Good afternoon, everyone. My husband and I are about to finish our teaching contract, and our school has a policy of giving teachers their final paychecks on the Saturday of graduation to ensure that all teachers attend the ceremony. In the past, teachers have had no problems cashing their final checks at a bank in the afternoon immediately following the ceremony. This year, July 1st happens to be the Mid-Year Bank Holiday. Unfortunately, we have already booked our flights out of the country for Sunday morning (July 2) at 6 am. Do any of you have any recommendations or advice regarding how we can get these checks cashed before we leave Thailand???

If the branch of the bank on which the cheques are drawn is open on the Saturday that would be your best bet. Normally, though, only branches at shopping malls are open at weekends and holidays. You need to check on this in advance.

 

Other option may be to talk with your school's finance department and see is they are prepared to cash your cheque for you. If agreed, you would need to give them advance warning so they would have the cash available in the office, plus get the necessary approvals.  

Since the mid year bank holiday falls on a Saturday it is insignificant. Only the main branches are closed on those days and international transfers are not processed.

You should be able to cash the check at a mini branch of the same bank the check is from.

My wife needed to cash a cheque last year after receiving it from Pattaya Court. We trooped round to the same bank / branch it was issued from. It was for a chunky amount so we wanted the cash same day - a transfer to her different bank account would have taken a few days. As she did not have an account with the bank, only way to get same day cash was to open an account with that branch and then have the cheque paid into the new account and then withdraw from the new account. Luckily we had all necessary docs. Took some time.......

 

No idea if presenting the cheque at same bank but different branch would have allowed for same procedure or, possibly, being advised that cheque needed to be dealt with by originating branch.

 

Would really suggest the OP gets all the ducks in a row ahead of time, given the next day departure.