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

@Jared ********

If there are better options available go for it.

@Frank-Steven **********

It is 5 years, not 5.5. It is not guaranteed now that you can use it over 5 years.

It is designed to have digital nomads frequently visiting the country ion a period of 5 years, but not to facilitate people to live in Thailand full time.

There is a reson for a stay duration of 180 days, but a lot of people just don'tr want to understand the meaning of that and use border bounces to trick the system. Border bounces are completely legal, but it is a loophole to trick the system.

When I am on workcation, why should I be denied to travel out and not be allowed in because they made the visa single entry like you propose.

And why should I as a digital nomad not have the possibility to get back to Thailand after I left some months to work in another country.

The intended use of the DTV is not the problem, but the people who are to stubborn to get the visa that is intended for their purpose of stay, or people for which there is no matching visa, because Thailand is simply not interest in them to visit the country.

@Frank-Steven **********

you can do that with the TrueMoney app. I'm using it. You can pay any QR code and also transfer to regular Thai bank accounts if you need to pay somebody, like a landlord or so.

@Elías *******

In such cases, you might as well use Wise to pay people and cash for everything else...there's not much point of trying to go "cashless" (except with a credit/debit card) if you can't access the local banking system.

@Frank-Steven **********

Even the "remote worker" category is a joke! I've got three friends, all on non-O retirement visas who created bogus businesses in Australia ($60 a year), put a family member as secretary, and got the family member to write a letter. The DTV is a total joke. Remote worker? One of my friends is 76 and never switched on a computer in his life. This visa is the biggest joke in Thai visa history. Anyone and everyone can get one!

Anonieme deelnemer 172 The fact that there are a lot of people abusing the DTV visa does not make it a joke.

In my opinion when you have a non-o retirement it is strange you want to switch to the lower qualified DTV.

In my case I made the decision for DTV because the only way to extend is in-country, and each year at the same time,

Because I am only part of the year, less 180 days a year in Thailand, non-o retirement just is not easy.

When they would allow to extend online, I would have choosen the non-o and not DTV.

Anonymous participant 172 Again, I take a other perspective on this. The DTV might not be flawless, but it is the first visa that does not unnecessarily overcomplicate things - like the failure the LTR visa turned out to be. And people aged 50 or older had it so very easy for a long time before, just putting little money on some Thai bank account and practically being allowed to stay forever.

@Frank-Steven **********

The DTV is hardly "flawless". But you're right, it simplified the process to such a degree that absolutely anyone can get one, and that's where its weakness lies. Immigration offices want nothing to do with it, and it won't be too long before their colleagues at the borders will start asking for more information.

Anonieme deelnemer 172 Personally I did not find immigration offices unhelpful about DTV. Just out of curiosity I asked them how the extension process would work, and they just answered friendly giving details needed.

If they really hated it, I would expect them to advise not to extend.