Glorious afternoon everyone. A bit of a dilemna. I am 3 months into my second year of non o visa and I live in Pattaya. When I first took out my original visa I lived and banked in Phitsanulok then I moved here. So two things; firstly I have to pay charges to put in and take out money from my bank in Pattaya because it's not my home registered bank. Am I better off closing my account and opening an account in Pattaya to avoid these irritating costs (cheap Charlie). If I close my account I would probably change bank type. Secondly, what would happen to my status regarding my bank account if I do change banks or branch, when it comes to renewing my non o in December, as I would only be able to show statements for the next 8 months rather than full 12 months they ask for. TIA. Barry

Hi, retiring to Thailand with my wife on the 17th Feb and will be in BKK for the initial 6 months then hoping to move to Hua Hin. My question is if we open bank accounts in BKK is it just a simple address change for Hua Hin as it is here in Ireland when moving or do we need to open new accounts in Hua Hin? Apologies if this has been asked before.

Not specifically visa related but passport related so this is just a heads up. Just had a friend who had to leave Thailand abruptly and tried to transfer a his Bangkok bank funds back to his home country. He had issues as his original bank accounts were tied into a previous passport number he registered the accounts under years ago. He had to jump through a bunch of hoops and updated the account to his current passport. Good idea if you get a new passport to synchronize the account to the new passport. Never know if you have to depart all of the sudden. Apologies if this is already common knowledge.