How can I open a Thai bank account without a retirement visa?

@Tom ********

US political corruption and wars are intertwined dude. Why do you think they have so many?

@Ken ******

Talking to Americans is often like talking to a cabbage.

@Lynnette ******

ahh I stand corrected

@Duane ************

sorry to contradict you again but your bank closing and old account and opening a new account at the same time is totally different from going to a new bank you have never done business with and trying to open a new account.

@Ken ******

I can only share my experience

@Duane ************

and your information was already in their system. Now they need facial recognition scan of your face and many more documents to open an account without history with that bank.

@Ronald **********

Mm, so you went to the Thai Consulate in Savannakhet ? Well, then that changed 😢, sorry.

Isn't US one of the Countries where you have to apply for a visa using the Electronic site? I sent 3 months worth of bank statements and had no problems.

@Kenny *****************

2nd largest economy in SE Asia behind Indonesia. 10th largest economy in all Asia, (50x countries, including Middle East and Turkey/Cyprus). 29th largest economy in the world. But don't have a knife in the cutlery on the dinner table. Use hand signals to becon you towards or away in the complete opposite to the rest of the world. That still blows my mind everytime I see it. And they pull out turning left onto any type of road including motorways, without looking right, ever. But depending on what you read, Thailand is a 'developing' country, an 'advanced developing' country, a 'Middle income' country, an 'upper middle income' country, or an 'industrialised' country, amongst other titles.

I agree, it's transitioning to a middle-income country by GDP. But it still has some antiquaited institutioanl bumps to overcome. It's tourism that keeps it above the other S.E.A. countries. I can't think of any country in the world which has more visitors per/population ratio than Thailand. Almost 1 visitor for every 3 Thais. It's openness to FDI since the 1970s and its sex industry has grown hand-in-hand, along with light manufacturing which has replaced garment industry. An important indicator of transition is the latetest data on the percentage of the working population still tied to agricucultural industry. Last I read (years back) was around 60%. Maybe much less now.

@Damien *******

yes ! get used to it , TIT

@Damien *******

i too am loathe to support graft and corruption but sometimes they rig the system so far that there is no other choice.

@Ken ******

TIT

@Damien *******

we're all wired differently

@Damien *******

but it's easier and helps get visa money in bank.