I am with WRLife for 2,5 year now. Happy I did not need them so far. In the beginning many positive stories, even from acquainted people but lately alas more negative stories with the 'pre-existing' story. Last month I got an update where they exclude a lot in the first FIVE years of paying. I THINK I would go to AIA, Cigna or April, but don't want to switch after 2,5 of paying premium. The only story of Paciffic Cross I heard is, that IF they pay, the premium goes up a lot.
Well, normaly you not need many times send (back?) money from Thailand to y'r home country. If it's only 'an incident', I would use y'r bank app or go to y'r Thai bank. Yes, it costs a bit more (not THAT much), but it's safe and fast. Good luck !
Conc. Passport; Yes, I would renew it. Before my immigration, I renewed my passport and drivers license both, although still valid for a couple of years. So then no worries for many years arriving here.
Mm, strange. I remember, also long time ago before the "Wise era 😉", I made a mistake with swift transfer to my girlfriend's SCB account, and she got exactly the money without bank fee. I even asked her to check a couple of weeks later, because sometimes fees will be deducted some time later. After that I always used BEN because it was cheaper on balance. Well anyway, you don't have to use swift anymore 😉
With Wise use 'funds for long stay..........'. It was gone but is back already. With wise the banks don't calculate fee. This is only with 2 ways of swift transfers SHA and BEN as costs. With OUR you pay everything with sending bank.