How much cash is a person allowed to carry in an international flight?
I did it once… I live in Atlanta GA, but travel often to Japan for business. I might leave with $100 USD. But I return with a purse full of CASH, hard cold currency. Any where from $5k to $20k a trip. So, as the trips continued and the purse grew fatter, the first time I returned with more than $10,000, I filled in the customs form regarding the $16,000 in my purse. I cleared customs in Dallas on that trip, showed them my form and was sent to a side office.Customs officer: Howdy welcome to Texas, can I see your form.Me: “hello, here, I need to declare that I am have over $10k in cash so you will not confiscate it. “Customs officer: “whoooo hooooo Harry get over here somebody actually declared CASH, you got to see this, nobody ever declares cash. How much you got there, ohh that is a cute purse… oh yea, it says right here on the form, $16,000, in a purse that cute, you better hold on tight to that. It says you left with $100. I am not even going to ask what you did on this trip to make that much cash. Thank you sweetie. Ya’ll have a nice day, and welcome back to the USA. There is the exit”. She really said all of that with out taking a single breath.The other customs officer, Harry, made a couple of remarks along the same lines….Since then, I have gotten in the import business and spend most of it there, and more people use credit cards, so I have never had more than that at one time. That is OK, I love making that kind of money, but hate having it in my bag when traveling. So far so good, I have never lost it on the way home.
Cash: How much USD can I legally carry on my person in the United States at any given time?
You “can” legally carry every dollar you own. The illegalities come up when you mess with reporting requirements.FIRST, if you enter the U.S. or depart from the U.S. with more than $10,000 in cash (or its equivalent - in Euros or gold bars or some other readily spendable currency) you must report the fact of what you are importing or exporting to Customs and Border Protection (on a convenient form an officer will give you; at land crossings you will undoubtedly see a sign warning you of the reporting requirements). Willfully failing to do so is a felony.As an aside to this, many other countries have similar reporting requirements, so when you land or leave, you may have to declare your cash when you arrive or depart that country. I’m told jail in some of those countries is a bitch.SECOND: if you deposit or withdraw more that $10,000 in cash (or its equivalent) from any financial institution (bank, credit union, brokerage house, casino, etc.), the institution is required to report the transaction to the Treasury. If you try to “structure” your transactions so the bank won’t know about your transaction and thus won’t report it, that, too, is a felony. Example: you want to deposit $18,000 in cash so you deposit $9,000 at branch A and $9,000 at branch B an hour or a day later. If willfully done to evade the reporting requirements, you are in felony territory.And my aside comment above applies here, too (as to deposits or withdrawals).Conversely, if you take a steamer trunk of cash to France and report the amount of cash in the trunk, or you take the same steamer trunk to the bank and deposit it all at one branch, you may raise a hell of a lot of eyebrows (including some in law enforcement), but you will not have violated any laws.THIRD, merchants have the same reporting requirements, so if you go pay for that Jag with your steamer trunk, the car dealer is obligated to report that transaction. The same rules relating to structuring apply to these transactions, too. Indeed, I have seen at least one instance where a law firm allowed a client to stucture the payment of legal fees. Also a no no.
How much USD can I legally carry out of Pakistan?
Any foreign currency equivalent to US$10,000 and not exceeding (Source : State Bank of Pakistan)Pakistani Rs. 10,000 maximum (source : Pakistan currency limit for travellers raised to Rs10,000)These restrictions are PER PERSON.
How much cash can i carry to Thailand?
This information from the below link: Currency rules Currency Import regulations: Local currency: up to THB 50,000.- per person or THB 100,000.- per family holding one passport. Foreign currencies: unlimited. However, amounts of foreign currency exceeding USD 20,000.- (or equivalent) must be declared to a Customs Officer upon arrival by all travellers. http://www.iatatravelcentre.com/TH-Thailand-customs-currency-airport-tax-regulations-details.htm This same question came up in the Thai Visa Forum. It might be helpful to read some of the comments. You can also ask more questions on that forum. Many of the posters have brought in large sums of money to purchase condos, etc. http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/383411-bringing-cash-into-thailand/ You can use a debit card in Thailand and make periodic withdrawals but limited to the amount your bank allows. Most of the Thai ATM's I have used in Thailand either had a 10,000 baht or 20,000 baht limit. If you do use a debit card you should first notify your bank that you will be using your card overseas. I have more than one debit card. If needed I could withdraw more than $1000 a day if necessary! Each ATM will cost you 150 baht per withdrawal. Good luck. I
Are people of Australia jealous of America and our freedoms?
No it is not true, the US does not have any freedoms that Australia does not also have. We have freedom of press, association, religion, gun ownership is legal just not military weapons. We have free and fair elections and nobody can be convicted of a crime with out a trial. We only need a passport to get into New Zealand once there we can do all the things a citizen can do except vote. The organisation Freedom House ranks Australia the same as the US, Reporters without Borders ranks press freedom in both Canada and Australia as higher than the US
Do you need to buy a microphone in order to use a webcam and have sound?
for software both of you need either of this (all are free) yahoo messenger, msn messenger, skype, paltalk, QQ, ICQ or similar service. MSN clients are already installed and you just need a hotmail account which is free also. A basic web camera will give just the images but many new ones which can be bought in ebay and shops have a microphone with them . Some clip on to a laptop and also shine some light on the face so it is well lit when you are using video chat. This will cost you 20 us$ on each side. It is very very easy.
How much cash can I legally take out of the United States in one given time?
There is no limit, but (and that is a very big “but”) youwill have to declare any amounts of $10,000 or more. Failure to declare may result in government seizure of the cash. Moving large amounts of cash will put you under immediate suspicion of being involved in illegal activities, such as drug trafficking and money laundering.It would be far better to move funds electronically -- no limit and no reporting requirement.