What are the cheapest ways to transfer large sums of money to a Thai bank account?

Great Thank you

@Rene *******

yeah but that’s still potential. Not endorsed yet

@Janelle ****

but the start period is Jan 2024 if it goes ahead. I think they will be many problems because if they expect us to pay taxes and still double charges for entries as falung to national parks and a whole host of other issues like importing things, it doesn't really stack up and they're going to have to start handing out some rights and rethink the retirement situation here and status of people. I foresee much back and forth an arguments on the matter and now having been in panic mode for a while, I'm relaxing and taking it with a pinch of salt

@Rene *******

I agree on all points . If they do this they better give us PR lol

@Janelle ****

my thoughts exactly as they fleece you at every turn ......try shipping in some used personal things, family mementos, and you will see. So really that opening a whole kind of worms coordinating immigration and the tax authorities is but one of them. This is the typical situation of a nation that decides to join the development club run by Western governments without really thinking it through....I predict a long period of back and forth s

@Rene *******

what will happen if I ship my stuff from the USA? I’m

Worried

@Janelle ****

check messsenger

@Janelle ****

true

@Michelle *******

with respect you should of commented in general comments. Don't know why you've replied directly to my comment. Unlike a lot of people I have had bank accounts in several locations outside the UK and in the UK. I've never used Barclays so telling me directly about Barclays is irrelevant. If you read my comments to Stuart Chiverton, I told him that Nationwide will let you keep your account open as long as you give them your overseas address. I never mentioned Barclays. Also I have had HSBC accounts both overseas and here in the UK., whilst living in different locations to the one's where I opened the accounts.

@Stuart **********

I know here in the UK you can close your bank account and open with another online. No need to go to your own branch or the new bank. I don't know if it can be done from Thailand. I reckon if you could, the only way it could be done would be with a VPN that you could get a UK IP address from.

@Stuart **********

There are others. Off the top of my head First Direct and Santander.

@Stuart ********

, correcto, apologies. Is 10,000 Euros, approximately, the maximum suggested amount to send from Wise to Thailand? Thanks

@Rene *******

how much you can send with Wise depends on which thai bank you use. Some are limited to 50k baht and some are 2m baht

@John *********

correct

@John *********

correct

@Rene *******

I couldn’t say that that’s the maximum. It’s just that above that amount a direct SWIFT transfer from bank to bank may be cheaper.