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8 hours ago, sanmyintmaung said:

MoneyGram and Western Union

very very expensive

8 hours ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

you don't need to be physically present in TH in order to execute a foreign transaction

you still have to get SMS from bangkok bank before trasfering the money

to deemoney, and if you do not have roaming service you cannot do it while

abroad

8 hours ago, gearbox said:

However there is nothing to worry about if it is your own legal money on which tax was already paid.

there is a lot to worry about. declaration does not mean the money was taxed or came from

legal sources and they might come back to you for questioning.

soon cash will not be used anymore and governments do not like to see people carry cash

9 hours ago, DBath said:

What do they do if the limit is say $10K USD and you declare $25-30k?

they might ask you why you carry so much cash with you, and ask you for receipts.

but generally it is no problem, you only need to declare it.

you can consider to use your ATM for withdrawls of your money from bangkok bank

while in spain. the exchange rate will not be bad and you only have to worry about

ATM cimision. sometimes there is no comission at all - not in thailand and not in spain - this way you can withdraw your money when you need it. bangkok bank does not charge

commisions for keeping the account, so why not to use it and use the account as a vault.

just make sure to ask them for the master card ATM card. the UNION one does not work so well.

4 hours ago, aussiexpat said:

3500 baht each as long as you go between 10am and 2pm

 

6500 baht any other time....what a joke

 

outragously expensive.

in all europe the test , even in airports, cost less than 50 USD = 1600 BAHT

6 hours ago, Xmas said:

Consulates around the world will not be approving any COE's.

indeed. thai consulate in my country did not reply my inquiry regarding the 1 july openning, hence i did not purchase any ticket.

6 hours ago, BestB said:

After all it is foreigners  who are infecting everyone and everywhere

in USA it is the china virus, in thailand it is the farang virus

7 hours ago, ozfarang said:

if you can get an exemption to leave you can travel to Bangkok

what a jock...exemption to leave...and what if you leave and they close the whole

country, your country, for another year or two, because of the new papuan mutation or something?

how come you were approved for the non-O visa BEFORE you opened the bank account with 800,000 THB ?

21 hours ago, webfact said:

Once in Phuket they would be tested on the first day, then the 7th day then the 14th day. 

who will pay for those tests? and how much?

i mean, if it is forced on the visitors can they still choose where to buy it?

good to hear that the police do follow on cold cases.

a friend of mine told me that he was robbed, few years ago, near the bangkok airport, when

he returned from a flight and took a taxi. the taxi suddenly took a turn to a dark alley, another man got inside , and they took all his belonging under threats of knives.

i did not ask him if he went to the police because it was abvious the police will not help.

maybe now i should ask.

17 hours ago, Tanoshi said:

Fixed term deposit accounts

fiked term deposit too? this is new to me. i heard that they will not accept TERM DEPOSITS

as the money suppose to be used for living expenses

17 hours ago, Tanoshi said:

check with your IO first.

check with my IO?

Do i have a private IO? in bangkok there are dozens of IO and you cannot really choose them.

8 hours ago, thailand49 said:

Stop all the nonsense ideas or dreams and just open up completely you got vaccinated " Come on in " no C.O.E. no insurance, no quarantine.

indeed this is the right thing to do.

either that the vaccines are working, or that they are not working.

thailand has no respect for the sceince behind the vaccines.

typical arrogance and ignorance.

11 hours ago, Ricebarnandrooms said:

My cats like the sand box. 

bring them over to play with the sailors !!

ohh wait a minute...you meant real cats...

I did not book any flight but i had plans to come 1 july.

acctually i canceled my bangkok ASQ entrance plan and waited for the phuket plan.

but than i cancelled the phuket plan too, after i heard that the plan is called SANDBOX.

that was it.

i am sure that this name was chosen with intention to humiliate us the AI farang, and

there is so much for what i can take.

i am also looking now at panama for my next holiday and also residency plans.

in panama anyone can come, if you forget your PCR-PT T test you can do it at the

airport of panama for 50 USD, and if you are found positive you will have to get into

quarantine in a hotel paid by the panama government, yes you heard right.

panama will pay for your quarantine !!

this only proves to you how the thai government treats tourists...

I recently saw a post here asking if the 800K for retirement NON-O visa must be in THB account

or can they be in USD (foreign currency in thai bank account).

The answer was not definite yes. I allways thought it is obvious the money can be in THB and USD account

(of the same thai bank) , in any cOmbination, as long as the total  value is 800K THB.

Some adviced to ask the IO.

so here i want to ask again - must the 800K be in THAI BAHT account, or can they be also in USD account of

the same bank?

4 hours ago, treetops said:

 

A COVID-19 health insurance policy with a minimum coverage of US$100,000

Source: https://www.tatnews.org/2021/06/initial-information-phuket-sandbox/

 

 

 

Thankfully you don't get to choose what others post and if you write rubbish like "a tourist is just a tourists. he will not budder too much for a holiday" (sic) you should not be surprised if you get a response.

tHanks for your advice and link.

again i feel stupid...what is the point in the phuket openning if i still must have the 100K insurance? and 14 days booking in advance?

this was my main worry as i did not want to pay so much in advance for an uncertain

travel...so the only advantage of this phuket plan is that i can go out of my hotel....and still

will need to do more PCT tests on my expense, which is not so cheap...

RT-PCR test.
Every hospital in Phuket can provide an RT-PCR test;
The c

COVID-19 testing is at the travellers’ own expense.

6 hours ago, treetops said:

 

Insurance is required in the draft proposal presented, and even tourists travel with insurance if they have any sense.

do you have a link? i did not see a requirement for insurance, and even if so, must it be

the 100K insurance from thai company?

and about the sense for having insurance - do not come here to educate us.

we only care about the requirements.

10 hours ago, treetops said:

Pretty sure insurance will still be required

no it is not required. otherwise why would tourists come?

a tourist is just a tourists. he will not budder too much for a holiday.

THAILAAAAAAAAANND here we come !!!

hope they will get 300K at least !!