David Valdez. No

Chris Good. Bangkok requires TM30 if you change address.

Claude Vedovini. Not quite correct. By law the landlord should be fined, but in practice it's the tenant. That's how it is

Benjamin Hays. He'll also need to buy insurance for the second year.

Bonnie Smith. It doesn't cost too much if you use an intermediary. I transfer baht each month into a Thai bank account, and use that money to live on, pay rent, bills etc and shopping, travel, groceries, entertainment. If I was drawing money from my home account it costs between 150 and 200 baht each time. I'd only have to make three withdrawals and I'd be behind when compared to a once a month transfer. No brainer. It's a criterion of the retirement visa to transfer anyway, so in reality I've got to pay the transfer irrespective

Dave Procter. HSBC actually pulled retail out of Thailand quite a while back, but I agree their individual arms are not connected (not very well anyway) although they project the organisation as a "World Bank". I have HSBC accounts in Australia and UK, and they might as well be with two competing banks

I understand Wise is the option most expats are using now. Citibank have a foreign currency account, but they are also pulling retail out of Thailand.

David Broadfoot. Still a long way short of the 20,000 stated previously

@Wayne *******

. This is from the immigration website

Wayne Klapko. If you paid 20,000 for a late 90 day report you're certainly in a league of your own. The fine is 2,000.