Why are DTV visa holders having trouble opening bank accounts in Thailand?

@Dominic *****

No, it does not say that. Especially as a DTV basically falls into three groups:

a) remote work visa - definitely not a tourist visa

b) soft skills as in learning something - that is an education visa

c) visiting events - that could be a "tourist' visa

The official eVisa web sites do not classify a DTV or an LTR into anything. It is an DTV or an LTR and that is is.

Classifications are:

Non O - on various reasons

Non B - various types

Non ED - an education visa

I probably forgot one.

It is as

@Kes ****

said, it is up to the bank (branch).

And there is definitely no rule/law that prohibits banks to open a bank account. What ever visa you have or not have.

The problem is, that people come into a bank:

- with no appointment

- no friend who speaks Thai

- dressed like a tourist at the beach

- sweaty, unshaved

- refuse to put down the sunglasses

- not even able to say a simple "Sawasdee Khrap"

- and so on

And it is not the case, that in every bank/branch is someone who speaks good English.

If they are not good in English, they simply say: no, can not do.

So if you find one who can speak a little bit: you ask him which branch he suggests. Or you just walk from branch to branch.

FYI: I made my bank accounts on Visa Exempt!! No visa.

@Kes ****

absolutely! It doesn't even matter what type of visa it is and what type of visa the bank accepts because the banks do have the final decision about who they want to give a bank account to or not. So it's completely pointless for us to argue with what makes sense or what doesn't make sense. You just have to accept what the bank is telling you. Any business has the option to refuse a customer if they want to.