How can I open a Thai bank account in Hua Hin as an expat?

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@Darlie *******

she's a great agent!!

I can help you if you have what the bank needs.

Get the right type of visa (Long term, not Tourist as DTV), then it will be possible.

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?

Me too

It is currently almost impossible to open an account on the DTV visa, even some agents are staying on their web site that they can't help. I believe the US Embassy says on its web site that this is a tourist visa and thus you can't open a bank account. For those that day it can be done, it would be helpful to include a date when they personally opened a bank account, after March 2025, on a DTV visa and the name of the bank and the branch. Vague answers like I opened one somewhere at some point are really not helpful to those who are asking.

Try TTB bank

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Just show the bank that you have 200k baht in cash and need to open a bank account.

No

Go to the bottom of soi 94. Several visa agents that should be able to advise you

Without work permit impossible

I used an agent in Pattaya recently. It is Getting more and more difficult to find.

@Praew *********

should be able to assist

Go to basement of blue port and go to Bangkok bank. I did it there in March

Go to scb bank