I've just sold my apartment in Herts. It went on the market May/June completed, contact exchanged, money in the bank, 12 December. No UK chain, first time buyer and I'm buying here in Thailand not UK.
I opened an account with SCB about 12 years ago. At the time I was on a B visa, but had no work permit. The lady I spoke to in the bank told me that without a WP I could not open the account. So, I said to her that I wanted to transfer in XX thousand baht every month and if SCB would not give me an account I would walk down to Bangkok Bank and open one there.
She then asked me EVERY month? I said yes and she then went and spoke to her superior. I could see them looking at my passport and looking over in my direction. After a few minutes she came over as if nothing had happened and opened the account for me.
Thanks a lot - doesn't give a lot of room for error.
Is there a specific type of bank statement I should ask for? I'm with SCB and have had problems in the past with this. My account is used a LOT. I use the income from abroad and have 2 pensions one paid monthly and the other every 4 weks.