@Adrian *******

I use Bangkok Bank for my ATM etc. Just transfer money over when I I am going out etc then if I lose that card never more than 20k on it and usually less. The Boarding Card is great for travelling as you exchange money upfront and use it in local ATMs. I have used it in UK, Netherlands, Switzerland and Singapore for local currency. Online it works well and you can switch it on and off on the application and change the max amounts. I used it to buy a Breitling and transferred the cash into when I was in the shop.

@Joel ******

Someone just posted that they opened an account on DT%V in Krungsri in Central Festival Pattaya. Good luck with it, but they are a good branch and have always been helpful, even though my account is elsewhere.

@Adrian *******

Interesting about the Cert of Residence and IO. Jomtien immigration certainly have a Bangkok Bank branch they prefer to use 🙂 I think Krungsri are best of the Thai Banks. Part Japanese owned. I used to work for a Japanese company with thousands of workers in Thailand - all payroll went into Krungsri. At the branch I used 5k salaries per month went into it including expat Directors and C-Suite. I never heard a complaint about their banking. If you can get their "Boarding Card" is a very handy product but you may been a WP for it. Give it a go though as it is the most useful card I have at the moment

@Adrian *******

Good one. I went in there for replacement ATM card and they asked me to open an account at that branch. My main account with them is elsewhere. I was fine doing it as I lived in Pattaya at the time. Having a local account would have been handy plus splitting money between accounts is a good idea. However, I did not have 2 types of photographic ID so could not go ahead. After an hour I came away with the .managers business card for his property business though:-)

As others have pointed out it is not easy. If you have a Thai friend then you could try up in Isaan with them but I doubt you will be successful. In Pattaya you will need an agent and it seems all the usual ones cannot open accounts for DTV. There was a post recently where someone did with an agent down there.

@John ********

It is not discretionary at each bank. Some bank HQ have issued guidance on this. You keep posting as though opening banks accounts is easy on the DTV. It is NOT easy as many posts attest. In fact it is very far from easy. Name the bank names and locations where it is as simple as you posit? Which bank have you walked into in 2025 and opened an account?

@Dany *******

I think that number is about right or high. Remember just because you are in the country 180 days does not mean you need to submit a return. You need to have had assessable income too. There is debate over that of course with one part of revenue saying no need while another saying do it. Advisors are saying do it if you have any remittance just to cover your ar5e. They are also saying they can do it and impossible to do it by yourself- yeah yeah yeah

@Laila ***

There is nothing required at the bank each year from immigration. Please tell us the document that is required. You are the only person I have ever heard claim this. I have never been asked by my banks for anything from immigration each year. Please point yo your sources and somebody told me is not a source.

@Laila ***

Are you sure? Just yesterday you were claiming bank account holders need documents from immigration every year to keep accounts opening and functioning?

@Shane ******

That is probably around mid point of the ask.