@Simon ******

well,

@Abey ********

will enter Thailand on a 90-days Non-Imm-O visa. He will visit an agent and get a bank account opened. Legally and rightfully. Before the 90 days are up, he will exit Thailand. And whatever and whenever he returns to Thailand, it definitely won't affect his Thai bank account. That's gonna be the fact, and none of your speculations. . . you and the thousands of others have, in the recent 24 months, opened your Thai bank accounts on the wrong visa, and that's why you all are facing the consequences. If you had the correct visa when you opened your account, everything would be fine

@Simon ******

the bank won't check his visa status. What makes you think so? I got a bank account since 19 years, my bank never asked me to show my visa status

there is an option where parents of children who are attending school in Thailand, can "piggyback" as "supporting family" on the Non-Imm-ED visa and the yearly extensions of the stay permit of their children until they are 18 years old. This is an option you must discuss with both the embassy in Berlin, and the Immigration office in Bangkok

@Mohamed **************

ignore Andy Traveller, please

@Andy *********

I am fully aware of what is going on, I am reading in two dozen groups, and I got my own visa advice group. I don't see any problem for the OP. He is basically following a legal path. Even the top-advisor of this group - Graham Seal - says the same. YOU are making things up where there are none. You are speculating - which is something I, as a visa advisor, always avoid !

@Fred ********

you better keep fingers crossed your bank account will not get frozen, as that happened to many people who had their accounts opened in the recent years on tourist visa

@Andy *********

the OP will open the account on a Non-Imm-O visa, so everything is legal and good. Which visa status he will be in the future, will not affect his bank account, unless (which is highly speculative from you!) the bank asks him back for a second verification process. Since he opens the account o a Non-Imm-O Visa, the bank has absolutely zero reason to ask him for another visit. How will the bank know what his future visa status is after he has opened the account fully legally based on having a Non-Imm-O visa? The accounts being closed or frozen, were those that had been previously opened on a tourist entry stamp, and this includes many DTV in some cases

@Andy *********

this is complete nonsense you are making up. Yes, accounts that had been opened on tourists visa are being closed. But if he opens a new account on a Non-Imm-O visa, the account won't get frozen. It will actually be correctly activated and set up legally. The banks do not check his visa status afterwards. He could be on a visa-exempt entry and still use his Thai bank account

@Andy *********

how to you reach your conclusions? What does the bank account, once it has been opened on the correct visa, to do with his future stays? The bank does not check his visa status

@Abey ********

stay prepared to get asked is what I recommend