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After doing Non-O ME runs in Savannakhet for the last several years, I am back to annual extensions. Fortunately our office has been great and the BS we encountered a few years ago with a rogue officer going completely ape sh*t on us for a simple TM30 filing is nowhere to be found. In fact each officer, we have encountered has been excellent and very professional.

There is a complaints procedure actually which goes to the division head. Me and my wife were massively mistreated about a simple TM30 a few years back. We were contacted about what happened and now receive very good service at our local office. Said officer is nowhere to be found nowadays.

Big if true. I imagine a lot of single westerners may look to Vietnam for better long-term living security. Here we are only ever granted “temporary stay”. https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/foreigners-married-to-vietnamese-can-gain-citizenship-without-living-in-vietnam-4905575.html# Foreigners with Vietnamese spouses or family ties can now apply for Vietnamese citizenship without needing to meet residency, language or financial requirements, under new amendments to the Law on Vietnamese Nationality passed on Tuesday.

5 or 10-year retirement visa for Vietnam in the works apparently. https://news.tuoitre.vn/vietnams-retiree-visa-should-attract-financially-stable-individuals-opinion-103250618163103742.htm Just came back from a short trip there and I can tell you where all the Chinese tourists have gone. Lots of young westerners as well.

Things usually work great.. until they don’t.

Dont be an a$$hole. Its illegal huh? Thanks for your brilliant comment….

Have a look across social media. They are freezing funds and closing accounts all over now. It’s becoming very common.

No fear in filing complaints because I am not the one breaking the law. They are! I registered the account using a real, verified US home address in which I am able to receive mail at and provided a valid US drivers license for that address and US bank statements with that exact address. Apparently that was not good enough for them.

Yes, I dealt with them a few times and they pulled something similar. Halted a transfer until I provided bank statements. Once the transfer was released, that was the last time I ever used them. Heard they are out of business now. Same will happen to Wise. Screw your customer, see what happens..

Definitely not large or suspicious amounts. A few grand a month to cover expenses. I kept a larger amount in USD to take advantage of weaker THB rates when the opportunity came up. That was a mistake. Lesson learned.

I was looking into Revolut but upon some investigation, it seems like they have similar issues. I will likely go back to ATM withdrawals and sending wire transfers from my bank before I started using Wise.

No crypto related transactions whatsoever. No out of the ordinary transfers. The usual for the last 3 years. A US bank transfer into Wise, converted to THB and transferee to Thai Wife’s bank account in Thailand. A few visa debit card transactions here and there but again, nothing out of the ordinary.

Guys, something very serious developing for those who use Wise. After being a customer for over 3 years, Wise halted an incoming bank transfer and proceeded to freeze all of the remaining funds in my account. Over 5 figures of assets. They demanded documents to show proof of income or savings. When I submitted the docs, all my funds remained frozen. After 2 days, they requested even more documents. I sent more and then they abruptly closed the account. While I have filled in the details to request the return of the account assets, I have not received anything back after one week already. I have proceeded to file formal complaints with all the applicable US and UK financial regulators. I even received a personal reply from one of the regulators asking me if I would help cooperate in providing more details on exactly what happened. So for all expats who have been using Wise, I am warning you, something has changed with them and it is quite serious. I would not be keeping any serious amounts of money on their platform as they can easily freeze your funds and god knows how long before you get it back if ever!

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Yep, its very scammy of them to allow you to send them money first only to be sent an email asking for a bunch of proof about that money. If they had cared at all about customers, their system would halt you from sending anything first and asking you to fill in a transfer approval form of sorts and wait for confirmation that the transfer request has been approved. This is why I will never use them anymore. The trust is simply not there.