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..............................genuflecting together.

How about listing any profitable "Sin" industry, starting with either sexual prostitution or political prostitution, whichever is most profitable. Harry Truman supposedly stated that early in his career he had to make a choice between being a piano player in a whorehouse or being a politician. He further stated that he didn't see much difference between the two.

SSA IDD From for Thailand: https://www.ssa.gov/forms/ssa-1199-op107.pdf Oh sorry, already posted 2 posts above.

Haha, me too. Birds of feather fly together.

As a statistician would say: They are not mutually exclusive. :-)

Thanks Pib, good advice, & I will do that. I'm lucky, it couldn't be simpler for me. My condo is just across the street (Lumpini Park View) with the MTR tunnel under Rama IV to "One Bangkok" at the front door of the condo.

Pib, Perhaps you know (or have an opinion): If I live most of the time in Chiang Mai (CM, with my LTR Visa registered as a resident of CM, & i have a CM TM30) but happen to be traveling to Bangkok, can I do my one year TM95 report at the "One Bangkok" location, without bothering to get a Bangkok TM30 first? If so, how about if I happen to be in Jomtien, can I do the one year TM95 report in Jomtien, without getting a Jomtien TM30 first?

"and subject to the jurisdiction thereof". The debate is perhaps going to focus on different interpretations of the above words.

Based upon the background buildings in the picture, it doesn't look to my memory like the area where I thought the removals were taking place, roughly across the street from the courthouse extending south toward Thepprasit. Could somebody put the exact location of this picture into perspective for me?

Probably only US 800 numbers are free.

Callum, Try the following: · Skype Dial Pad: https://calling.web.skype.com After May 5, 2025, the Skype Dial Pad will be available to remaining paid users from the Skype web portal and within Teams.

Marcus, Pib provided me with a fantastic education. See link:

I think you are absolutely correct, Not a joke. One Thai goal would be to ensure ability of foreigners to pay very large hospital bills. 800K available in a bank accomplishes that faster than 65K /month, even if it jeopardizes the foreigners visa renewal.

Pib, thank you very much for all of your replies above. You are certainly on top of these issues. Concerning the IDD/Immigration renewal problem, I guess all I can say is that Thailand (TAT, Immigration+) has certainly dropped the ball in failing to come up with a "work around" with banks to ease the visa renewal process for long term less than "wealthy" retirees. To an outsider (me) it appears to be a major lack of initiative at Continuous Process Improvement (CPI).

Also interesting is the consistently lower IDD exchange rate (0.73% lower). Have you seen any explanations /rationale for the that?

Fantastic analysis & explanation. Thank you Pib. I currently have an LTRWP visa but in the past used the monthly threshold method to renew visa annually. At that time Bangkok Bank provided a 12 month report of my monthly ACH deposits. Do we have a Bank & Immigration "catch 22" here? Are we to understand that by using the IDD method a Thai bank will not be able (or just won't go to the trouble) to provide such a 12 month report verifying for the customer / immigration that the monthly deposits came from outside Thailand?

Pib, Thank you very much for this thorough and very helpful reply. I will use the IDD forms to switch my pension deposits to a joint Kasikorn account that my Thai wife & I already have. Since my wife is a Thai National (never having lived in the US other than as a tourist) do you know if either OPM or DFAS might require her to maintain a Bangkok Bank in Thailand restricted/special account (ie, no ATM) for either her OPM or her DFAS Survivor Benefits (after I pass)? If "Yes", I will instruct her to maintain the Bangkok Bank restricted account she has already opened (for that future event). If "No", I will instruct her to open an IDD account with a trusted family member (with an ATM, to avoid the withdrawal problem if she herself develops a long-term medical handicap).

US Federal Pension (OPM, DFAS & SS) and their Survivor Benefit Deposits to / Withdrawal from Thai Banks I currently deposit my DFAS pension into a US account. However, I have my OPM & SS Federal pensions deposited into a Bangkok Bank Sole acct without authorized ATM. My Thai wife has already opened a similar Bangkok Bank Sole acct in her name in anticipation of future receipt of OPM & DFAS Survivor Benefits after my passing. If available, I’d like updated readers experience ref use of alternative Sole or Joint accounts authorizing ATM cards to withdraw subject funds. I understand there may be different restrictions by OPM vs DFAS vs SS management. My request is prompted by potential future long term medical conditions preventing either me or my Thai wife from appearing in person at a Thai bank (with appropriate ID) to Withdraw our US Federally deposited benefits. Without the ability of an alternate assistant to use an ATM card to access such funds, we might have continuing cash flow problems. If there is an alternative way around such a withdrawal dilemma due to lack of an ATM card, please advise.

Perhaps as it should be, i.e., onsite pharmacy overhead itself (to include personnel & space "rental") the only thing applied to the cost of the medicines. All other hospital overhead spread only to the treatment services.

Empty? Isn't there money budgeted to Purchase & Operate Chinese made submarines?

Ref Vietnam visas: I'm curious. What are the aspects of the "better deal" that you stated US citizens get?

Thanks. All advice / opinions appreciated for my future use.

Background. I disconnected negative battery terminal to save battery decline because I wasn't in town 3-6 months. Upon reconnecting the negative terminal several warning lights (ABS, parking brake, +) lit up & the speedometer didn't work. Internet search told me it was related to ABS &/or ECU problem & recommended I try connect/reconnect negative terminal again & then drive car a bit. That did not correct the problem. A local Thai mechanic, very good with everything else, didn't want to address it, & told me to go elsewhere, I assumed (perhaps incorrectly) he meant to Ford dealer. The Ford dealer in Chiang Mai replaced ECU at cost of 32,000 Baht (24,000 for the ECU part). I am wondering if readers have helpful input for future (rather than just criticizing my acknowledged past ignorance :-). 1. How to avoid future repeat of problem I apparently caused by disconnecting / reconnecting negative battery terminal to save battery? Must I avoid doing this? 2. If I just was more patient & drove the car 100 Km+ might perhaps the ECU problem would have corrected itself (The car was driving fine, but I would not have had a functioning speedometer)? 3. How could I perhaps have gotten a cheaper fix than immediately going to a Ford dealer? For example, perhaps if I queried more folks about local Thai electrical specialists, should I likely have been able to find one?

aseannow should give this link greater visibility. It is not trivial or limited to news about Cambodia alone.