I know an agent in Phrom Phong who will help you open an account. Unfortunately, agents in Bangkok are expensive. Before I had my non-O and was able to do it myself, they quoted me 15K baht.

@Nongnuch *******

I think that it would be INCREDIBLY stupid to forge a rental contract when you sign it as evidence of your domicile as part of your application for an account. But, hey, if you’d prefer to think the bank clerks are stupid for not planning for people who would do that (but, then again, they HAVE planned for it by making people sign), you go right ahead.

You’re not being respectful in your comments. I shared my experience. It’s not wrong. It’s just different from yours. I wasn’t disrespectful to you when I shared it, but you can’t hold your emotions in check. Get it together!

@Nongnuch *******

I guess I was “damn lucky” twice. I opened one account for my visa and a separate one for doing transactions, so I don’t accidentally overwithdraw (or have someone else do so, which happened with my “home” account) from my visa account. Once I had a Non-O visa, I had no trouble at all.

@Sue *********

he has a Thai wife, but I did it without one.

@Nongnuch *******

they do not. They do, however, require a permanent address. I opened two accounts with my 90-day non-O plus a lease.

@Jared *********

as I said, I think it’s #1. I do believe that’s the misunderstanding.

@Sean *******

the people telling you that you cannot extend are misunderstanding. Either:

1). They think you extended on this stay or

2). They don’t understand the law.

I think it’s #1.

@Jan *****************

yes, this is definitely true. That’s one thing you’ll want to pay attention to,

@Robin *******

@Robin *******

not exactly, but I guess you could think of it that way, lol. I mean, you DO go through immigration and you do get a new clock, so there’s that :-).

There’s a distinct possibility that I won’t be here for any 90-day period. I’m honestly wondering how immigration will feel about that, but I guess we will see :-).

@Jan *****************

is just wanted to clarify as needing to report might have concerned him if he planned to be out of the country. I had that concern until I learned how it worked, because I plan to travel extensively as well.