steven2018

What is the difference for a US foreigner having a USD or a VND bank account in Vietnam to transfer money into from the States. Thanks.

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Its Vietnamese bank cards, rather than the ATM .
Just use your four digits normally 

ATM Pin Code

I have read that Vietnam ATMs use a 6-digit pin code, my US debit card uses 4-digits.

Is this correct on the 6-digit ?

If so, what to do ?

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Would an ongoing ticket to another county, and not a person's home country suffice.

ie; ongoing ticket to Cambodia and the person came from the U.S. My mitochondria are confused.

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35 minutes ago, KhunFred said:

It does not appear that the monthly income method is going to be allowed. What on earth are they thinking???

From my view, it would be easy for Thai Immigration to verify using the income method since the income would be verified by being in a FCD account.  

And as KhunFred said, living in the U.S. ain't cheap. 

Unless you want to slum it.

Exit the Urban areas, now one is in a Rural environment where a mode of transport is needed. Car, insurance, maintenance. $$$

I noticed that Paragraph D in the Vietnam coding stated:

Overview Of IDD For Vietnam

IDD payments sent to Vietnam must be in Vietnam Dong (VND) accounts at local FIs. The beneficiary must provide complete information to DIO or the Federal Benefits Unit (FBU) for input. DIO faxes incomplete forms to the FBU that serves Vietnam. The FBU contacts the beneficiary or FI for the additional information.

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It seems that the Fed Reserve can distribute the SS benefit country specific.

I was looking at the SSA IDD info and it appears that Vietnam is on the list.

https://secure.ssa.gov/poms.nsf/lnx/0202402408#b

I was under the impression that the U.S. Gov did not allow this to take place for the country of Vietnam.

SSA IDD master country list:

https://secure.ssa.gov/poms.nsf/lnx/0202402200

That is really cool info about international direct deposit. Now, if Medicare would allow international benefits to approved hospitals internationally, they could save money by allowing services at a possible lower cost than a service done in the U.S.

Perhaps other countries are seeing the Brits and American consulates taking this action and see it as a way to limit their 'responsibility ' in this matter. KISS - keep it simple Simon.

How many Danes are there in Thailand?

You are writing about something different than what the OP was writing about.
A combination of income and money in the bank is possible. Per your example if your annual income from Social Security was equal to or greater than 400k baht you could combine it with the 400k baht in the bank to reach a total of 800k baht.

I am still a bit confused on the clarity of this situation. Say if one has 400K baht in a Thai bank account and the remainder of 400K baht is a monthly direct deposit (US Social Security) to that Thai bank account - can this combination be used as the 3-month seasoned funds?

Direct Deposit to a Thai bank then have them issue an account statement for Thai immigration.

My understanding is that 3000+ Brits could be affected by this, hopefully it gets worked out to a good resolution.

Therein lies the rub.

I am going to be anally specific - I am a newbie and confused by this: example, U.S. Citizen uses Bangkok Bank New York to do a direct deposit of Social Security, then funds the associated Bangkok Bank in Thailand with the difference to equal the required 65K month / 800K annually (ie, SS $1500 monthly and $10,000 cash in the Thai Bank account). Does this look doable as a combination of funds, or does a lump sum of 800K baht ($25,000) have to be in a Thai bank account (during the seasoning periods).

The FDIC bank insurance in the US is $250K per depositor.

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Meanwhile, back to cardless ATMs....

Transferring funds equal to 800k baht from the US to a Thai bank (over $10k USD) - would that trigger alarm bells in the US resulting in an inquiry by a three letter agency?

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