@Carter ******

you can take out cash in any atm with any card issued in any country.

I lived here for 12 years and worked as a real estate agent. Never ever have any client had to show what visa they hold or had to have a Thai bank account. You only pay the full years rent if you looking for a lower monthly rent price, standard is 1 months rent + 2 months deposit. Anything else is someone trying to take you for a ride. You do need to provide a copy of the ID page of your passport though.

@Elías *******

you provide it when extend and in tm30, and the one sell you the SIM card register it with your passport info, so they sure got it

Use agent, some charge 5k bah, some charge up to 8.5k baht

@Aom ********

in Pattaya there’s plenty of agencies but I don’t know one in Bkk that have reasonable prices

@Simon ********

ok, you must mean the yellow book then? My mistake

@Simon ********

I paid 10 baht in Bangkok.

But since you’re in the country for more than 24h without a tm30 you will be fined, most likely 800b, but can be up to 10k baht.

@Stephen *******

took me 20 min at Chaeng Watthana Bangkok 😁

@Andreas ********

that’s the easiest way. But you can do it yourself too but might be denied in the 40-50 first branches you walk into, and will probably have to buy their insurance for 5k baht which is what an agent charges you. So agent is easier choice.

@Andreas ********

you can open a bank account on any visa, even TR or visa excemt.