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What purpose should I select for a 90-day Non-Immigrant visa for a bank account application in Thailand?

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Jul 26, 2025
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Silly question time again. I’ve got advice from this group, that I need a 90 day Non immigrant visa to help with a bank account application. What do I select as purpose of visa? As there is no O visa option just O-A

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The user is seeking advice on the correct purpose to select for applying for a 90-day Non-Immigrant visa in order to open a bank account in Thailand. They noted that there is no specific O visa option, only an O-A. Responses in the comments suggest checking with the applicable embassy and selecting 'Non-Immigrant Visa' followed by the appropriate option for the 90-day Non-Imm-O visa.
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Keith *******
O --A is correct.
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 not if you want a Non-O it isn't
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Greg ***********
choose "Non-Immigrant Visa" and then the 90-days Non-Imm-O visa
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 thank you 🙏
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Jan ******************
Try to find this option
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 thank you 🙏
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What embassy are you applying through?
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 Did you register and logged in? If you do every Non-O will show up.
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 i did, I’ve sorted it now. Thank you
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