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What are the options for opening a bank account in Thailand on a DTV visa?

Hamza ********
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Hello Everyone,

I hope you all are doing well.

I have just in bangkok on DTV visa.

I would like to open bank account.

Can someone guide me which bank/Branch should I go and if someone can refer me to reliable agent?

Thanks in advance.
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A user inquired about opening a bank account in Thailand while on a DTV visa. Several comments highlighted challenges related to obtaining a bank account due to the DTV visa being classified as a tourist visa. One response suggested that banks prefer long-term visa holders with stable income and residency. Another advised using a local service that claims to facilitate account opening for a fee.
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Henrik *****
Henrik *****
You are on the wrong type of visa to get a Bankaccount.

You should have a proper longterm visa (DTV is tourist), have stayed at a permant Thai adress for several months, and deposit a large 7- figur sum, to be a possibel customersubject for a Thai bank.

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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Tony ********
Tony ********
Use the search in the group - many, many posts about it.
Wannikea *********
Wannikea *********
Contact Tik Tok Services Thailand Go to Pattaya in morning, pay ~5000 baht get account same day

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