Most nationalities require a visa to enter Cambodia; some are allowed to buy an e-visa online, some must apply at an embassy before travel, some are allowed to apply for a visa on arrival. You have to look it up to see what's required/allowed for the passport you carry.

The following nationalities do NOT require a visa to enter Cambodia:

Brunei

Indonesia

Laos

Malaysia

Maldives

Myanmar

Philippines

Seychelles

Singapore

Thailand

Vietnam

@Xjwhudkwhry *******

The horror!

@Hartmut *******

Take your arguments to the Thai police and government. I'm sure they will be amazed and grateful for your crack detective work.

Surely you will receive at least some sort of medal for your amazing expose of this previously unknown practice!

@Frank *********

Not the Thai way. For example, each immigration officer has the right to decide your fate on the spot, with no appeal. Two different officers, deciding virtually identical cases, may make different decisions, and that's acceptable here.

Western ideas of fairness don't always apply here.

@Hartmut *******

An agent who assists in opening a bank account does not inherently break any laws or banking rules.

They simply help the bank internally justify the considerable cost of opening an account for a customer whose stay in Thailand might be so short as to be unprofitable. This is not illegal in Thailand.

When you sell a house, and employ an estate agent to assist, is that a "bribe?"

Do you call it a bribe when you pay a lawyer to help set up a business and navigate the regulatory system? Or when you pay an accountant to file your taxes? Or you pay a concierge to get you unattainable theatre tickets or a table at a popular restaurant?

Or you employ a lobbyist to help you make your case before the government?

Banks are breaking no laws when they allow tourists to open a bank account, nor if they deny it.

@Graham **********

Chances are the two-year lease and DL made the decision easy for them. You were worth their effort.

@Gray *****

You'd lose. No such rule or law, and has nothing to do with immigration enforcement.

Especially with Americans, opening an account is just a pain in the a** for the bank. Why bother if they're here for a couple months than they're gone? Money loser.

But ultimately, this is the individual bank's decision.

An agent can definitely grease the skids, and there is nothing wrong or illegal if you use one.

@Patrick *******

Yes, but you are in Thailand. Not Cambodia?

@Patrick *******

Citation / documentation please?

I could find no mention of a 90-day reporting requirement or mechanism for a 1-year Cambodian retirement visa.

@Robert *********

Do you feel the same about the entire country?