Is it possible to open a bank account in Thailand on a tourist visa?

@Marc *******

you fell for Immigrations bad English and wrong wording. . . . . You need to be either on the 90-days stay permit out of a Non-Imm-O visa type, or you need to be on a "1-year Extended Stay Permit based on Retirement". You are NOT a permanent resident of Thailand if you have any of the two mentioned stamps. All you got is a "stay permit" for Thailand, but not a "residence permit". The "Wohnsitzbescheinigung" ist just a letter from Immigration certifying that you are living under address XYZ. We call it "certificate of residence" and this is what is needed on most banks to get a bank account opened. . . . . .you could only bypass the "certificate of residence" if you hold a yellow house book and a pink ID-card. . . . . . . A "residence permit" is something else, it is a blue/purple passbook that says "PR-Permament Residency", and the hurdles to jump through in order to get one issued are very high

@Marc *******

It was YOU who described the requirements wrongly in the first place!

You wrote:

“it was very easy opening an account with Bangkok Bank Khrungthai refused telling me only possible with residence permit”

And that’s bollocks, because the bank had never asked you for a “residence permit”, other than their staff worded it wrongly

It was then YOU who got lost in translation.

The bank rather asked you for the “certificate of residence” (COR) from your Immigration, and NOT for a “residence permit”

The “COR” is NOT a residence permit - but it was YOU who named it as such in the first place. YOU named it “residence permit” in your own words

Graham Seal was right to remember you that the OP wasn’t asked for a residence permit, but for a residence certificate! A completely different thing!

YOU just are not capable of proper English. Sorry to say, you are confusing matters.

Stick to stirring in the Swiss Cheese Fondue, nothing can go wrong with that

@Marc *******

"and they told me I need to be residence of Thailand" . . . . . "residence", bad English. . . . .

If put into correct English they should have said "you need to be a resident in Thailand and prove it".

Neither YOU nor the bank clerk knew the correct wording, pity for both of you

What they intended to say was, that they need the “certificate of residence” from Immigration.

This certificate is not a “resident permit”. . . . It simply is a proof of address

@Marc *******

Actually, YOU are making things up 😅😆😅 You NEVER EVER had a residency permit. Not on a tourist visa, not on a Non-O visa, and not on a visa exempt entry. Never ever. A "residency permit" looks like this passport. . . . I will leave this discussion now, it is a waste of time trying to teach stubborn and introverted people who are unwilling to learn

@Marc *******

you cannot be a residence. Only a house, a room, a camping tent our your sleeping bag under a bridge can be a residence 😆😂😄