@Keith ********
the hardest part is actually getting the Thai bank account in your name only, not a joint account. The rest is just getting the correct documents. Go to immigration with your wife when you get here, and get the list of documents, and pictures required. They will also tell your wife what isn't on the list. Bangkok Bank, Kasikorn, or SCB, are the best, as the others have a transfer limit of bt50,000 on a single transfer, and that can create problems. After the first time the next year's are very easy as everything is the same except new bank letters, and pictures unless you move, so keep copies of everything to use in following years.