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At least it was honest work and not  a Go-Fund-Me scam...

And they say that criminals aren't too bright...

On ‎2‎/‎23‎/‎2018 at 6:39 AM, Darcula said:

There's too many knives in Thailand. And ping pong bombs.

Such an inefficient way to kill...Here in the US we prefer assault rifles to murder many at one go...  

Here in Florida we have bike lanes on many streets...After enough close calls from distracted motorists I refer to them as death lanes...It is no accident that Florida has the highest rates of cyclist/pedestrian deaths in the US...Of course I bet Thailand is way ahead in that unfortunate race...I ride on sidewalks now...Sure a moron can still run  me over but it will be more of a challenge for them to get over the curb...

What a horror...RIP to the poor people who died...

If I ever live in a high rise apartment I would buy emergency fire hoods...You'll most likely never need it, but if you do...

Standard practice when I grew up in Chicago was to keep a folded $50 with your license...Give the cop the license with the bill  underneath...

Trump can't help himself...He's a psychopath...

A Dark Triad personality includes psychopathy, a spectrum disorder that describes having a lack of empathy, along with a grandiose sense of self-worth paired with a power-hungry drive.

On 5/25/2017 at 6:22 AM, KittenKong said:

If you must carry valuables in a bag, get one with a reinforced strap and wear it across your body and with the bag on the side away from the street. This will be quite hard for a motorbike thief to steal.

The downside here is getting dragged by the strap down the road...

I am unable to hate the man because my own mother died from dementia so I know what a terrible illness it is...It is unfortunate that so many of my fellow Americans could not see the handwriting on the wall of his increasingly bizarre behavior through the entire election...The only hope now is that he will be removed from office before any serious damage is done...

According to what I have read in the regs for household goods, art works are not allowed...I assume this can be overcome with the proper payments...

3 hours ago, daveAustin said:

Half decent beer. 

Don't tell me I can't buy Guinness...

Don't drive at night...

Don't leave your reason behind in your home country...

"This could be heaven or this could be hell" from the Eagles' Hotel California...

Comment would be superfluous...

On 4/5/2017 at 8:53 AM, Berkshire said:

Years ago--back in the USA--I had an employee working for me who got hit by a car near our office building.  Not seriously hurt, but had to spend some time in the hospital.  Apparently, he was in a well-marked crosswalk when he got hit.  He walked in front of a car.  So we asked him "Why did you walk in front of a moving vehicle?"  His answer was "Because I had the right-of-way."  We all agreed that this was the stupidest answer ever.

I recall old Burma Shave road signs that went something like this...He was right...All right...As he drove along...But he's just as dead...As if he'd been wrong...Burma Shave...

I am unclear on one point in this discussion...Does the monthly 65K baht income have to be deposited or forwarded to a Thai Bank ? 

I am pretty sure (if my memory serves me correctly) that mosquitoes are attracted to white or light coloured surfaces.

Hope this is of some help.....

I'm afraid that the opposite is true...mosquitoes are attracted to dark colors, especially blue...here are the top 10 ways to attract mosquitoes...

http://insects.about.com/od/flies/a/how-to-get-mosquito-bites.htm

I seem to have missed something in the middle...I thought it was the red shirts vs yellow shirts...Although it was thoughtful of them to keep things color-coordinated so that bystanders could tell what's what...

A simple, effective solution...

http://youtu.be/cpsRAk5HpK4

I must be missing something here...If the US Embassy does not require any documentation of income...And Thai Immigration accepts that at face value...Why would anyone bother with the fixed deposit in a Thai bank ???

Immigrations can ask for supporting documentation.

And, of course, the more they read comments like yours, the more likely they are to want some verification.

That's why the three month seasoning requirement for money in the bank came about. People were bragging about shifting money from one person to another just before going in for an annual extension in order to make their bank balance fit the requirements. Voila, the three month requirement was put in place to stop that sort of thing.

Anyway it's easy enough to get a letter of verification from Social Security and ask for supporting documents for a US based pension to take along with the embassy letter when you apply for the annual extension. I've found some times they accept those documents and include them with my application and other times they're content with the embassy letter only. Up to them. Best to go prepared and to apply early in case you need further supporting documents. If you claim some level of income and are unable to prove it, you might end up with a problem with Immigrations for yourself and for other applicants at the same office.

Personally I would never try any kind of dishonesty involving a visa/extension of stay/license/etc. in another country...I was just very surprised that immigration does not absolutely require proof along with the Embassy letter...

I must be missing something here...If the US Embassy does not require any documentation of income...And Thai Immigration accepts that at face value...Why would anyone bother with the fixed deposit in a Thai bank ???

It seems unbelievable that your assertion of income would be sufficient...Doesn't Thai immigration ever check these things?

That's great info Nancy... We are headed down a similar track and also are near Chicago...Now that I know that my wife would only get the O visa it does become completely pointless to get an O-A for myself...

There has been a slowdown for many forums over the past few days...

IMHO, I would stay away from the Chicago Consulate (as well as the LA Consulate) because they are the only two on the US that require notarization of the O-A (long stay) required paperwork (medical and police report)

Do it via mail through the Embassy in Washington, where no notary is required. If you provide them with the correct number of copies (follow their web site requirements) they can do it with a two day turn around, just use Express Mail from the USPS

Isn't the notarization quite simple though. They are not, as I understand it, asking for your doctor and police department to actually sign the documents. It is the petitioner who takes the documents and has them notarized with their own signature. Done for free at my bank.

Depends, some notaries will notarize documents as being "true copies" others will not. They are not notarizing your signature, it is not your signature on the police report or the medical certificate. Others have reported it to be easy, others have reported it to be difficult. I prefer to prevent problems in the first place, so that I why I used the Embassy in Washington and now the Consulate in New York, as is everything dealing with Thailand, your mileage may vary.

I am confused again. I work with a person who is a notary public and they have notarized some documents for me. When I sign the document in front of her, she then notarizes my signature as being done by myself. She has no knowledge of the vailidity or truth or anything else about the document. Only that she verifies that I have signed it.