yep i agree but we are talking about opening a bank account if he works that's up to him and the consequences that follow that I had the same problem opening an account even with a marriage visa and all the documents one could possibly provide you cab get letters from immigration and a host of other things it makes absolutely no difference to the bank especially over the last 6 months banks are playing there own game now hence so many posts trying to open account just pay a agent and be done with it ...
I had a friend come to visit me last month in thsiland had only 4 months left he managed to get into thsiland from Sydney Australia but he was travelling to Cambodia as well and they wouldn't let him board the flight from bangkok to there
So you could be rolling the dice and maybe my friend was lucky to get into thailand
I know what it's like I'm in korat and got stuffed around with honda so I went straight across the road and bought a Yamaha the dealer was brilliant I wanted 2 bikes he only had one but he rang another dealer in another town and got me another from there they delivered it to his showroom in a hour I paid