What visa do I need to unfreeze my Bangkok bank account and continue paying my condo bills?

If you are Over 50

You will need a Non-O Visa

Yes Bangkok Bank had to be held accountable so they have new requirements for a bank account

Need a Non-O

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i can not understand what matters for you. You are not living in your condo now. and you are out of Thailand now. So, your Thai bank is gone now. if you rented it out, water and electricity should be paid by tenant. If not rented, you can use wise or wire transfer from your bank account ( in your place) to pay the bills. surely it is not much at all because noone uses it. if the payment for your bills matters, you do not have to use Thai bank. or you need a long term visa to stay in Thailand? if so, yes, you need a visa. but if you do not want or need to live in Thailand for long term, why do you need a visa?? just for keeping your thai bank account just to pay your small bills???it does not sound logical for me. PS) if bill payment really matters or rent incoming matters, you can ask management office to manage it. Most of them do it for you. Thai banks in your case is really necessary???

Go pay the water and electric for 6 months for starters

To tell you the truth the banking system is in turmoil and they need to sort it out ... its what happened in other country's after the WEF etc got involved ......the new rules to combat crime affects everyone except criminals ..... like fishing for 200kg Tuna with a stocking.

Bangkok bank strikes again !

You expected different?

use online payment apps to make payment with credit card or debit card. to pay the utilities bills. (True wallet, Lazada, Shopee, their apps, 7-11)

or ask a friends to pay.

and fix the banking apps ASAP with your existing banking, hopefully the condo ownership helps. or can find other bank branch.

You can get the LSV - Long Stay Visa which the Thailand Previlige starting last year for condo buyers to get. This is a renewal yearly visa as long as you have the condo property. And this visa will be stamped as Non-B Visa in your passport so your traveling in and out for holidays doesn’t effect it.

Once you got this visa. You can get your account reinstated and continue to use. Many foreign condo buyers who doesn’t travel to thailand often or stay here takes on this route for their good purpose of the easy bank account opening and stability of status in owning the condo without issues.

First of all if your condo is worth of 3mil. Or more while you purchased the property then you are eligible for a long term visa by default I think and you can apply for the visa by showing your property ownership papers and if it is below 3 mil then you are not so it’s totally depend on your property valuation and also other mentioned comments are applicable and that’s the truth

You'll need a non-O visa or other non-immigrant visa to qualify for a bank account and possibly to unlock your existing bank account.

You don't look 50 in your profile pic, so if you're not 50 years old, you don't have a lot of options for a non-immigrant visa.

If you're at least 50, apply for the non-O visa based on retirement and use that to unlock the account. If you're not then you can go to the bank as a tourist and ask them to unlock it with your condo ownership papers and hope for the best, or close the account and withdraw your funds if they refuse.