Lorry

The other day, trying to pay 65 B for a meal at a Lotussss food court: Cash not accepted. Food court card not accepted, as they are not part of the food court (they just happen to be in the middle of it). Wise card not accepted, its too foreign. Thai debit card not accepted, we only accept Lotussss green and white card. Thai banking QR code accepted. Digitalization is so convenient (for whoever they sold my data to).

Only one device, as stipulated by BOT and explained by @treetops Yes, as long as it is everyday stuff, like transfers. You may not be able to get neccessary updates or move the app to another device without using data roaming, which is easily available, and as you won't use much data, it will cost less than 500 B. Every bank has a different way how to handle this.

Thx You saved me from really reading this cr@p

Yes, it is illegal.

2 things that work: Nettings Glue (they won't get stuck because they won't sit on the glue. And even after years, when the rain has washed away all glue, they didn't come back)

My latest 2 EMS didn't arrive. One from immigration, one from Europe. Has never happened before. What bothers me is how casual the post office handles this, and that the letter from Europe disappeared at my local post office. Is this the current standard of EMS? Or is it my local post office?

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/world/africa/trump-bill-remittance-tax-africa.html Seems to be the reverse of the Thai remittance taxation. Yankees, of course, may have to be taxed twice: once when the money leaves the US, a second time when the money enters Thailand. Never underestimate the creativity of tax authorities!

Aaaaah, that reminds me of the good old times when there were no drunken migrants and economic refugees, high on cannabis, ill-mannered, mostly from English speaking countries, in my neighborhood here in Bangkok...

Krungsri considers itself a bank for the middle class, for people who have a couple of millions. They can be quite nice and helpful. BBL expects more.

After you get your queue number, the first counter is L27 (sometimes L28), it has a sign " document check" and will flash your queue number when it's your turn. The lady there will check whether you have all necessary documents, put them in the correct order, give you back some unnecessary photocopies and add some unnecessary photocopies she deems necessary. She will also give you some (3-5) forms to sign (no real need to fill them out, just sign when you are waiting for the I.O. at L35), like the one where you state that you are a nice person or the one where you sign that overstay carries certain penalties. She gives you back all your documents, you then wait at e.g. counter L35 for your queue number to flash, and there the I.O. stamps the extension stamp into your passport. I don't know if your queue number will ever be called at L35 if you didn't go to L27 first.

2 year visa and a WP meant that Bangkok Bank blocked the account "because the owner of the phone number was not the owner of the account". So my friend fixed that problem. Bangkok Bank then required to wait 3 days (because of the holidays it was a week) and then travel again to the branch that opened the account. So my friend did just that and traveled to the branch today. Today they closed the account for good.

"Why does a tourist need a bank account?" If it's that unnecessary, I wonder why this thread is so busy.

My friend's account has been blocked for a week now. 2 year visa and WP - not enough for Bangkok Bank. So much for the smug people who think they are safe.

Sounds very plausible. Would be interesting to know who filed my TM30, and at which address. It wasn't me, for sure (and certainly not any landlord). Never mind, I am happy, they are happy...

Since Thailand now participates in CRS, this wouldn't work anymore.