All international money transfers into and out of Australia are reported to AUSTRAC with verified ID sender details and also reciever details. No matter what the value is.
The app is really simple and easier than online. You have to have a phone set to Thailand as the default country if you want to use the app. Which means my wife does it on her phone no problem. I can't see yet alone download the app on my Australian set up phone.
What you must remember is the other group is a facts group. Not a discussion group. Robert however needs to crawl back under the slimy rock he came from.
I don't want to add any more confusion to the equation 555 after 4 trips to Oz she still asks me why she can come through the automated but I can't go through autogates in Thailand.
like you said, we aren't going to change it. It is not a really big problem. Just part of life here. Which on the balance of things is pretty fkn good!
I am Australian and I got my 1 year ME non O to follow Thai spouse in Ho Chi Minh City. No financials needed. I hear they are still not asking for financials. Why not go there?
Keep your receipt also. It might be needed for verifying that you had them officially translated at that office. Just depends on where you are getting the visa/permission to stay.