Presnock
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In my opinion based on communicating with friends in the US, and seeing news articles from around the world and my experiences here in Thailand over the last 50 years - yes I do think that almost everywhere the general public is not very happy. This also seems to be why violence seems to be the reaction of way too many people nowadays. Scary but maybe life will get better and society will come around again to the more pleasant reactions. I try to chat with salespeople who seem down and usually that ends up with them smiling but not always.
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one would nnormally need to get a check up if one wanted to be insured to find out if there are any pre-existing conditions. As for how much one needs to put aside, an example is the requirement to obtain an LTR visa, one needs to have health insurance guaranteeing 50K USD for hospitalization or a bank account holding 100K USD for the last 12 months. The amount needed though could vary greatly upwards depending on health and disease issues.
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I personally feel that one should be aware of the benefits as well as the requirements for the LTR. I am not going to go through them for anyone as they are easily available online. As for the the BOI LTR that I received in March 2024, it very clearly explained to me that I need to report my residence once a year to the BOI or the local immigration office. All you need to do to confirm this is call the BOI or wherever you obtained your LTR and ask them or read the documentation on that particular visa. Ignorance of the reporting requirements will not excuse one and might be a cause for withdrawal of that visa.
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smart thinking for sure - just like in the US, many companies have or used to have pension programs for their employees. Thing is a lot of companies go bankrupt due to many reasons and what happens to those employee pension funds. The US govt does have a program to take on those pensions but not at the same monetary level - sometimes less than half that originally promised. And in today's world it is becoming more and more difficult in my opinion to "trust" govt, businesses, individuals, et al. Good luck, I do truly hope that everyone reading this is more optimistic than I am.
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As for the LTR you can check with immigratioon or better yet whereever you got that LTR be it the Board of Investment or wherever, but I believe that it is necessary that one meet the requirements obtain the LTR throughout the period of the LTR (ie 5 or 10 consecutive years that you must meet the financial and health insurance rerquirements) that was the impression I received when I was stamped in March 2024.
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Well I changed to a BOI LTR, know the current DTA with the US and my govt pension so unless it becomes a regulation that as a tax resident we MUST obtain a TIN then I will do nothing but if necessary, I will get a tax number.. I will not have any tax on remitted funds unless they get rid of the DTA and the LTR as it stands now. I like it here and plan to stay but I have moved from country to country more than 15 times in my life so if it becomes necessary, I will leave but truly don't think that this issue will affect that many of us ex-pats when all is said and done and then just like the drug issue - the govt could come out with all kinds of new regulations and then cancel all of them.
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Yes, if one says a Thai massage, they can be very painful if one hsn't had one before. One must tell the "person" doing the massge to be gentle.
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Emmanuel Macron explains why he thinks Europe is in mortal danger
Presnock replied to Social Media's topic in World News
Yeah, he expresses the threats to Europe and what must be changed to thwart that threat but as the leader of France he did the opposite it seems to me. -
My insurance company didn't provide a sentence in the benefits package for overseas only stating that hospitalization is covered in full so I wrote a note to the company explaining why I needed a letter specificallly indicating that the company would pay hospitalization of at least 50K USD - the company has done this before and it was no problem at all getting that letter and BOI was happy.
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Yes, they indicate that the 1099 can be used for other category but for wealthy pensioner I learned from a previous recipient that if you send your 1040's in they approve that immediately and then only the insurance question might remain. I have a US govt sponsore insurance and the company wrote a nice letter to the BOI indicating that all was covered as they wanted. SO within 3 weeks I was stamped!