In the words of a friend: Thailand is like disneyland for men - if you have money. Philippines is more like a second rate theme park surrounded by landfills - but you can still have fun there cheaper.

@Andrew ******

Having cash on you won't help if they decided to deny you.

@Darin *******

How did you get notified?

@Adam ********

What was the reason for freezing it? and how did you unfreeze it?

@Will ********

FATCA has absolutely nothing to do with Thai taxation. It's required by the US, not Thailand.

@Will ********

What details exactly? Phone numbers is a known thing as they're cracking down on mule accounts, but other details like foreign accounts?? that does not sound right.

@Tod ********

Sorry to hijack the thread a bit, but if I have a long history of visa exempt entries in my passport - would that affect chances to get a SETV? and more important - would having a SETV absolve me of my, uh, "sin" of having "too many" exempt entries when I actually enter the country? I'm going to try for a METV in my home country next month, but if I can't get it will settle for SETVs if it means I don't get grilled by the IO again...

Her Fue Not required 200k a month income - just to have 200k balance every month - but check your local embassy/consulate - some do not require this and will be ok with just a current 200k balance in local currency equivalent.

@Robert ******

No doubt. The hard part I'm referring to is not getting 200k - it's having it been there every month for the last 6 months - most people keep that kind of money in investments etc not checking/savings.

Her Fue Money. About 200,000 baht in the bank (some embassies require a 200k balance every month for the last 6 months). That's the "hard" one, lol.