@Wannikea ********

I really do appreciate all the comments from everybody. I’m on a steep learning curve here because I just didn’t pay that much attention to the requirements of this option in the past. I just assumed if you transferred money into your THAI bank account that was enough, but clearly it isn’t. There’s a lot of minutia involved, traps for the unwary.

@Wannikea ********

Thanks for that input.

@Bobby *******

So I am beginning to understand

@Fabrizio ******

This is an interesting notion. My receipt from Wise indicates that his partner was Dee money.

@Wannikea ********

indeed, but a little tweaking of the system might help those like me who meet all the requirements but may nevertheless be disqualified by some detail that does not serve the purpose of the law, and does serve to eliminate the need for thinking on the part of those who administer the law. Such as the nature of bureaucracy.

@Benjamin *****

My comment may have been too obtuse. Be that as it may, I have gleaned from other comments here, that while the money was indeed sent internationally (but not from a pension), The mechanics of a Wise transfer may result in what appears as a domestic transfer (although I do not work here, legally or otherwise). Apparently it all comes down to selecting a particular reason for the transfer when using the Wise app, some thing I was not aware of before and which may disqualify me from using an option that I meet all the requirements for. Such is the nature of unyielding bureaucracy.

@Benjamin *****

I recognize all that; but I’m ferreting for ways to get around the anticipated problems. Whether I succeed or fail will depend on how punctilious the officials will be. It’s not the end of the world if I run into an unsurpassable bureaucratic obstacle, but if you don’t try you never win.

When I check my Wise account online there is a transaction record for each transfer which clearly shows that I transferred US dollars that was received as an equivalent amount of Thai baht into my Bangkok bank account, including the account number into which it was deposited. I’m hoping this will help pave the way to the requisite bank letter. I will post again when the process is complete to let everyone know how I fared and how they might do things better than I have managed to do thus far..

@Reiner ********

I think perhaps you misunderstood my comment.

@Bobby *******

but, but…nobody told me!