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 Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 5:34 pm Post subject: Maximum Cash Into Thailand? |
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Sorry to have to ask this question, but being poor I don't normally have to worry.
When we travel to Thailand next week, we have a friend travelling with us. She wants to bring her money in cash, and needs to know:
What is the maximum amount of British Sterling she is legally allowed to bring in to Thailand with her?
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Do I recall someone saying that you could bring 20k US dollars in cash...? It was something to do with Chinese (?) businessmen a few months back.
(Edit) By the way, I think there's also a limit as to how much cash you can take out of the UK - can't tell you what it is, though.
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Thanks DM.
I do remember the $20K being in existence before, when they kindly witheld 1/3 of money be transferred to a bank from outside of Thailand, so I suppose it would follow that they wouldn't allow you to bring more than that in cash. However, now that the ceiling on Bank Transfers has been lifted, is there a higher ceiling on cash?
I know there is a ceiling on money out of the UK - I'll start researching that now.
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That's brilliant Jockey, thank you very much 
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if shes bringing 10 grand in in sterling thats one hell of a holiday shes planning 
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She sure is - unfortunately, she's only travelling with until she gets to Thailand. She will be going up to Khon Kaen, and we will be travelling to Hua Hin.
I know for a fact that she won't have to worry about how much money she can legally take out of Thailand, because she won't have very much left.
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| Big Boy wrote: | | I know for a fact that she won't have to worry about how much money she can legally take out of Thailand, because she won't have very much left. |
But you should still check how much she can legally take out of the UK - hold on...
| Quote: | Whilst it may be true that there is no legal limit on the amount of cash that you can take out of the country nor any requirement to declare taking the cash, if you are carrying more than £1000, you can be asked by HM Customs to prove where the money came from. If the officer is not satisfied with your explanation of where it came from or what it is to be used for, the money can be confiscated and you will then have to prove to the authorities that it is yours and that it was not going to be used for any illegal transaction before getting it back.
It has been suggested in another thread that taking a bank statement with you will be sufficient to prove this. When I asked the helpline about this, I was told that it is solely at the discretion of the officer on the day and that there is no specific document that will provide the proof that they require. An officer simply declaring that in his opinion he believed that the money was to be used for illegal purposes is apparently sufficient for confiscation.
The rules on carrying cash out of the UK are to be changed in June when ian additional regulation comes into force whereby it will be mandatory to declare taking more than the £ equivalent of 10,000 Euros out of the country. |
Obviously this is far from gospel, but it looks like something you need to make sure of.
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spoke to someone who had 3k sterling taken off them at manc chester airport last christmas
he had to apply for it when he got back
maybe having some bank statements, as someone said above, will do the trick ?
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| Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 9:32 pm Post subject: cash |
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in scandinavia ( denmark ) its 10,000 euro
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dtaai-maai,
There's only one thing I can say to that - OUCH!!
That's an excellent piece of detective work. Would you mind telling me where you sourced it please? I must admit that when I read Jockey's link, I stopped looking.
Having said all of that, you've got to be very unlucky to get caught. I've been out of the country hundreds of times, and not once has any official asked me how much money I'm carrying. I must either look very honest  or very poor 
This could very well curtail my friends plans to party 
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Answered by PM, BB.
Of course, you could offer to split the money up between all your family members... 
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big boy,
this may not suit your friend's plans but she can get a better exchange rate from a telegraphic transfer than from cash exchanges here
can she not tt to your account, or hers if she has one
this way theres none of the problems associated with carrying that amount of cash, i guess her plans would be mucked up big time if some jobsworth confiscated it at the uk airport
or what about travellers cheques
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Thanks dtaai-maai, you've been really on my behalf today. No I hadn't got there first - I've not long returned home from a doctors appointment.
Much appreciated
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