sabaijai

He's already received a royal pardon.

Not anymore. They also did away with it at land crossings, not too long ago.

It goes way beyond bowel control, he's lost his mind and his disciples drank the kool-aid. Interesting times.

The only ones whining here are the narcissist and his legion of codependents.

I believe the Fasttrack and Priority Lines are not the same.

I don't understand either but someone in this thread has suggested it's to prove you're still alive rather than deceased with someone else receiving your payments.

ACH from New York. Is it possible to change to IDD?

Bingo

Thanks. My friend also has free online access. I'm thinking I need to visit the central Silom branch and see if there has been some kind of error, even though it was explained to me at great length that this was a new policy enacted on 27 May. I'm the only SSA-receiver I know who has had this happen so maybe there's been some kind of mixup.

Bangkok Bank has locked the savings account through which I received monthly SSA payments via direct deposit from Bangkok Bank New York. I went down to talk to my local bank branch manager and she said I can still make withdrawals or transfers from the account in person, but that online transfers visa website or phone app, as well as ATM withdrawals, were forbidden as of May 27 this year. She called the central office in Silom at my request, and the staff person she spoke with there confirmed that's the way it is from now on. I have a friend in Bangkok who also takes SSA direct deposit from BKK Bank New York, but his account hasn't been locked. I don't mind going in person every month, but it means that whenever I travel out of Thailand, I can't access the money online or at ATMs, which makes it difficult for maintaining travel expenses. Anyone else here faced this issue? I've searched the forums to see if there's already a thread on this but haven't found anything.

He learned from his mentor Thaksin how to change the law for great personal profit, cf abolishing capital gains tax one week and selling ShinCorp the next.

Yes. This is akin to Thaksin's sale of ShinCorp after he changed the law to remove capital gains tax on such sales.

And they'll want them even less if this law goes through.

I also prefer the current 49% limit. In the condo building where I own a unit, it's the foreign owners who act like the biggest jerks at the meetings and are continually making ridiculous demands that none of the Thai owners, nor myself, approve of. At meetings where votes take place, I usually side with Thai owners on most issues. If the law passes, and my condo building becomes dominated by foreign ownership, I will most likely rent my unit and move to a cheap rental just to get away from the angst-ridden foreigner condo politics.

This comes nearly a year late and is a bit off topic, but could you explain a bit how you obtained a Lao motorcycle license? I have a one-year work visa for Laos and would like to begin using a motorbike for transport. Thank you.