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I would have send Form 1040 and the check via FedEx to IRS Austin street address, but only if I can't file 1040 online and pay online. To file online with a US phone number:Free file fillable forms. without a working US phone number: olt.com. simplest way to pay online is by IRS Direct Pay.

Hong Hong Dog Cafe is on Pattaya Nua. https://maps.app.goo.gl/CGHrSScEq6UcAdyX7

You need to deal directly with NT, make and appointment to install fiber optic cable and the condo front desk will charge you 2500B for hooking up to their meter room cable. Go to their office across the street if you have problem with the front desk new staff.

There is a utility room or meter room on every floor next to the elevators. TOT tech ran fiber optic cable above the ceiling along the hallway from that room to my condo. 2500B was paid to the front desk, receipt issued by VT. The fee is the same no matter which floor you are on. I've just checked my record , it was in August 2020 when I was remodeling my condo. My crew worked with TOT tech to have the fiber optic cable run into my unit , and have the cable in the wall (not on the wall) of my living room. I have double units at the corner.

Don't know about VT2A, my condo is in VT5D. I paid 2500B to run fiber optic cable from the utility room to my unit in 2021. TOT, which is now NT is the only choice. Once you have fiber optic cable connected to your unit, you can pay yearly for the service.

This is what I got from AXA in November 2023. Their Easycare Visa Plan. Plan 1 : 2MB per disability. Plan 2 :4MB per disability. Plan 1 is enough for LTR visa.

This is interesting. https://www.livemint.com/money/personal-finance/if-you-buy-gold-etfs-you-can-get-physical-delivery-of-gold-11587013567895.html

right. Instead of gold EFT, you should buy solid gold, have your elephant haul it back to your cave.

You don't have to buy barrels of oil to invest in oil. You don't have to hide gold bars to invest in gold. https://etfdb.com/etfs/commodity/gold/

Your SS benefits will continue after you've renounced US citizenship. You don't have to sell US stocks, properties or any US investments. You may have to pay tax on a " pretend sales" of your US properties. See IRS form 8854. You can only renounce US citizenship outside of US by showing a valid passport or citizenship of another country.

My car has a Chonburi plate I got the purple book at Udon Thani land transportation office next to route 2 before entering Laos.

I was there to ask about how to get my refund since e-money card is no longer an option, wasn't there to ask when I will get the refund which I filed on January 10th but was told my refund was approved February 15 and will get it in the mail soon.

I filed last month still waiting for the refund. Yesterday went to Jomtein Revenue Office 4th floor confirmed I can no longer use e-money card to receive refunds. I was claiming tax withheld at Bangkok Bank, I asked if I can get refund deposited in Bangkok Bank the answer was yes. I'll take the refund check to Bangkok Bank to try my luck once I got it in the mail.

I have filed for tax return last month at Jomtein revenue office, was not told I need a new bank account. I assume I will get my refund as before my mail, but now that I am aware of this I will go back to ask.

In the old system I was allowed to enter the main building by showing the laminated number to collect my passport and proceed to re entry desk. How does the new system work? do you have to come back to the small building for a queue number for re entry desk?

The Red Cross Queen Vadhana Memorial hospital in Sriracha has to be the most beautiful hospital in Thailand. https://maps.app.goo.gl/a39SWip4wvgNKTYc9 They offer selected services in the evenings at higher fees. I was there on Feb 9. Registration was 50B, 4pm doctor consultation plus NIFLEC 1350B. EGD ( EsophagoGastroDuodenoscopy) plus colonoscopy on Feb 14 was 20392B, of which 350B was for removing one benign polyp.

You are right, it can be nerve wrecking when the market is down. The biggest danger is panic selling , which has not happened to me yet 55.

Learn to invest with the patience of a tiger. identify the mother lode, buy a few index funds, hold for years. NOt like a curious cat, distracted by anything shinny all over the world. That's was how I manage accounts but NVIDIA is too "shinny".

My best performing investment in in MSFT, up 400% in about 9 years.

Wire from Schwab to BKK, or use the Schwab ATM card.

US tech sector is the mother lode. Make sure you have some exposure in your portfolio. Probably I have overloaded but the risk is rewarded. I cant resist NVIDIA, bought 440 sh at $598/sh 3 weeks ago, it's up 20% closed at $720.

I believe I can also deposit US checks on Interactive Brokers app but I haven't try. Schwab and Interactive Brokers will accept your Thai address and phone number to open a new account.

To deposit a US check, I open the Schwab app on my phone linked to my US brokerage account. Enter amount of the check. Take a pic of the front and back of the US check.Submit. Done. Check will clear in one or two days.

The location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/gjqF6UKqsC5UyGjW9

It was simple and fast since I had reported TM30 online. Wiith the online reporting screenshot printout, no copies of prove of address documents were required since I had uploaded them online. The worst part was the line getting the queue number, depending on your luck.