Moonmoon

Oh dear...

be careful as safety standards here are not as good as some of ours' back home.

Some big major shopping centres which (I will not named) I had visited; I had been electrocuted before holding on to handrails or metal barricades of escalators though it is nothing serious here but still...

if accidents do happened, nothing much can be done as laws and regulations here are pretty lax.

Take care.

Saw this news from other day and many TVers were calling them out. 

Good on the RTP for evidence and all those here that smelt the fish from a mile away.

Nice, i love these. Used to play in a Thai band and getting gigs for beer gardens were always one of the highlights. Good atmosphere, good weather, good money.

12 minutes ago, Bluespunk said:

Are they all running at once or running as a relay, that is one runs so far and then someone else takes over?

Toon is running the whole thing by himself with his team. No relays. Only stops for rest and nourishments. 

Red sparrow! 

The boy is a technical student. Most prob he was killed becos of school rivalry. Too common in Thailand. 

N yet the authorities have done nothing to stop it. 

Hmm the Veggie Goddess possessed the Farang Girl, but she could not communicate to the others... 

Not a very omnilingual Goddess I must say. Wait, isn't the veggie Goddess Thai? 

???

Always the same excuse, we r poor we need to make a living..

The shouldnt the taxi driver be driving around looking for customer instead of parking n waiting? Oh right becos he is a taxi mafia and this is his area to park.

Good Job Dang! we certainly need more good Samaritans like you around to lead by example!. 

14 hours ago, steven100 said:

so you suggest counselling  ...    

Dont know about the cane, but if its my son, i would explain to him n then cut his allowance, every penny till he pays back what he used so he knows the importance of money.

The game company should at least refund part of the purchases deducting some admin charges for the refund. Its an 11 year old who does not understand even he if knows how to make in app purchases and bank credit card purchases for games.

Lesson learnt for the mum as well. And also do not lend out your handphones to anyone on the streets even if you just want to help someone if they appear to be in distress. Make the call for em, dont just hand your phone freely over.

I thought lifeguards should at least have a gold certificate in swimming as a requirment or equipvalent. At least thats a requirement in my country.

To help him change his ways, just give him more money... wondeful Thai elite logic.

1 hour ago, Aditi Sharma said:

Thanks Moon! 

 

 

Hi Aditi, 

This might answer your question? 

https://www.citibank.co.th/global-banking/citi-global-transfers.htm

Cheers.

2 hours ago, Aditi Sharma said:

Sir, if I opened an account with, lets say, Citibank, would I be offered the same benefits as Bangkok Bank? Citibank did not offer me migration benefits when I moved funds from the US to India; they opened a new account for me here. Will my account in Mumbai help me open another account in Bangkok with same benefits as a new customer? The idea is to move funds between accounts as seamlessly and of course I wouldnt mind leaving a minimum in my Thai Citi account when I am not there.

Hi Aditi, 

I am unfamiliar with citibank as I do not have an account with em. 

Sorry for not being able to help you there. 

Dont call me Sir. Just moon, or dude will do. ?

Soi Nakata is not for foreigners but for locals. Sexpats never knew about this place till now. 

Some could have been living in pattaya for years but never knew about this place. 

Prices are much lower than walking street, local prices. If u go there u will know you are being fleeced at pattaya main gogobars and massage.

How do I know? Hehehehe 

21 hours ago, Just Weird said:

"Which sentence or where did I say it is a requirement from embassies to the indivduals?"

Probably nowhere but then I'm not going to try to find it because I didn't say that you did say that!

 

"I stated the requirements of Bangkok Bank and how to get a savings account with them for sure. Thats all."

That's not all.  The reason this started was you specifically advised the OP to get a recommendation letter from his Embassy, saying it was an easy 10 minute exercise.  That is telling the OP that his Embassy will provide a letter to assist in opening an acoount.  That's a lot more than stating one of BBL's requirements.

 

"I did not dictate anything at all. I think you are too fast to presume here."

Perhaps it was you being too fast by speculating that the OP's Embassy will provide a bank reference letter.

 

"From my experience, Singapore embassy gave a quite a few Letter of recommendations to open all my saving accounts in Thailans."

Very strange that you choose to bring that up so late in the discussion when it is so relevant.

 

"PS. I have read from other British Nationals here who had gotten their letter of recommendation from British embassy in TVF."

Really, but no link to the subject?  The subject doesn't come up in a search, oddly enough, I suppose the forum must be hiding the posts.

Seriously I am just offering help to the OP by offering information thats is accurately accordingly to the requirments of Bangkok Bank in Thailand.

And I have open a few bank accounts with different banks here as well following the rules set by the banks here so I did not leave it to chance but had all proper documents as per required by the banks.

I honestly do not know what is your issue? Is it to just come here and argue against every single comment here like how I see you are doing to me and others? Or are you sincerely offering help to the OP? What have you done so far for the OP besides trying to argues against me or some others here who have had real 1st hand experience with real bank accounts in Thailand?

So far I have had the pleasure of helping provide accurate info for opening of bank account on tourist visa for most of my friends and some other expats I have came across in Thailand without leaving it up to chance. 

I have aldy provided links to the banks website in my earlier post to the OP.

As for you I would suggest you google the info you want for yourself either that or get a life be really try to be more helpful here in this forum, instead of asking me silly questions and stating i said this or that, when I did not at all. 

Go back and read all your own comments and see if they are in anyway productive or helpful for the OP.

All my comments and statements for opening bank account while on tourist visa are easily back by the link for Bangkok Bank's I had provided. 

22 minutes ago, Aditi Sharma said:

What is TVF? 

Yes the translation is will be done for a fee, but by an appointed trusted translator, it might take a day or 2 for em to send the documents back n forth

depending on the difficulty of your language, some can be quite ex. I rmb getting my marriage certs translated from thai to english which were quite cheap, but my friend who is german and married a Thai husband got hers from German to Thai and that cost quite a bomb.

TVF stands for Thai Visa Forum.

No I am not annoyed, i am more than happy to share my own experiences if they can in anyway benefit you or others here. That is what this forum is for. I in return have gotten help from ubonjoe and some others here too when I was still pretty green in Thailand.

Laws and regulations changes now and then. Always good to ask and be prepared than to presume and fail. 

Ask Away! 

1 hour ago, Just Weird said:

I understand what you said but what I am disputing is not what BBL would like to have from an applicant but your assertion that Embassies will provide a recommendation letter for a stranger to open an account.  Just because it is an option that Bangkok Bank will accept doesn't mean an Embassy will provide it.  In your experience which Embassies will do it?  I know of none.

Which sentence or where did I say it is a requirement from embassies to the indivduals? 

I stated the requirements of Bangkok Bank and how to get a savings account with them for sure. Thats all.

I did not dictate anything at all. I think you are too fast to presume here.

From my experience, Singapore embassy gave a quite a few Letter of recommendations to open all my saving accounts in Thailans. Thank you.

PS. I have read from other British Nationals here who had gotten their letter of recommendation from British embassy in TVF.

3 hours ago, Aditi Sharma said:

Sir, where can I get documents translated. And how do they decide the charges, is it on a per word basis or page? Thanks

I recommend that you call the swedish embassy for this info ?

1 hour ago, Aditi Sharma said:

Sir where can I find the text for the statutory declaration, which I guess becomes a true copy when they stamp and sign it (right?)? And if a Swede doesnt know English or Thai, where can he get help to draft these letters.

The letter of recommendation supplied by my embassy was in English and it did not need to be translated to Thai for Bangkok Bank as they accepted it in English.

But if yours is in swede I supposed you have to translate it to Thai as swede might not be an accepted language. 

Which in this case you have to get the letter of recommendation from embassy then translate it to Thai, then go back to your embassy for them to certify the translation as well. 

Depending on the cost of translation, n travelling here n there might cost you

1 hour ago, Aditi Sharma said:

 

Have you got a template for this reference letter? Will Word application have it? And another thing: if I haven't got a portable printer where can I get a letter printed. 

 

Surely there will be charges when I want to close the account. Is it possible for me to transfer the funds in this account to my Swede account online? 

Or are the funds non-repatriable? 

 

The letter is supplied by the embassy. All u need is yourself, enough thai baht for the letter and your passport. 

8 minutes ago, Aditi Sharma said:

Would this be free of cost? For reason can you say Personal?

Hi i just check the info cos it was a long time ago i forgot.

For the stautory declaration it was 120 baht and certified true copy it cost 110, so this Letter of Recommendation cost me 230baht.. yup 

1 minute ago, Aditi Sharma said:

Would this be free of cost? For reason can you say Personal?

I rmb it was free for me. Though different embassy might have differen rules. U might want to call them up 1st and enquire but it really should not cost u anything at all. 

For reason it does not hurt to state opening of bank account right? Cos thats what you want. 

I put it down as such to avoid any misunderstanding or further inconvienient myself. 

9 hours ago, Just Weird said:

You're joking, right, which embassies will do that?  The British Embassy won't, that's for sure.  Maybe you're a Swede and have personal experience of that embassy being helpful in that area?

 

The fact that you say it's a 10 minute procedure suggests that you are taking the piss.  What risk is there, anyway, in opening a bank account that a letter from an embassy will mitigate?  Why would any embassy recommend to a bank that a complete stranger to them would be a suitable person to operate an account?

Hi Just Weird,

I have been residing in Thailand for 7 years and married for 3 here.

I have a few bank accounts with Bangkok Bank, Kasikorn and KrungSri.

According to the OP, he wants to get a bank account with a Tourist visa.

Most banks except for Bangkok Bank will not allow any opening of bank account with tourist visa.

I am not quoting or giving misinformation out of thin air.

I have enquire and through my own experience with the banks here offered the information as per adviced by Bangkok Bank.

Letter of recommendation for purpose of opening bank account is not that hard to aquired from your own embassy. 

You can kindly call up Bangkok Bank if you like to ask. 

Or the information is freely available here.

http://www.bangkokbank.com/BangkokBank/PersonalBanking/SpecialServices/ForeignCustomers/Pages/Account.aspx

PS. Letter of Recommendation is really only a 5 to 10mins affair. Your embassy produces a letter and you write down your reason on it and they officially sign n stamp it and voila. Thats all.