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What are the challenges with opening a Thai bank account using the DTV visa and QR code?

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Has anyone experience of Dtv QR code scanning issue for bank account opening ? the banks require the valid QR code
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Opening a Thai bank account with a DTV visa can be challenging. Many users report that banks consider DTV as a tourist visa, which typically does not qualify for account opening. Requirements include having a long-term visa and a stable, traceable income, as Thai banks prefer customers with a permanent address and a steady residence. Recent changes have made it increasingly difficult to open accounts, even for those who previously succeeded. Additionally, the QR code on the DTV visa is not usable by bank employees for account verification, further complicating the process.
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Henrik *****
Henrik *****
DTV and Thai bankaccount is incompatible.

To get a bankaccount, the badic requirements is a proper long term visa, not a touristvisa like DTV.

Add several months stay at a permanent Thaiadress on a long lease, regular easy traceable deposits, then there was a minimal chance of getting a Thai bankaccount, but even than has changed now, so it is practical impossibel for anybody to get a Thai bankaccount after the latest developments.

Banks in Thailand are like everywhere in the world, interested in having good stable custormers, that have a permanent address, a steady easy traceable income, and use the account all year round.

That is why the banks are reluctant to give accounts to people on short time ( read: tourist ) visas, and who only spend part of the year in Thailand.

Don’t expect to get a residence certificat, until you have stayed at a permanent adress in at least 3 month, since that is what the residence certificat should confirm.

Furthermore the added attention on whitewashing of money, is an added burden on the banks, so reluctant depositing large amounts isn’t a guaranteed way to open an account.

The value of a resident certificat, had gone down, since Immigration Officers are giving them to people that are not on a longterm visa, or have stayed severel months at 1 adress in Thailand, so even if it is a formal requirement, the bank make up their own assesment of the stability of the want-to-be customer.

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Anonymous ******************
Anonymous ******************
You can open account in deep pocket to pay by qr code for 399thb pre month
Michael *******
Michael *******
Participant anonyme 271 but you cannot do international transfer to it 😞
Biff *******
Biff *******
Bank employees can't get any information from scanning the QR code on a visa. It's for immigration officers to scan.
Marianne ********
Marianne ********
DTV is thought of as a type of tourist visa.

Tourist visas do not make you eligible for a bank account.

And getting one through an agent seems to have gotten fairly difficult if not impossible the last few days.
Bob **********
Bob **********
You can’t open a bank account on a tourist visa
Cole *********
Cole *********
@Bob *********
you can I just did a few months ago. This changes by city and and bank branch but it's possible.
Henrik *****
Henrik *****
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Marianne ********
Marianne ********
@Cole ********
a few months ago...

Yesterday introduced new difficulties and even agents are pausing opening bank accounts as a service.
Cole *********
Cole *********
@Marianne *******
correct but banks will still do it. It was never easy to get an account on a visitors visa.
Bob **********
Bob **********
@Cole ********
everything changed Monday
Cole *********
Cole *********
@Bob *********
i saw they are cracking down on new accounts. Especially ones that phone numbers don't match account names. Like almost everything in Thailand if you throw some money at it you can make it happen. You can still open an account on a visitors visa you might have to jump through some additional hoops.

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