Should be a police clearance from your home country and world wide criminal check then come and stay as long as you want. After all we all pay our way , bring heaps of money in to the country and are no burden on thailand. Just saying.
At the end of the day its your money. If financial institutions offer a transfer service it should be almost instant. Me and my friends have had this delay drama. All about ..government ...big corporations..bank control...money control.
As mentioned , its your money , why should the fuc$% do this to average joe ????