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20 hours ago, Raybangkok said:

I have been transferring my pension from Santander UK to Thailand via Bangkok bank in London for many years without any problems. I have just received an email asking the following.

 

(Thank you for using our services to send the money to Thailand.

Due to a new banking regulation to guard against fraud and money laundering. The Bank’s regulations state that all banks in Thailand must obtain specific reason, sender details  also the prove of fund  for funds transfers before they are credited into an account in Thailand. Bangkok Bank will report the purposes for all incoming funds transfers to the Bank of Thailand on your behalf.

Kindly complete the attached registration form to submit the required documents by replying to this email to enable the transfer service

Once complete the form, please scan the listed documents and send them to us by replying to this Email .

1)      The 1st page of Bangkok Bank passbook

2)      Copy of Passport

3)      Proof of address  ( Household registration or Gas/ electricity bill or Bank statement)

4)      Registration Form ( see the attached file)

Please note that we need your Thai address as proof of address because  you are living in Thailand and the bank code will be issued to your home address for security reasons.

Once we receive the documents and form we will issue you with a unique Banking code. You can quote that code every time you send money to Thailand.)

Because of the poor English I emailed another department to check if this was spam as Gmail said it was. A woman sent an email back confirming it was genuine. The phone number they gave is different to the banks website number. Has anybody else been sent an email regarding transfers. Thank you in advance for you help.

We use Santander online banking.we transferred some money over 2 months ago no problem.fill in security questions then they send us a text with code to type in

Usally ask what the money is for we just anything there housekeeping. Buying a car etc????.but never had to send copy of passbook or passport.we use krungti bank foriegn currency account 

3 hours ago, Cake Monster said:

In other words " you F@@ked up " and now we are revoking your right to be an ASQ Hotel.

Hope she got a refund from hotel

17 hours ago, Phuketshrew said:

Bloody hell, there were 41 of them earlier, have we lost two already?

Nice 1????

17 hours ago, Thaiwrath said:

This fella is a real medical genius ! ????????????

17 hours ago, Phuketshrew said:

Bloody hell, there were 41 of them earlier, have we lost two already?

Nice one ????

12 hours ago, Brunolem said:

What prostitution... where??? 

There are no prostitutes in Thailand how dare they suggest otherwise ????????????

8 hours ago, worgeordie said:

Past the sleeping guard, probably their own countrymen.

regards Worgeordie

 

Where was security must av cctv if it's a posh estate

8 hours ago, bodga said:

Didnt they say something completely  different yesterday?

Mmmm i thought they did as well

On 9/4/2020 at 3:09 PM, Upnotover said:

I had a rebate a couple of years ago and HMRC also insisted on paying by cheque but in my case they sent the cheque directly to Lloyds Bank and not to my address.  Guess it's too late to have them do that now? 

My husband same got a letter saying he had rebate if he sent bank details within 40 days they would pay into bank .took 65 DAYS to get here???????? so to late they have sent a cheque might get it by xmas. .hope there's no expiry date on it .hope i can put into foreign currency account i have here.that's if he ever gets the cheque ????????

18 hours ago, mareo said:

Trust me, I don't want to pay that much either, but what other option do I have if i want to stay?

Why cost so much.is  it illegal. Can.t u do it yourself?

18 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

Friend of mine obtained 12 month Volunteering visa last Friday at Pattaya.

Key Visa 49k. 

You can most likely do better. 

Why do u have to pay such stupid price.can't u do it yourself .these visa places see some ppl coming a mile off.we got quoted 15000 to do retirement .did it ourselves for just under 2000.thats 30.000 for a foreign couple .don.t think so 

On 8/29/2020 at 12:04 PM, sometimewoodworker said:

If you are currently making class 2 payments I agree there is no big hurry. If not then the option to make class 2 will go away and you will only be able to make class 3 (still an amazing ROI but not as good)

The Gateway ID makes little difference to getting the form for a pension forecast and contribution history as this has to be done by snail mail, it also may not be exactly the same as on the gateway.

 

FWIW a Skype call to the U.K. landlines runs at about 16 baht per hour and the quality is great

My husband got  his pension last year he  did most of it online had to send birth certificate to uk but got them back in a couple of weeks  all quite easy really

My turn in a couple of months not a chance to name all my jobs ????????had way to many to remember ????good luck .do it online 

23 hours ago, mtls2005 said:

 

I assume you got a new passport since 2005.

 

When you transferred stamps, what does the first page of your passport show (Liberty Bell Page 8)? Non-B, Non-O, Non-RE? One, more, all?

 

I thought you couldn't get a Retirement extension on a Non-Imm. B?

 

Yes, some people (in the past, not so recently is my recollection) were able to get Retirement extensions on a Non-Imm B, but always thought that involved an intra-Immigration conversion to a Non-O?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yes we have to do that .to prove u still have the full money after 3 months.only do it once .nothinf to do with 90 day report

2 hours ago, david_dyer said:

Delaying air travel for me is not an issue as i fall into married and have child......the delay in getting home is the financial cost of getting from sydney australia to nakhon si tammarat. Having been quoted $16,500 for a 1 way flight, still waiting 2 months now for australian boarder force permission to travel, and its impossible to get a covid19 test done within 72 hours of flying.

Yes there is a cheaper flight that has a stop over in china....for australians it is a do not travel zone due to the changes in the laws............

That's tough of all countries china but then no 1 would go then anyhow surely 

6 hours ago, Grumpy John said:

As much as I would like to return to Australia to see my kids and grand kids the 14 day quarantine on return, even if in a luxury hotel paid for by the Thais, could be a real turkey shoot.  Sharing the room with Cindy and Vicky would be bearable I guess but my luck may see me sharing with Abdul and Ahmed!

You have to pay for it yourself i think

22 hours ago, Max69xl said:

Of course they mix foreigners and Thai on same flights. Why wouldn't they? 

My god thats ridiculous if its true.so the covid just ignores thais then in foreign countries ????????????

1 hour ago, dcsw53 said:

That explains why the one of the first groups being allowed in are 100,000 from Myanmar.
Thailand needs foreign construction workers right now like a hole in the head. How many more condos do they need to add to the list of 00's of 000's of unsold ones already standing there ?

Thought there were thousands of thais out of work.

17 hours ago, darksidedog said:

So they will let in migrant workers even though unemployment in the country is through the roof, and pretty much deny anyone who is going to come in and spend money? I wonder what school of economics they attended? Obviously must have been local as they would have failed miserably anywhere else.

I agree thought they were 1000's of thai's without work and homeless 

So wheres the sense in that ?????

1 hour ago, Deli said:

Migrant workers in with millions of Thais out of work and money ?

Don't get this one...

My thoughts exactly .thousands of thai's without work. Sort their own out first

On 7/16/2020 at 2:34 PM, pomozki said:

this is probably a bit obvious but if you fill up one of these ginormous 6L water bottles it'll cost you a one-off 30-40 baht to buy the bottle, then 5 baht to refill each time if you have a water machine nearby and you'll get maybe dozens of cups out of each refill, so virtually zero cost and super convenient
I heard it isnt as good as bottled water but by the time you've boiled it there'd be zero chance of getting sick from it - been doing that for years now

Be careful with those water machines don.t get cleaned or filters changed no where near as often as they should.but like u said if boiling it should be ok .i buy the big 18 litres of waterman for drinking cold 

On 7/16/2020 at 2:30 PM, Keyser Soze666 said:

I have no idea at all what that is. I'm talking about putting tap water into a normal old kettle and boiling, that's it.

I ve done it for 14 years i was told as long as u let it boil for a while it's ok kills any bugs 

2 hours ago, meechai said:

No different than the 23 Burmese workers going home & all test positive at the Burma border arriving from Thailand

https://bangkokherald.com/coronavirus/new-evidence-casts-doubts-on-accuracy-of-thailands-official-coronavirus-statistics/

 

I fully expect Thai People to believe everything the PTB tell them but I am always surprised how many falangs have become assimilated

in the zero common sense department & parrot the ..... "yes keep Thailand locked as we are covid free" party line????

 

Yes your fully assimilated into the "no Tink Too Mutt" method ????

 

 

I thought it said tested ok.not positive. Must av misread that 

15 hours ago, NanLaew said:

Are they quarantining these drivers or re-testing after the 14-day incubation period?

My god it's to be hope so. But it didn.t say that. Should have 

12 hours ago, techietraveller84 said:

I had similar troubles before and ended up swapping out the charging cord. Had to get one from the laptop manufacturer for it to last. Here's an article with some other ideas:

 

https://www.pcmag.com/how-to/what-to-do-if-your-laptop-is-plugged-in-but-not-charging

I had that with my phone.just got new charger .easier and cheaper first option.lucky for me it worked.better than lugging your laptop about.good luck