Barath Faust 1/ Set up your Wise account. 2/ Connect both your (payee) home account and your (receiving) Thai account. 3/ After it's all set up, do a small test transfer to confirm funds transfer without any issues.

Wire transfer or best option for best exchange rate - use Wise. Almost everyone uses Wise.

I switched from tmobile to Tello $5/mo (100min calling, unlimited texts *on wifi). Kept my number (set up port in tmob account then use pin to complete port (number transfer).

Hǝınz Mɐzǝnɐnǝɹ Only owners or tenants that get authorization from owner can do this so not an option for most tenants.

This can sometimes be yes, sometimes no. It depends what your immigration office wants. In Pattaya (Jomptien office) my lease agent told me that if you have a long stay address (ex. condo lease) - as long as you return to the same address, it's not needed. I'll be confirming this on my next visit to Jomptien immigration office.

Bill Minshull LOL. I just got here and made space in my luggage for one box of my favorite cereal. Going home for a month in June and I plan to fill one suitcase with foreign goodies.

@Michael **********

4 months? All the references I've seen state 60 days.

@Doru ***********

This makes sense. I've read that one extension on a 60 day visa exempt (90 day stay) isn't an issue but a second extension isn't guaranteed. My guess is it depends on how much time passes between those two stays.

Read the news from the last year about how many problems people are having with frozen accounts.

In general it's unwise to put a lot of money in Thai banks, the frozen accounts fiasco has highlighted that. Look into putting your money into Interactive Brokers - they let you deposit cash in different currencies and even pay interest. *You don't need to buy stock. Or look for a similar world-wide financial institution.

@Colin ******

Motorbikes are the number 1 cause of needing medical services so that makes many insurances useless.