@Bill *******

Yes

@Jarek ***********

I have 2 bank accounts with 2 Canadian banks even though I dropped my residency 26 years ago. But yes, it is a shit hole!

@Håkan ******

Yep, Nordea does it that way in Finland, so perhaps the same in Sweden.

I ask because some banks in some countries don't allow non-residents to have bank accounts. In my case, Nordea in Finland shut down my bank account for this reason. I do have another bank account in Canada but this situation got me wondering about how others have handled it.

@Peter ********

I wish you told me that yesterday! 😃 (We went twice yesterday but were turned away because the lines were too long. Could've just waited until lucky Friday)

@John *********

thank you for the informative response 🙂

I went to Bluport today and a new fat Thai guy was "working" there near the queue screen to handle the people taking queue numbers, he said I should come back at 9pm because there is such a long queue. I asked if he is sure, because usually it's closed by then, but he said yes, come back at 9pm. Went back at 6pm just to see the situation and the girl there said, "Sorry, we closed".

I'm starting to wonder if fatty even worked there! 😤

Do we get the TM30 from the hotel or apartment that we're renting from?

Maybe that's why there's a bloody long line up at the Bluport office too!

"You can’t work in Thailand off of one." - does this mean you cannot work for a Thai company (or take Thai jobs) but you can work remotely for an offshore company while in Thailand?

I've gotten some scolding from grumpy foreign retirees in groups like this when I simply asked if it is a grey area or actually allowed to work remotely (work is based outside Thailand) and some have insisted that I'm a criminal lawbreaker who will be caught and rightfully punished by authorities 😂 others have said it's OK as long as Thai jobs aren't taken while others say it's a gray area and not really checked.

(note: I don't have a "retirement visa" yet but planning to do so and also my name is altered here)

PS: I'm only interested in Stu's expert advice and not any other grumpy old men here 😁

@Us ****

Yep, true. Property accounted for ~60% of household wealth in China and ~75% of household debt. Now that the China property market is imploding, most Chinese people won't be buying homes anywhere anytime soon.