Is it true that Bangkok Bank closes accounts for DTV visa holders?

Anonymous participant 119 More or less but depends on the circumstances. So far, I've not faced any issues but both my Thai bank accounts were opened a long time ago. One on a work permit, the other was upgraded to a work permit because at the time you couldn't get internet banking access without one. Tourists were only given a bank account with debit card but no internet banking access at the time.

BrightDachshund800 Even retirement visa holders are having their bank accounts locked, sometimes for weeks on end. This isn't purely an issue for DTV or tourist visa holders. You're making assumptions that all is fine and dandy as long as you're some sort of long term "resident" when that means nothing in the case of Thailand.

Thailand views the world through the lens of Thais vs foreigners. As long as you're not a Thai citizen, you have very few rights, regardless of what visa you're on.

Foreigners, regardless of how well they speak Thai, even if they hold permanent residency, still need a work permit to work, still can't own land and will still need to pay 10 times more than locals for entry to national parks.

BrightDachshund800 non residents? Most of the dtv holders ARE residents of Thailand

Anonymous participant 688 things have changed since March unfortunately

Anonymous participant 688 That's good. Which city?

Anonymous participant 741 Quite often, banks demand to see a passport to do most things. Exchanging money can be done with just an ID card (despite regulations stating that to purchase foreign currency, everyone, including Thai citizens need to show a passport).

However, yes, it's certainly an idea to show your Thai DL unless they insist on sighting a passport.

Anonymous participant 741 not everywhere.You cant fly domestic with thai driving license

Anonymous participant 741 not anywhere.You cant fly domestic with it

Anonymous participant 741 You have not witnessed a foreigner denied boarding on a domestic flight then - my pal did as they only had their Thai driving licences and not passport. We were discussing this the other week about just carrying our DL's. As for bank they take copies of visa etc - they want to see you are legally in the country - how does a DL do that?

Anonymous participant 627

Anonymous participant 627 I think that the bank accounts suspended are either the ones opened in the past on tourist visa or accounts that have not verified with face recognition/ phone number which happened just in the last year. If someone had his bank account suspended suddenly suspended otherwise, it would be good to hear that.

Anonymous participant 627 This is what has happened with both my accounts. Unless I went in and updated something like address etc the bank had the old details. I have not heard of them getting sophisticated on this such as the "B" expiring and the bank asking for updated details. However, if the previous visa was a tourist visa they may be asking for updates.

Anonymous participant 201 how would they know you've switched visas?

Anonymous participant 201 Good information. 👍 Some people will never believe anything that goes against the DTV, but the so-called benefits they keep arguing about are being slowly removed. Whatever, it’s all over the news, and it just takes time until each case is dealt with.