I recently wrapped up a few years of teaching in China.

 

Soon I will have my lump sum pension refund deposited to my Chinese bank account (about $ 10 000 Canadian).

 

It is an account with ICBC.

 

I have my ICBC bank card and I have found bank machines in Bangkok that it works at.

 

ICBC has at least one branch in Bangkok that I found but I doubt that they would offer the service of wiring the money to my Canadian account.

 

I guess I can always hold off until I am eventually in Canada and withdraw the cash there with my bank card (I am not in urgent need of the money).

 

I have never used Western Union and I do not know if they would accept cash and how much and be able to transfer it to a Canadian account. Of course I would make a few different trips as I do not want to carry around that much money!

 

Okay......

 

There may be an option that I do not know about. If there is please let me know. The Canadian bank I use is RBC if that makes any difference.

 

Thanks in advance.

any Thai bank will do a SWIFT wire for the same fee, as non customers....depends o  the amount, your visa, and of WP.  Under 10000, USD equivalent should be very easy, but you should be careful how you present yourself.

13 hours ago, moontang said:

any Thai bank will do a SWIFT wire for the same fee, as non customers....depends o  the amount, your visa, and of WP.  Under 10000, USD equivalent should be very easy, but you should be careful how you present yourself.

The blue bank (Bangkok bank) charge 400 baht for a transfer.

2 hours ago, Vacuum said:

The blue bank (Bangkok bank) charge 400 baht for a transfer.

yes, I did it three times this year.  You can also choose to pay 1150, and that will cover receiving fees, who h were 20 USD for me, so I didn't do it, but if your home country bank charges more than 23 USD, it is better to take the 1150 option.  And you lock into the TT sell rate when you initiate, so there is no mystery.  Mine took 5 hours.  I can give you a good red to do it in CM or UTH....might want to avoid the smaller branches.

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