggests probably won't be impacted. But turns out I will be impacted because of the specific nature of the type of income that I will be remitting. So nobody should use such oversimplified generalizations from anyone about whether they will or won't be required to enter the tax system here. That does not wash. You need to go deeper.

So to you, are all Israelis guilty of those crimes or only the actual perps? Do you apply that standard to all nationalities of misbehaving foreigners in Thailand?