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I'll believe it when I hear it from experts who don't have ulterior motives.

Fireworks show is over, was just Friday/Saturday. No, overnight parking is not allowed.

Lawfully, it doesn't. And if you read, they were minors from 2018 until 2025 so definitely not 17.

They flag a water damaged stamp yet people get through on fake passports or passports that aren't theirs.

OP already confirmed it wasn't a scam.

Same. It was nice but also a little uncomfortable at the same time because I wasn't used to it and of course, like you said, it eventually stops once they know they have you. I think you won't get that same treatment as a foreigner from Thai ladies even at the start of any kind of relationship now.

Seems sus. I wouldn't have consented and would have said I'll meet them at Soi 5 immigration for the photo instead.

They wanted one. They keep provoking and then go crying to the UN.

Israelis are not really a visible minority so while it would probably make them feel unwelcome to eat there after seeing the sign, the owner will have a lot of false positives if they actually try to enforce it.

And billions of jokes you've never understood.

I got the same email.

Thanks for the update, glad you got your visa. Hopefully all this will be resolved when I need to renew/upgrade my Elite visa and have it affixed in a new passport in a few years.

Have you refused/returned/not paid for orders recently? Saying wrong email or password even after resetting can mean you are banned/blacklisted from using them. Either by IP, device and address or all.

You click on More Details and then Terms and Conditions. These are the Elite Visa requirements for Bangkok Bank for instance: In order to open an account with Bangkok Bank and Kasikorn Bank as a Thailand Privilege Visa Holder, members are required to prepare the documents as follows; - Valid passport (same passport as registered with Thailand Privilege) - Valid Thailand Privilege's Privilege Entry Visa (PE) or Special Entry Visa (SE) - Your Thailand Privilege Membership Card or Membership Certification Letter - Thai Mobile phone number - Details of your residence in Thailand No mention of the added background checks though that I could see, correct about that.

That's not the official site, just an agent that gets commission off Elite Visa sales. This is the official site with the requirements: https://www.thailandprivilege.co.th/privileges/wealth/bank

I just remembered, a few months ago, I got a notification on my Bangkok Bank app that they wanted me to update my KYC info through the app. If you select the icon at the top right. you will see it, Personal Information (KYC). It had questions like are you employed, retired, do you trade crypto with your account etc.. and I answered them all and that was that. I wonder if people who ignored or missed or didn't get this notification are the people whose accounts were frozen.

I hope they unlock it for you soon. There is or used to be a guy on this forum that worked for Bangkok Bank and would help users out occasionally. He was a foreigner, not Thai, I wonder if he is still around but I'm guessing he would be too overwhelmed or not have the power to help. Nevermind, looks like @ianguygil hasn't visited the forum in a year, too bad.

Most of the old geezers going to Pattaya happily would if the price is right for them.

Yeah they can refuse since your funds are frozen.

I doubt that agents will be able to help since this whole crackdown started because of them and dodgy branch managers.

Did you go to a branch with your identification? It seems like that would solve this.

Schwab refunds international ATM fees.

Hasn't happened yet but I'm willing to take the chance, I don't live far from several private hospitals. Actually, the last time I can recall when they asked for it and I said I don't have it and started to walk away, they called me back and said no problem. Seems like they are happy with just my money.

No, I don't consider it a win. I'm not like the OP, I don't care if they look at my passport photo, visa, whatever, I have nothing to hide. I just don't often carry it around with me which is how I found out that various private hospitals, in my personal experience, are ok if you say you don't have it which seemed to be a possible simple solution to the OP's issue of them looking at his visa. Are regular forum users not allowed to give advice that might help the OP's irrational irritance of having his visa checked rather than just non-productively ridicule his post? Because I'm really not sure why you are making a whole issue about what I said.

Not 100% sure, true, especially for major incidents/accidents and also will depend on the hospital of course, but I always say I don't have mine on me and they just take down my info from what I tell them. It's true that many will want a deposit before doing any intensive treatments or operations if insurance info is not provided.