@Toto ****

Cheap food in 5* hotels?

@Chris ****

Maybe you need to check out the air quality in your area and monitor the fine particulate content which is what sensible people appear to have been doing prior to Covid particularly in high population density areas such as Bangkok and other large conurbations?

@Chris ****

I used to see lots of Thais wearing masks before the pandemic because of bad air quality ;)

@Winston *******

I'm still alive having arrived just over a year ago with the trip taking around 24 hours door to door. I didn't suffocate. Neither did I suffocate jogging in Bangkok with a mask when we lived there. Guess I must just have been lucky?

You are able to send 50,000 THB or above per transfer only to the following banks as of 7 January 2022 due to regulatory changes:

Bangkok Bank Public Company

Kasikorn Bank

Siam Commercial Bank

@Richard *********

I used the front door at Kasikorn no problems.

@Duncanc *********

HSBC don't offer private banking accounts IN Thailand.

@Cliff ********

And yet they still request it for 90 day reports, residency certificates and visa apps?

@Michael ******

Also worth noting that only Bangkok, Kasikorn and Siam Commercial banks can accept transfers over Thai Bt 49,999 in one transaction.

@Shane ****

As Stuart says residency certificate. Get it from immigration. Don't get it at the UK Embassy they charge about £50! Immigration in Korat issue residency certificates for free with a 7 day turn around, fee and turnaround may vary from office to office. The paperwork at Korat was a bit of a faff, but if you want a bank account that's how it is...