@Stephen ********

that's a good one

@Nongnuch *******

that's a great idea but the fees are so high! this month I've done both a wise transfer and a swift transfer in the Swift transfer cost me over 3%, more than the wise transfer in fees. outside of the joy of enriching Chase Manhattan Bank, there is not a lot of reward to moving to the Swift transfer. if each and every $65,000 baht incurs an additional three to four percent in fees, not to mention the additional work it takes to ensuring a monthly transfer occurs and has the correct notation acceptable to Thai immigration. I think it's better to keep the 800,000 in the Thai bank account than to do the $65,000 monthly transfer!

@Matt ***********

let me know if you're successful in pulling your money out

@Jesper ******

mine was frozen at The Chiang Mai airport Mall, so it's not just Pattaya

@Matt ******

just file a California return on the income. You're getting from that property and only play Calfornia tax on that income.

@Brandon ***********

I helped Bangkok Bank figure out that they had locked my account by getting the code they had to issued wise as a reason for refusing my monthly transfer. once I told them that Wise was given a R02 code when my monthly deposit was refused, the Bangkok Bank phone representative told me to come to the original branch with passport, Visa, and bank book.

@Pete ******************

they do not know what they are doing. they did not even know they had locked my account I'm talking about customer service representatives on the phone. It is pure chaos at that bank now if you are a foreigner

@Tommy ************

I use the Colonel across from the immigration station in Chiang mai. Good Luck!

You do know that there are agents that will file the 90-day reports for you for one year for $1,500 baht, yes?

I thought in that situation you could do all of the proof of financial competency through the embassy of the country you got the OA visa from.