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Yes on all three.

A little slow for lunch yesterday, but that's why they have A/C and Wifi.

Purchase charged on the card in baht. Usually, that will result in approximately the same rate as T-T.

Made a somewhat significant credit card purchase today and got 20 satang better than the T-T rate to the USD. I'm confused.

Hope they resolve it at 6 months before April.

This is a 43 minute interview which the U.S. Consul General did on the local English language 103FM. He had quite a bit to say about the changes in income verification documentation for retirement and marriage extensions. That is a bit spread out over the first 26 minutes. He said the Embassy has been negotiating with Thai immigration about how individuals can meet the income verification requirement and spoke with considerable confidence. Income affidavits will be accepted for up to 6 months after executed. Showing 65.000 baht a month income will still be an option. The

Always had the suspicion that we weren't supposed to like it.

Got 32.65 to the USD on a credit card payment at Bangkok Hospital today.

I think I had seen some indication of this before, but today I confirmed you can now access your social security account from a Thai ISP and while reporting a foreign address. For sometime that had not been possible, at least when you reported a foreign address. You start at SSA.GOV and follow the link to my social security.

For those needing that last income affidavit-- The Consular Section of the U.S. Embassy in Bangkok is pleased to offer a full-day of notarial services. Date: December 20, 2018. Time: 0730-1400 Place: US Embassy Bangkok 95 Wireless Road, Bangkok There will be approximately 400 notarial appointments available. All services will be provided by appointment only. Please visit us here to make an appointment. Fees for notary services are $50.00 USD or 1700 Thai Baht per notarial stamp. To expedite your service, please bring exact chan

That time again, so I went to the immigration website to do my 90 day report yesterday. I managed to get everything entered without too much trouble. I remembered that the drop down menu does not have an entry for US or USA but does have one for American. When I entered my email, Chrome tried to autopopulate my US address, but that's not immigration's fault. The receipt showed that I completed the process at 7:14am. Then last night, same day, I received an email sent at 11:45pm with the subject of notify.residence. It said, in English, "Notification 90 days is Approved. You can check sta

Still have a house in farang land. The utilities are paid automatically and I get the bills by email. A month ago, got the gas bill for October and thought it looked a bit low for a fairly cool month. Checked the bill from a year ago and the new one was over 25% lower than the year before. I remembered turning the the thermostat down before leaving in July but did I turn the heat on?? We're talking frozen pipes if I didn't. As bad as that would be I really didn't want to spend 60K+ baht to indulge paranoia. Got the November bill today and never thought I would be so glad to see my gas b

Just a supposition, but I strongly suspect they laid this trip on to meet the demand for one last income affidavit. As to an early Xmas party, if I was working in Bangkok with station allowances, I doubt I would need to go to Pattaya.

Pattaya would be relatively easy. Phuket or Udon Thani would be a hassle. Anyway, it's worldwide and has been in effect for a couple of years.

For those who can benefit from one last income affidavit, email from the US Embassy. Of course this comes in the day after I make the trek to/from Bangkok for that purpose. . witter by searching our username @ACSBKK.

From an email I received recently recounting a town hall meeting with US consular officials in Chiang Mai. It's well written and plausible, but can't vouch for it otherwise.

I had thought the chip was in the cover.

Paid for service at Toyota with a credit card (no foreign currency fee). Got 32.85 to the USD. Probably means it is going to 33 tomorrow.

Coming north on Sukhumvit south of town there is now a sign up at the entrance to the by-pass for Highway 7/Bangkok. It's covered with a white mesh but you can read it. There is also surface level construction consistent with adding turning lanes.

I remember at the time being impressed by the distances involved and the number of required refuelings. It wasn't until many years later I read that the Vulcan force had been out of the air to air refueling business for some time.

Longest I have been on was Detroit-Beijing at about 16 hours. That's too long.

Or, at least, it will have additional requirements. https://www.bangkokbank.com/en/Personal/Other-Services/Transfers/Transferring-Into-Thailand/Transfer-money-from-US-to-Thailand-via-Bangkok-Bank-NewYork-branch Thanks for the heads up.

Nothing similar as yet on the site for the US Embassy. The UK notice does say the income alternative would be shown by monthly transfers of 65,000 into a Thai bank account every month. The Bangkok Bank account with the ability to make ACH transfers into it is looking better and better.

That there might be a change in the proof of income requirements is one of those hardy perennials. Doesn't mean it can't happen. If it does, bank statements with a cryptic line for source of deposit would be a somewhat peculiar source for proving the monthly amount of a pension. A statement of account from the payer would be better. If it's statements from Bangkok Bank showing I make deposits of 65,000 baht a month and more, I'm pretty pretty sure that's a lock. As far as the No Tip signs, I've never had one suggested. I think that once I may not have gotten my 100 baht change when I