So after getting an account yesterday, the bank teller (new girl) F-ed up. I gave her the residence certificate and said one was for banking and the other was drivers license. After perusing it, she picked the drivers license one to submit. I should have used Google translate to make sure. My wife was occupied, and so things happen. I received a call this morning that I almost didn't pick up. It was the teller and she wanted to talk with my wife. Initially she wanted us to get to khon kaen immediately, not today, my nephew was busy elsewhere. My brother went to the Orbitor and made a few copies of the correct certificate. I signed one and became one of her contacts on Line. I sent a picture of the copy to kind of cover her ass, then went to an overnight service to send her the actual copy for tomorrow. I sent her tracking and she was happy. Hopefully it goes well and I can start putting money into the account. I did a small test this morning with wise, instantly in the account. I played around and if I keep it under 500k, it should be within seconds. If I go for the whole 800k, it will be a week. Fingers crossed 🤞

not visa related but I think interesting, so in the long process of cancelling my life in England for my move to Thailand on the 1st of December, you know it's easily to start something, 5 mins online and your a new member but trying to cancel or change your address is a different matter, I have two private pensions so went online to change address not so straight forward as I thought , they need evidence of my new address but what they are asking for is all westernised paper work, gas bill council tax bill, etc, so I phoned up and said the only thing I can send your is a copy of my tm30 from imagination and maybe a bank letter, would be interested how you got over this problem,

thanks, see you all in December,lol

What are the alternatives to solve this that you can’t open a traditional bank account in Thailand?

Do they have neobanks that are easier to open?

I’m a freelancer and I just need to get paid somewhere, right now I have a balance account on the clients platform but that service only is deposit and I need to cash out those money to an Bank who have IBAN and who can give me virtual pay card so I can spend and use my money.

Please give me all tips and tricks. Thanks!

Just FYI

If you have a US capital one 360 acct with the new Discovery debit card you can only use Bangkok bank as far as I can tell

Downside the max is ฿25k per withdrawal

Upside it’s only a ฿150 baht ATM charge is ฿250 for every other Debit card minus the Thai BB acct holders (maybe the US BB bank debit card holders)

I know haters will call me cheap and to spend as much as humanly possible per ATM transaction but hey ฿100 is ฿100

Have a great day

Hi, I’m submitting a DTV workation application from Hanoi very soon and would like to hear some opinions on how I should best present my proof of ending balances of over THB 500,000.

Here are my possibilities, if you were in my shoes which one of these 3 options would you select and why:

1. Wise account that shows over THB 500,000 saved up for 3 months or more.

2. New Zealand bank account that also shows over THB 500,000 saved up, but has only had that amount in there for 3 weeks. Before that it had almost nothing.

3. Submit statements for both accounts in application. I realize submitting 2 accounts can be confusing and count against you, but surely it's not an issue if both account have over 500,000?

It’s a bit of a headache because Wise isn’t a proper bank, but the statement from the actual bank is under 3 months. And yes, I’ve looked up old posts in this group beforehand and it has helped a lot. But I’m keen to hear fresh takes, especially from those who’ve successfully applied from Hanoi. Thanks!

As I get more questions from fellow DTVers regarding the matter in private, I wanted to share my family’s 4 month experience of living without Thai bank accounts on DTV visa and walkarounds that proved to be working so far.

The story is pretty standard: we live in Thailand with kids and got affected by the first wave of Thai bank crackdown in May.

As my wife is a DTV holder and so is the elder son, they got their bank accounts frozen and shut down later. That happened in April-May this year.

What makes our case even “better” is that payment cards issued in our country don’t really work overseas.

So what worked for the family and working so far is the use of cambodian bank account, which has Thai QR and is crypto friendly with cash payments plus cash payments (cash is king in Thailand).

We use 2 banks that are owned by international groups, which makes me less worried about the funds there and that issue proper Mastercard/Visa that work globally.

All bigger payments (school fees and other significant transfer) can be done by instant transfer to a Thai account. But it costs $15 per transaction.

Smaller purchases are working through QR-payments to legal vendors.

The issue still persists with smaller transfers or payments to mamas and papas shops. Here they use cash or ask me to pay 😂.

Hope this helps and also hope it won’t deteriorate as quickly as Thai banking system accessibility in the past 3 years.

I have a non visa question

Ok so I just deposited a bit of money in my Bank of Bangkok account only to find out it's been frozen. They are asking for a swift verification from my bank in America or embassy... I have not a clue what that is or what to do. Don't even understand why they need anything from my American bank. Any help would be appreciated...thanks

Hello, I got a few questions, and hope kind soul can assist:

1. The DTV dont allows people to have a Thai Bank account. So how do you guys pay rent year by year (assume you plan to stay 5 year). I couldn't possible hold Cash and use Cash all the time right? I don't plan to search for banks to open one and end up getting the funds locked and account closed eventually

2. What type of international banking platforms do you guys use for banking with minimal costs and fees?

3. For property rentals, in my Home Country there are property agents from proper property companies to assist in signing tenant contract agreement, but I am not sure in Thailand. There are home owners trying to market their own property, or even middle man who are not licensed property agent, can we trust them?

Hi everyone, what is the best way of transferring the equivalent of 800,000 bahts from my uk bank account for the none O retirement visa.

If you are looking for a way to pull money outside atm or WU

Krungsri bank 200 baht fee off your US Debit and at rate for market. Bring passport quick and easy no ATM fee or foreign atm fee

** Edit just to clarify for the troll of the group Stewart Stuart Cumming a moderator they will only do this if you are wanting to pull over 60000 baht otherwise they will tell you to use ATM.

Sorry I assumed he would have common sense that if you were pulling lower amounts they would tell you to use ATM .. seems I forgot the nature of trolls on the net