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K2938

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  1. 1 minute ago, roo860 said:

    Doesn't affect everyone 

    I think one needs to differentiate two things:  Your subjective feeling about it (that might differ depending).  And the effect on your health.  I.e. even if if does not bother you, it will still be strongly detrimental to your health.  For you than kind of like x-rays which you might not notice, but which surely are bad for you.

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  2. 14 hours ago, simon43 said:

    There are plenty of social activities in Pattaya that do not involve having a Thai partner - I heartily encourage these 'lonely' men to quit the UK and find a social life in Thailand...

    What social activities are you thinking about here, please? 

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  3. 11 minutes ago, mohinga said:

    Bit of a tangent; but I couldn't find forums specifically for 'banking' or 'crypto'. I became aware of this article on reddit (r/Thailand) where there was a poster trying to find out why his account was frozen. Among the reasons posited was "crypto trading". What is the current legal state of "crypto" in the kingdom? e.g. If I were to manage to get a retirement visa, would I be able to sell some bitcoin on a Thai exchange and have the funds transferred to a local bank? 

    Would not do it.  Could lead to account block based on reports I read

  4. 7 hours ago, NickyLouie said:

    Went today to verify my account, they wanted lots of documents for the mobile app to work which I don't really use anymore as Bkk Bank is not my default bank any longer. 

     

    Anyway seems they are well ready with the needed paperwork to keep your account active and you'll need your passport showing a long term visa and some type of documentation where you live i.e. yellow house book and PINK ID CARD ....... 

    Did you go because something was not working or just like that?

     

  5. 47 minutes ago, Russel said:

    I hold this account at Bangkok Bank for many years I marry with my Thai wife but currently we are living in UK 

    My app still working and my account is still on. So do I need to contact my bank and if yes how? Or do I need to wait  bank contact me trough the app?

    Thanks

    To check I just topped up my mobile phone from the bank account.  This still worked, so I guess all is still working.  Maybe you want to do the same....

  6. 4 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

    On reading this topic, I thought i would check the KYC, no not the fried chicken shop, Know Your Customer, only to find that my Registered address was one I had in UK almost 20 years ago when I first came here, I was still a singer at a pub in Pattaya. So I asked the nice girl if she could change them, I had my yellow book, passport and phone. 'Oh no cannot do without Passbook', of which I have four. When I showed her my excel with passbook numbers in it, and wrote my Thai address in English, it only took a further half hour and two more operatives to do it. Even then, when I got home, some of it was wrong, so I had learned how to do it myself by watching. They DID NOT take a copy of my passport! 


    May I ask if my understanding is correct that this only happened in the very last few days, it happened at Bangkok Bank and they did not ask for any tax ID numbers from you when you thereby changed your tax residence from the UK to Thailand?

     

  7. 9 minutes ago, alw22 said:

    It took me a while to realize why there's so much bitterness and resentment on this forum. My theory is that tourists and expats enjoy visiting foreign countries because of the reasons it differs from their home countries, so they'd prefer that as few as possible other tourists and expats come to their country of choice because then it will become more like their home country and lose its appeal to them.  They also enjoy the special treatment of being a "rich foreigner" in a poorer country, but will lose that unique status the more foreigners that come here.

     

    It's pretty silly to have that attitude on a forum meant to help other foreigners though.

    I agree with you, but I would just call it the disgruntled old men syndrome..

     

     

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  8. 4 hours ago, bamnutsak said:

    "An account with the Bangkok Bank can be opened by foreigners present in the country under retirement or non-immigration visas," the spokesperson stressed
    BANGKOK, May 27. /TASS/. Bangkok Bank stopped allowing foreign tourists to open accounts with them at the beginning of this year, regardless of where they are from, a spokesperson for the largest commercial bank in Thailand told TASS.

    Yes, but so far this is only for Russians and TASS is a Russian news agency

     

     

  9. 6 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

    "....financial institution in Southeast Asia, has reportedly begun freezing accounts and blocking bank cards of Russian nationals who do not meet new eligibility criteria a move that started around May 25" 

     

    The above is cut/paste from article. 

    Note Russian. 

     

    Yes, and you will also see in the article that this could later apply to all nationalities...

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