@Marc *******

It was YOU who described the requirements wrongly in the first place!

You wrote:

“it was very easy opening an account with Bangkok Bank Khrungthai refused telling me only possible with residence permit”

And that’s bollocks, because the bank had never asked you for a “residence permit”, other than their staff worded it wrongly

It was then YOU who got lost in translation.

The bank rather asked you for the “certificate of residence” (COR) from your Immigration, and NOT for a “residence permit”

The “COR” is NOT a residence permit - but it was YOU who named it as such in the first place. YOU named it “residence permit” in your own words

Graham Seal was right to remember you that the OP wasn’t asked for a residence permit, but for a residence certificate! A completely different thing!

YOU just are not capable of proper English. Sorry to say, you are confusing matters.

Stick to stirring in the Swiss Cheese Fondue, nothing can go wrong with that

@Marc *******

you fell for Immigrations bad English and wrong wording. . . . . You need to be either on the 90-days stay permit out of a Non-Imm-O visa type, or you need to be on a "1-year Extended Stay Permit based on Retirement". You are NOT a permanent resident of Thailand if you have any of the two mentioned stamps. All you got is a "stay permit" for Thailand, but not a "residence permit". The "Wohnsitzbescheinigung" ist just a letter from Immigration certifying that you are living under address XYZ. We call it "certificate of residence" and this is what is needed on most banks to get a bank account opened. . . . . .you could only bypass the "certificate of residence" if you hold a yellow house book and a pink ID-card. . . . . . . A "residence permit" is something else, it is a blue/purple passbook that says "PR-Permament Residency", and the hurdles to jump through in order to get one issued are very high

@Jared ********

he didn't say

@Maitin ******

the DTV is not issued by the BOI. The BOI has absolutely ZERO to do with a DTV. What you mean is the LTR visa. This one can only be had from the BOI

@Cris *****

no, on the contrary, they wouldn't care less. They make you prove everything when you visit Immigration and apply for the extension. I suggest you join the "Digital Thailand Visa" Facebook group, they are specialized on this subject

@Lynnette ******

I know. I got my own visa advice group and I am 100% committed to use only the correct technical terms

@Kevin ******

what about the Welsh ? They are neither English nor Scots nor Northern Irish

now here we enter another famed thread about the correct semantics 😂

@SH ****

he can't hold an "english passport". England doesn't issue any f..g passports. Only the United Kingdom does issue passport to its citizen 😂

@Gary *******

when you enter visa-exempt, you get stamped a 60-days STAY PERMIT. It is NOT a "visa"