@Bruce *******

yep soy based wiring is a problem for both toyota and honda. Go mitsubishi Pajaro or outlander!

Toyota is the king

Free, go to the immigration office in your area. there will be people called volunteers that will step you through every step of the form and what forms you need to have. in addition there will be an office there that can take pictures and make photocopies for you at very reasonable fees.

hire an agent, I'm assuming you're in Thailand? I would get into my Google maps application and call all the agents asking them how much it is to open an account and use one. The days of opening an account with the bank on a 60-day Visa from my perspective are done.

I did one in California about 6 months ago. they were really strict about identification, so I had to show them my driver's license. I believe it was actually an FBI search for criminal records. something tells me that you're supposed to be there in person before they'll run the background check which is why you have the shady sites. Good luck!

I've been on the road for the last 5 years and have always had a stable address for governments and banks. however, banks will not send credit cards nor governments passports to a pobox. most mail is opened scanned and sent to me via email/app at my request. The other documents / credit cards all need to go to a relative first and then be forwarded to me. In states such as South Dakota, a Mail forwarding address and one night in a hotel every 5 years allows you to vote, have a driver's license, and become a state resident with no state income taxes.

well depends on how you want to look at the cost. you could look at the cost as just being shipping a 50 lb box through United Post office and thaipost. that would be about $300 per 50 lb box with certain dimension restrictions. you also need to look up what is considered to be import duty eligible goods. you will also need to factor in the cost of this tax which is not set but at the discretion of the import official. sometimes that works in your favor, sometimes it does not. I have heard some horror stories about the majors UPS DHL etc. so I would avoid those for importing goods. another avenue is bringing it with you on the plane from Las Vegas. it can be more expensive and it can be cheaper. Good luck!

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@Jim *******

Jim I took a hypothetical 50k US income with standard deductions and paid a hypothetical 5K in Federal tax. Seems pretty cheap to me!

@Steve *********

do you wire money or ACH to Wise account?