Answered2 years ago
What are the new bank account opening restrictions for certain visa holders at Krungsri Bank in Thailand?
🏦 Bank Update: Just saw this when I walked into Krungsri to have them activate my mobile banking app on my new phone. As of February 9, 2024, they no longer open accounts for these types of visas:
1. Tourist
2. Free Visa
3. DTV
4. ED (except 4 years at a University and International School).
I'm so lucky my landlord helped me open an account years ago. 🙏💳📃
1. Tourist
2. Free Visa
3. DTV
4. ED (except 4 years at a University and International School).
I'm so lucky my landlord helped me open an account years ago. 🙏💳📃
Answer summary
As of February 9, 2024, Krungsri Bank in Thailand has updated its policy and no longer opens bank accounts for holders of the following visa types: Tourist Visa, Free Visa, DTV Visa, and ED Visa (with exceptions for valid university or international school enrollment). This change has sparked conversations among expats, with various comments suggesting alternative banks, discussing branch-specific policies, and lamenting the challenges faced in opening accounts. Some banks are still accommodating DTV holders; however, customer service experiences vary widely.
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Gary *********
Lucky it’s only that branch
Abhishek *******
Usa has 10 year tourist visa but that doesn't mean anyone can stay for 10 years I guess same with dtv
Stella ****
Here in phuket also the same，especially FCD account.
Swaraj ********
Try SCB.
A friend of mine on ED Plus got an incorrect date stamped on his passport which was then rectified by the Immigration officer.
KBank refused to open up an account for him, but SCB did it without any questions.
A friend of mine on ED Plus got an incorrect date stamped on his passport which was then rectified by the Immigration officer.
KBank refused to open up an account for him, but SCB did it without any questions.
Werner ************
Yes DTV is a tourist visa
Anita ********
That’s where my friends were going to take me.
David ****************
woow!!
Peter ********
Just pay a few baht extra and go in to the bank with an agent.
Adam *********
TBB are opening accounts for DTV holders
Winston ************
@Adam ********
What other documents do they ask for, besides the DTV and passport?
Danny *******
@Adam ********
really?
Rhys ******
@Adam ********
what is the benefit of having a local account when on DTV?
Baptiste *******
@Rhys *****
QR code payments and free withdraws
James *******
@Adam ********
thank you. Which branch/visa agent did you use. Please pm me details if you canGreg ********
Even pre-DTV Krungsri were quite strict. Japanese owned so they do not want any issues here.
Wannikea *********
Branch policy, says so right on the notice
Sweet *****
Looks like Krungsri Central Festival in Chiangmai are sick & tired of tourists asking to open bank accounts. I would change the notice to say the following: “Yes the fee is xxx to withdraw from this machine if you have an overseas card. No you can’t avoid this fee by opening a bank account, so please don’t hold up the queue in our branch by trying, you are only wasting our time and your own”. 😊
Mac *******
Pay an agent then
Uwe ****
They are doing foreigners a favor by rejecting them. Worst customer service in Thailand!
Uwe ****
Ko Jacke Yeah...I never get why Westerners would go to the Philippines in 2025. It might have been good in 2005. But they have never made anything better after 2005. So please, don't make comparisons...It's a waste of everyone's time... Phili is for Cheap Charlies at this point. Are you one of them?
Marvin **********************
@Uwe ***
I think you’ve misunderstood him, his statement suggests how bad Philippines is for customer support, not the other way around, brush up on your English before insulting someone
Ko *******
@Uwe ***
you never lived in Philippines…to know what is terrible customer support.Greg ********
@Uwe ***
Out of the 3 banks I have accounts with here they are easily the most professional. Maybe at my branch only - there were over 5000 salaries going in to it from the company I worked for including C-Suite and Directors.
Thiago **************
But they don’t open for DTV. At least that’s what they told me.
Kim **********
OPThis branch is Central Festival Chiang Mai.
Tommy **********
Bangkok Bank is the only one who accepts all the above.
Zhe ******
@Tommy *********
Beg to differ, even BKK Bank have mostly updated to reject Tourist Visa & DTV, the rest are still subjective per branch.
Rok ********
@Zhe *****
Agents do have access to it …Tommy **********
@Zhe *****
An agent can quite easily open a BKK account .Peter ********
@Zhe *****
I have a Bangkok bank account on a tourist visaTommy **********
Rok ********
@Zhe *****
it has always been hard to open bank account if not on non-O or Work PermitZhe ******
@Peter *******
@Tommy *********
@Rok *******
right, I’m speaking from a self service basis. If one were to seek an agent, then yes, still seem possible.
Stefan ************
@Peter *******
could you recommend me an agent ?
Dany ********
its branch specific… but yeah kinda hard to find a branch that still does it.
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