@Martin ********

because I Was making a point about what people can and cannot do taking cash into Thailand. There's too many on FB that are experts of nothing 😂

@Martin ********

I intend taking 400,000 THB equivalent in UK GBP to Thailand and opening a Thai account, deposit the exchanged money in the Thai account, then start to have my UK pension paid direct into my Thai account, which together with the 400,000 will be more than the required annual 800,000 THB. Some are saying that the money has to be by transfer only? Well when you withdraw the GBP from your UK bank in cash and take it into Thailand, you can prove where the money came from, ie., your UK bank account by proving with either a scan of your UK bank account or print of the withdrawal, which will prove it's not laundered money. Simple really.

@Jason ********

Can't see any reason why IO., would not accept. If you exchange your $,£, at the branch where your account is and deposit into your Thai account and keep the exchange document from the bank as proof. I imagine that the IO., only wants proof that it was foreign currency that was deposited initially and not THB.

Why would you open an account in Udon or Korat if you intend moving?

If he's over thirty doesn't qualify for military service.

Also what devices you will have ie , washing machine, refrigerators, TVs computers and microwaves. Plus any other devices that use electricity. Each devices are rated at different wattage. So example a TV is 65watts., you have to divide 65÷1000 = 0.065, then multiply that by the charge per kWh from your electricity supplier, then divide that total by 100 and that will tell you how much it'd cost to run that TV per hour. If you want to estimate each device that will use electricity, then you have to do the same maths for each device. That will tell you how much every device would use per kWh and then it'll give you a rough idea of consumption depending on hours each device is using electricity, so you can workout how much per month it'll cost. Depending on many factors, rough guesstimate would be anything between about 6,000 to 15,000 baht per month.

If your going to be using many aircons and for long hours, if you have the financial means, then depending on roof, if it's facing South, then a 10Kw solar system would be the way to go. You need to do a lot of research, regarding how big a house you have. The internal volume of each room that you will have an Aircon installed in, to workout how many BTU's you will need for each Aircon. Then you'll need to guesstimate how many hours you think you'll have them running and how many at any one time. Think of it like lights in a room, you'll only have the lights on in any rooms your family is using at anyone time. Same with aircons.

How many aircons alone you have is not really the issue. It's how many you have, what BTU's they are and how many hours you have each individual Aircon running and also the temperature you have them set too.

You can't get an IDP without a full licence from your home country, so therefore an IDP is not a driving licence, it is a form of translation.

Don't tell her to contact Trump, he hates all foreigners, unless their rich that is. 😂