In May my wife and I will be going to Thailand for 7 weeks on a Non-Immigrant O Visa – we are 77 and from the United States. Unfortunately, we can not stay long enough to season our money in the bank since we are going to Africa to do a gorilla trek and our dates are set. Our goal on this trip is to set up bank accounts to deposit 800K into each account using wise. We have rented an Airbnb condo and have received from the owner the 7-week lease, her ID card, and her ownership of the condo document. In December we will return on a new Non-Immigrant O Visa and after two months apply for an extended stay permit for a year.

Our Problem: I am reading in Facebook that Kasikornbank (K-Bank) and other banks will not allow us to open bank accounts with that short a lease (even though we will have a TM30, Certificate of Residence, photos, and Thai phone numbers linked to our passports).

I see 3 possible outcomes:

1. Kasikornbank will allow us to open accounts.

2. We have to rent a cheap condo while we are gone for a year ($300/mo) just to have a lease.

3. Use an agent.

From your experience, will Kasikornbank allow us to open an account. Are some branches or cities better to use? If not, and we have to use an agent, what would the cost be using our own money and not the agent’s.

Dumb question time, but i really can’t see how it works.

I need a bank account to get a visa, but i need a visa to get a bank account.

How do i do it ?

EDIT: Heaps of good advice and surprisingly few

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Thank you everyone for your help.

Thai Residency Certificate (Bangkok) .. , should one come to pick it up on the very same day specified on the receipt or you may come on another day as well .. ? Thank you all

Hello, maybe the question was already ask but is it possible to buy a car and car insurance with DTV?

Regarding a residency certificate I understand that the first 90 day report must have been completed, before applying. Yet I read on various expat posts that immigration are accepting just the TM30, passport, visa, etc, without the TM47. Is this now the case and is it written somewhere official?

DTV visa bank account opening update October 2024

I have the following documents:

- Thai driving license

- Residency certificate

- passport ofcoz

- My foreign bank account reference letter and bank statement

- my home country ID card

- My foreign bank credit cards

- Thai speaking friend with me

- My US company incorporation certificate - I own the company

Unbelievable, with all these documents, they all rejected me for no reason. The staffs were all rude to me. I went to all the banks in Bangkok, HQs. You name it, all the banks.

Some people at the front of the bank laughed at me. It's annoying me. I will go through with agent soon.

Does anyone being treated like this or anyone able to open bank account with DTV visa successfully?

There was some discussion earlier about DTV and 90 day reporting. Although there wasn’t really any doubt.

Immigration officer made sure to remind me while applying residency certificate that : “Don’t forget 90 day report!”

Also, bank account on DTV IS possible in Bangkok with medical certificate.

Got bank account yesterday on the first branch I tried. My thai friend had called another branch (Bangkok Bank) for me that stated:

- Medical certificate confirming hospital treatment over 3 months AND

- Visa longer than 3 months

Resident certificate also possible without 90 day report at Immigration in Bangkok now. 200 Baht, mailed within 7 daya.

Good day; I have visited Thailand yearly for the last 15 years and approaching retirement in the next couple of years. I am looking to buy a new car next year cash and would appreciate any advice please- would I need to hold a particular visa for this and if so should this be in place at the same time a deposit is required? Thank you in advance

Best regards

Can I submit a bank statement as proof of address for either a thai international driving licence or a residency ceritficate from the immigration office?

After much toing and froing, see last post. I got all the paperwork for a Thai driving license. I should get it this Thursday. I'd like to buy a second hand car now, what do I need to transfer the ownership of the car to me?