How do you open a Thai bank account to deposit the 800k before getting the visa? Or do you get the visa first then deposit the money, do I need an agent ?

Hi everyone,

I was just denied the DTV visa at Savannakhet because they wanted the original remote work letter from my company, and I only had a printout (and presumably they needed original bank statements also). They needed the documents to have signatures, although not sure if that means original signature with ink, or a copy of a signature. And from the previous posts here it seems to me that other people submit simple printouts and that gets accepted?

So my questions to who went through this already are:

- When you applied in-person, did you have to bring all originals with signatures/stamps, or just printouts?

- How would you possibly get an original bank statement if your bank is in Europe? You'd have to get it mailed to you?

And lastly

- Since they're moving to an online system next month, do I understand correctly that they won't be requiring originals anymore? Since a PDF file is not an "original" in a sense that it doesn't have a genuine signature, unless we're talking about digital cryptographic signatures (which is probably not what they're looking for).

Bank Account Update!

KrungThai Bank (tried many branches and emailed them)

- strongly disagree to open bank account when they see DTV

TTB (megabangna)

- said no

UOB ( emailed them, megabangna)

- no

SCB (emailed, many branches)

- no

Maybe not the correct group but im sure u guys will know the answer to it! I read many stories about getting help by thai girlfriend for opening a thai bank account (at the moment i stay like 6 months each year in thailand on tourist visa/exemption every time) getting a bank account makes many things much easier like paying for my appartment and all the bills. Is this possible with the help of my girlfriend?

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