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Does the 500k baht requirement for a Thai visa need to be in a Thai bank account?

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Jul 1, 2025

10 months ago

Anonymous *************

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Hello! Does that 500k baht has to be in thai account or it can be on any accessible account?

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TLDR : Answer Summary

The requirement of having 500,000 baht for a visa does not strictly need to be in a Thai bank account. It can be held in any bank account globally, provided you can access it and present proof through a bank statement. However, Thai embassies typically prefer accounts from banks familiar to them for easier verification.

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Fitfac *****************

Any bank account is acceptable, but the embassy always prefers a bank account from the same country as the Thai embassy (because they are familiar with the bank and can verify the documents more easily).

10 months ago

John **********

Any account that is instantly accessible

10 months ago

Ti ******

It can be in any bank account anywhere in the world. You just need a statement to prove it

10 months ago

Jeremy ********

Seeing that dtv Visas don’t rate Thai bank accts

Then it has to be in a bank acct anywhere other than Thailand

10 months ago

Steffen *****************

@Jeremy *******

not necessarily but the thought process goes like this:

A DTV visa is a tourist visa and therefore you shouldn’t have a Thai bank account.

10 months ago

Jeremy ********

@Steffen ****************

thank you for repeating what I stated

10 months ago

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Jeremy ********

Tim *********

no it doesn't

Jeremy ********

yes I said that

Tim *********

still doesn't make it true. people were on workpermit & visa, retired all of them have thai bank accounts and can switch to the dtv using that account

10 months ago

Jeremy ********

@Tim ********

long term visas are good to get bank accts

DTV are not

10 months ago

Tim *********

@Jeremy *******

can you read? this is about the dtv application not about on getting a bank account... for the OP it can be a thai bank account but it doesn't need to he

10 months ago

Jeremy ********

@Tim ********

as of 1 month ago everything changed

10 months ago

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Jeremy ********

Does it matter which bank I use for proof of 500k Baht for a visa application in Thailand?

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10 months ago

Is there a requirement for the 500k baht to be in my account for a month when applying for a visa from London?

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