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Just now, ukrules said:

You should click that link - immigration are wrong or confused in some way. Your money doesn't need to come from abroad for what you want.

My apologies for being kurt, but I am stating fact a that are happening. 

38 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

You can apply for a 60 day extension to visit your wife get more time.

Try to get 400k baht in the bank for 2 months on the date you apply for the extension near the end of the 60 days.

ok ???? Awesome. We are divorcing BTW but she, is, still kind in, taikng care of things for me.

400k Baht is $19,000 US. That is a, great idea ????, but in my health condition… 

16 minutes ago, ukrules said:

https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1117889-400k-in-the-bank-for-marriage-extension-must-be-from-foreign-transfer/?do=findComment&comment=14467388

Yeah. Didn't read the posts of me fighting for my life and have nothing constructive to say, AppreciTe it highly

24 minutes ago, Maestro said:

What business did you transact at your local immigration office?

Extension, of marriage.

1 minute ago, ubonjoe said:

It is credit advice that shows the source of your transfers into the country to prove they were international transfers.

So by default I am guilty and have 5 days to go somewhere else with not much money ???? not to mention I have been in bed ????️,2 years with Parkinson and am so weak I 2 strong men to, help me, walk ???? down 6 steps of stairs. 

Went to immigration today. Had every single, piece of paper perfect. Now they want a bank ???? credit note. What is that? I overheard them saying I must be working here because most deposits are local - My wife takes money, buys stuff, and, puts the, money back over time. Try proving that!

OK. Quick update. I clicked on activity and it had 2 accounts. One in USD and one in THB. I never set these up. We wiped EVERYTHING so I could start over. The USD account has a $20 balance and is verified, but still wants to verify with Wells. Probably from previous attempts the $20. The THB account no balance and not verified and I do not think it matters.

So, I am testing by sending $15 to BKKB from that balance stored at TW. I made it all the way through the transfer approved page. I am now looking at Activity it shows a transfer in process, but the USA account still reads $20.

Cross fingers ????

Congrats Hereforgood. Does not apply to me.

I AM NOT DISPUTING IT SHOULD WORK! I WANT THE DARN THING SET UP AND RELIABLE. Now it is saying I have a $20 balance in a USA funds transfer account. <deleted>?

One person says wire transfer. Another says ACH.

Balls. Transferwise AND wells can not make it work. I probably have a 6000 baht phone bill

I am worried that January will not be an overseas transfer and the law says 12 months for next year.

17 hours ago, thailand49 said:

From my experience and using TW, they are not a bank

I tried to quote 3 things. This is only one that came up. Let me correct you. They are a certified bank. I had that looked in to.

21 hours ago, MeePeeMai said:

I thing it has to be a wire transfer instead of an ACH or vise versa.

Wells has a complete page that they do not do wire transfers yet. They seem to be revamping it. So I can not wire transfer. Maybe over the phone. 

I managed to get a fresh Trans account. They walked me through every step. We deleted all the old ones. I was setting up my account and finally got all the info in. Then I got a flash message they need to verify the WF account, which I think is reasonable. It then flashed for about 10 seconds that some company named Plaid will be the intermediator so that Transferwise does not know my online banking details (I checked them out and they have a good reputation.) . I got to the Wells fargo page that is obviously not made by Wells so is probably Plaid's. They can't even verify my account - I had a Wells Fargo agent try it for me - sorry Jack.

It just occured to me maybe i could use my debit card to prove the account.

If ThaiVisa doesnt stop these videos that cover my screen and have no closure x, I am gonna be a very mad user. I get to use only half my screen or make skinny web pages

Yup... it's borderless. I will call and change it. 

MePeeMai - thanks for all the straight forward advice. One of the operators said you can not set up recipients until at least $20 is put in your account... I just now remembered that. So I clicked "Add Money". Everything went smoothly with the Wells login and such, but then it wanted 1 more check where they send me a code:

* SMS - known fact very few people at Wells can SMS Thailand but I did try it. No message

* Telephone - which never rang when I chose this option and gave me a message page saying they sent an SMS

* Mail - which they sent to an account I have not used in over a year, certainly is not the phone number in Transferwise or Wells. My last email in that account was at 13:33 today - well after the promise of an email and it is still not there. I checked all my email accounts and SMS, junk, spam, NOTHING.

If I had any hair I would pull it out. 

7 minutes ago, MeePeeMai said:

I thought you were trying to add your bank account in Paragon now?  Are you trying to add your bank in the USA or are you trying to add "recipient" account details?

Correct and that is the page they gave me when I clicked on add recipient. Notice it says Benneficiary bank? The dropdown has BKKB.

I swear on whatever, I put every detal exactly into this form, hit confirm, the page blanked for a second then came back:

Currency I chose THB

Recient type personal

Full name tripple checked from my book bank

Recipient bank details Bangkok Bank

quadruple checked my BKKB account number

1 minute ago, MeePeeMai said:

Sorry, the branch is not necessary as the account number has your branch coded in it.

OK... So I am still putting the NYC info?

20 minutes ago, MeePeeMai said:

Are you using a mobile phone or a laptop?  The reason I ask is that I can take some screenshots for you and post them here to assist you.

Laptop. As you know BKKB only has one SWIFT code. Tried phone too. Here are the sceen shots (2) since the page is long.  Where do I specify my branch (Paragon)?

Obviousy I will set it to Thai Baht, use the BKK swift code, and my account number. Where does branch go?

27 minutes ago, Pib said:

 A peer-to-peer transfer is where Transferwise requests one of it's Thai partner banks to transfer X-amount of baht out of Transferwise's acct at that bank over to your bank acct at Thai bank XYZ. 

That is the magic key the 3 operators have no clue about. I feel safe now.

7 minutes ago, Pib said:

Where you say above Wells Fargo will not transfer outside use ACH to transfer outside the US anymore.

Misunderstanding. Wells fargo will not do any type of international SWIFT and you must go into the bank to do a SWIFT.  Told me applies to all types of transfers not just SWIFT. 

10 minutes ago, MeePeeMai said:

Just like I spelled it out in the last thread that you started, if you select the reason as "Funds for long term stay in Thailand"  it will show up as a foreign transfer or FTT in your Bangkok Bank account here in Thailand.  I suspect that the problems you are having may be resulting from you using an account at Bangkok Bank in New York. 

OK. I will test Transferwise with $50 then go to BKKB and ask if it shows as international. Can you please repeat how to send to my branch instead of NYC? I do not see it in Transferwise."Funds for Long Term Stay" is the secret. I understand now.

FYI: Not harsh at all. THIS directness is what I needed. I trust TV members far more than operators of phone banks.

Digibum - you are from the USA and the money shows up. I agree, however, have you ever asked your bank if they show up as internation?

John thom - if you are doing wire transfers from Wells Fargo it must be magic because when I click on that option I get an under construction page. They also will not transfer overseas. Not trying to pick a fight, just telling you my experiences on this epic journey.

7 minutes ago, john thom said:

I had to change from my Credit Union to Wells Fargo, because my CR wouldn't transfer overseas. Wells Fargo said it doesn't either. I have to wire my monthly income from Wells Fargo to my thai bank account. takes about 2 days and cost $45. Not sure if that's the best way, but that's what I'm forced to do.

Is't that what Thailand's new law is about? They will in April  cut off every transfer type but IAT formatted payments.

Ummm... and if our checks are not currently being sent to Thailand what do we do?

Thanks, but 3 times I called transferwise and they cannot do it because it must be in IAT format for them to get it here. Also that since the funds never leave the USA because they use Thai bank to fund it, it will not look international.

They walked me through every step. 

I found this email here on TV that talks about getting Social Security payments to Thailand. It has some hope.

I will try to answer in order,

From what understand you have to give transferwise you account information and authorize "a pull" 

I did that. Zero issue there.

https://www.bangkokbank.com/en/Personal/Other-Services/Transfers/Transferring-Into-Thailand/Transfer-money-from-US-to-Thailand-via-Bangkok-Bank-NewYork-branch

Is not that what thailand is no longer accepting. I was just doing an interbank transfer before this. I added my thailand account to the list of accounts at Wells fargo and did the same kind of transfer as I would do to my savings accout - NYC branch of course, however we all know Thailand will not take those transfers any more.

The URL you sent is awesome - is so fun how BKB Web and advertising stay up for months until someone decides to change.

I am asking is my SSDI check be deposited into the NYC branch a method BKB will allow?

This is a problem only for US citizens.

I called transferwise because I could not make work in any way. Why? WellsFargo will not transfer outside of USA [and of course, banks here in Thailand no longer take regular interbank transfers any more.] The only way Transferwise can help is to have me deposit in their own USA Wells Fargo accout - but the money would never leave USA [They try to never transfer money, they just use their bank in the country you are sending to into your local account. No international fees for them, lower prices for us users.] They would transfer my payment from a Thai bank so it just looks like a regular Thailand deposit, not international.

Other countries the laws are open and no problem getting a foreign transfer.

NOTE, this only applies to USA.

I wonder if having my Social Security change from Wells Fargo deposit and instead deposit in my BKB account here. Or is another thing banks here are not allowing?