Is it true that Thai car companies do not finance cars to people working remotely in Thailand on a Destination Visa?

I currently have a Non-O Visa,

I deposited 800,000Baht into Bangkok bank a while ago, Bank says (new bank rule), they have to lock up the 800,000 for 4 months, that's when I first applied for the NON-O visa.

To apply for the NON O visa, bank gave me a letter saying I had 800,000 in bank.

fast forward 3 months, Today I'm starting to prepare my documentation for immigration.

They say, BANK, they cannot give me a bank letter saying I have greater than 800,000 baht in bank. They updated my Bank Book, it says I have over 800,000baht in my account.

Their reason, I have only, let's say, 80,000baht available.

however, at the bottom of the page, it says 800,000 is locked up.

Infront of me, they phoned immigration and asked if they will accept it, Answer was a NO

their solution was, send another 800,000baht to my account, then the account will say I have over 800,000baht

They wouldn't even give me the letter, the one that say that I have 80,000 available, with the sub text saying 800,000 is locked up for 4 months.

However, I can take a photo of it and show immigration, and if immigration say its ok, then I return to the bank, and they will give me a copy.

my head is spinning

Have I done something wrong?

This application process isn't my first in Chiang Mai, have done the process twice before, where I have let the visa expire as I was living elsewhere. No problems with bank letters in the past

Hi all , do people usually keep 2 separate Thai bank accounts, one for the 800000 baht / for visa and one for everyday?

I went to Bangkok Bank (Pattaya) to ask them if they could provided the paper necessary to renew my retirement visa. They did not answer that question but they did tell me for 25,000 they could renew the visa... I lucked out because the teller "has a friend".

I went to another visa agent (Pattaya) and they said 14,000. They said Bangkok Bank no longer provides the necessary paperwork

and gave me the address to another bank to open account.

Hello, my wife and I need to open a bank account and share it (no need for two accounts, LTR visa). Is it possible to open a joint account as a married couple (non-thai)? Or maybe to open an individual account and my wife as a proxy? What from your experience works best and which bank do you recommend for such account?

Just a FYI regarding banks… After three attempts at two different branches of Krungsri and getting denied each time I was able to easily open an account at Kasikorn. I have a non O visa and what I thought was ALL required documents but Krungsri seemed to insist that I need proof of paying electricity and water bills even though I’ve be renting the same room for 15 months with utilities included. 🤷

Hi Guys, I will be applying for my O ret soon and understand we have to have a bank book with our chosen bank . Never used one here just card and most stuff done on line ,so if all my deposits are through wise online and most withdrawals from atm ,when do we go into the bank and get it all into the book ? is it a yearly update where they take the book and fill in the transactions. or do we have to regularly make branch visits ? i understand it has to be up to date for immigration extensions .Thanks for any info ,cheers.

Not visa related,but topical with bank changes.

Just some info about one of the new bank changes.

I went to Kasikorn bank today for a new passbook, with my old one being full.

After the usual personal questions, they asked for my Tax ref number which has never been asked for before.

I looked through my e.mails on my phone, knowing I had some correspondence with it.

After what seemed like forever I could not find it, and my new passbook was declined.

On returning home I looked again and ( Sods Law) I found it within a couple of minutes, so it is another trip to the bank.

Is a WISE transfer considered an “international transfer”that’s acceptable method to deposit 400k into Thai account for my 1st 1 year marriage extension?

Does anyone know for sure if the 800k sitting in the bank have to be an international transfer.