@Jesper ******

that's a good question. The bank lady kept saying I have a tourist visa but I have a retirement visa, which I did with an agent. I think it's all the people who used an agent while on a visa exemption, but i'm not sure.

@Jay ******

yeah maybe or there's been two different things going on. One with the phones and the other with the visas. I did the phone a month ago, then they did this thing with the visa next.

@Jay ******

they told me that the home office has to approve it. That's why they froze it.

They are freezing accounts until they are approved by main office. If you need cash immediately, I recommend you make a withdrawal before going in. Mine is frozen for two weeks. Fortunately, I'm going to Laos and took out money for my trip. One guy this morning was going to Dubai and they wanted to freeze his account. His only option was to close his account. He wasn't happy.

Leave and come back?

If you used an agent because you didn't have the 800,000, you can't switch agents easily because they are responsible for the initial transaction. If you want to start over, you have to leave the country and come back because immigration will want to see that the 800,000 was in the bank long enough for your first year.

Why wouldn't you want the agent to do it? Drop off the passport, and pick it up the next day... That's why you paid the big bucks.

Let your wife do the talking

What kind of visa? Are they getting you a bank account?

@Sujy ********

I know the information is all over the place. Can I ask where you got your information?