sghanchey

India!

Have to say best option by a mile. I go there frequently for medical care,just a short hop and damned cheap and excellent care, far better than UK

could go back to UK go private BUPA doctor few hundred £ ,then fast tracked through NHS

Just a point ,have had estimates for past surgery in Thailand chose India 1/20 of the cost at least,and so good.

Going in a month or so PM me if you decide

Bangkok Bank HQ office has a big sign in the customer service lobby that says "We Welcome Foreigner Customers". I opened an account there as a tourist last year and had only my passport and a U.S. driver's license (for back-up photo ID). Minimum deposit THB 500. No problem at all. I am very happy with their service and regularly transfer cash from the U.S. that arrives in my account in 72 hours. I have debit and credit cards from them too.

Buddhaland- please explain how Bangkok Bank can arrange for direct deposit of US Social Security payments, and how much of a hit one takes with exchange rate or transfer fees. I'm currently wiring mine from my US bank and it costs me $45 each time. Thanks.

I am also a fan - used to be with the "yellow" bank and had nothing but problems. Their ATM ate my Social Security debit card and was told that the machine automatically destroyed it. I can still scarcely believe that's legal! Were it not for a sizeable loan from friends at home, I would have had to go a month or more with no social security payment. I switched to Bankok Bank, and they have just been the best - unfailingly helpful, many English speaking employees, and they are the only Thai bank that can receive my Soc. Security direct deposits. I truly can't see why an American in Thailand would bank anywhere else!

Thanks.

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Any recent reports on getting 90-day visa in US passport in Cambodia? Thanks.

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