Hi, I’ll be coming to live in Thailand soon as I’m retired and from the uk, what is everyone doing about a bank account as I need a uk account for my pensions to be payed in to but I won’t have a uk address?

Just an Australian expat question, the Centrelink will pay my pension directly into my Bangkok bank account, do they(Centrelink) get good exchange rates or should I just transfer it myself through a private transfer system, Cheers for any answers.

My pension is paid from the UK into my Kasikorn bank account but does not show up as a foreign transaction. Kasikorn advise me that to get proof of such I need a credit advice. If I want this to cover the last 12 months (to satisfy immigration) I must arrange it with the credit adviser in my local branch.

The process will take "around" 5 working days and cost 500 baht. I am not sure whether this is instead of or in addition to the 100 baht letter I have been getting every year up to now. Passport and bank book needed to get credit advice.

Wish me luck!