I'm in Bangkok. It took me 40 minutes to get to the main branch of Bangkok Bank which is the only place that can give out the required documents. I had to wait in two different cues there to get three different documents. Then I had to take another grab car across town. Got stuck in traffic. I did have lunch real quick immigration is closed between noon and 1:00 p.m. there's huge lines that builds up during that time. So I get there around 1:00 get in a queue. They check the documents. I also had to get some documents printed downstairs. It takes a lot of time. It takes more time than people say in this group. People say oh just go around the corner to the bank. Or oh why don't you just go here when she just go there. Everything is far apart and there's traffic and I could have taken the train but it would have taken me even longer because of where I live.
Yes now I have learned so much and if I had to do the whole process again it would be much easier. But coming in they don't really help you out. They don't explain things to you. It really helps if you have a local friend to negotiate and ask questions. Even with this retirement visa extension they didn't tell me anything. They just gave it to me. Now I know there's a note saying I have to check in every 90 days etc. But this was never verbalized. It's stuff like that that makes it confusing all along the way
I'm kind of new to the game but I have revolut and wise, I have five different bank accounts in the US and only some of them transfer money easily. So I started with revolute because it was easier to use. I'm going to do the same experiment with wise later.