@Bogdan ******

are you in US or UK? It’s so bad in the UK nowadays unless you’re loaded and aren’t affected by the clowns that govern.

@Bogdan ******

it’s so true though.

Why pay an agent to do something you can do yourself? I opened an account with Bangkok Bank last week. You need the following:

Non immigration visa stamp in passport and evisa paperwork if that’s what your country gives you.

Certificate of residency- Get this from immigration office.

Passport and driving license

80k is a total rip off. It cost me 500 baht to open two accounts, one for day to day purchases and another for savings to deposit my visa money 800k so it doesn’t get touched.

@Colin *********

The fact England is a shit hole is a good enough reason to return to Thailand.

@Nongnuch *******

correct. I think that’s half of the trouble is the bank are still looking for the old style sticker and not realising everything is done online now.

@Deanna ******

I presume it’s just an expat saying? I hardly see any farang where I am so I’m not privy to a lot of the western slang.

@Deanna ******

TIT 😂😂 I’ll remember that one.

@Ann ***********

Ah, that’ll be why then as mine is an e-visa. There was no option to do it any other way in the UK.

@Nick ******

I’ll ask the wife about that in the morning in that case. Thanks for the heads up as I didn’t know about that one. Regardless, the lady in the bank still told me incorrectly that I had a tourist visa so I’ll tool myself up with this certificate and go back in on Monday presuming IO can issue it same day as I go. Have a good evening 👍🏼

@Nick ******

is the residency certificate the same as the white slip of paper I get when I do a TM30 or something different? I live with my better half in the house she owns so don’t have a rental agreement or hotel reservation list. We live up in Issan, Nakhon Ratchasima so nearest town is Pak Chong.