@Reed *********

A refund. Pigs will sprout wings first

@Gab ***

There is no link between tax department and immigration currently

You can pay an agent a large fee but do not complain if your account is closed soon after. They are closing accounts opened on tourist visas

@Anna ********

People are mixing up the 2 issues 1) The mobile banking requirements with Sim tied to passport to account 2) Actually having an account

I have never seen a report where the 500k was asked at a border entry

@Jirka *******

Krungsri at Emquartier in Bangkok used to be easy to open accounts as a tourist but that was a few years ago

Anonymous participant A guy posted he did at Krungsri Chiiang Mai at Central Festival on here about a month to 6 weeks ago. I asked at Krungsri Maya Mall and they said only with visa issued by Immigration which DTV is not

You will not lose money. The account will just be frozen till you turn up unless you are planning years out of the country

@Dana ******

As for those on a "O" and it expires etc no idea. They do have the visa dates though but if they will become checking and closing or freezing is anybodies guess. Depends what Bank of Thailand or bank HQ says in any guidance. I was on a B with WP and so got services only open to thos with WP. I have been on O retirement for 2 years. I still get the same serives as though on a WP. Seems they are not checking too closely. They know I am on retirement now.

@Dana ******

We will have to wait and see how this pans out. Reports are talking about accounts already open. Not new accounts.