Stocky

Depends on what currency you're starting with. If USD then SWIFT is better, most other currencies the margin is wide enough that Wise is the better option. .

"Very Nice!" .

I thought this was a reserve occupation for Indians and Arabs, now we have Europeans muscling in on the action.

Thanks, that was my thinking but accept the caveat; will take the old one again next year, just in case.

I've renewed my passport since my last 1 year extension, and had all my stamps transferred by immigration. Today I went to Songkhla Immigration (Hat Yai) to renew my extension, as I was assembling my documents this morning I thought, will they want the old passport? I put it in just in case, lucky I did as they requested it, and copied all the pages from the last entry on my original visa. Is this normal and will it be a continued requirement going forward?

Hat Yai has required a Google map with long/lat coordinates for several years, they also request a hand drawn version too. Whatever keeps them happy. .

As maybe but why, does Thailand need the tallest building, plenty of other priorities I think.

Why FFS?

Did my 1 year extension (marriage) today, appointment made via Line for 1pm, got there on time. We were the only customers, all documents as per the latest check list; everything done, signed, and the under consideration stamp given in record time - 50 minutes start to finish. Thank you Hat Yai immigration.

Whatever, as said this would be better in the banking section rather than visas, as it has absolutely nothing to do with your extension which was granted, your issue is with the bank not immigration.

Yours is rather an unusual case I suspect, if it was solely to highlight the potential pitfalls in repatriating money then perhaps the topic title needn't have references your visa. I think the vast majority of those on a non O marriage extension bring the money over and either leave it on deposit, or spend it through the year. Unless you're very lucky with favourable fluctuations in exchange rate you'll simple lose money coming in and lose money going out. As for knowing the future I would presume, seeing as your original post stated an intention to make Thailand your home, you're going to have to go through this rigmarole again in 12 months which strikes me, personally, as plain bonkers. But each to their own, I would suggest you try Dee Money to repatriate your money. .

And she's still here!

Why send it back? If you're now living in Thailand just spend the money on your living costs, then send money again ahead of when you need to renew your extension.

There's a good article about Chuwit in Nikkei Asia, dated 6th April 2024, which says "Chuwit, 62, left Thailand late last year for chemotherapy treatment for liver cancer at a hospital in the UK" https://asia.nikkei.com/Life-Arts/Life/The-fast-life-and-slow-exit-of-Thai-showman-Chuwit

He's in the UK receiving chemotherapy

Nikki does speak very good English apparently. I think my granddaughter's only had one Brit as her foreign English teacher. Previous teachers have been, in no particular order, Australian, South African, Moroccan, Canadian and British. The Moroccan guy Mr Habibi, was excellent.

Good shot!

Try Tops, most have a bakery section and the quality/selection is far better than either Big-C or Lotus'ssssss

My granddaughter's current English teacher is Russian!

Sadly it'll have been demolished and replaced with yet another luxury block of condos within ten years.

Says Mr Tolerance

Coughing up for wayward compatriots could become an expensive habit, but good on him.

I'm fully aware the poster has previous, he derails just about any thread with a sniff of Islam down his weird rabbit hole of hatred.

"They" comprise half the school's 700 pupils, it was just the one Muslim girl who took legal action, and quite rightly, given that she and her parents accepted the school's policy at enrolment, the court ruled against her. Unfortunately cases like this tar everyone with the same brush.

By saying "outside of the South" there was an implication that those in the south haven't integrated and are seeking to impose their beliefs on everyone, glad you made the clarification.