This Months Australian Pension.

[fishhooks]

maybe being a Tasmanian has something to do with it wink.gif

Perhaps you sent them the Avatar as well and that's what worked.

[ozzydom]

maybe being a Tasmanian has something to do with it wink.gif

Perhaps you sent them the Avatar as well and that's what worked.

Nah, havnt you heard , we are all related down there. Go the Mighty Demons

[bombers]

Strange things seem to be happening here, I have been receiving my Oz OAP direct in baht into my Bangkok bank for years without a problem.

I am paid monthly and my pension is converted into Thai baht at Centrelink and wired to my Thai A/c.

It is converted at the international rate prevailing at that minute in time and Centrelink pay all transfer costs ,last month my conversion rate was 30.62 baht per AUD and that is what was deposited to my a/c here.

If posters feel they are getting a raw deal in any way, why not call Centrelink on their toll free number and try to get the problem sorted,

I feel sure that all overseas pension recipients are treated equally because these payments are computer generated from Hobart.

There are no other banks involved in the pension transfer,Centrelink pay all costs for the carrier to deposit your pension in your Thai bank A/c, if this is not happening then there must be something amiss with the way you have set up your a/c,s.

Thanks for this info ozzydom, I have asked centrelink in Tasmania to directly pay my pension into my Bangkok Bank account and they tell me they can not do this to Thailand. I am certainly going to take your advice and contact them and will quote what you have said here. In the seven years I have been recieving the Australian pension it has always gone through other banks before reaching me. Centrelink have in the past told me they pay all costs untill it reaches my bank account, this is not true in my case and I have pointed this out to Centrelink who have a stock, standard reply for me 'it is out of our hands'. Reading directly from a statement that Bangkok bank gave me I see that this months pension incurred a 139 Baht charge, a 300 Baht charge and a 200 Baht charge, not bad for a government that tells me they carry all charges. I might also add that I have been trying to contact Centrelink on their free number from my home phone and every time get the message that this number is not in service.

Once again thanks, you have given me renewed hope.

Try 001 800 611 4136 c/link Free.

[MINUET]

Hi, i read so much conflicting information on google maybe one of you guys can help. I want to live in Chiang Mai and collect Australian aged pension. Is this possible as i also read that there is no agreement with Thailand?

Regards

Pete

[fishhooks]

Take a look at the "other countries" section near the menu top, lots of info.

[garyk]

It is amazing to me the number of people that live here and do not just go to an exchange branch and have the money debeted from your account. I do every month and it only costs me .1 under prime. I am from America and they did the same thing to me until I stopped transfering money to my account. Now i just exchange and deposit it in my account on the spot.

So if the daily rate is 33.2 I get 33.1 baht per dollar. So if i get 1000 dollars exchanged I get 33100 baht. I lose 100 baht. Just forget the transfers and ATM's it is a rip off in my oppinion.

[Spaniel]

My US Social Security is deposited directly into my Bangkok Bank account monthly.

It is deposited at the daily exchange rate. A fee of 200 Baht is charged for the service.

No fees are being charged by any other bank, including those nasty US types. OP needs to contact his government and see what they can do about the problem.

Just as a matter of clarification. Social Security does not deposit you monthly SS check to your local Bangkok Bank account. They will not send the check to a foreign account. What they do is deposit the check to your Bangkok Bank New York account and they in turn do a wire transfer to your Bangkok Bank account here. They give you a discount on the wire fee of 200 bhat since it's a monthly transfer.