@Hans ************

he's not a tourist, staying at high priced hotel and going out to eat every meal and getting massages daily. He is skirting being a low revenue non resident alien. So the ask is that he makes his non immigrant visa status official. Seems fair to me. Thailand prefers to have big ballers not necessarily high volume low spend long timers.

@Robert *******

for some reason, I cannot get a Wise Card right now in the United States. Cards are not available. I would not mind if I could virtually hold Thai Baht in Wise, I just want a way to be able to get the Baht when needed. If I had a card no problem. Otherwise I think I would need a Thai Bank to get money out.

@Peter ********

did you enter with a retirement Visa? And have agent get bank account.

@Marcel ******

this is what I'm talking about. Thank you.

@Kool ******

the actual money is not an issue. Not a significant amount. This is more preparatory work, instead being stressed out to try and do it all in 90 days. Also , trying to take advantage of friendly exchange rates, I see a lot of volatility with Trump on the horizon.

Very good point, about doing it all at once. I was not aware of FET, that is something I want the flexibility to have.

Two Banks is a good recommendation, I suppose once you have one , it could be easier to get the second.

Very sound advice, thank you.

@Stuart ********

so no harm no foul..if I can't open a bank account, than it would be same as if I had entered visa exempt for my normal holiday, outside the cost of the Visa and Certificate of Residence.

It's 2025, c'mon they have more data on you, than you can remember about yourself.

Hire an AGENT. 😃

Pizza Big , but it's more Italian style. Do you really want New York style.

From my understanding this style of building the strength of the building comes in the core elevator shafts. With shear walls to resist lateral movements. I don't know perhaps just bad timing in the building phase as the building didn't have it's full design integrity yet.