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Can I open a bank account in Thailand with a DTV visa and later switch to a Non-Immigrant Type O visa?

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Jun 26, 2025

25 days ago

Dieter **********

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Hello, my Name is Dieter and I‘m from Austria. I intend to work in Thailand for my Italian company as freelancer with a DTV visa, long term. My First question is: can I open a bank account in the future? And what requirements do I need to meet? Second: can I make a change-of-visa to a Non-Immigrant Type O visa some day?Especially since a bank account seems to be a requirement for the Type O visa.

Any insights or experiences?

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TLDR : Answer Summary

Dieter, an Austrian intending to work in Thailand under a DTV visa, asks whether he can open a bank account and transition to a Non-Immigrant Type O visa. Responses indicate that opening a bank account with a DTV visa is currently unlikely, and transitioning to a Non-Immigrant Type O visa is complicated, as the DTV visa needs to be canceled first before a new visa can be applied for. Issues such as the requirement of a bank account for the Non-Immigrant Type O visa are also discussed, alongside additional options like using affidavits for income certification.

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@Dieter *********

We already exchanged each other in another group.

***you cannot get a Thai bank account opened on a touristic entry, and the DTV is a “tourist visa-class”

*** you cannot do the “change of visa type” from a DTV to a 90-days Non-Imm-O Visa.

The DTV is a multi-entry 5-year visa. It needs to get cancelled before you will be able to apply for another visa or the “change of visa type”. You cannot apply for a new visa as long as you are on a still valid visa. And since the DTV is a multi-entry visa type, you just cannot invalidate it by exiting Thailand without a re-entry permit.

***you will need to ask the embassy that issued your DTV if they are willing to invalidate it

*** You have you can use the 5-years DTV fully up, make a border bounce every 180 days, and just let the visa validity expire, before you apply for a 90-days Non-Imm-O visa either anywhere in the World, or inside Thailand on Immigration by applying for the “change of visa type”