Everyman

He should apply for a NON-O visa outside Thailand, and then come back in and open an account legally on his own. Multiple entry NON-O visas are not available inside Thailand anyway. He can find an agent happy to promise the moon and the stars, but even if they’re aren’t lying he risks having the account closed anyway at a later date. All this reliance on agents is expensive and foolish. Just do things right and save a fortune. That may not be what he wants, but want in one hand and crap in the other and see which fills up first.

It’s just another reminder of the importance of having some sort of address and phone number in your passport country.

UOB seems terrible. I can’t work out why anyone has accounts with them. They have hardly any ATMs, either.

Really? $15? Which bank is that?

I just tried it by the adjusting my transfer limits on the Bangkok Bank app. it worked perfectly, i don’t see what the fuss is about.

I am in the Philippines right now and can tell you it’s about 250 pesos which is about 160 baht. But i’m not sure since i never pay that seeing as i have a Filipino bank account.

Never mind that’s a terrible idea in every other way. Better to take your chances with the revenue department.

Citi provides such refunds if you are in the “Gold” relationship tier with at least $200,000 US on deposit.

I’ve done some Googling around and it looks like Thai ATM fees are now the highest standardized fee in the world. There might be a few weird exceptions like in a Las Vegas casino but even there it’s only $7 US.

Who cares about America? We are talking about Thailand.

I thought it was 250 already. Any fee that targets foreigners and not Thais, is popular in Thailand.

I never said getting rid of the tax cuts by themselves would balance the budget. And I know the cuts didn’t only apply to the wealthy, I’m just wondering how the media will present it after 8 years of telling that lie.

Hopefully the “BBB” will die anyway, and the tax cuts will expire. The US needs the increased revenue to balance the budget. We have been hearing for years that the those cuts only applied to wealthy people so it won’t hurt anyone else, right?

There are no new tax implications. It was hysteria cooked up unscrupulous tax consultants. Yes I know there were changes in paper, but no enforcement and they are already walking it back.

The Bangkok Bank app is slower than other apps on my iphone 16 pro but it’s not bad at all. I think you’re right, people want new apps to run great on their android phone that they bought for 2500 baht 5 years ago.