Open bank account

Do you know if still some agent can open bank accounts? (except Bangkok bank…)

Do mine closed a few weeks ago and still need an acccount even tho i know it is kinda impossible 🙄

But like lot of my friends got UOB bank, SCB and had no problems at all even until now.

Thank you 🙏🏻

When opening a bank account, do you receive a bank book or is it all on a banking App?

I have successfully transferred funds by Wise to my Krungthai account from Australia.Is it possible to send funds back from that a/c back to Australian account via wise?

Hi all,

Any advice on the best bank (and branch) to open an account on a Non-o Visa in Chiang Mai?

Many thanks in advance 🙏

Krungthai Bank

I want to open an account at Krunghthai Bank, because they have a branche in the village I will live from this November on. Anyone experience with Krungthai Bank?

Do you need a copy of a lease for a condo/house to open a bank account. It just seems that despite having 90 days to extend the non o on first arrival, it’s actually under 30 days to sort everything out due to needing to seed the bank account with the 800k for 2 months. So if you need to sort out a lease for bank account opening that means a lot to sort out as soon as you arrive. Or am I misunderstanding?

Multiple accounts with Bangkok Bank

I have BB accounts both in Chiangmai and Pattaya.

On Saturday morning, I received a phone call from a lady at the Pattaya branch, asking me to come in on Monday and show my one year lease.

I don’t have a lease as I’m currently traveling and staying at hotels.

So on Tuesday morning I find both my accounts frozen.

I didn’t think that one branch could freeze an account at another branch.

Anyone has been in this situation?

What happens if I open a new BB account where I am currently staying, could they unfreeze my accounts?

Is anyone successful in opening a thai bank account in chiang mai . With DTV workation . My thai insurance company wants a local bank account in my name to process the health insurance claim .

The closing chapter on my Frozen account with Bangkok Bank. Yesterday I went back at the 11AM opening of my Bangkok Bank branch airport Central Chiang Mai and waited about 5 minutes before I was called on. The staff had more than doubled from 3 weeks ago. I had provided all of the documentation requested during my last visit including passport, year lease, bank book, and Thailand driver's license. I was promised that the head office would call me to let me know the status of my reopening which did not happen, so I came back in to find out what was going on. Interesting that the original copies of my reopening paperwork were in an easily accessible location, a nod to those who look at BB branches as individual franchises. It was a bit of a hostile atmosphere dominated by older farangs like myself, some yelling thinking that it would help the process. I chose the tact of quiet cooperation and after about 20 minutes multiple ladies had worked on the reopening which happened. No additional documentation, the dreaded certification of my passport by my embassy consulate was not asked for and I verified my account was open before I left. Done.

I am on a workation DTV and my Bangkok Bank account is in good standing.

I just came to their branch in CM to restore online access, and everything is fine and working, they didn't mind about my visa.

It's worth mentioning that I've had this account since 2019, opened with the help of an agent. Always on a tourist visa.

I am seeing a lot of posts here about account closures, so I can only guess that their policy is inconsistent - maybe due to different account opening years or branches / jurisdictions.

In Chiang Mai I had no problems.