What form do I need from immigration to open a bank account in Thailand on an ED visa?

I did it last January. Very simple with just ten minutes in immigration and half an hour in BK Bank signing forms. See my earlier comment.

Certificate of residency, available from any immigration office

If you know a Thai teacher they can vouch for you and you can open an acct. At any bank with 2000 Bhat deposit

Go to emigration with

(1) Your passport

(2) photocopies of all the relevant pages of your passport.

(3) letter from your landlord.

(4)some Thai Baht

They will stamp a form which you can bring to Bangkok Bank who will then open an account for you.

I just told my school that I wanted to open a bank account and they gave me a letter to give to the bank. It took them about 2 days and cost me like 150 baht I beleive

yeah Bro,

Your bank only need A CERTIFICATE OF RESIDENCE, that's proving both your address and the fact that you're here "long term".

You're on a ed visa so you can get this document easily from the immigration office. It will cost you 300 Thb there.

But prior to this, you need to make sure your landlord registered you online on the dedicated immigration website as his tenant (immigration will check on it and you can't get any certificate of residence until it's done).

At the immigration, you'll need 2 passport pictures, copy of your passport pic page, copy of your last stamp on the passport (related to your ed visa), and copy of your departure card ,

Individual branches even of the same bank will have different rules. Within each branch, one worker will tell you different requirements from the worker at the next desk!

Personally, on an Ed visa I was asked to pay 12,000 insurance before I could open an a/c with Kasikorn, so I opened with Bangkok bank with just a certificate of residency & 600 baht fee for the card.

You went to wrong branch.

I went through this process a couple months ago, because I got tired of going to different banks trying to find one that didn’t require it. The form you need is an affidavit. It can be found here: %3A%2F%2Fth.usembassy.gov%2Fu-s-citizen-services%2Flocal-resources-of-u-s-citizens%2Fnotaries-public%2F&data=02%7C01%7Cacsbkk%40state.gov%7C89230811fde044142d4c08d831c8dd19%7C66cf50745afe48d1a691a12b2121f44b%7C0%7C0%7C637314086074239745&sdata=JCb8DZjcJ18fgOjICIrHZ%2B%2By3Sts4QXNFNXg05cw%2Bd0%3D&reserved=0811fde2d4c08d831c8dd19%7C66cfafe48d1a691a12b2121f44b%7C0%7C0%7C745&sdata=JCb8DZjcJ18fgOjICIrHZ%2B%2By3Sts4QXNFNXg05cw%2Bd0%3D&reserved=0

You will also need to schedule an appointment with your embassy. Depending on which country you’re from this can be easy or take some “squealing” to get an appt. When I did mine the US Embassy wasn’t allowing appts, but if you lobby and tell them you need for a bank account and visa, they will grant you one - I had to bitch a bit to get my appt. There is a $50 (USD) fee (US Embassy). I would bring any additional documents you have that are relevant, like WP or ED visa to Bangkok bank as they may or may not ask for it.

Shop around for bank managers. I had a tourist visa and was able to open a bank account.

Keep trying, go bank to bank and in different places. They dont seem to know their own rules lol

truth is that it’s random, just keep trying different banks until your lucky... going to main branch is known to provide more luck

Bangkok bank it’s difficult I tried it last year I am on Ed Visa the requirements were too much I ended up opening krungthai wt just a letter from the school and passport

Krungsri is easier

It’s called certificate of residency

I opened my SCB account on a tourist visa nearly 10 year's ago and have never had a single issue. They have a great App too, if that's any help.

Worst bank in Thailand imo.

Just go to Kbank

Take a fair bit of cash and ask the manager can they help

You will find that K Bank is much more accommodating to your needs.

Try different branch or ask your school to call him his one

Why not just ask then what form you needed?

Could be proof of residence, that‘s what they required from us

Paul Durkan bullshit. Period.. according to Bank of Thailand law, everyone can open a bank account, but they impose different practices to make it difficult in some branches. Ask them to call their English hotline .. they can explain . Bangkok bank have that.

Normally in bkk bank u can open even with a tourist visa. Try another bkk bank or another worker 🤦‍♀️

I opened my account on ED Visa with letter from the school 4 years ago. GL.

My son had a ED visa, the bank required a letter from the University, and they opened the account

The requirements depends on which level of bank employee you ask. Most don’t know and don’t want to get into trouble so just spout any shite to get rid of you. For BKK

1. Go to a main branch that has a manager.

2. You only need your passport and visa.

Kasikorn bank straight forward easy

Just try another bank or another branch. The requirements are different from bank to bank and from branch to branch. Best chances are in a (former?) tourist area. Good luck.

It's a residence certificate you need a TM30 in your passport but you can try another branch there all different

I got a Bangkok Bank account after I enquired at the desk, at the Pattaya Nua (North Road) Branch

All I had to produce was my Passport and 5,000 baht to open the account

Good Luck

You need a letter from your school.

What did the bank tell U ??? Why ask the 'wingnuts' here??????????

I have both a Bangkok Bank and krugthai account both with nothing more than a copy of a tourist visa I had at the time. From my experience its not the banks but different branches that want certain criteria. Try a few different places.

The form

They want is a residence certificate.

Ask your school to give you the correct paperwork then it’s a piece of piss

Open to krungthai is better . Just bring paper from school and lease from your house.

Just try a different branch. I just opened mine with Ed visa, you will need a letter from your school and your rent contract. Once I got those, it was easy

I have a BKK Bank account. Opened it a few years ago at the branch outside the Mall Bang Kapi with nothing more than my passport. 🙂

Residency certificate.

I had the same dilemma at BKK bank. Went to Kasikorn bank and all they needed was a letter from my language school. Super easy. Saved me a trip to the embassy and a 50 dollar fee.

Try Kasikorn they are pretty good.

I think the best advice when trying to open a Thai bank account with any bank, is to take a Thai speaking friend with you. I had no trouble at all opening an account by just letting my Thai partner do all the talking.

In my case, university ID and a paper from university was needed in that specific branch. You can discuss with your school

Kasikorn just want see visa and passport

I went to three different branches of Bangkok bank in Khon Koen all varied on what documents needed. Finally got one using only my passport and Thai driving license.

I would say just try another branch. The decision as far as what criteria a bank requires for you to open an account is decided by that branch manager.

Just try another branch and you will find one that will let you do it with just a lease and your passport

The branch you are applying at is requiring you to get a certificate of residence from the immigration office.

In Bangkok you get it out at Muang Thong Thani Immigration office in section B, BUT you need to have filed at least one 90 day report in order to get it AND you need to have a TM30 receipt (that you or your land lord filed) along with your lease.

Papers from your school should be enough but maybe this bank also requires a resident letter from immigration as “proof”of address.

I have bkk bank. Only needed work permit.

(Samui though )

I think he needs a residence certificate and the paperwork is from your condo manager

You don’t need anything from immigration to open a bank account. However each bank and each branch have their own rules. If that branch won’t let you open an account go to another or try a different bank.