What are the new banking rules affecting Thai wife visa extensions and why are funds being blocked?

had my visa extended yesterday at immigration office and there was a note in passport from immigration to keep the 800.000 k in till 2 October . Had to have it in 2 months before makes it a total of 5 months .

Hospitals are owed millions of baht from foreigners not paying and the system is getting tighter. It's a bank requirement not government, the banks are fkn us all ways. YouTube Thailand Truth Talks it tells you what thai gov and banks are up to. Not good!

Being in love loving someone and marrying someone shouldn't require an absurd amount of money in an account in either country. This is another reason why not to go to Thailand now. Besides with all of the deadly parasites and things that can bite you for just simply wearing sandals causing organ failure it's really just not worth staying here the government can't figure out what it wants to do because of a military coup. Sadly marrying in Thailand and trying to stay there is completely impossible it's almost like the country pimps out its own women using its immigration policy. Unfortunately this is why I think it's best that we start going elsewhere in Southeast Asia until Thailand can get it stuff together

6 months of 4 months?

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If you use the cashless payments andyou haven't certified your phone number with your bank ,they lock them down untile you certify your phone number. They are cracking down on cyber theft

The goal of that banked money is to be a reserve for expenses (medical, emergency travel, family emergency). If the banks block the funds, what's the point of having it at all. Get hit by a bus and can't pay the medical expenses because the bank has a hold on your funds?

Thats crazy to block your money when there is no law saying they should.

It a another way to make more money from foreigners.same at the fee for ATM.

Thailand is a mess. A complete clusterfuck and has been for at least a decade. I cannot comment pre 2013 but I heard it was way better than when I first visited in 2013. Since then its rapidly dropped in standards. The food is spot on, the beaches mint . . . everything else has just gone down the shitter

This is a Bangkok Bank rule. My local branch received a letter from their central office last week setting out the new rules. It applies to people with 800k balances as well.

I don't know if other banks have decided to do similar.

Looks like they have caught on to people using an agent to bank the money.

Did you ask the bank to explain what was the problem

It's a Bangkok Bank rule not immigration

This has nothing to do with immigration. This is a bank thing. Suggest you look into changing banks.