johnkm

Hi all, I am a new poster trying to navigate the confusing and stressful requirements for the Non immigrant retirement O visa. First time with the Visa, first step. I found out that Bangkok Bank has a branch in NYC (and London) . I was hoping if someone can answer or guide me through some of my queries, namely : 1) Is it wise to open an account in the NYC branch than transfer the money as needed to the BKK branch once I am physically there? I was reading on this forum all the hoops required to open an account in Thailand the first time. 2) Is the transfer doable, easy and quick? I figure I put enough money in the NYC branch for the first year to cover the minimum 800 k bahts and my first year expenses. Then repeat for future years. I imagine this will circumvent the issues that may raise when transferring large funds from a US bank to Thailand directly. ( probably will be charged transfer fees twice, though) 3) Will the bank managers in Thailand be open to this option? Thanks in advance for any insight.