TigerandDog

I had a similar enquiry when I renewed my passport. Went to my local land Transport Office to update my license and was told not necessary, wait until is license is due for renewal.

If she is to be investigated and prosecuted for spreading allegedly violating Section 384 of the Thai Criminal Law which prohibits the deliberate spread of false information leading to public unrest, then EVERY politician in the coalition and most senior govt officials MUST also be investigated and prosecuted for the same breach of that law. Also while this prediction didn't happen, she has a history of very accurate predictions PLUS psychics or whatever name they wish to be known by, are unable to predict their own futures, so she wouldn't have seen this coming. However, it will be interesting to see if her prediction about a new Prime Minister whose name begins with P happens in November/December. Her most recent accurate prediction was about the earthquake in Myanmar. She was spot on with that one. I used to be a huge sceptic, but I've seen too many things in the 11 years I've been in Thailand that have swayed my opinion, not entirely but to the extent that I'm now 50/50 on what I believe and don't believe when it comes to psychics, mediums and the supernatural. Yes many of you will laugh at this post, but I was similarly sceptical until I had those experiences.

the 2nd last paragraph COULD be interpreted as meaning/including foreigners. That will be a wait and see question.

This extract copy from the OP's post clearly indicates that it's not a 1 off reading. Been on Amlopine best part of 10 years but systolic stays mainly around 150. Diastolic been gradually working down from 80 for a few years. You can only interpret that 1 way. His systolic stay mainly around 150 for the best part of the 10 years he's been on Amlopine, and his diastolic has been gradually decreasing from 80 for a few years.

what misinformation has Thailand put out. There was actually a media release by an Australian analyst who monitors troop movements in areas such as the Cambodia/Thai border. Satellite images showed that Cambodia had been moving troops and artillery into position for weeks prior to the conflict actually starting, and that Thai movements were done as a response In his opinion it was ALWAYS Cambodia's intention to escalate this into what we now have.

it didn't last long. Still shooting at each other this morning.

be careful about opening a new account. I'm seeing a lot of posts recently that banks won't open new accounts foreigners if they don't have a work permit. Makes it bloody impossible for those on marriage and retirement visas to comply with Immigration requirements.

"Was it also the case that the normal debit card issued with a savings account could not be used to make this payment @TigerandDog ? If this is the case then the rules are very flawed" Firstly, I had no trouble transferring the 400k from my interest bearing account to my everyday account as they were both with ttb. The 50k restriction does not apply to transfers between your own accounts at the same bank. Secondly, please tell me how I'm supposed to go to an ATM and use a debit card, when I'm flat on my back in a hospital bed, fighting for my life after a cardiac arrest? I ain't giving my debit card and pin # to anybody. Thirdly, the rules are very flawed. This is typical Thai thinking. Come up with a band aid solution to make it look as though something is being effectively implemented to reduce scamming and money laundering, AND by applying this to ALL foreign held Thai bank accounts is implying that every foreigner that holds a bank account in Thailand is either a scammer or money launderer or both. Absolutely no thought process given to the impact this will have on foreigners, especially us more senior ones. Not only does it impact on, in my situation, the need to transfer that 400k to the hospital as a deposit, think about every foreigner that holds health insurance with a Thai insurance company. based on our age, level of cover etc annual premiums will most likely be anywhere from 75k upwards. How are we supposed to renew our health insurance if we're limited to 50k per day. Health insurance companies are not going to accept multiple payments to renew a policy. I can think of several situations that will also be affected by this ridiculous rule that would have an impact on local communities. e.g. you go to a travel agent to book a trip to your home country or just for an overseas holiday with your wife/girlfriend and kids if there are any. A good chance those air fares could cost more than 50k. The airlines/travel agents will NOT accept multiple payments to secure those air fares. If you want to buy a new car, and pay cash for it, you won't be able to because of the 50k daily limit. I want to repay the loan my wife was able to obtain in 1 payment, but I can't, so instead it has to be daily transfers of 49,999 until repaid in full, which then means if I need to do transfers for personal reasons, like pay power bills etc, I have to the then take longer to repay the loan. This whole 50k daily transaction limit ONLY on bank accounts held by foreigners is a joke, especially when you read stories of scammers and money launderers being arrested and they are all mostly Chinese or Thai. I would love to see a class action taken out by all the foreigners that hold Thai bank accounts against the BOT and the senior personnel that came up with this dumb decision for defamation, because technically under Thai defamation law they have ruined/impugned the reputation of every foreigner in Thailand that holds a Thai bank account. I've also written to the BOT pointing out the flaws in their ridiculous decision to impose this 50k daily transaction limit using my medical emergency as an example, and I know that email has been read, but of course no reply has yet been forthcoming because they will lose face by having to admit they f'd up.

That's interesting, but again I don't believe it's all ttb branches as my 3 friends opened their accounts withing the last 4 weeks. Now they did encounter this exact issue with Kbank, but when they went to the local ttb branch (not a shopping center branch, because that's their stock standard answer every time) they had no trouble opening their accounts. i can remember when I first arrived in Thailand in 2014, having the exact same issue with small branches in shopping centers. Kbank, SCB, BKK bank TMB (nowttb) all gave the same reply, no work permit no account can be opened, even when the branch manager was shown a printout from Immigration clearly stating the banking requirements for expats on retirement and marriage visas. It was an obvious lack of knowledge and total reluctance to even ascertain what the correct procedure was. I went to a main branch away from the shopping center and had the account opened with no hassles or bs need for a work permit. To be honest shopping center branches are basically deposit and withdrawal sites, they won't even send telegraphic transfers.

what you say about ttb must be a bank employee at your former branch not knowing the rules when it comes to long stay visas and the need for a Thai bank account and refusing to open new accounts because it was to hard for them to comprehend. I have a few new expat friends here, up north where I am, and all 3, on retirement visas, have successfully opened ttb accounts without any issues. My krungthai account is also only used for tax refund purposes from the Thai Revenue Dept.

it was ascertained by the US media that California FCU was actually a scam.

you are WRONG about SCB being the ONLY bank that doesn't have facial recognition for foreign account holders. I'm with ttb and Krungthai and NEITHER of them have facial recognition for foreign account holders. Yes they both have facial recognition for Thai account holders but not foreigners. If they did, I wouldn't have had the issue of not being able to transfer 400k to the hospital for my emergency heart surgery, instead of my wife having to franticly telephone family & friends begging to borrow the 400k. If what you say is correct re Kbank, then consider yourself lucky and an exception to the rule. Like yourself I had my daily limits pre-set prior to July 7th as per instructions received from both banks BUT they were still overridden on July 8th when the 50k daily transaction limit came into effect.

you've really missed the point haven't you, and have zero understanding of these NEW daily transaction limits that superceded any already in place daily transactions, that came into effect ON JULY 8TH. Also not all banks have facial recognition for foreign account holders. Neither of the 2 banks I'm with do.

do you actually read posts in their entirety before posting. YOU transferred your 800k, according to you on July 2nd, if you go back and read MY posts you will see that I clearly stated the 50k daily transaction limit came into effect on July 8th. Facial recognition has NOTHING to do with the NEW 50k daily transaction limits imposed on ALL Thai bank accounts held by foreigners from July 8th onwards, until the restriction is dropped. I also had preset transaction limits, but when these NEW daily limits were implemented my preset transaction limits were overridden and replaced with the 50k daily limit. To get my daily transaction limits reset I MUST visit my branch as access to that portion of the settings in the app has been blocked whilst these limitations are in effect.

and here's the other dumb side effect of the BOT decision. Because of the daily limit set by BOT I can't repay the loan in one funds transfer, it will have to be done on a daily basis of THB49,999.00 until repaid, which will also mean that I won't be able to do any other funds transfers that become necessary. The BOT thinks this ridiculous action will stop scamming and money laundering. Nope, all it will do, as has already been proven is that it will greatly inconvenience ALL foreigners that hold Thai bank accounts.