before obtaining the "Yellow book" Kasikorn said no... after..... yes.. opened account about two weeks ago.. this would be on a 60 day tourist stamp... married to Thai woman ...
I have transferred the same amount to the same person at least 9 times in the last year... this time.... western union has taken 6 days and still not transferred ... took the money from my US bank no problem the first day... I have switched to Wise and the first transfer to my new Kasikorn account was 7 seconds...
I was finally able to open up my bank account at Kasikorn bank yesterday... took over an hour... the Lady employee was excellent.. just a lot of papers to copy and sign plus the photos taken with tablet... getting the yellow book is another storey... 8K baht to the local district people from the head of the district to the manager in the office to the lady doing the computer input.. plus the hour long "interview" from the head of the district... I hope I am finished with the "extra" money being spent on anything..
seldom will two people agree 100%... while I do agree with some of your comments..... still... is it not a fact that Thailand was never colonized?...........as to "leaving to go to the 'greatest place'....... I like to think that with so many people from different countries living in America.... it is a good thing... maybe in two or three hundred years.... 90% of the people in America will have brown skin... and everyone gets along better..
Chiang Rai immigration in Mae Sai is where I went to today... one small photo. one copy of the passport photo page. one copy of the page with the entry stamp in the passport...they also made a copy of the receipt of current address which was stapled on the last page of passport... filled out the paper work and handed to the young lady... .... we arrived 1135am and was finished a couple minutes before 12 noon.. when they close for a hour for lunch... Chiang Rai immingration in Chiang Rai is extremely busy.. we wanted to visit the Sky Walk also.. Sky walk in Chiang Saen is better.. still... sky walk Mae Sai has a good view of the city..
try to understand... not criticizing... just trying to understand .. with out getting into specifics... here is a link to what I put together that represents what I truly think...................
