What should I do if Bangkok Bank won't provide my non-O visa bank statement?

@Peter ****

Going from memory.. With BB there is a minimum fee of 200 baht for receiving an inward transfer from overseas.. and a maximum fee of 500 baht.. so this doesn't make any sense to me.. unless your home bank deducted a SWIFT fee from the remittance instead of from your account separately.. but using SWIFT to remit such small amounts into Thailand is not economical regardless of the banks involved.. for those countries that are part of the 'International Promptpay' scheme this is a far better alternative.. since fees are usually rolled into the exchange rate.. which means the recipient gets the sum of money you send.. some will charge the remitter a small fee on activation but again the receiving party is immune.. eg. for an outward transfer to a bank account in another country.. BB will charge 150 baht on top of the sum remitted.. which is far less than the combined fees of the remitting / receiving bank using SWIFT.. and the biggest benefit is the receiving party gets the funds instantly instead of 2-3 working days later.. just sharing some knowledge from recent research into this.. in case it helps someone else 😉

@Peter ****

Bank to bank transfers always incur a fee at both ends

@Camera ****

Only your branch. My branch still does them

@David ******

if you have a proof of income letter from your embassy...

@Camera ****

It's branch-specific. Those dodgy Bangkok Banks in the Pattaya/Jomtien area are shitting bricks now! They've accepted so much in dirty money, staff have been sacked, and the auditors are going through the accounts with a fine tooth comb. Try a branch a long way from that area. Perhaps Rayong?

@Det ******

Department of immigration needs to modern up their requirements - it’s 2025!

One officer recently made a fuss with me about wanting to see a bank account book, this over a complete bank statement.

An account book - not seen in most countries since the 1970s😵‍💫😔!

We all smile, are all polite but FFS!

😎

@Det ******

I doubt immigration will change policy for just two bank branches

@Det ******

agree 100%

@Mark *******

What you say here has some merit.. but for context I'd also like to know how many of the people that have had problems with BB have a retirement visa as opposed to a marriage visa.. my hunch is that very few of us who are on the latter have had banking issues.. since we are considered less likely to pose a ML risk.. being married to a Thai gives the bank some comfort.. and given that retirees have to evidence a higher deposit they are more likely to use an agent to fudge the financials.. like i said it's just a hunch but it's the historic practices tolerated by BB that has created the problem.. so they are culpable here and should not be freezing accounts without sufficient enquiry imo.. it's also possible some of the account holders affected don't have regular transactions to suggest they are actually living in Thailand.. ie. it is their permanent home.. which would also raise a red flag to the bank!

@Mark *******

I only recently arrived here. On a NonO for retirement. I had everything that was required of me to open. Bank account. However it took me 3 days of constant travelling to open one. Those people that been here a while kept on telling me me I was wrong and there is no issue. There where. Quite a few posts from other people having EXACTLY the same issues. The landscape has changed.

I absolutely agree with the comments in Bangkok Bank. It’s obvious. They got burnt and are doing due diligence. Their way of doing that is not the same practices many western countries would adopt so it’s understandable people would see something that isn’t.

Again. I refer to my point that most are new arrivals are the people that are experiencing some issues not the established groups. Adding quotations remarks to comment doesn’t make them any more irrelevant I assure you. I was constantly getting told by people that I was wrong, yet there I was getting turned away by numerous banks.

Oh just to add just because I’m in this group doesn’t make me more or less real than any other groups.

I’m happy for any advice that helps me navigate some of the complexities living in a foreign country. I’m certainly not naive or stupid enough to hang my hat on it. It just helps to get an understanding of the situation on the ground at any given time.

Change banks arfter u sort it fck bkk bank

@Brandon ***********

tried that Thursday 3 different times. No way to get it so we went to an Agent then opened up a new account to deposit into