Good evening everyone, I am applying to volunteer through Helpx and Workaway hosts.

The host who has accepted me says I don't need a work permit as the work is not paid, but every group or forum I have looked at says the opposite is true. I will be volunteering legally but want to know that the Immigration Bureau also agrees that I don't need a work permit.

These rules of the Immigration service (and banks) are rather confusing.

I want to get a 'non O visa' but I need a Thai bank account, but of course I can't get a Thai bank account without the visa that the bank requires...