Is it safe to visit KBank for face registration with a DTV visa?

I opened a bank account 6 years ago on working visa, left Thailand, came back 3 years after with a tourist visa (last year) and new passport, no questions asked, gave me a new card. I had kept the blue book.

Went to original branch, simple process

Scanning my face was very funny because it took a long long time to have a perfect scanning. I guess the app of my bank was working to fast and I was not fast enough with my face scanning.

Just need to have sim registered with passport everyone's bank account has needed to be updated for over a year including locals just need to go in bank update everything good to go visa is not part of update

Yes no problems ten minutes your done.just scan your face.

I have no visa and recently complied with request to visit bank for face recognition process.

Absolutely no problems,

face recognition is for if you need to change amounts of withdrawals limit, which i used a couple of times.

I had three bank accounts. They closed one as I did not go for face recognition verification. The two are still open.

Opening a bank account in Thailand on tourism is not illegal at all. Previously, many tourists could open Thai bank accounts. But many Thai banks had new regulation about the tourists to open account. So they did not allow it anymore since years. The last bank standing to still open bank account for foreign tourists was bangkok bank. But from last year, bangkok bank did not do it anymore. And plus, new guidelines of the Thai central bank. So called, KYC, rules by international banking standard. So now, opening a bank account without valid visa in Thailand is almost not possible. However, rules are rules. The new rules can not effect on old one. New rules for new one. This is also basic law principle. Visa or stay permit only rules how long are you allowed to stay in Thailand. Not how long put your money in Thailand. There are some investors who already put their money in Thailand for investments reasons. Even they do not reside in Thailand anymore. They come and go sometimes to check his investments in Thailand. Do they have valid visa? or need it? I do not think so. At least in Thailand no. What about people who got visa or stay permit before, and lived in Thailand. But for any reason, they could not live in Thailand anymore or must go back home and stay there. And of course, their visa or permit would be expired. Mostly non o visa and extension. What about them? They do not have any valid visa now and their banks close or freeze their accounts and money in Thailand??? What about investors who put a lot of money into Thailand and no more visa? and not reside in Thailand?? Their money is frozen and gone??? If so, what foreigners want to invest money in Thailand?? Foreigners are Foreigners. We do not know when we go back home. We can go home but what about money left in the thai bank? or what if investment? frozen and gone?? If Thai banks do this, I personally never put a big money in Thailand at all. It is simply too high risk.

I had the same happen. I went in and they made me choose to update and show non o or close the account. Idk if it's every banks policy but it has been for 3 of my other banks. Good luck man.

Banks are doing this more often, generally for security. Whether they check if you have a valid visa is not easy to say.

My experience was they froze the account when they didn't have the documents to justify the accounts opening. they froze the account and then that was the motivation for me the account holder to come in and update the information to conform to current standards.

Go to the exact same branch you opened your account at. Not all bank branches are foreigner-friendly. One Kbank branch might be very helpful, while the other one might try to harass you and close your account.

Your account is most likely already frozen until you rectify it.

Opened 2 bank accounts years ago on tourist visas just update as they ask never a problem

There is no automatic mechanism by which your bank account is closed simply because you no longer hold a long-term stay that originally qualified you to open it. In practice, banks will most likely not concern themselves with your current immigration status when you attend to complete a mandatory update.

Just the bank updating records, that’s all

Unfortunately you just have to do whatever there ask or the account would get frozen anyway, fingers crossed 🤞

you could comply with their request and just do the face scan and update the passport number. They might not want to see which visa you are on at the moment