@Brandon ***********

yes, my Aussie mate was asked for his Australian 🇦🇺 Driver’s licence 🪪, he let it expire many years ago as he has been living in Thailand for past 16years.

He has a Thai bank account, some obscure Military bank and used it exclusively to send money with WISE until they removed that bank and others from their books that money could be transferred to.

Banks seem to be making decisions that even IMMIGRATION policy doesn’t follow and are becoming Arbitrators without any government oversight.

Kasikorn would not open an account for him, because he said he was retired and lives here on a Marriage visa and THEY determined that HE should be on a Retirement visa and not a Marriage visa, it is just madness!!! Since when does a BANK determine Immigration policy at a Branch level???😵‍💫

Ah Cheong Ah Cheong had the same thing for me with BKK bank, they said that they had been audited by their head office and the push came from there.

That I needed to get a Certificate or Confirmation letter from my country’s Embassy to verify my address.

I explained that my Embassy would have as much idea of where my address is as they would the Bank staffer’s.

Took a Certificate of Residency from Jomtien Immigration office, was not good enough.

I cashed out my account and closed it on the spot.

It is bureaucracy gone wild within BKK Bank.

Covering their losses after the “ Scammer Mule Account “ saga in which allegedly bank staff had opened accounts for nefarious entities and billions of baht had been laundered… now every law abiding Foreigner is the whipping post for someone else’s shenanigans.

Greg Alexander you have been LUCKY!!!

I have had my account restricted now for over 2mths for a 565K baht transfer from

My home country, they demanded 6mths of bank statements, my last Tax return, invoice from my conveyancer, they asked for my Passport again as well.

I flat out refused, they couldn’t tell me where my data was stored and for how long, with all the information they wanted, if there was a hacking data breach, my information could be used to get credit in my name for which I would be liable.

I have had my Wise account for over 7 years and not had an issue… until I did ( A.I. Bots flagging accounts for what they deem is a risk transaction )

I had sent the same amount from my home country to my Kasikorn account ( both in my name- exact same details ) and had successfully transferred over 1.8M K in previous 3 mths.

My account remains suspended till I provide them with my Tax Return and other documents…

Not happening!

So YES, you have been lucky.

Steve Adcock calm down snow flake! It was derived during WW2 by the Allies, it is rhyming street slang, words hurt your feelings???

Kristie Dinan ( Septic Tank - rhyming slang )… a Yank, shortened to Seppo

Figure this, I have had a Bangkok Bank account for 14 years, the branch was from Thabo near Nong Khai.

I received notification that on 15th January Thabo branch was closing and my account would be managed from that date by Nong Khai branch.

On the 25th January I attended the Nong Khai branch to see about having my account transferred to Sattahip branch near where I was living.

They said go see that branch and should be able to open an account at the Sattahip Branch.

I successfully opened a new BKK Bank account at that branch, transferred ALL my funds to that account and left 100 in the Thabo account.

I rode my motorcycle to Phuket a couple of weeks ago and received a call from the Sattahip BKK Bank Branch informing me that they had been Audited by their compliance team and that I would need to obtain a certificate from my home country Embassy stating and confirming my address here in Thailand 🇹🇭.

I informed the clerk that my Embassy would have NO CLUE where I reside within Thailand, nor would they care.

I said that the ONLY agency that knew my address and confirmed it was Jomtien Immigration and that I would obtain a Certificate of Residency from them and present it to the bank upon my return from my road trip to Phuket.

Yesterday I attended BKK Bank Sattahip branch and the freshly obtained COR, only to be once again informed that it needed to be issued by my Home Country’s Embassy in Thailand.

I decided to close the account, much to my SHOCK the customer service agent told me that my Thabo account was still active and I could simply TRANSFER all my funds via the Banking App to that account and everything would be fine.

When I asked, what about the COR for that account, I was duly informed that the Thabo account was NOT subject to the same RULES/SCRUTINY as the newly opened 2026 account at Sattahip. 🤷🏽‍♂️🤷🏽‍♂️🤷🏽‍♂️🤷🏽‍♂️🤷🏽‍♂️🤷🏽‍♂️🤷🏽‍♂️🤷🏽‍♂️

Go figure???

Amazing Thailand 🇹🇭

BC Farang you get it exactly Sir! 🙌🏾

Paul Malcolm don’t bother explaining yourself to a wombat, they only know what they think they know.

I don’t explain myself to anyone that doesn’t need to know my business.

My post was as an informative telling of dealing with 2 different Thai banks… so others can see the best options if navigating these matters.

All good mate. Cheers.

Gideon von Marschall yeah, left me cold, would not bother with them ever again.

Jesper Ngiam I have Kasikorn already and had a BKK bank account for past 14 years but the branch up in a small town near Nong Khai closed and the central branch in Nong Khai took over management-ship of my account, given I am not living in that area anymore, made sense to get a branch closer in case BB have another brain fart and I need to attend the branch for some verification/identification shamozol.

I will try SCB, they have a local branch in Sattahip.

Cheers