Liverpool Lou
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This notice says "Not available in your region" (my region is Bangkok, Thailand), it does not say "Not available in your region unless you use a laptop"!
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I did, it presents a QR code which when read then states that it's not available in the region. Which link on the Google search facilitates opening a new Revolut account in Thailand?
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But the bill was still 220,000 baht for what? Not in Thailand, that was for a lung infection that he was hospitalised for in Hong Kong after he got home, the Pattaya bill was £190
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220,00 baht for a checkup ?????? WOW !!! That was for three days hospitalisation in Hong Kong when he got home for a lung infection. The Pattaya bill was £190.
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It did. The bungee operator paid his local hospital bill and his insurers paid his Hong Kong medical bill for a lung infection.
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The emphasis is more on the need for a UK address No, it is not, the banks' need account holders to be UK resident, that is their regulation, if a bank accepts being supplied with just a UK address as sufficient that's up to them but it does not, officially, satisfy the UK resident requirement.
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Really?... How?...
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Two Monks Found at Abandoned Hotel in Phuket Test Positive for Drugs
Liverpool Lou replied to webfact's topic in Phuket News
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You put a deposit down on a property that you wanted to rent and that prevented the owner from offering it to others, then you just back out of the arrangement and expect your money back for breaking the "contract"? You're lucky you got anything back.
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Why do you assume that the intoxication was alcohol's scourge?
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That's normal for foreign cheques, Thai banks cannot clear US banks' cheques just as US banks cannot clear Thai banks' cheques..
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Possibly any off-shore bank!
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Of course it will as long as the bank accepts it! Officially, it won't "do fine" as, according to the bank's regulations, the account holder has to be UK Resident, that's why non UK residents cannot open new UK bank accounts any longer.
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That is the issue. It's not about addresses, per se, it's about being "UK Resident".
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HSBC does not have a retail operation in Thailand, hasn't had for years.
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That is not correct, I try it almost once a week just in case it works and it doesn't as at 10 minutes ago. Revolut accounts cannot be opened through its app with a Thai phone number and Thailand does not appear on their list of countries when attempting to sign up.
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Yes, that is required, that's what this is all about! UK bank account holders, officially, have to be "UK Resident" (yes, I know that many here are getting away with it because of the longstanding of their accounts). If you can convince them that you are "UK Resident" when they ask, that's great, however you do it.
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How? It cannot be done using a Thai phone number and their T&C and setting up process does not include Thailand in their list of countries. I know that because I try it regularly and have just tried again now.
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Well you should believe it, as incongruous as it may seem, because it is happening to many non-UK residents due to the banks' regulations. Some banks/branches are more lenient than others.
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If I live with my daughter when I go back to UK and she registered me as living there and go back and fourth to Thailand it can be done. Of course it can, living with your daughter and registered at her address in the UK would make you a UK resident in the bank's view, no one's disputing that.
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That's what those whose accounts are now being closed thought at one time, also. Officially, to have a UK bank/building society account the account holder has to be UK resident but you've got away with it so far...that could change.
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Bit difficult for Thailand residents to set up a Revolut account.
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It's whatever the bank decides is suitable but the requirement is not "to have a UK address", it's "to be UK resident", that's what customers have to prove if the bank asks.
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The Bank of England is independent. Independent of what? The BOE is a public agency, answerable to the government, that regulates financial institutions, including banks, through the PRA. It can make recommendations and I did qualify my comment with "probably".
