Moving to thailand

[smeghead_arch]

Once again gentleman a little advice is required from you seasoned vets out there in LOS . Im travelling to Phuket in the next 10 days and was wondering if there was a limit to the amount of CASH i can bring with me through customs without causing problems . You seem to get better exchange rates with good hard cash (£). Also ive heard its not to hard for ferang to get a bank account in thailand , what kind of process would i need to go through , i despise paying credit card company's loads of commision , Any help would be gratefully recieved      

[moe666]

Bring all you want.

[Guest]

In 4 years, customs and immigration never asked me 1 question. I travel outside Thailand every 2 weeks minimum.

[Bravo]

Bring it all in cash. And then getpickpocketted! Why don't you bring travellers cheques or something a bit more secure?

[olekunde]

if you're chelsea, you have dogs bollocks in soi yamoto, they would sure appreciate if you step over to stringfellows

[stogie bear]

There are no legal restrictions to the amount of foreign currency you can bring in to the Kingdom.

The country you come from almost certainly DOES have limits as to how much cash you can take out.

[neil324]

(smeghead_arch @ Jun. 03 2007,02:12) Once again gentleman a little advice is required from you seasoned vets out there in LOS . Im travelling to Phuket in the next 10 days and was wondering if there was a limit to the amount of CASH i can bring with me through customs without causing problems . You seem to get better exchange rates with good hard cash (£). Also ive heard its not to hard for ferang to get a bank account in thailand , what kind of process would i need to go through , i despise paying credit card company's loads of commision , Any help would be gratefully recieved

I presume your from the UK.
I use a Nationwide building society account free withdrawals anywhere in the world and you always get top rates when they exchange the money.
Open a secound account with them for back-up purposes incase you lose the card to the first account.

[stogie bear]