How do I obtain a certificate of residency and a yellow book in Thailand with different visa types?

If you can't open a bank account yourself, an agent can assist you.

If you live in the Bangkok area you can’t get a certificate of residence until you filed your first 90 day address report. In other parts of Thailand that restriction is not in place according to some reports. You get a Tambien Baan even without any visa but are you planning on purchasing a condo? Because if not, it’ll be very difficult to find a landlord willing to provide all the documents required (lease agreement along with your landlord’s ID and own blue Tabien Baan [if leasing the property] for a simple renter as most often than not originals are required so the landlord has to show up in person.

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.

Reconsider if a Thai bankaccount is need-to-have or nice-to-have.

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.

Furthermore the added attention on whitewashing of money, is an added burden on the banks, so even 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.