Should we each have our own bank accounts or a joint account for our retirement visa in Thailand?

@Mark *********

I’m paying an agent. I’m just wanting to avoid filling out paperwork. I had a stroke and I write like a 5 year old now. Barely legible as far as I’m concerned. Compared to my very neat writing pre stroke.

@Vincent ********

get the O-A retirement visa before you leave, needs proof of funds, medical cert, police clearance certificate and health insurance (Axa offer a good product here reasonably priced, designed for visa purposes - has a high excess/deductible so not ridiculously expensive)

@Vincent ********

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@Peter ***************

said, Kasikorn Bank wanted to see our certificate of residence in order to open our bank accounts. We are currently staying at an Airbnb for a little over a month and the owner very kindly drew up a rental agreement and TM30 paperwork for us which we were able to submit to immigration for them to issue the certificate. We also needed to present to immigration copy of the property owners passport (since he is Finnish and not Thai), copy of his drivers license (front and back) and although they asked for the blue/yellow book, they still issued the certificate after we said the owner didn’t have one. If the property is owned by a Thai local, I imagine this would be required. With all the paperwork, the whole process of getting the resident certificate and opening up three bank accounts (two individual and one joint) was very easy. One advice, be sure to check your English information (name, birthdate) on all official docs as the bank spotted a spelling error on my doc and I had to go back to immigration to correct. Good luck!

@Vincent ********

Also a "Certificate of Residence" from imm. you use, helps a lot for opening an account with the non O visa. The only thing I read that some imm. offices ( E.g. Bangkok) issues this only after a first 90 days report. So then you cannot get one there. Just ask the imm you gonna use for y'r year extensions. And for 2 separate bank accounts, with both the app installed, you could share the login data/pin.

@Vincent ********

I thought it is 60 day visa exempt status (depending on your country of origin) and you can get a 30 day extension?

@Joseph ******

my wife is Singaporean, two farangs have no rights here and banks a especially paranoid

2.5% interest before tax but important you specify Easi pass or they will give you a big standard account with little interest…

If you are keeping the 800k in either or both accounts for visa purposes , SCB offer and Easi Pass account, offers 25

@Dave *********

yes.