How can I open a bank account in Thailand with a DTV visa without high agent fees?

SCB will be updating requirements to include DTV.Please don't use agents, it's because of these agents that banks now have problems giving accounts.

@Stefan *******

DM me if you are in Bangkok. I may be able to help.

is the same as 110+ ATM fees or nearly 3.500.000 Baht.

Forget about a Thai bankaccount when you don't have a longterm visa, but only a tourist visa.

Read all the same posts previous days, weeks, months you are nothing special that would be treated differently than anybody else.

Banks in Thailand are like everywhere in the world, interested in having good stable custormers, 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?

Good luck - don’t waste your time now… far past any of us being able to get them… I attempted it via multiple agents 3 months ago and went into 8+ banks myself. Since then it’s 99.9% impossible.

Do it yourself ask the bank what documents they require and you can do it not difficult

Many agents are charging 25k

Can help only krungthai in Bangkok 22k.

I know one who can in Bangkok or Pattaya who can for about 15k on non-risky passports.

if u cant open it by urself try contacting J&E concierge.