HeijoshinCool Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 Is it legal to take physical Thai baht out of LOS? There a limit? Flying out this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingofthemountain Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 7 minutes ago, HeijoshinCool said: is it legal to take physical Thai baht out of LOS? There a limit? https://www.thaiembassy.sg/visa-matters-/-consular/bringing-currency-in-or-out-of-thailand ''For Thai currency (Baht), any person can bring total amount not exceed THB500,000 to any Thailand’s bounded countries and not exceed THB50,000 to any destination countries. More than that mentioned amount, you have to declare to a Customs Officer or exchange to others currency before depart from Thailand.'' 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeijoshinCool Posted April 26, 2021 Author Share Posted April 26, 2021 13 minutes ago, kingofthemountain said: https://www.thaiembassy.sg/visa-matters-/-consular/bringing-currency-in-or-out-of-thailand ''For Thai currency (Baht), any person can bring total amount not exceed THB500,000 to any Thailand’s bounded countries and not exceed THB50,000 to any destination countries. More than that mentioned amount, you have to declare to a Customs Officer or exchange to others currency before depart from Thailand.'' So exchange for $$$, keep below 10k, and good to go. Thanks. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Upnotover Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 7 minutes ago, HeijoshinCool said: So exchange for $$$, keep below 10k, and good to go. Thanks. USD20K is OK, from IATA..."Foreign currencies: unlimited. However, amounts of foreign currency exceeding USD 20,000.- (or equivalent) must be declared to a Customs Officer upon departure by all travelers." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post kingofthemountain Posted April 26, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 26, 2021 (edited) 14 minutes ago, HeijoshinCool said: So exchange for $$$, keep below 10k, and good to go. Thanks. I don't know what you mean by exchange for $$$ below 10K From your initial question i presume you flight out of Thailand and you want to know if you can legally take Thai baths with you the answer is yes, not in excess of 50 000 thb (It's the limit without custom declaration) now you have to look at the requirments of your country of destination, the cash you are allowed to bring with you without any custom declaration could be under this 50000 thb limit Note that the limit is for all the totality of the cash you are carrying with you during your travel, not only the Thb. The only reason why you would want to take thai money in cash with you is if you are back soon and you don't want to bother with the xchange 2 times, when you go out then when you go back in the country. You can not use the thai money outside of Thailand and it's not easy to change Thai money outside of Thailand (Plus the xchange rate should be bad anyway if you find somewhere to do the change) Edited April 26, 2021 by kingofthemountain 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingofthemountain Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 8 minutes ago, Upnotover said: USD20K is OK, from IATA..."Foreign currencies: unlimited. However, amounts of foreign currency exceeding USD 20,000.- (or equivalent) must be declared to a Customs Officer upon departure by all travelers." The OP don't indicate what is his destination if he goes to europe, the limit is 10 000 euros ''If you plan to enter or leave the EU with EUR 10 000 euros or more in cash (or the equivalent in other currencies) you must declare it to the customs authorities. Failure to do so could result in your cash being retained by the customs authorities, and you may receive a fine'' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackcab Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 It depends where you are travelling to. If you are travelling to Laos, Cambodia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Vietnam or Yunnan province in the People's Republic of China you can take out up to THB 2,000,000. If you are travelling anywhere else you are allowed to take out up to THB 50,000. You need to declare your cash to a customs officer if you are taking out an aggregate amount exceeding 450,000 Baht or USD 15,000 or its equivalent. You can find out how to do that here. Your transit and destination countries may have their own declaration limits and procedures. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post blackcab Posted April 26, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 26, 2021 In terms of exchange rate, you are almost always going to get a much better rate exchanging your Baht for your destination currency in Thailand if that is possible. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieH Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 MOVED TO BANKING Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixelaoffy Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 And any experience using Dee money or other no questions asked money transfer companies ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expatjustice Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 1 hour ago, blackcab said: Yunnan province in the People's Republic of China AFAIK you can't cross from Thailand to China without stepping either in Burma or Laos. Closest distance from Thailand (Chiang Rai) to China (Xishuangbanna, Yunnan) is a good 250-300km by road.... So how does this work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwpage3 Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 Why would you want to? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackcab Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 1 hour ago, expatjustice said: AFAIK you can't cross from Thailand to China without stepping either in Burma or Laos. Closest distance from Thailand (Chiang Rai) to China (Xishuangbanna, Yunnan) is a good 250-300km by road.... So how does this work? Normally by air to Changshui (KMG)or Xishuangbanna (JHG). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brierley Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 On 4/26/2021 at 7:31 PM, bwpage3 said: Why would you want to? Exactly, there is no benefit or logical reason that I can see. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post AlfHuy Posted May 1, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 1, 2021 No ploplem. Take yourself 500,000Baht Give your GF 500k Her mom 500k her dad 500k her brother 500k her sister 500k her ex (who maybe is her brother) 500k Book a flight for the whole family. Most probably you will fly alone ???? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post fdsa Posted May 1, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 1, 2021 25 minutes ago, AlfHuy said: Most probably you will fly alone ???? damn, why you Thaivisa people are so toxic?! remember - not all bar girls are the same! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KKr Posted May 3, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 3, 2021 On 5/1/2021 at 12:20 PM, fdsa said: remember - not all bar girls are the same! indeed, some are not girls, and some are very honest and lovely but just had bad luck. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvdf Posted May 3, 2021 Share Posted May 3, 2021 (edited) On 4/26/2021 at 12:55 PM, kingofthemountain said: I don't know what you mean by exchange for $$$ below 10K From your initial question i presume you flight out of Thailand and you want to know if you can legally take Thai baths with you the answer is yes, not in excess of 50 000 thb (It's the limit without custom declaration) now you have to look at the requirments of your country of destination, the cash you are allowed to bring with you without any custom declaration could be under this 50000 thb limit Note that the limit is for all the totality of the cash you are carrying with you during your travel, not only the Thb. The only reason why you would want to take thai money in cash with you is if you are back soon and you don't want to bother with the xchange 2 times, when you go out then when you go back in the country. You can not use the thai money outside of Thailand and it's not easy to change Thai money outside of Thailand (Plus the xchange rate should be bad anyway if you find somewhere to do the change) It was very clear. Problem with comprehension? He intends to circumvent the 50K THB limit by instead converting his THB to USD which would have a different reportable upper limit. To bypass the reporting requirement, he plans to bring less than 10k USD. I don't believe you're claim above of a reportable amount below 50K THB. This is fear mongering. Almost all countries adhere to the universal 10k USD reportable amount as a minimum. Edited May 3, 2021 by mvdf 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markeewan Posted May 3, 2021 Share Posted May 3, 2021 9 hours ago, mvdf said: It was very clear. Problem with comprehension? He intends to circumvent the 50K THB limit by instead converting his THB to USD which would have a different reportable upper limit. To bypass the reporting requirement, he plans to bring less than 10k USD. I don't believe you're claim above of a reportable amount below 50K THB. This is fear mongering. Almost all countries adhere to the universal 10k USD reportable amount as a minimum. Here is a link to the Royal Thai Embassy Singapore site and what they have to say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chicowoodduck Posted May 4, 2021 Share Posted May 4, 2021 On 5/1/2021 at 12:20 PM, fdsa said: damn, why you Thaivisa people are so toxic?! remember - not all bar girls are the same! Excuse me....cross out the not in your above sentence.....???????????????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingofthemountain Posted May 4, 2021 Share Posted May 4, 2021 16 hours ago, mvdf said: It was very clear. Problem with comprehension? He intends to circumvent the 50K THB limit by instead converting his THB to USD which would have a different reportable upper limit. To bypass the reporting requirement, he plans to bring less than 10k USD. I don't believe you're claim above of a reportable amount below 50K THB. This is fear mongering. Almost all countries adhere to the universal 10k USD reportable amount as a minimum. Maybe it was clear for you if you are the OP's friend afaik he never indicated he was flying to the USA then all the rest of your comment doesn't make any sense You are from the US right? I am not, i am not even a native in english so when someone type $$$$ it could be US dollars, Canadian dollars, Australian dollars and so on You should be surprised by the number of countries in the world that doesn't have the US system have a nice day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmen Posted May 4, 2021 Share Posted May 4, 2021 What are you going to do with it? I took baht to oz and banks won't exchange and the maggot money exchange booths will exchange it with a 50% discount. So I'm going back with the same baht. Maybe your country is different 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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