@Pertti ************

yes my mistake.

@Jim *******

not if you havent got a long term visa or a letter from immigration.

@Jacques ****

you will have to employ an agent to open a bank account for you, which will need to be seeded for 2 months with 800k before you apply for non o in country. Cut the agent out of this part of the process and do it before you leave, using 800k in your home country account.

Step 1 get your non O via e-visa from your local embassy before you leave. Step organise your initial stay before you leave, (a seviced apartment might be best, like a hotel bbut designed for longer lets and has all the comforts of an apartment. Step 3 visit Imigration get a resients certificate and open a bank account. Step 4 with a letting agent ( or without find a condo).

@John *********

yes, just right of the issue date, probably not a city name but rather a code.

@Glenn ****

your lucky, we've had our scb account locked, although it may be part of the new banking standards introduced a couple of years ago to negate money laundering. I read a report the other day around 10's of thousands of dormant accounts had been deactivated in the last year in Thailand as part of the laundering crackdown.

@Немања *********

sorry i cant give a definitive answer on that as we live in a house we own. But that sounds adequate.include a tm30 and tm7 receipt to show your tied to the apartment.

Also if it has no activity for 1 year it will become locked and you would need to visit the branch to unlock it.

The photos must not be selfies, all must show you and your wife. 1 in kitchen, 1 in bedroom, 1 outside showing house number and 1 other. Print 2 per a4 page satisfies the requirement. For the map i generally do a google map print on top half of a4 from CW to my home, and a hand drawn on the bottom half from the nearest major SOI to my house. You need both a letter and bank statement (i always get 3 months) from the bank not older than 7 days. Copies of each page of your bank book, make sure you have over 400k in the bank. On the day you need to withdraw 100bht or so, (ensuring your still over 400k), update the bank book, get the last page copied and replace any you might have done in preperation. Note i usually do 6 photos in case they reject any.

@Brandon ***********

although, i have seen mention that some IO's will require a checkout date for those providing lease with an end date.