What are the best apps or methods to receive US SMS and calls while living in Thailand?

@Richard *******

or line, or Google number forwarded

@Jackie **********

I used it for years but many institutions and companies now recognize it as a VOIP number now and do not allow it.

@Sean *******

Phone Verification Services

We are unable to guarantee that our numbers will work with phone verification services, such as the kind businesses such as PayPal, eBay and Craigslist use, that allow you to create accounts with other services. We cannot guarantee that our numbers will work or have never been used for the same purpose prior to your purchase, and as such, if we know about the verification service and it has been abused in the past, we will block incoming calls from such services.

We will not issue a refund if you purchase a number with an intent to use such automated account authorization and verification services and it does not succeed, regardless of your legitimacy for using it.

@Jordi *******

but you still need to pay for that account

I am from Australia and have an ESIM setup I just turn it on when I need to receive a text

@Jordi *******

that’s what I do as well

@Jonathan *******

I do that , and several institutions will not accept the number. PayPal and one bank refused it.

@Martin ********

we've had the same issue then blocked the card as we didn't respond despite updating to thai number. Currently try to.contact via operator

Banks can be frustrating

@Peter ********

even basic US phone service is expensive for one or two calls per month.

@Kenny ****

if you port to Google voice before you leave the US, while you still have a US cell number, it may work, mine has worked for five years with most banks. I did lose my Venmo recently. However, capital one denied me a new account because it wasn’t a real US cell. Do not tell anyone you’re doing this, or they may cancel your account. Some banks or credit cards can send the OTP to any number that you can receive, others know that it is a VoIP, etc.,, and require a genuine mobile number in any country. Still others, like my capital, one, require an active cell number in the United States. So the answer is it depends.

@Kenny ****

third is the way, it's either great for me so far but LINE of all things eventually detected it as a voip number and locked me out of my account. That was a stressful day.