ffs just take the 4k baht fast track that many agents are offering.

They are much stricter this year, but you are clearly a tourist so you'll be fine.

Your visa exempt expire the day you leave Thailand, so it won't be a few days later.

But to answer your question, it will not be a problem as you will clearly be considered as a tourist.

This is fake news. Nothing to do with agent opening 30 accounts. Agents do this all the time with every single bank. Nobody care about this. The reason why this particular time it went viral is because of what Richard said below:

"In addition to the increased restrictions on opening bank accounts now used by all banks for six months or more, the Bangkok bank in a Pattaya branch was involved in a scam with a group of 15 Chinese call center scammers involving hundreds of accounts, 2 billion baht laundering and scamming 2,000 victims."

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Because as I said, every single bank are being used for quick in and out transfer. Agent put money in your account and you send back to a third account. It's done by many agents all over Thailand and with every single bank. Until the victims have money, which in this case, some rich Chinese got scammed. It made the news. So Bangkok Bank had to save face. That's it.

You will likely get denied.

A Tourist Visa will not help.

An agent can help getting you in via Fast-Track / VIP for 4k baht.

Don't worry about visas.

Nobody care about online work.

Just don't tell everyone what you do :)

If you don't have the 800k, you can do it with an agent.

10k for Non-O, 15k for 12 months extension.

Maybe more expensive the first time around.

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

The reality is that some rich Chinese got scammed. They were with Bangkok Bank. It made waves and the pressure got to Bangkok Bank to crackdown. It's been repackaged to save face, so the article is correct about what happened. That's why it's only a new Bangkok Bank policy, and not the other Banks. Bangkok Bank cave in. Such scams are going on with every bank, and for many many years, but this time rich Chinese got scammed so finally one bank felt the pressure to do something about it.

I ask because I'm currently with Bangkok Bank but would love to switch (for obv reason).

Question about this part: "provided they intend to apply for a Non-O visa".

How do you enforce that? Do people who open bank account with you need to do Non-O with TVC, or they can do it themselves? In other words: Are both services tied or not with each other?