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@Toni ******

so you're going to extrapolate your experience at one branch with what people have been told at any of the hundreds of other branches? I am sure you know fully well that all rules are applied inconsistently in Thailand even at government offices or police, much less at a bank. Every branch will tell you something different.

@Toni ******

I think you aren't part of enough groups that discuss the DTV. In the last couple of days, someone with a DTV visa posted in a group specifically that the bank wanted to close their account unless they could show they owned a property which they fortunately did so the bank allowed them to keep their account.

This is not consistently the issue. There have already been plenty of posts from people who were told that the issue is neither the mobile number match requirement nor the facial recognition requirement but specifically that Bangkok Bank doesn't allow DTV visa holders or tourist visa and visa exempt holders to keep their bank account unless the person shows they own property in Thailand. This is already well explained and discussed in dozens of posts, as well as the fact that not all branches are following the same rules. The mobile number issue is a separate new requirement, and an issue that affects anyone at every bank, Thai or foreigner, regardless of what visa they have.

@Stuart ********

it's always the immature idiots who think they can attack others who they know nothing about by accusing them of being poor, ugly, old, etc. when you dare to disagree with them. I had one guy recently think he was actually pushing my buttons by automatically resorting to attacking me as a retired poor old white man who had to pay for women, when I am actually a gay Asian middle aged succesful businessman in a 15 year monogamous relationship. You gotta laugh at how pitiful some people are. I don't understand why you haven't banned this idiot yet for his personal attacks?

You don't know what a bank app is? How can you even do banking without one nowadays when Thai banks are increasingly removing online access so you can sign into your account via the app? For example, SCB no longer has an online banking website. You must use the app for all online payments, reports, transfers, etc.

You're confusing terms. Many Americans incorrectly call Immigration/Passport Control "customs." Customs are the people who may randomly check your luggage upon entry for prohibited items or items subject to duty. They have nothing to do with your entry into a country. Even in the USA, customs are the people who wave you through or direct you to an inspection station when you present your blue customs form about what you are bringing into the country.

As for your question, some DTV holders have reported being scrutinised and heavily questioned about the activity that qualified them for the DTV, and asked to show that any of the qualifying factors in your application are still met.

@Matt *********

Holiday is the proper term in most of the English-speaking world for what Americans call "vacation." You're going to just look like a sheltered untraveled American if you think your comment was funny.

@Andrew *******

Are you seriously kidding me, questioning

@Stuart ********

, the moderator of this group and one of the most well-known expats for visa advice in Thailand. As he mentioned, he even works for the Phuket immigration office. You look moronic questioning his credentials when he has been around forever helping tens of thousands of people with very good advice, often better than any other expat due to his role working for immigration. You owe him an apology when he is correct that the O-A is a non-immigrant visa, which most definitely is not a tourist visa. It's closer to being a long-term residence visa than anything else. He's been far kinder to you than most people would be when you accuse one of the actual experts on Thai visas and immigration of not knowing better.

@Ant **********

that is inaccurate. It is not just visa exempt entries. ALL entries regardless of visa require it to be filled out. But yes, there are a small number of nationality exceptions from some neighbouring nationalities but generally saying All is fine when it is clear the OP is not from one of those. Seems tedious to have to type "unless you are Lao, Cambodian, or Malaysian" every time this question is answered dozens of times a day. Do you really expect the hundreds of times this question is answered to have to name the 3 exceptions?