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I think he should have been allowed to keep his Royal status - in return for volunteering for a public flogging.

I'd go as far as calling them domb focks.

Which bank is this? From my experience, some banks are more interested in looking up your current visa than others. You could request a statement instead, but the same applies, they will want to see your passport and passbook. If they notice that your passbook is full, they may suggest to get a new one anyway. Added complication: As you said you have a new passport and your visa is still in the old one, you probably haven't registered your new passport with the bank yet. That in itself might trigger them to ask you for your old passport (the one that is registered with them). Again, it depends on the bank.

That's good to know. I also have a new passport, so I guess I'll just use up the balance of my Rabbit card and buy a new one with my new passport. It's pretty insane that they can't just update the passport number in their system for an existing card, just like everyone else (banks, mobile networks, immigration, etc.).

Charming.

Been on the fritz.

I hope he will come down hard on the imbeciles on both sides to end this silly stand-off.

Mister Silver Spoon Abhisit is about the last guy on Earth I would trust to eradicate poverty.

But still, why monitor only the last two digits and not the entire balance?

Some of your threads make me wonder if you are of sound enough mind to own and operate a bank account. As the transfer comes from abroad and you don't know the exchange rate, you have no way of knowing if the deposit will change the last few digits of your balance. What a weird question anyway. Don't you get SMS or push notifications whenever a transaction happens? Definitely a good idea to set that up if you don't!

Bangkok Bank employees are poorly trained and, in too many cases, don't even know their own internal procedures well enough. I would take whatever she claims to know about what's happening (or about to happen) at other banks with a pinch of salt.

I don't think any bank other than Bangkok Bank would close an existing account because the account holder is currently on a DTV visa. They probably wouldn't open a new account, but I've never heard of them closing existing accounts for that reason (as said, with the notable exception of Bangkok Bank).

Some agents can still do it. The price is for the whole package.

In such a case I'd never try to send back the money myself, but ask the bank to reverse the transaction.

Just a guess, but maybe the fact that border runs were suspended when the new rules kicked in rather surprisingly in November caused more people than usual to choose the overstay "option". I'd be surprised if many of them had been doing what that Russian guy had done, rocking up with such a long overstay. It's more expensive than border runs, so when border runs were easy, why overstay?

Great, please report back how it went.

There will be plenty of bank holidays at both ends, so it's safe to assume that there will be delays.

It's more likely a case of certain activities triggering the need to register for face scans and that there's no going back once that happens. The most obvious example is getting a new phone. No matter how well your K-Plus app used to work on your old phone without face scans, you won't be able to switch phones without face scan nowadays. So you'll need to go through the procedure at the branch, even if you never plan to make any transactions above the threshold requiring a face scan.

Thai account numbers start with a branch code anyway, so having separate branch information in the SWIFT message is redundant.

Yes, it's for real. They can check an applicant's eligibility with their contacts in immigration before collecting the passport. To which extent pre-screening is even necessary if you already have a sympathetic/lenient/motivated IO at your disposal is anyone's guess. I don't doubt the outcome in any case - the agent in question has a reputation for delivering what they promise.

Bangkok Bank hasn't always given me a new passbook when I've registered a new passport with them. I don't know their criteria for issuing a new one. Kasikorn Bank has never given me a new passbook when I've registered a new passport with them. If there's a standard operating procedure, I have no idea what it is.

He's been accelerating America's downfall, just as expected. So I'd call it a success.

I could have been clearer, sorry. Besides using the card for BTS trips and the odd purchase, I also topped up my Rabbit card at a BTS station on Thursday. They just took my cash as per usual, they didn't ask for my passport. As I use the card pretty much on a daily basis, I usually top it up every 1-2 weeks.

Kasikorn Bank and WISE is a winning combination, you cannot go wrong with that. Regarding a foreign check deposit, I'd say it's not a good idea with regards to the seasoning requirement - it might take a long time for the check to clear.

If what you wrote is true, someone at the embassy or consulate where agent-assisted applications sail through smoothly is cashing in on it, NOT immigration. Certain IOs at certain points of entry will probably try to get their cut selling their "safe entry" service to DTV holders, so that's something that might need to be priced in eventually.