@Graham ****

not if he lives in Thailand, it’s based on Uk residency needs to be there more than 6 months a year…..

Just get a dummy return ticket on line for 10 bucks , airline check-in is your biggest risk could bring your trip to a grinding halt if they ask…

Immigration office will handle all your needs for princely sum of

@19**

I managed this processs allbeit about 6 years ago when I transitioned from Bangkok Bank (joint account) with my wife , to two individual accounts with SCB - come renewal time of our respective retirement visas I provided letters and statements from both banks which dovetailed and immig in Phuket were happy with it.No logical reason why they shouldn’t accept it other than an officer on a bad hair day but who knows……

The US has suspended the Deminimus concession whereby parcels valued at under $800 could be imported duty free. This concession is agreed with many countries worldwide and negotiated through the World Customs Union, based on the premise that there is a value below which it costs more to collect the duties/vat than the amount collected - very sensible approach……however in the US its been politicised resulting in its complete removal…..this will involve carriers like DHL/Fedex/UPS and EMS/Post having to clear parcels formally and have to collect duties and vat from thousands of one off importers……they will probably look to online retailers to include duty/vat/admin in the purchase price at time of ordering…….upshot of all this is many online buyers will realize their product is now 30% ++ more expensive and they will buy locally instead of online which is probably the intention of the changes. Similar changes happened in Thailand last year…….

@Max ************

I’ll read up on splitting hairs instead, more informative 🤔

visa exempt is a tourist visa , hope that answers your question , you can’t get half pregnant.

@Det ******

my on line banking got cut the day I was flying overseas for a week, great timing - I just went to the ATM to withdraw some of that stuff called cash, to tide me over until I flew back and was able to get to the branch - always a solution…..

All the banks are clamping down, I went through same issues with SCB, irritating to say the least especially as branches have been rammed with people recently, all going through the same challenges actually feel for the staff can’t be easy for them dealing with all these GOM

You probably have to open a local account anyway, so take care of that and whilst you’re at it discuss transfer of your funds from your previous account, if its same bank should be straightforward worst case scenario is you have to travel to previous location to do transfer but at least you have an account to move it to and your not flying around with bundles of cash…….