Don’t mean to be negative but it’s a joke. I get 5% in my home country so that’s where most of it stays. 👍

@Barbara **********

I’m seeing some good drainage happening this afternoon, high hope for you! 🙏

It's still a mess, some people are displaced, still power outs in areas and there's still a lot of water but cleanup is underway. What I've seen has nothing to do with media, it's people I know who are not in their homes, knee deep water in many places? 🤷

@Ellie ******

Wonderful!!! Thank you so very much for the clear and quick answer! 🙏

I used IMG for my OA

@Ruth ******

wow, unnecessary and deliberately disrespectful. 😕

@Ruth ******

yes, but I think you’re slightly missing their intent. To prevent people who are not legal US residents to possess American based bank accounts and related financial sources largely to prevent the funneling of funding of external terrorists on US soil. Remember, the Patriot Act was created because of and previous terror attacks.

So absolutely, it does not prevent people NOT in the US to hold US based accounts, it only requires a physical address, not a box or service.

Also keep in mind that banks may have the same name on the surface, but are not the same! Example, a Citibank in Thailand is NOT the same bank or accounts as in the US. So most so called international banks truly aren’t, they’re usually cooperatives at best. 😇

Based on the Patriot Act you’re required to maintain a US physical address (not a po / virtual box) for things like bank accounts, brokerage accounts…etc. I use daughter’s house.

People in some cases have avoided or ignored this. Some have suffered having accesses cut off without warning, others have had no issues yet.

In the long run all it takes is one federal official to get aggressive about auditing and it will be chaos for some.

Fwiw. 👍

There is a 1 year ed visa for Philippines nationals.

The least expensive method is likely DIY through the Thai embassy in the Philippines.



I believe there are cooking schools that qualify.

@Deb *******

should be nothing to fix. Click on a name and then view profile. If the person doesn’t want that they can prevent it but otherwise I shouldn’t be able to see anything you can’t. 🤔