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Why would you hand over 15K baht with no written agreement?

Opening a new account will likely need a residence certificate, so another trip to the big city to visit immigration, and I'd still be wasting a whole day getting two bank letters and two statements for next extension. All this so I can get a little more interest, and claim a tax refund? I probably won't bother. The extra interest earned and the tax refund isn't worth the trouble.

That is possible. I could move the 800K retirement stash from Bangkok Bank to another bank. I could hope the transfer is completed in one day with no break in time held in accounts. I could stand in line for hours at TWO banks next extension, and get TWO bank letters and TWO bank statements. I could hope immigration won't give me too much grief for having two bank accounts, both for less than the full year.

I believe if you file late, you will be charged a late fee of 200 baht for each late return, so checks two years should have 200 baht deducted.

Try another bank. Take a translator along.

I've done it before when the interest rate was higher, and when I lived a couple blocks from the tax office and my bank. Now I've moved out to the provinces, and it generally takes 3-4 hours to reach the lone customer service desk at my bank branch. Then would have to drive an hour to the big city to find a tax office to wait in line a couple hours to file a claim. For what? My 800K earns me the princely sum of 4000 baht at 0.5% interest. The 15% tax amounts to 600 baht.............about $17.

It's an anal probe. You have been abducted by aliens.

Build tall concrete wall. Buy dogs.

Whatever happened to that guy who swore he'd eat his own wedding tackle if bitcoin didn't hit a million by 2020?

Smart lady!!!

I would still advise the OP to give it a shot or three, regardless of reports. If successful, he's avoided future headache. What's the worstest that could happen? He wastes half an hour and enjoys the bank's free AC. He might get lucky, and we'd have a new report.

You "may" be able to open a bank account now with your tourist visa or waiver. Why not try half a dozen large banks (not mall or supermarket branches) in foreigner-dense areas? You might get lucky.

Must be an impetuous mistranslation. Otherwise a very, very strange spelling of "arrested and held in jail, charged with attempted murder."

Maybe I've been here too long, but this running from the accident to hide with mom (or husband, in this case) doesn't seem out of the ordinary.

Coding? Sounds like yet another unachievable public relations hub in the offing. Waiting for the announcement Thailand will be ASEAN hub of quantum coding to infinity and beyond. Meanwhile, my SIL hired a local contractor to renovate her bathroom. Last I saw of them, the crew were in the parking lot in front of her townhouse attempting to cut wire mesh for the concrete floor. With a shovel.

The southern border of China with Vietnam and Laos is relatively porous, less so with Myanmar. In many places it's possible to climb a 1.5m fence or wade an ankle-deep stream. There are a number of local crossings he could have gotten through, and even some spots markets are set up directly on the border, where it's no problem to simply walk through ending up across the border. Visit the border market, admire the lovely border marker..... Hey! Those aren't Chinese flags! Oooops!

That one's not so big.

In other reports, the "lady" is a Thai onlyfans "content creator," she set up a tripod, then exposed her breasts, and was advertising to her instagram followers that she had a porn film with the monk, available for 699 baht. No, the title of the video was not "Bang Sue Station."

If you sent swift into Thailand, your Thai bank has records of how much you transferred in. Supposedly you should be able to send a similar amount out via swift from the same bank. Have you stopped by your bank to ask? Should be much easier and safer than experimenting with krypto using your life savings.

Piece of paper with the embassy notary seal showing my address, worked at DLT and at the bank. Never hurts to ask.

September, 2022. That was prior to my first 90-day report.

My post was about getting a Thai driving license. The clerk at DLT Chatuchak wanted either the immigration residency certificate or the notarized embassy residency affidavit. I whipped out my no-longer-needed notarized embassy marital status affidavit and asked if it would suffice, as it had my local address. The clerk accepted that as proof of residence. Same thing happens in the banks. They ask for the "embassy letter", but (Bangkok Bank) will accept the marital status affidavit as it has the pertinent information and a government seal.

Sometimes, if you ask,........ DLT Chatuchak accepted my US embassy "affidavit of single status" listing passport number and local address in lieu of the standard two documents listed. Seems the clerk simply wants something with a fancy stamp. If you go this route, get the marriage certificate first. DLT will keep the original.

I love these incredibly vague prophetic announcements.....

Well here's the thing, dear. My great uncle, who happens to be a Nigerian prince, was also involved in the United Nations Fund providing aid to Lybia. As a princely accountant for the UN, he oversaw all funds, so at the end of the program, there was US£ 1,000,000 remaining in the account. Warlords overran the UN offices, but fortunately he managed to download all the UN bitcoin onto a hig-value ATM card. So, dear, I am asking for your help in getting these bitfunds out of wartorn Lybia...........