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I think you are saying "sender" when you mean "receiver", except possibly in your last question.

I don't think I have ever sent money to someone else from my SCB account.

In general, the receiver will not see the name of the sender if the sender does the transfer at an ATM machine, or at the counter inside the bank.  I can not comment on an online transfer.

If you want the receiver to know your identity, send them a text message or call them immediately after you do the transfer.

In 25 yrs. here, I've never heard of an absolute prohibition on a foreigner transferring funds out. What is your current Immigration status ? Do you have a Work Permit ?

Sometime within the past couple of weeks, the Bank of Thailand has posted Fri. Dec. 11 as an additional holiday.  They continue to show Mon. Dec. 7 as a holiday.  

Given that the announcement from the Government was so well publicized, we should assume that the Dec. 7 has been removed, at least for the public sector. 

Are you sure you want the Americans coming back ?

I am not sure quite how to tell you this, but I am going to try:  Whether and when the Chinese come back to Thailand depends on what the Thai government want, not on what you want. Of the 200 or so countries on this planet, China looks to have Covid-19 much more under control than nearly all of the others.

2 hours ago, smutcakes said:

 

I work for a very large Thai company and we have been informed already that 7th will remain the holiday as will 10th. 11th we will need to take as leave, not transfer from 7th.

 

We tend to follow the SET, so i suspect much like no private companies were given last Thursday and Friday that move of dates will probably be limited to Government.

Thank you for bringing that to my attention. I just checked the Bank of Thailand's website, and the Substitution Day for the Father's Day Holiday remains on Dec. 7,  and has not been moved as I indicated above. To anyone who works in the private sector, may I suggest checking with your employer, perhaps in the week of Nov. 30 - Dec. 4,  before reporting to work on Dec. 7.

If the deadline for doing something falls on a holiday (of the annual or one-time variety), Immigration will extend the deadline to the next business day. 

Try  bkkmovingservices.com

I have no personal experience.  The name was passed to me by a friend who saw some advertising, and is aware that I may need such a service some day.  If you decide to you use them, it would be greatly appreciated if you could come back here and give a report.

There is also Santa Fe Moving, which I believe to be a high-end British firm which has a presence in Bangkok.

Where do you live ?

The holiday which falls this year on Dec. 7 has been moved to Dec. 11.  With Constitution Day on Dec. 10, that will create a 4 day long weekend Dec. 10 - 13 inclusive.

1 hour ago, DrJack54 said:

In that case you need to demonstrate the funds were from outside of Thailand.

As stated above, the funds were from within Thailand.

In what was then a very new Chaeng Wattana Immigration Office.

My situation was not directly analogous to yours; take it for whatever it may be worth: For my first retirement visa, I was questioned about the origin of the B 800,000 (necessary letter & bankbooks submitted with application).  I had been working in Thailand for 15 yrs., and the money came from my savings. I provided 5 yrs.' worth of Income tax returns, which was enough to convince them that I was able to save that amount from my earnings.

I have seen subsequent posts on here suggesting that I should not have had to provide "proof" of the origin of the funds, but that didn't stop Immigration demanding it, even after I had explained the situation in Thai.  

When you move to  a new province you must report to your new Immigration office within 7 days. They want to see you in person the first time.  In addition to your passport, take copies of your landlord's house registration and ID card and your rental contract.  No need for your landlord to do anything, beyond providing you the copies.  When you are there, Immigration will start a new 90 day cycle for you, and give you a slip telling you when to report back.

I have done 3 interprovincial moves, and the above procedure applied to all of them.  If you give your new province, someone there might advise if the TM-30 is required there.  If the landlord refuses to co-operate, advise Immigration of that.

8 hours ago, Awinkl said:

....just out of curiosity - are you "flying IN" for your holiday? ..... from WHERE? ... and what about your "Isolation"?

 

We live in Thailand.

Thank you to all, including the person who sent me a P.M. re a suggested hotel.

www.bkkmovingservices.com   No personal experience with them.  Someone brought their website to my attention.

On 10/5/2020 at 6:26 AM, FalangTingTong said:

Posting here because I didn't see it elsewhere on the forum.  This is from the Longstay Facebook page which is TLMcompany.  Note that it is what they "believe" and might well change; first Falang flight is apparently November 1st out of Copenhagen, to be preceded by a flight from Singapore.  That sort of implies the list is ordered but who knows.

 

1. Denmark
2. Finland
3. Norway
4. Sweden
5. The Netherlands
6. Belgium
7. Switzerland
8. Austria

 

I was a bit surprised to see Austria on the list but Germany not, since the former isn't obviously doing better than the latter virus-wise, and Belgium is an odd choice as they're doing quite a bit worse according to what I see on Worldometers.  Given that Thai is (apparently) flying FRA BKK once a week in November I might guess that Germany will be on the second list.  But that's just wishful speculation on my part.

 

That pretty much covers the country of Scandinavia!  Also as has been noted elsewhere it seems there is a bank-balance requirement for STV.

 

 

So, where is that planeload of Danes ? Maybe they are in lockdown with the mink ?

We are planning a trip to Jomtien in the second half of this month.What to expect in terms of:

1.  Frequency of bus service from Suwannaphum Airport to Jomtien ?

2   Are beach chair concessions operating as normal ?

3.  What percentage of restaurants are open ?

4.  How are hotel room prices, compared with the normal at this time of year ?  If anyone knows of any possible bargains, you can send me a Private Mail. Looking for something in the B 600 - 1000/night range, 4 or 5 nights, somewhere around Nov.  22 -26, 2020. Some flexibility re exact dates and length of stay.

You stated it perfectly. The search function on this forum is one step away from being completely useless.

The only practical thing to do is to put up a new post and hope for the best.

For the record, that school is located in Nonthaburi, just a stone's throw from the Pathumthani border. It is not in Bangkok.

In the case of special holidays which had not been proclaimed when I did my last 90 day report, I would not want to assume that I will be granted extra days at the end because of them.

5 hours ago, elgenon said:

I remember reading the BKK Post and seeing a story that mentioned a French guy teaching English. My Thai teacher included cultural things of interest that were very informative. A good student would also want to know idioms.,

Zut alors !  (That's an idiom.)