Seems odd that it's only the O/A visa that requires health cover if the reason is to stop people doing a runner without paying a hospital bill, if that was the reason for the new rule surely it would apply to all long term visas? 🤷‍♂️

@Adam *******

Does he need to set up a separate holding account within his Wise account for Thai Baht to keep a balance in Baht to pay in Thailand with the DEBIT card?

USD55 seems like a good deal with a 30 minute turnaround? 🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️

Yes. I was merely observing it seems to be a bit of a ridiculous situation.

@Frédéric ****************

I hear you, I get you can't drive on it indefinitely and need to get one in the country of residence but it just seems stupid they can't issue one with an overseas address as a proof of entitlement for vehicle types driven perhaps endorsed not for use outside country of citizenship like they put on visas of foreign nationals in the UK - No recourse to Gov't funds. Instead people have to resort to getting round the rules by providing a false address (which is the obvious way around it...).

@Paul *******

Isn't it ridiculous the lengths you have to go to getting around rules/regs... You'd think in this day and age they'd come up with a better system to keep your uk licence in date since they introduced a limited life span plastic licence? After all you can change your HMRC details to your overseas address so why not drivers licence... 🤷‍♂️

As per the email they sent out advising customers of planned maintenance in advance.

@Steve ******

I'm surprised Bangkok Bank London offer a more favourable rate than Wise or other transfer services. I also just saw on their website they charge a fee of £15- £20?

@Nick ***********

I'm holding on to my Halifax clarity c/c as they don't apply charges when abroad. I will only use my UK debit cards here in Thailand to scrape the ice off the pickup windscreen during the winter.

You mean use my UK bank card to withdraw cash from a Thai ATM? Surely not?