What is the best way to handle retirement visa bank account requirements in Thailand?

Stephen Barr how much did they charge you to get the bank account opened + sorted pal ? Iv been quoted 15 k

@Matt *******

I get it . What they are looking for is someone (an agent perhaps) to provide them with a bank statement showing they have enough funds to qualify for retirement visa.

Kevin Martyn i made 18% on the 800k i kept at home in 2025. That's 144,000 baht. Minus 18k baht for a renewal. Still up 126,000 baht. You got the same thing and you are down 5700 baht. Which would you rather have?

Paul Sayegh if you can't afford an agent, just say so. No need to throw up this gibberish and weak excuses. Go stand in line and wait your turn. But not everyone comes to thailand to stand in line at banks and immigration offices.

Paul Sayegh Good on you for being a legend just stop spreading your warped opinions and bringing other people down

Claudio Mattioli not sure about laos but get o visa before you you fly

Doug Olson 100% correct...

Todd McGowan you can get a Thai driving license by completing DLT online training and further training at DLT office. License cost is 505 baht which I believe is valid for 2 years. Training takes about 4 hours total

Ah Cheong Ah Cheong once you have the Non O you can open a Bank Account. Totally legal.

Richard Humphrey +Retirement visa

Richard Humphrey noooo, 45k bhart 🙃

Bob D'Andrea come on Bob that’s just your opinion and it’s wrong.

Agent or being tied up at immigration for hours no thanks.

Stress free no frustration use an agent.

Your statement if you use an agent you are stuck with an agent in the future. Rubbish.

We used out own visa renewal process and that was it just a total waste of time and effort. We previously used an agent. Because of the last time no thanks and just recently we went back to the agent to do the renewal process with an agent.

No problem whatsoever.

Bank account frozen more rubbish.

Four bank accounts opened with four different banks nit one account has been frozen.

Do you actually know the reason why accounts were frozen in the first place?

Don’t listen to hearsay or read media reports get the facts from the source that’s if you have relationships with your bank manager.

Even an agent has posted a response to your posting which in true honestly has no merit whatsoever the agents posting makes your posting ridiculous.

Just stop with your opinion because it doesn’t count where you believe it does.

Bob D'Andrea Thats crap , get the right agent and it is so much easier and quicker

Well I have 3 friends who had there accounts frozen and they were opened by agents

@Bob *********

Our clients’ bank accounts are not frozen.

In fact, it’s quite the opposite. We often assist clients in resolving issues and helping unfreeze their accounts when necessary (most were using a specific bank, and did not use our services in the past).

Please avoid spreading misinformation.

We also assist customers who prefer to submit their applications on their own.

Bank account frozen why??