@Da**

I'm in the same position as you with no UK address.

I bank with First Direct, using my Kanchanaburi address and so far have not had a problem. I have a credit card and 2 debit cards.

I presume from what you said that you intend to be in Thailand from to , if that is the case you do not need to renew your passport before you come. It will only have about 5 months on it when you fly home, but as you are returning to your home country it's not a problem.

If you renew before coming you will lose an entire year, the passport office no longer transfer any unused time from the old to the new passport

@Sylvia *******

They have only recently set it up. I was asked to call into a branch with my passport and phone, the one I use to access online banking

I'm with SCB and I got several messages about facial recognition, they have set a limit on transfers out of 50k, but as I seldom transfer that kind of money out I haven't bothered to set it up yet. The limit doesn't apply to transfers in. Everything else is working as normal. ATM, transfers, online banking, Promptpay etc

@Jo**

Yes, if it is not accompanied by an IDP, and even then it is only valid for 90 days.

Before getting my Thai licence I drove for many years on my UK licence + IDP. The police would quite happily accept it without question and no fines. Fortunately I did not have an accident as it is unlikely the insurance company would have accepted them.

@John ********

It's not the police that are the problem, it's the insurance company if you have an accident, they might assess you as driving without a valid licence and refuse to pay out.

That is why you see so many Go Fundme appeals for tourists who can't pay their hospital bills after a vine accident.

@Chadaporn *************

It's not tricky at all, it's easy. My bank asks the transit bank for the transfer details, they send them over, I go and collect and then show immigration

@Chadaporn *************

As I said above, I don't make the transfer the pension office does.

The reason for the transfer is not the problem, both myself and the OP have our transfers sent via a third party bank here in Thailand.

It's not unusual, but it does mean that my bank has to get the transfer information from the third party bank for immigration.

@Graham *****

I don't do the transfer, the pension office does it

Also, I no longer use Wise at all after it badly letting me down on 2 important large transfers

I am in a similar situation, one of my pensions is paid into Citibank in BKK and then transferred to my SCB account. SCB contact Citibank for me and get statements for immigration showing the payments as international. I think it takes them about 3 working days to arrange.

They have been accepted in CW, BKK and in my current office in Kanchanaburi

I don't use an agent, I do it all myself. If you have the money coming in each month why throw it away on an agent?