@Greg *******

Not true, if that becomes required, just go out of Thai to wherever. Plane, train or bus.

@Wannikea ********

Wise, a mickeymouse funds transfer, could not limit to where they send the funds. It is them, begging around who would accept their transfers. And who will police restricted countries and individuals. Wise, mickeymouse, has neither capacity nor authority nor trust to do that. For Thai, it is Kasikorn Bank now.

@David *********

No Thai Embassy in Sydney. It is a Consulate. Same functionality for such applications.

@Mark ******

That is not your choice. When you enter your address, the Thai web site shows which place (Thai Canberra Embassy or Thai Consulate in Sydney) is catering for your area.

@Ian *********

That is all I needed to marry my Thai wife. Free to marry certificate from the Australian Embassy. And my Aus passport (back then in 2003, I was on 30 days tourist exempt).

Yes, to marry, we needed 2 witneses, the agency sent two of them. 30minutes and the official marriage was registered (Bangkok).

There was a toned down ceremony, 5 minutes, ended with "Nothing other than death can separate you".

The copy or certified copy of that marriage was needed in Japan and even in Thai (for the Yellow Book).

@Nongnuch *******

"And then start right away at sending yourself a minimum of 65,000 THB onto this account"

That will cost 500 THB per transaction, 6,000 THB a year,

@John ********

What "No"? Try to get through Thai immigration without it. You will be sent to a kiosk to fill it in, no entry into Thai without it.

@Wannikea ********

My Japanese bank has that drop-down list. When sending money to my daughter in Australia from Japan, it is "Supporting a student overseas".

When I send money to my wife (actually, for our living expenses in Thai, it is ourselves, she is sitting next to me in Bangkok now), I pick "Supporting family". To avoid 250THB ATM charge per withdrawal. I am charged but the charge is refunded back to me.

I do not know, maybe that particular letter (or a document from Kasikorn) that the transfer was from overseas.

Beleive you, if you said so.

Might work in your case. A foreign woman, married to Thai man, have a fast path not only for permanent residence but to full Thai citizenship, passport included. Something like 3 years.

My wife is Thai, I never got through those rules, you might already know that. Then, you can do any work you can or want to do, no limits.