Can a foreigner open a joint bank account with a Thai citizen in Thailand?

I have an American neighbour who has a Thai wife & they had a joint bank account with his American pension being paid directly into it.

Her family and friends were always asking her for loans (some were paid back & some weren’t).

Another Thai made an allegation of serious assault against his wife & she was arrested and jailed whilst police investigated the incident and the bank account was frozen for the duration of the investigation & trial, because her name was on the joint account. This meant that he no longer had access to any money from their only Thai bank account, yet his pension was still being paid into it. She was later found not guilty and the bank account was unfrozen again. They now have separate bank accounts and instantly transfer between then as required.

You can open an account without a Thai person.. Just pay 6000 baht for travel insurance from the bank beside tesco and they give you an account

You do not need a thai person to open bank account. Use BKK Bank or K bank. Former is easy.

NEVER open a bank account with someone else... a Joint Account... always keep things like that separate from others (credit cards also!) no matter what country you are in or what nationality the other person is. Joint accounts are never a good idea!

You do not need a Thai person to open an account in Bkk Bank, Krungsri Bank or the Green Bank , just open it in your own name

You can. But you put your Thai partner in big trouble. Because all friends and relatives will ask your partner to help out with a "loan" immediately. And "no" is no answer to such requests 🤔

Why would you LOL

I have my own Thai bank account with Bangkok Bank. My Thai girl helped me with the process.

What would be the advantage?

Most of the guys who post on here have been burnt by their ex Soi 6 bar girlfriends hence so many negative replys.....in fact how they accumulated money in the first place to lose it beats me.

Do what you what is your money.

You can but watch the women

Only if you trust them 100%

Be very careful

Not a good idea but yes you can

Yes, I did it twice.

⬆️ 2 U 😉

Yes but why would you

While not all thai(or from anywhere) women will sell your socks shoes and blood, there are a few good ones out there. At the same time when it comes to cash...

Simple answer yes

Can also open single account in your name and transfer money to joint account, as and when

Account in your name only ! Ya, We, know, your different. YOUR NAME.

Me love you long time baby! 😘

Well, I will at least until I have raped your bank account! 😜

Don’t listen to all these naysayers with their negativity. If you go to Soi 3 Sukhumvit in Bangkok with your passport and cash you will find any number of beautiful and charming individuals willing to help you. Best of luck.

Yes

It satifies my immigration for ret. Visa

Why would you want to do this? Certainly it won’t satisfy immigration financial requirements for retirement visa. The Thai person can use your bank card if you give her your pin. That is the safest way.

Yes

Yes you can and you can have it set so that both you and the Thai have to sign in order to make withdrawals. This type of account is useful if for example you have a half Thai child and want to save in a bank account for them even though they are not old enough to hold the account themselves

Steady there tiger. Just open two separate accounts. Money transfer is instantaneous these days so no need for joint accounts.

Is this a wind up???

Dont

Yes, say bye bye to your money doe

Yes you can, you put all your Money in Bank and She takes it out and run far away with it. Bye Bye Farang

You can, but unless you have 20 years together....

A joint bank account with a Thai means you depositing the money & them withdrawing it immediately…

Be careful!!!

Yes

Yes, you can have a joint bank account.