@Dave ********

why not?

What's the point of linking the accounts? You have money going into your regular account. It will cost you to move that money into your Thai account. Just pull it straight from your account.

Why do you want a Thai account to do regular business? Just have one with the money to get your visa and do your regular banking from your foreign account

@Tod ********

- since we are trying to get this done before we reach the 15 day cutoff, it is the transfer of money into the country that is our only concern.

@Timmy *****

- thanks for your input. Seems about the same as the extension, just a bit more.

@Ivan ***********

- yes, that why I looked at the tt rate.

@Timmy *****

- do you have a pic of the page for the requirements to apply for a non-o visa (retirement purpose) while in Thailand from visa exempt entry if it needs that specified?

@Ivan ***********

- I underestimated nothing with regards to those numbers. At the time of my post the KrungSri tt rate was 32.84 and the wise rate was 32.88 as I indicated. A day later the bank rate started dropping, unknown why. That's why I suddenly started getting interested in Wise because it then became a better deal. But the wise transfer is no deal if it can't be shown as an international transfer at KrungSri. Now I am told here that in order to get my non-o visa for retirement purposes from our 30 day visa exempt extension it has to be shown as an international transfer. So given that all that information was supplied, people should be told that when asking about what bank to go to, to get an account in Thailand. Specifically that wise will only show that with Bangkok bank. I don't even know where that information comes from regarding the requirement of where the money comes from.

@Charles *******

- I don't care about red flags. I have no problem reporting my foreign account. I will not own any additional tax.

@Sid ******

- and

@Gar****

said use a different code. And others said it doesn't work except for bkk bank. I don't know what to think.