How Can I Keep My U.S. Cellphone Number When Moving to Thailand Without High Fees?

@Joe ****

Google voice

@Charles *******

like every other carrier you would have to buy a roaming package. I use it to keep my US phone number active so I can use my banking apps back home.

@Thomas ******

why telo? Do you live in thailand now? I've heard of telo, does it work with your bank?

@Charles *******

. I use messenger for free phone calls and downloaded the app Yolla to place calls for local business such as Banks . Really nice app older people don't use messenger and you can call them in a jiffy. The app Yolla uses your contacts list for easy work. Good luck to you 🤞

@Charles *******

yes you can do that

@Jamie ********

For the most part yes. There are some institutions however that recognize this is a VoIP number and they won't accept it but those are few and far between.

@James ******

so it CAN confirm, but depends on your bank or the company you’re transacting with.

@James ******

I’m not a tech guy but I believe it’s something about virtual phone numbers vs “real” phone numbers. Virtual numbers can be spoofed and hacked so many financial institutions won’t allow those numbers for 2FA.

@Mike ******

guess I got lucky- was there for a year… and no problem.

@Mike ******

hmmmm- was in thailand a year last year- did not have a problem. I did use WhatsApp- but wanted to my same us number- and Google fi worked for me.

@Felicia *****

this only applies to travel. I went to Verizon recently and this isn't long-term as I wanted to change to this plan. I asked a lot of questions and the short answer is 3 months max. If you keep using this plan while traveling and bouncing around countries, they can suspend it for misuse. This is mostly for business and people that need to travel to multiple countries multiple times a year but you still need to have your plan stable and mostly in the States where at least 7 months out of the year. You can ask them yourself. Be careful If you specifically got this plan just for that. You can't just use this for 6+ months straight or something

Cost way too much. Tello.com cost $7/month to keep your US number and AIS is ฿2200 for 12 months.

@Tony ********

Viber lets you call toll free 800 numbers for frer

@Christopher **********

- I thought that was the case... there's a lot of these type of companies so he shouldn't have a problem

@Alex *******

67?hl=en

@Hannah *******

19 years isn’t 30. 30 would be 1995. That is really early.

@Dan ****

I use T-Mobile