Is proof of funds required at Immigration when entering Thailand on a visa exemption?

@Miguel ************

honestly, whether you've been asked in your few times entering is statistically insignificant compared to the several million tourists who enter Thailand each year. You must not pay the close attention to the groups that others do, where there have been plenty of reports over the years of people asked to show the funds in cash, and denied entry when they don't have it. However, as I said, the odds of it happening are smaller than those of you being hand searched for drugs. But that doesn't mean people don't get searched for illicit materials every day, just like several out of tens of thousands of people entering Thailand daily get asked to show the funds.

@Miguel ************

I've been asked twice, once at BKK and once at Poipet, there you go

@Miguel ************

a bank statement doesn't meet the requirement. You must show it in actual cash, not via credit cards, banking apps, etc. However the odds of being asked for the average person without a problematic entry or stay history is about as much as being randomly pulled aside and searched for illegal drugs.

@Miguel ************

That would be Travellers Cheque not bank cheques

@Miguel ************

The Thailand requirement, if you are asked, is CASH ONLY. They will not accept bank statement, credit or debit card, banking app, etc.

@Miguel ************

Thailand can of course require whatever they want, but in today's world of electronic payments and credit cards, how many people normally carry THB 20,000 or the equivalent in $ / £ /€ in cash ?