Issanraider

Forgot to add that I have transferred money into my savings account before from my Lloyds account here without any problems

Thanks to all for their responses. Seems that what I was told by SCB is correct so I think my best and safest option is to send the money to my savings account and then transfer it to the fixed interest account as soon as I arrive in Thailand. I certainly wouldn’t feel comfortable carrying over £20k in cash and assume I would be questioned at my departure airport in England as to why I was doing so

I am hoping to return to Thailand permanently by the end of this year and have a residence with my common law wife in Khon Kaen. I have had 2 accounts with Siam Commercial Bank for several years, having lived in Thailand for 7 years before returning to England in 2012 to look after my father who has now passed away. One of the accounts is a regular savings account i.e a current account and the other a Fixed Deposit Account. When I sell my property in England which is currently going through, my plan was to send about 1 million baht to the Fixed Deposit Account by way of telegraphic transfer and leave it there for the required period in order to get my 1 year extension of stay. However upon recently visiting a branch of SCB in Khon Kaen I told by one of their English speaking staff of my intention and she told me that it is not possible to transfer money into that account telegraphically and that the money will need to be sent to the savings account and then transferred over to the Fixed Deposit Account by doing a personal visit. I find it difficult to believe that I can't do it by way of direct transfer but would appreciate hearing from anyone who has encountered this problem, or indeed managed to do a successful transfer in the manner I was proposing. many thanks