4 of my friend's BBL was suspended back in July. When they opened the account a year ago, they were on tourist visa. With the tightening of rules, bank wanted to verify they have a valid long term visa. They showed their retirement visa and it was unlocked immediately.
Elite visa packages is available for 5 years & above. Complete a couple of forms, email it to them, it typically gets approved in less than 8 weeks. Get visa affixed at airport or at chaengwattana immigration in BKK. Fairly straight forward. But have to pay THB 650K for the bronze 5 yr package.
you will be in for a surprise at Kbank. My friend (foreigner on retirement visa) opened a bank account in UTH, daily transaction limit through the app is only THB 50k. No longer like 5 Mil daily transaction limit like 3 years ago when I first opened it.
the Kbank Central Plaza officer said everything limit is 50K, which is slightly different from what they tell you. 😅 Thanks for the checking out and letting me know, I will get my friend to go to another Kbank branch to ask again. 🙏