Are there agents in Chiang Mai that can help open a bank account for Non-O visa holders?

We can assist with this, but only in Bangkok. As mentioned, we currently offer this as a complete end-to-end service for those entering on a tourist visa (TR) or visa exemption.

The package includes bank account assistance, conversion to a Non-O visa, and a one-year retirement extension.

Our current prices range from 45,000 to 55,000 THB, depending entirely on how urgently you need the process completed.

If you can wait a few weeks, the cost is 45,000 THB. If you need everything completed on the same day, the cost is 55,000 THB.

The service itself is the same. The only difference is the processing time.

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Then once the 15 months pass you can use our service for yearly extensions for 14,000 thb without traveling to bangkok.

Sorry....NOT until you have the Non O Visa...the METV Multiple Entry Tourist Visa is a tourist visa.

Why not get your Non-O from outside Thailand in Laos for example, just takes a little longer than your usual METV border bounce?

If you have a lease, get a to.30 from your landlord then go to immigration office by the airport. Ask the for "certificate of residence" for the purpose of opening a bank account. If you pay an extra 400 baht you will be able to pick it up the next day. Once you have the certificate officially from the immigration office. Any bank in Chiang Mai will let you open a bank account with international money transfer allowed.

Won't be a problem after you switch. The bank will also probably want to see a lease and a phone with local number

Non-o yes you can open an acct

Try to open account close to where you live because if you have any issues in the future you will have to go to branch where the account was opened.

Sure, but pretty much all of them will want to undertake the whole process.