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Need to know your Chinese airport. In many you can transit without visa as long as you can show your onward travel arrangements. Biggest problem might be with airline at check-in in BAH.

Not any longer they're not which is a shame as it was handy. They've moved to a new place near Decathlon.

You're previous post is alive and well here: https://aseannow.com/topic/1365396-hello-travelling/

Try accessing your account using the phone app. There was a flurry of similar posts about a year ago and the consensus then was that the messages were poorly worded but your account might be frozen and could be unfrozen from the app.

I deliberately avoided saying that and was giving a general warning that these guys often get things wrong. However, in your specific example it's probably not black and white. If the money is in a simple bank account and you have a statement from 31/12/2023 showing a balance, then that balance should not be taxable if brought into Thailand. If however that money gets added to in any form (interest, further deposits etc) it could get messy. If the money is held in pensions, stocks or other financial instruments then all bets are off, and given what we read or watch the taxman could claim some of it. I'm a firm believer that the taxman is not interested in us run of the mill foreigners living here on retirement or marriage extensions, but that could change down the line.

Don't believe half of what you read on these expat tax charlatan's websites.

I've found with Bangkok Bank face scan that the lighting seems to be the key thing to success or not (assuming one can read the instructions to blink or smile or whatever). Going out into natural light improved my success rate each time.

No need to arrange. Just follow the "Priority" signs towards one side at the bottom of the ramp up to immigration. Fast Track is probably the wrong term now as the original Fast Track is now just for diplomats, aircrew etc and the Priority lane is for most of tose who used to go through Fast Track like Over 70s, Business/First Class etc.

No-one is checking for these certificates, but when they were issued they were only valid for a couple of weeks (a multiple entry (exit) style version lasting longer was available if justifiable). I doubt if they were even thought about by those specifying the auto exit lane requirements. I don't know the answer to the rest of your questions and expect to never have to find out.

They are not issued as part of the tax return process. They are applied for seperately, normally within 2 weeks of travel.

How does this relate to the safe issues the thread is about?

Mytello has been recommended in some of the other threads and can be ran from a computer or with a phone app.

He posted a revised figure in a somewhat confusing post just a short while later.

What is your final destination? What class of travel do you intend to use? Where are you located in Thailand? Anything more about your circumstances and plans while there will get you more focussed replies.

Where are trying to call? When I select the UK from Thailand it indicates I can use Apple or Android apps or a desktop (computer).

Of course something has changed and it's been discussed numerous times across several threads. I posted this earlier but will repeat again. Wise recently changed and transfers to Bangkok Bank now all appear as International Transfers and will arrive shortly after 2:00pm on a working day. This will be the same working day if initiated early enough (I think before something like 09:30 or 10:00) or the next day if after that. If that service does not support your needs then don't use it.

He/she was told this 6 months ago so surely can't still be the same problem? https://aseannow.com/topic/1347041-minibus-from-mochit-bus-terminal/#comment-19473333

Still no mention of reason for transfer being selected, but as per various other posts that is now the standard for all BBL transfers whereas previously instant transfers were possible. It's not Wise withholding anything for any reason other than that is how the current transfer process works.

I guess it's because the SF Express company which is mentioned upthread as having taken over Kerry originated in mainland China, a communist country.

That's all a bit mixed up. The Non-Immigrant O Visa is available from your home country and many people have obtained it before travelling to Thailand. The Tourist Visa is not a Non-immigrant Visa and allows a stay of 60 days (extendable). Visa on arrival is for 15 days. I think the route you're pointing people to is to arrive on a Tourist Visa and switch to a Non-Immigrant O visa whilst in country. That visa would then be marked used and would give you 90 days, which could then extended for one year. At the current time, with Visa Waiver being 60 days (the same as a Tourist Visa) there's no real point in getting one.

You still haven't mentioned how your transactions are funded and the reason selected for transfer, both of which could affect the timing, but if these are OK then I would expect an almost instantaneous deposit to Kasikorn.

It's been well documented that Wise recently changed and transfers to Bangkok Bank now all appear as International Transfers and will arrive shortly after 2:00pm on a working day. This will be the same working day if initiated early enough (I think before something like 09:30 or 10:00) or the next day if after that.

For me, £160 GBP (I'm British) to put right an issue in a condo which I'd neglected for 10 years would be a small price to pay. Not worth getting into a debate about, although number 3 is probably a good move and actually insisting on it being done at the same time.

BBL set the exchange rate 4 times on the OP's date. At the highest (32.7) then the Swift transfer would have beaten the Wise one using the values given in the OP. I must admit I was surprised when I read the post as for USD transfers I have read on here in the past that Swift was better above about 10K USD (fairly recently) and around 20K USD (older thread) due to the low spread used by Thai banks in USD exchanges. Maybe Wise fees have changed to become more competitive since these posts as the spread at BBL remains the same at 0.3, although slightly more as a percentage due to the rate used since I last looked at it.

You recommended Siam Pools in a previous thread. Are they no longer an option? Otherwise online.