@Chris ******

Got anything better to do? Or is bitching at people in FB Groups (created to ask questions) it?

Whether someone researched in advance or not, this group is still a valid source for information.

@Sean *******

Gvoice is a great backup option regardless. It's free, accepts text, calls and VM. It also forwards texts to email and even transcribed VM to email. And it works around the world for voice calls on wifi (call quality is not the best though but for free it's great).

Only reason some institutions won't be successful with using it for 2FA is because there's so much fraud and they're tightening their security.

Sometimes 2-Factor works with gvoice, sometimes not.

Depends on the institution.

You'll want to set up a gvoice number in advance to test.

@Zev ******

Hopefully that fee covers you for a full year. Typical agent fee to handle everything needed for a retirement visa (incl not having to lock up 800k baht in bank) is 35k-42k. The one year actually ends up being 15 mos and it's done when you're already in Thailand.

@Mark *********

And apparently, you don't have to be from america to share a pompous @ss comment.

Brandon Thurkettle "remote to computer at home" 👍👍.

I will make sure that I keep this option as a backup.

@Brandon ***********

What's hilarious is that although VPNs are used to protect oneself while traveling, many financial websites are now detecting when a VPN is being used and block access...."for your safety". 🤯

@Brandon ***********

Confused. When I had my retirement visa, it did not have the multi entry stamp so my agent had it added (after I rec'd it). I thought this was added onto the retirement visa during processing (or afterwards) for an extra fee?

กะลาสี หมา I believe it will also be affected on whether you cut all US ties or whether you maintain a US address.

Many banks and credit cards require a US residential address (not a PO Box or mailing service) or they force account closures.

@Frank *********

I glanced at his profile if that's to what your referring. Typical posts about social/political opinions that are the result of extreme divisiveness that's been pushed by those in power for the last several years. He's allowed to have his opinions and it really has nothing to do with a request in this group.