Yes

I sent money from UK to buy a new car and it took 10WD to arrive. No satisfactory reason given by wise (plenty of unsatisfactory reasons given though)

Then one of the payments for my house was returned to UK bank by Wise. Two equal payments sent one after the other 1 arrived 1 didn't.

I no longer use them, too unreliable

@Gordon ********

I did mine in Kanchanaburi 3½ months ago, no fingerprints

@Stuart **********

I am applying in Kanchanaburi and I had to have my passport certified by the British embassy in Bangkok. You get the forms online at the embassy web page and there are links on there to make payment. You can't do it in person at the embassy Andy more.

@Martin *************

An your hotel desk to call one for you

@Martin *************

When I was there I needed local currency for the hotel, the taxi driver knew exactly where to go and actually got us a good exchange rate. Give it a try, they know all the best places

@Andy ******

I used Ban Laem 4 months ago and it was a breeze, walked out walked back in, all completed in less than 1 hour

I opened an account with SCB many years ago, so things might have changed.

I was being refused because of the wrong visa type, so I showed the clerk my pension docs and told them that amount would come in every month until I died.

They took my docs and passport and went and spoke to the manager, when they returned I had an account.

I was also accompanied by a Thai speaking friend. Good luck

@Jay ******

When I was a Thai newbie a friend put me in touch with Siam Legal, who, for a fee accompanied me to CW immigration to get the initial 90 non imm O, (I was on a TR60 back then) and about 3 months later they call you up and take you back to immigration.

The lady who dealt with me did all the negotiating with the IO on both occasions. I sat in the waiting area and watched.

I realised that it was not difficult to do and have done myself since then.

This was a very long time ago, so I do not know if they still do this or how much it would cost. But, at the end of the day I had a 100% legal retirement visa

Initially they looked at the wedding stamp and thought I was on VOA and started to tell me I couldn't apply, when I showed them the non imm O they were happy.

This was in Kanchanaburi, probably different in BKK

I am in the process of getting car and bike licences in Kanchanaburi.

First for the certificate of residence, you will need 2, you have to get the TM30 + tabien baan and ID card copies signed from owner + 3 recent photos. 1 per cert and 1 kept by immigration. I paid B500 and it took about minutes to get them.

Next you have to go DLT

They want to see the certificate, a health certificate less than 1 month old, your passport with a long term visa, you need to copy the data page, visa, entry stamp. And your current full licence from your home country and current IDP (if you have one) and copy of licence