up-country_sinclair

i won't be in bkk so going to super rich is not an option.

i'd just like to restate my earlier question...

i need to get 5,000 USD into thailand and wondering if it is in my best interest to....

1. do a swift transfer

2. bring cash

3. bring traveller's checks

the first choice would have to be exchanged all at once, and at current rates.....but choices 2 and 3 could be exchanged over time if/when the rate improves.

i'm not asking for market speculation....more accurately which is going to take a bigger piece of my pie..... the banks on a swift, or regular currency exchange shops in thailand (if rates stay the same over the next year).

thanks again.

i'm not trying to be overly negative, or make life difficult for the OP, but i think it is worth noting that while 2 million won does convert to approx. 70,000 baht, it's a very low wage for korea....in fact, it's nearly impossible to make less.

Forgot to mention that traveler's checks are better than cash.

why is that?

like the OP, i'd also like to know whether it would be to my advantage to do a SWIFT transfer or bring the cash or traveler's checks with me on the plane?

should i copy every page of the household registration book? or just the page with her name on it?

collie-

check your PM box

today i got a replacement for my thai driver's license, and i had to provide....

passport--with signed copies of photo page and visa

work permit--with signed copies of photo page, place of employment, and home address

2 one inch photos

55 baht.

and it all took about 15 minutes.

i don't know why they asked for the work permit and copies, but they did.

thanks again to percy 2 and farma

thanks farma!

well ... just go to your transportation department where you did the license with the necessary proofs of identity.

they'll have everything on record I guess

i figured as much, but i was wondering if i needed to get another certificate of residence letter from immigration.

except you bought the license at khao san.

actually in a sense i 'bought' mine for 105 baht....but it was in chiang mai.

you must have me confused with someone else.

i seem to have lost my thai driver's license.

if this has happened to you, what steps did you follow to get a replacement.

thanks.

try baan thai on nimanheimen. i'm not sure if they still do month to month, but they did two years ago. a quick forum search will pull up all the contact info.

i called TT&T today (and i don't know if it was a coincidence or not), and my speed picked up considerably within minutes.

thanks. i had planned on contacting them before i left for the US, but was hoping for a reference point before speaking with them. i'll report back with what they say next week.

List of Documents for Non-Immigration Visa type O

at the EMBASSY / CONSULATE

1. Copy of Household Registration of Thai Wife.

2. Copy of Identification Card of Thai Wife.

3. Copy of Marriage Certificate

Remark : Please Bring all Originals and copies

thanks for posting this info, but i have one thing i'd like to clarify...

you mention that i should bring originals and copies--should i bring my wife's ID card with me to america?

thanks again

Copy of the wife's ID is fine in the States for the Thai Embassy/Consulate.

www.sunbeltasiagroup.com

just to confirm.........would a copy of the household registration be acceptable too?

^

dude. you're killing my buzz.

I'm giving you a heck of a lot free publicity without having to pay for advertising.

it seems like you start a lot of threads about other businesses.

thanks for your reply.

yes, definitely 100k in baht.....but i need to make the purchases before i go to the US next week.

i've read all these threads about currency exchange and money transfers, onshore/offshore..... and i'm about to have an aneurism.

i sincerely tried to figure it out by myself, but for any number of reasons i can't.

here's my situation....

i have approx. 100k of purchases to make in the next week, but like a jackass i've let my thai bank account to drop to half of that. the last few weeks i've been waiting for the baht to depreciate in order to transfer funds, but it just hasn't happened.

btw, i'm in thailand now, will be travelling to the US in a week, and returning to thailand a month later. i had hoped to do a SWIFT when i was there, and/or bring back the maximum allowable in cash.

so, taking my travel plans into consideration ...do you think i should use the credit card, ATM, or SWIFT transfer for the current 100K worth of purchases?

bump....because time in running out.

i've read all these threads about currency exchange and money transfers, and i'm about to have an aneurism.

here's my situation....

i have approx. 100k of purchases to make in the next week, but like a jackass i've let my thai bank account to drop to half of that.

i've been waiting for the last few weeks for the baht to depreciate but it just hasn't happened. btw, i'm in thailand now, will be in the US in a week, and back in thailand a month later---my current plan in this regard is to bring back the max. legal limit in cash and do a SWIFT transfer when rates improve.

does that make sense, and do you think i should use the credit card, ATM, or SWIFT transfer for current purchases?

if you do a search on this topic i'm confident all your questions will be answered.

if 40K was transferred into their joint bank account from overseas every month, would this qualify as 'income' in order to qualify for the one year extension?

i occasionally listen to it in the car.

the DJs talk too much.

does anyone have a recommendation for a moving company that will travel to the south?

i've spoken with nimseeseng, but their smallest truck for that distance is much bigger than we need.

and a somewhat unrelated question....we'll be driving down too and were wondering if anyone could recommend a place to stop for the night (with two dogs!) on the the other side of bangkok?

does anyone know where to buy one of these

here in chiang mai?

thanks.

don't know if i'll race or not, but i'm going to do my best to be there.