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3 hours ago, VocalNeal said:
Or stick it on a bus.
This works well if you can take it to the bus station and you can pick it up same day or the next day.
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On 10 December, the Manila SSA office sent me an email saying: As of this moment we can only process Bangkok Bank direct deposit accounts in Thailand, meaning the New York branch
As other posters have pointed out, using the Bangkok Bank New York branch makes it an "in-country U.S. bank to bank" transfer which, by the way, are always made in ACH format.
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4 hours ago, jesimps said:
In my opinion it's the embassies' fault, viewing your docs or swearing an affidavit is a verification. All the embassies had to do was issue a letter saying that they'd verified your income as per the docs, or verification provided. I'm sure half the embassies still issuing letters don't do a verification at source, the famous four gave in too easily.
The old chestnut about people being able to forge docs is valid, but anything can be forged, passports, bank statements, bank letters etc. You have to draw the line somewhere or you go on ad infinitum. Official stamped and signed docs from a persons home country should be considered valid. So should sworn declarations.
Embassies are in Thailand for govt to govt political issues. Citizen services is provide only as a courtesy as manpower allows. They do not have the manpower or the where with all to accurately verify anyone's income. If they issue an "validated" income statement that is later proven to be a false declaration on the part of the retiree, their veracity in future political discussion would be suspect.
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jINGTHING is correct, it is premature to wonder. On 10 December, I received an email from the SSA office in Manila stating: "As of this moment we can only process Bangkok Bank direct deposit accounts in Thailand."
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Copy pages: been that way for me for years.
90 day report: a little time consuming but, I too have never been allowed to use the visa renewal to update the 90 day report. If it is not within the 15 days before, I have to go back.
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I stand corrected. I went back and looked. I clicked on your Bangkok Bank URL and it wouldn't load. So I opened a VPN and clicked reload and the SSA site came up and I did not look at the URL and notice it was not what you posted. Interesting.
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2 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:
Which website? At this time the SSA does not not do direct deposits directly to Thai banks. But that may change.
I fully aware of how the account works at Bangkok Bank since I have had one for over 6 1/2 years.
I was not trying to tell you how it works. I was asking the question -- Are U.S. govt deposits in Bangkok Bank accounts in Thailand considered a U.S. domestic transfer?
NOTE: I wrote U.S. govt deposits since military and VA pensions are also directly deposited in Bangkok Bank accounts. I do not know how else to categorize the deposits other than direct since they go directly from the payer to the payees account. They are not deposited in any intermediary account.
As to your question which web site, I was referring to the web site you posted: https://www.ssa.gov/deposit/GIS/data/Reports/ALLCTRYWEB.htm
COUNTRIES WITHOUT SSA'S INTERNATIONAL DIRECT DEPOSIT and Thailand was listed.
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1 hour ago, ubonjoe said:
I have been doing it for several years if you are writing about US social security payments.
At this time it can only be transferred to a Bangkok Bank Account via their New York branch.
It has been stated by the embassy that the SSA will add Thailand to the list of countries for direct deposit in the first quarter of next year. When that is done there may be other choices.
The web site says Thailand does not have direct deposit of SS benefits. So they consider using the routing number through the New York branch as a domestic deposit even though (a) the account is in Thailand and (b) it is a special account with withdrawals in person only (unlike U.S. bank accounts)?
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I have always gotten a notice of attempted delivery saying go pick it up at the local post office as Ukrules said.
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Before U.S. citizens get all excited and start trying to organize for what every reason, I recommend they go to the U.S. Consulate's web site and read the Fact Sheet and FAQs on this subject. You will find they did not just wake up one morning and decide to stop notarizing those specific documents and it was coordinated with Thai Immigration.
It is more than likely the other embassies did the same thing.
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All my international transfers included auto-baggage transfer, also.
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UbonJoe's response covered the case where transiting between international flights is not possible. But I do not think he addressed the case if you are transiting. My experiences say you should not have to leave the international level and would not have to go through immigration. If you need it, there is a hotel in the transit area with rooms available by the hour.
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If Immigration is insisting upon 3 months proof of income in addition to the letter (for those who will still get it before the "stop" is implemented), isn't the Embassy letter redundant, just repeating what is on your proof?
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The stroke victim I mentioned is right handed and paralyzed on the right side. His left hand is too shaky to write with but was able to make his thumb print on two POAs. One was written in Thai and English and witnessed. We have yet to need it in Thailand, but expect to soon at the bank. The second POA had his thumb print and was notarized by the U.S. Consulate as directed by his U.S. bank before they would allow his brother in the U.S. to act on his behalf.
Immigration may have different criteria than financial institutions do.
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I was talking with a visa agent this week about a bedridden stroke victim and how to renew his retirement visa and the agent said a representative could do it with a doctor's report. If you can gather the necessary income documents, it can be done. Without them, there is the possibility of a short term (I think they said 3 months) medical visa waiting for the patient's recovery. Lack of real details here but the bottom line is it can be done. As Gonzo was thinking, it may make things easier to use a lawyer or, like a lot of people do already, use an agent.
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I agree with Mark. All I read it to say is that you should be prepared to pay duty (and VAT). It is a little clearer in the Thai. The warning is probably because of the complaints from a lot of people because they don't realize the duty is based on the item price and shipping costs. And that there likely will be VAT add on top.
If it is shipped by DHL or FedEX, say, your shipping cost for a single item will be higher than, say, Central Dept Store's cost per item in a 10,000 lot shipment. So you buy on line from overseas and pay more than buying locally.
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14 hours ago, Formaleins said:
You won't want to buy anything there though. It appears to be an American site with international shipping - check out their costs for delivery, in most cases it is in excess of 25%! (It is often cheaper to buy direct from Amazon UK or US and then specify the shipping address to Thailand while leaving the billing address as UK or US, I know that this partially defeats the object of buying from here, but no way would I pay 25% for shipping.
You will be better off using Ebay or even Lazada (Lazada here is getting a lot better than it used to be and the choices are growing all the time, but what I have found is that if Lazada lists the item as " This Item Will Be Shipped From Overseas" then simply go to Ebay and you will find the very same item listed there and often about 5-10% cheaper.
I am confused by your first paragraph. My experience says Amazon and it merchants don't care what your billing address is. Shipping costs are based strictly on from the object you bought is coming and to where you what it shipped.
Shipping costs of over 25%; I assume you mean over the purchase price. Again, my experience has been they ship DHL, which is expensive to begin with, and add in the expected duty (and that duty will be based on the purchase price and the shipping cost) and VAT to be collected when it reaches Thailand. So, yes, easily over 25%. My total costs the few times I did it were right around the Amazon purchase price plus 75%.
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I clicked other because I do not see AGENT listed. If that is the messenger service, that choice is misleading.
If you want comments, I suggest a little more detail. I want to say that all the govt offers is the processing of the paperwork, acknowledging the address. The choices I see on how we do it are simply the avenue by which the TM-47 gets there. Maybe one could say the Immigration Web Site is a Immigration service, but to me it is just a delivery option like the post office. Both just deliver the notification of address to Immigration. So I am at a loss on how you will use this information. Of course, I do not have to understand, I am just reacting to what I read.
Given that, I would specially like to understand exactly what you had in mind when you wrote "improve the experience of expatriates". Those of us that have to do the 90 day come in so many different categories, that I would think you would have included different categories in your survey. You have, for example, condo owners with blue books, married expats with yellow books, single expats with yellow books, married and single with pink ID cards. One could argue those could be exempt from the 90 day...... maybe, if you can trust expats?
And then you have "transients" that move once or twice a year. Others move out of their rented domicile, go home for a month or two, come back on a re-entry visa on their retirement "visa" and then find a new apartment/condo to rent.
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a quick Google produced this. This leads me to think that all the major hospitals should have this capability in the mental health departments. Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children is a test Bangkok Hospital Pataya uses, so I would expect Bangkok Hospital Bangkok.
Learning Disorder Center | Samitivej Hospital - Bangkok Thailand
https://www.samitivejhospitals.com/en/smichcenters/learning-disorder-center/
The children should undergo a physical examination, including testing of the nervous ... Other special tests include an IQ test and a test of learning skills such as ...
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My experience is most faulty items can be returned for exchange in 7 days. After that send out for repair or replace (I have gotten both) as long as the warranty (with receipt) is still valid. Re-iPhone: warranty will spell out what parts are covered for what period. The 4000 baht cost might be for items no longer covered or parts that were never covered.
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Do you have a U.S. bank account? Have them deposit it there. I assume you can access that account from here.
RE Mstevens recommendation -- yes, that is all that is required but register the letter. That way you can track it until it is delivered and it will be less likely to get delayed and/or misplaced.
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We have had several "water snakes" over the years coming from some where and try to live around our pond to eat the guppies. Our pond it tiled and the water clear, so I would just wade in, net them, and then take them to a near by klong and release them.
I don't know if it made a difference, but once the koi got some 9 inches long or so, no snakes.
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The law requires the police report even if some DLT Office does not. The Chiangmai Tourist Police will give you a report in Thai and English at no cost.
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In that case, I would suggest asking the airlines what they will accept. It may be different airlines have different requirements?
Need to ship legal docs to U.S.A. - Fastest method?
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I agree, DHL, FedEx, or UPS would be the fastest.