What are the requirements for opening a bank account in Thailand as a foreigner?

No laws just do it

Just open a TruMoney account. It's easier

Thai Visa Centre

Great question thank you for asking it!

If you have a long stay extension you can easily open a bank account. I only needed my passport. My husband's ID and our marriage certificate

Talk to your bank. You wlll need a Immigration residency letter.

I opened K bank 3 weeks ago. Non O, passport, British driving license, don't know why, and the most important thing, a Thai wife sat next to me.

You don’t need a bank account to use QR pay

Don’t faint when confronted with rub-under-the nose requirements from Bank staff. Remember, “face value” is an important part of Thai culture. The bank clerk just cannot simply tell you “Sorry, but I am not familiar with this”. He/She would lose a lot of “face”. That’s why they try to get rid of you rather than help you.

For the application to a Non-Imm-Visa Class (based on retirement, married to a Thai wife, sponsoring half Thai child, employment, etc.) outside of Thailand, you prove money in your home bank account or your monthly income, using original income documents.

For example, if you wish to apply to the Non-Imm-O Retirement Visa, you need proof of a deposit in your country’s currency equivalent to 800,000 THB – in ANY bank account ANYWHERE as long as it is in your sole name. Or a proof of a monthly income minimum of 65,000 THB equivalent.

Only when applying on Immigration inside Thailand, for a 1-year Extension of Temporary Stay Permit based on Retirement, the 800,000 THB deposit must be in a THAI bank account in your sole name.

So, right after you have entered Thailand on a Non-Imm Retirement Visa, you should get a Thai bank account opened as soon as possible, because you will need to season the deposit for 2 months before you can apply for the 1-year extension.

Thai bank account opening MINIMUM pre-requisites are:

*** have a longterm visa, like a 90-days Non-Imm-visa type, an LTR or Non-O/A

*** be properly registered per TM30 Online System at your accommodation

*** visit Immigration and get the “certificate of residence”. Immigration in this document will ask the bank explicitly to open a bank account for the applicant

*** have a Thai mobile number and the SIM-card registered to your name and passport number

*** your passport as a valid document of identification

(some banks have started to ask you for another piece of identification, like your home country driver’s license)

*** a work permit (only if applicable – it is NOT a mandatory requirement!)

Here a list of NOT commonly NECESSARY pre-requisites, but which CAN get asked from (incompetent!!) bank staff:

*** a rental contract - actually irrelevant- but it is okay if you got one, or if you got a blue housebook indicating ownership of a condo.

*** a third piece of identification (check above)

*** a mandatory life-insurance or accident insurance the bank offers you for yearly 5000 Baht (they love to earn a sidekick)

*** your foreign Tax-number or Social Security number (which would be okay so far, why not)

Try several branches of different banks, you might find one that opens an account for you under the minimal requirements. Sometimes it takes a day or two of running around until you find a bank willing to help you.

I don’t recommend Bangkok Bank. Better get a Kasikorn or Siam Commercial Bank Plc. Account. Other good banks are Khrungthai and Khrungsri

In case you consistently meet bank staff who resist and pull out of their noses random requirements, use the service of an agent. In Pattaya for example, you can get your Thai bank account opened for 5000 THB.

Unless you have a business in Thailand, and if you did would already have a bank account and visa, you'd already know that. Seems a money laundering question here to me.

Why are you trying to receive money through a QR code? Are you selling something or running an illegal business in Thailand? If you have legal business in Thailand, you can open an account in any Thai bank.

Yes you need a visa

Just go to 711 they can fix all you problems

A work permit too

Tùng Võ yes

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If you have plenty of money, anything is possible but the cost is 70-100k baht

I just opened two accounts at a Krungsri branch in Pattaya. To open them, I needed:

* My Non O visa

* A residence certificate

* My passport

* A second ID from my home country

* A receipt from AIS verifying my phone number

* 2,000 baht to open the Thai baht account

* The equivalent of about $100 USD in euros to open the euro account

One important thing to keep in mind is that the residence certificate is issued for a specific bank. Because of that, you need to decide which bank you want to use before applying for the certificate.

You can open a app to use for Qr payments, not need a bank account

I read that Wise will be amalgamating into the Thai banking system. You need a wise account with a registered Thai address.

Check for info. This will allow you to use prompt pay.

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Short answer is no. But most banks have restrictions. I opened an account on a tourist visa but most banks do not allow it.

It's a bank rule not a government law.

I have opened an account on tourist visa and I have been refused after 10 years on lo g stay visa... for USA citizens its even more difficult because IRS regulations put on the Thai banks.

Open a Charles Schwab's accout it's internation, and if you are charge any fees you would get it back, all of it back at the end of the month.

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for QR payments without a bank account.

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open a True money account. Requirements not as strict - but the transaction limits are low for foreigners.

If you need for bigger money you need appropriate visa, immigration letter etc.

Need a long term visa and a DTV is not a long term visa.

An agent will have no problem taking you money but you still won't have a Thai bank account

Yes you will require a minimum O visa valid

I took account at Kasikorn:

Passport copy, Visa (long term) and copy rental contract. Not forget a phonenumber (Thai). Even not need copies, thry make it for you. Well.... at "my" Kasikorn they did.

As Of 1 Week Ago Kungsri Would Not Let Me Open A Bank Acct. Without A Visa, I'm In The Process Of Getting Non O. Just Returned To Kingdom On A Tourist Visa. I've Had A Bangkok Bank Visa For 15 Yrs ! Business As Usual In The Land of Smiles.

Can you open a bank account in your home country in the way your asking here in Thailand 555 ffs you people

You need a non-o visa DTV wont allow you

Your account will be frozen, anti money laundering

As John stated: Nonimmigrant visa, Thai SIM or eSIM in your name, passport and most require a Certificate of Residence others I have recently read that a secondary ID from your country like your drivers license may do.

If you have no proper visa and you paid someone to get a bank account. Finally, the bank may frozen it as you are unqualified.

agents have ways but not cheap.

You need a Non-immigrant visa, a residence certificate from immigration and a Thai SIM registered against your passport

What Visa do you have ..?

If you only have a tourist Visa - you cannot open !