I’m so obsessed with opening bank account. Help me out :)

The financial requirement for the O-X Long Stay (retirement, 10-year) Visa is 3 million baht opened with a Thai bank in Thailand.

I cannot help wondering........

How may a foreigner open an account with a Thai bank in Thailand before receiving the O-X Long Stay Visa ?? 🤔

( other than Australian citizens, how may a foreigner open an account with a Thai bank in Thailand before receiving the O-X Long Stay Visa ?? 🤔 )

Thank you ! 🫡🙏

I’veI just been granted a non O visa from London Embassy through an on line application. On the application I put my arrival date as 31st August, but the start date on the visa is 7th July and end date 4th October. I was expecting the visa to either become active on entry. This means that I would still need to get a visa agent involved as I would not have time to open and put 800k in a Thai bank account. Any advice would be appreciated.

I am trying to open a Thai bank account with a DTV visa, what is the friendliest bank office in Chiang Mai to attempt that? I already know it is becoming difficult

I am in the process of doing the Thai non-immigrant retirement visa O. The guides that I have read (Siam Legal, Thai Embassy- Los Angeles) says that you can EITHER have a deposit of 800,000 baht for two months in a thai bank or show proof of 65,000 pension income. If I choose the latter, will they accept twelve months of deposit records of my social security to my US bank account (or will they accept a social security benefit statement) as proof of the income? Or, do I have to have the 65,000 baht deposited monthly to a thai bank and can only use the 65,000 baht requirement once I have been in the country and made twelve monthly deposits to a Thai bank? In other words, do I have to maintain 800,000 baht in a thai bank account for the first year then I can switch to the 65,000 baht income scheme?

My thanks for any serious responses to my question.

Good day to everyone

I would like to ask you all about transferring money from overseas into my Thai bank account.

WISE asks for the reason so you click ( long stay in Thailand) something like that.

Western Union hasn’t got this reason. Does it matter or not.

Thank you 🙏 all

Hello,

Just moved here in Thailand ( sukhothai) with a non immigrant O Visa(3 months), following my Thai wife. However, been trying to open a bank account and move my address here BUT to be able to do those things they are asking for my marriage certificate to be stamped( legalised) by the Thai Embassy in UK, now - there were none of these details and requirements when I applied for the O Visa, all I was told is to have the funds, passport, marriage certificate as it is and the O Visa to be able to open bank and register address for my 1 year visa application!

Any agent that can help? And of course any advice welcomed!!

P.S I am not lazy, been going through a lot of posts from the past days and weeks but can't find anything that answers my problems

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Hello everyone! I'm preparing for my DTV digital nomad visa at the moment and will fly to Vietnam in a couple of weeks to submit my visa application. Before my current company that is based in Hong Kong and allows me to work fully remotely, I was working for a Thai company for several years that provided me with a work visa and a Thai bank account. Do you know if it's ok to submit my financial statement proving I have at least 500k baht through my Thai bank account? Or do people advise I should use my foreign bank account instead? Thank you in advance!