lumphini07

a question about the money?,, Maprao suggests putting the required 40,000bht into a thai account and leaving the rest in my uk account, is there a specific reason for this, is there a reason why I wouldnt transfer all of it to thailand ?

I hate ATm charges per withdrawl lol

Hi,

It's 400,000 baht by the way

and i think the main reason people do that is to continue to get decent interest rates on your money. Also there's a belief, rightly or wrongly I'm not sure, that it may be safer to leave in in e bank in your 'home' country.

There's also the fact that whilst it's reasonably straightforward to bring money in to Thailand, it's not so easy to get it out again!

maybe it might be better to have a bit more than you might need in the bank in Thailand for monthly expenses and do a SWIFT transfer every month or every other month. Something like that would give you your interest rates in the UK bank and still avoid the ATM charges and other assorted difficulties dealing with UK banks via a machine stuck in the wall as opposed to online instructions via your computer.

If you make sure you've got internet banking on both your UK and Thai accounts you should be ok, but you need to remember that most UK current accounts are for UK residents and require a permanent UK address, which they will send letters to occasionally. Maybe a family member in the UK could take care of that for you?

All the best mate, hope it all goes well

yes 400,000 lol , thankyou for the info bifftastic, I almost asked why the transfer had to be quick, but then thought twice and googled swift transfer, got a very nice ehow page up so thank you for that too, I am so apprecoative for your and everyones help

take care

a question about the money?,, Maprao suggests putting the required 40,000bht into a thai account and leaving the rest in my uk account, is there a specific reason for this, is there a reason why I wouldnt transfer all of it to thailand ?

I hate ATm charges per withdrawl lol

And it appears both would be illegal - you need a work permit to legally work in Thailand and that is job specific and for a Thai company rather than free lance or working for foreigners. Marriage alone does not provide any shortcut to work permits.

thanks lopburi, i was just thinking of ideas, i have no intention of doing anything illegal and i dont know much but i know i can set up all most any buisiness i wanted the problem would be start up costs and or if its a viable money maker not the process of making it legal, ty tho

kind regards

this forum is just a god send, you are all so friendly its inbeleivable thank you to you all

i'm worried about making money too soihok, i dont have a degree and have been a marine electrician for the last 10 years in a factory making 80ft fully loaded leisure off shore cruisers i was thinking freelance english tuition or self employed electrician aiming mostly at the farangs but yes making money isnt going to be easy.

hi than you everyone you have been unbeleivably helpful, i am just curious if i should have a return ticket when i go, wether or not a single one way would bring me to any unwanted attention if you follow me...

kind regards

Thank you so much for your time and help everyone, you have really lifted my spirits, I don't want to get tooo soft on you, as my fiancee will see this lmao

APPRECIATED!

Hi,

I'm 37 yr british lived in uk all my life, I have been engaged to my thai gf since 2007 whom I met in 2005, we have visited each other 2-4 times a year every year and the intention was always to live in the uk but now she is shooting up the career ladder twice as fast as is the norm and enjoying it and is set to be on very well off in a few years.

so we decided it makes more sense for me to live with her in bkk, how can this be done? We are ready to get married, I have about 40,000 pounds.

I will be wanting to work for a few years until we have kids at which point we want to adopt also, for the first year I want to volunteer full time in and around bkk. short term and long term adivce is welcome and will i spend the rest of my days doing visa runs and will I always be living in fear of the thai feds sending me home?

Kind Regards