@Charles *******

yes thats why you should apply for your visa in your home country

Do you a Thai bank account?

@Aaron ********

tell me what it is? It was said that some agents were offering a service, personally I wouldn't trust that route, also Thaivisa company offer a complete service at a cost. They have good feedback, there might be others.

@Aaron ********

opening bank account now needs you to have a non o visa, which you have to get before you arrive. Its a 90 day visa which gives you time to open the bank account and allow for your funds to be seasoned, before your visa ext for a full 12 months.

@Paul ************

the freezing for 4 months is a Bangkok bank policy.

Well its quite straightforward if your applying for non o 90 day outside the country its ok, if its a visa ext 12 months at your local immigration office then its a local bank statement

The initiative its to stop people living here with back to back extensions. Conversely if you come here 6 times a year, from your home country and going back, with booked hotels and return flights there would be no problem. Unfortunately, there will be most probably somewhere in the middle, and here the immigration officer will judge by what you say, and your trip history to determine if your a tourist or not.

@Mark ********

well it just happened that I had to call kbank so I asked them about Wise/Swifts they said there should be no problem they are one of the nominated Thai banks to receive Wise tranfers, although, they said customers told them that Wise puts a limit on how much you can send, so I'm not sure what happened, did you call thier call centre to find out? Bangkok bank has a International department that when I sent a wise payment to them they help me sort it out. Wonder if KBank offer the same. The thing with Bangkok bank, is with a non o where you need to hold the money for 2 months BB want to hold it 4 months to let you have bank balance certificate.

@Todd ********

ok what I meant was you still need to have the correct Thai. immigration entry requirements like valid a visa or what ever

Only if you fullfill the entry requirements