MadMac

Certainly, Farang pays Farang price, clever Farang pays Thai price. Do you have a local Thai driver license? So what?

A work permit can not be issued with an O-A visa, however an O ("married") will do it. Or a B of course.

OP is asking about working if he has an extension of stay not about doing it with a OA visa.

Actually he asked about changing his visa type, nevermind

A work permit can not be issued with an O-A visa, however an O ("married") will do it. Or a B of course.

chiang mai removals all the way. used them 2x to 100% satisfaction.

Yes, I got that, was mentioned a couple of times .

Could you give an average price?

We're currently in the same situation as the OP, in the process of moving from BKK to CNX. I'd like to get some price benchmarks, would be great if someone could share their experience. We've got quoted 33kTHB for a small truck. I believe this is way over the top.

I've just transferred 150kUS$ from Standard Chartered SG to UOB TH. Hell of a nitemare to get them doing so, ridiculous limits and you need to mail in a form if you're not in SG, which then will be ignored if you don't call them every other hour. Fee 312 US$, that's ~0.2%, including all fees. I'd not recommend them after this crappy experience.

Is your conclusion that the problem lies primarily with either or both of these banks or with the Singapore banks in general?

The problem is with the SG bank, that is SC. I had on the other hand a very good experience with UOB, both in TH and SG, whereas UOB TH managed to close a fixed deposit in UOB SG and transfer the money over. SC, after I asked if I could go to a local branch, just declined.

I've also tried in the past to open a Bangkok Bank account in SG for money transfer to TH. These guys are even worse, complete waste of time.

So I would recommend UOB in SG and in TH.

I tend to disagree here. It gives a fair amount of flexibility if you can choose the time of exchange, even on a daily basis, as banks adjust their rates every couple of hours. I had the ladies at UOB calling and checking back and forth to get me the best rate that was not listed at the normal TT.

There is little or no advantage in holding a foreign currency account in Thailand, except in unusual circumstances.

Some 15% up since my posting yesterday

I've just transferred 150kUS$ from Standard Chartered SG to UOB TH. Hell of a nitemare to get them doing so, ridiculous limits and you need to mail in a form if you're not in SG, which then will be ignored if you don't call them every other hour. Fee 312 US$, that's ~0.2%, including all fees. I'd not recommend them after this crappy experience.

Not existing.

It reached the bottom for now. Good time to buy I'd say. It's better than any New Market in the 90's. Fantastic unpredictable ups and downs. Really fun to watch and play. Just don't use anything other than gambling money.

If you were with Citibank Singapore, you could open a Citibank account in Thailand and transfer for free via the Citi-Citi free transfer facility

I have been with Citi in Sing for many years and when I looked at this I was told Thailand wasnt part of this scheme, but have been told recently

That apparantly now you can do it

Yes. You can do it, only if you are willing to shed 2 % of your amount due to the exchange rates citi offers for global transfers.

That's not really an issue, for investments in TH you need to transfer the money in foreign currency into the country and convert it locally, covered by that foreign exchange transaction form (FET). Without that you'll unlikely get your money out of the country again in the future. Besides that, exchange rates to THB are worse abroad.

I heard the contrary that Citybank is not able to do this from Singapore to Thailand, recently. Where did you get that information from?

Thanks monty!

I found the info about BKK Bank after I posted this. May be the only option in the moment to move money around without getting ripped off. I have an old account with them, this makes it worthwhile to reactivate.

Interesting point with the cashier cheques too....I checked several banks / list of fees, they only mention the 20B. Good info with the additional charges when cashing in. Guess I will rather bring a couple of these 1 million Baht bricks around next time, instead of feeding the banks!

I've used UOB SIngapore to UOB Thailand in the past. Pretty easy and they also help you to resolve any issues locally (in TH) with UOB in SIngapore.

What you should do is open an US$ account in Thailand and transfer the funds into TH without conversion. Then change it here for a better rate. Also, do not split costs, it's usually cheaper to pay all as sender. UOB in TH doesn't charge a fee for incoming transfers. That's the only bank I know of.

http://www.uob.co.th/announcement/bankfee/2013/fee-deposit_19Jul2013_en.pdf

I've recently had to transfer 450kTHB from SCB in Bangkok to SCB in Chiang Mai. Not really to my surprise I was charged 470B in fees, as if they place a courier on the bus or in the train to carry the money in person. Ridiculous.

Questions:

1) is there a bank in Thailand, that facilitates domestic transfers within the same bank for free, as it would do regional?

2) is there a bank in Thailand, that allows ATM withdrawals anywhere without a fee if not in the "home region"

3) would there be a difference if using a cashier cheque rather than transferring directly?

Alternatively one would have to carry the money in person to avoid ridiculous charges.

Thanks!

I just ran in the same problem, classifieds does not accept the login. PW has only letters and numbers, so this can't be the reason....any help?

Guess you missed a comma for Singapore...

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Huh. I grew up always thinking UOB was a Singaporean bank. And their presence in Thailand to me seems pretty slim.

Basically it is, similarly to other banks based overseas.

That's an interesting question nevertheless, as when it comes to the 400k/800k required for Extension of Stay, these have to be deposited in "Thai Banks". The same question popped up elsewhere, if Standard Chartered would be a "real" Thai Bank. Because if not you cannot park the deposit there for the last 3 months before getting that stamp.

According to Wiki both UOB and SC are "Thai Banks", but that's just Wiki everyone can edit.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_banks_in_Thailand

Not sure if there is an official list from Thai Immigration that lists Banks that are accepted.

Since UOB is not a thai bank, do you get charged extra when you withdraw at non-UOB ATMs? Just curious.

Not sure where you go this from. According to their last annual report:

"The United Overseas Bank (Thai) Public Company Limited

(“UOB (Thai)”) was incorporated in November 2005 following

the merger of the Bank of Asia and UOB Radanasin Bank.

UOB (Thai) is a fully-licensed commercial bank."

http://www.uob.co.th...AR_ENG_2011.pdf

Incorrect again. ALL passport holders eligible for a one month entry permit on arrival must have an onward ticket

Well, we can continue this, but it's pointless . As a matter of practical experience no onward ticket is required, and never was for the last 11 years I go in and out of Thailand with all types of stamps and visas.

zazzalicious, what country's passport were you using? MadMac implies that it was not a "first world passport"

No intention to sound racist if it looked like that, but we've seen in the past that countries that should support their citizens (here ASEAN) were rather knocking them out, whereas farangs enjoy free entry. Not fair

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Pla Ra may be a niche, particularly in Africa. Perhaps in exchange of a couple of millions from Ghana

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You don't want to get rid of them, as they get rid of all kind of nasty insects for you. Love your Jinjok!