Can I open a bank account in Thailand with a DTV visa?

As for many if not all "Can I..." or "Can we..." questions about Thailand, this depends on the specific bank teller you happen to be talking to. I got my first Thai bank account in 2018 while still on tourist visa at a Bangkok Bank branch in Phuket. But before the successful attempt I visited 4 or 5 different banks where I was politely refused...

Yes, just go into any bank with your passport and proof of DTV visa and they will open a bank account for you. They will also give you a bonus 1,000,000 thb to assist with your day to day expenses. Just use the search function and there’s numerous posts about it.

I know people who have done it and many who have failed to do it. From what I've seen it's not easy and questionably legal

NO NO no. wrong visa.

Banks in Thailand are like everywhere in the world, interested in having good stable customers, that have a permanent address, a steady easy traceable income, and use the account all year round.

That is why the banks are reluctant to give accounts to people on short time ( read: tourist ) visas, and who only spend part of the year in Thailand.

Don’t expect to get a residence certificat, until you have stayed at a permanent adress in at least 3 month, since that is what the residence certificat should confirm.

Furthermore the added attention on whitewashing of money, is an added burden on the banks, so reluctant depositing large amounts isn’t a guaranteed way to open an account.

The value of a resident certificat, had gone down, since Immigration Officers are giving them to people that are not on a longterm visa, or have stayed severel months at 1 adress in Thailand, so even if it is a formal requirement, the bank make up their own assesment of the stability of the want-to-be customer.

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Be aware there is a error in the start of the article ( and several other copy - paste media with the same article )

A Thai Bankaccount has never been a requirement to get DTV, on the contrary it has been one of the big advantage over other visa, that you could get DTV as long as you could show 500.000 Baht equivalent in any bank anywhere in the world.

It has never been the intention that DTV visaholders should be in need of a Thai bankaccount.

929?

Very very unlikely, and if you succeed it’s likely to be shut by head office of whatever bank branch opens it.

Is possible with Tourist Visa, but you need Privileg Visa. DTV Not work

You need a good reason to have one, own a condo, married to a Thai, have a Thai child ect,

No, unless you own a property

How much money you have and why you need it? Based on that it might be easy or difficult.

No, and I don't know why this same question keeps getting approved.

No

Not possible

Very difficult on a tourist visa

No