Hua Hin Forum

Since this original post, the exchange rate from baht to USD has dropped radically. I saw one place today a rate of 33.4 to 1USD. If the slide doesn't slow or stop I think many ex-pats living here now will be looking at places like Cambodia and Vietnam as alternatives and many would-be ex-pats will ...

You won't know until you try and you may be albe to transfer your account to the BKK branch and you would be good to go...good luck!

Jim

I cannot say for other parts of Thailand, however, in Pattaya you can open an account at Bangkok Bank with just your passport. Most of the other banks require all the necessary paperwork. Passport, visa, authorization from immigration, yada, yada, yada. I suggest you check where you live for the req...

According to a statement from Pramote Pramoonsab, Thai Consul in Penang, Double entry visas are being stopped immediately. Already border immigration folks are stopping people and if you have "many" 30 days runs they are refusing re-entry. There are a lot of folks in Pattaya whizzing in th...

There are two re-entry permits, single entry and multiple entry. Both are easy enough to get and can be had at the immigration bureau when you get the retirement visa. The cost for a single entry permit currently is B1000 and B3900 for a multiple entry permit. I suggest the single entry permits if y...

Please allow me to respond on the issue of the retirement visa for Thailand. You are no longer required to have 800K baht in a Thai bank, though it does remain an option. You can also qualify if you have an income of at least 65K baht per month and some in the bank too. The length of time it is in t...

I would suppose that I am an expat of a still unnamed category. I moved here for a number of reasons. Cost of living in the States, a desire to live here since I had been here 35+ years ago, political direction, simpler lifestyle, not to mention the beautimus women. Cheers! Jim