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Tried yesterday to transfer money from Australian bank account to Bangkok Bank. Not possible. Tried my Thai wife's account at the same Chiangmai branch and no problem. Strange. Going to have to contact Bangkok Bank to see what the problem is.

Isn't this all about coming tariffs?.....Thais might find themselves with little bargaining ground to stand on. Returning refugees to the ultimate enemy just might have given the US a valid reason to remove them from their favoured position . Don't Thai businesses export more stuff to the US than to any other country?

She was badly advised. What was she expecting?

Thanks folks. I reckon my Bangkok Bank card needs to be "switched on" for use online. I've never used it for online stuff. A visit to the local branch is required.

Email today from YT saying I must use a Thai card for payment. Problem is my two banks here won't allow it. ....ie Bangkok and Krung Thai. Anyone out there using another Thai bank card? Cheers

Most of these people have been here for over twenty five years......as aliens..... Many others were born here but have alien status as well. Hasn't a senior Thai official already reassured the nervous Thai public that the citizenship status of these people can be revoked at any time if they don't toe the line.

Thanks everyone. Is it true that I can get a 3 month statement on the spot?

Told by a guy I know.......and by the previous poster, Liquorice.

I use a savings account.

I'm extending the visa using the 400k in the bank method. Done it ten times already using the bank letter only. I was told I now need a bank statement also. I update the bankbook every month for the entire year.

So I do need a statement in addition to the bank letter? I've updated the bankbook every month since October last year.

Do I need a bank statement as well as a letter from the bank? Thanks folks.

Her days as PM are numbered.

Developments will follow the money. Whoops! The US is broke. People from the north are taking over down here boys.

What now for the US State Dept's plans to turn Thailand into another proxy state like Ukraine?

They'll take their cut when your money is transferred into Thailand..... whether it is ultimately taxable or not. Your job then will be to try to get it back.

Come on everybody.....stop using democracy and Thailand in the same sentence. What are you talking about!?

Got a Non O Retirement in 2004.....but changed to a marriage extension in 2016. A high ranking officer at Chiangmai Imm told me then that if I decided to go back to Retirement,for whatever reason that would be final No future change to Marriage would be allowed.

A lot of Chinese citizens investing in real estate and moving here. Maybe they're the prime target? Just guessing like most of us.

Upcoming generations of budding Thai politicians will learn from the examples of success of the current lot and learn the tricks of the trade.The lure of massive riches and power will understandably set their corrupt course through the sludge... There will be well meaning idealists among them initially but they will be crushed and disillusioned by the feared, entrenched, unchangeable power structure.