It is the worst possibel time to change bank.

Be happy you have a Thai bank account and live with the bank you have allready.

Won't work in most banks.

You need to have stayed for months at a permanent adress on a long lease or owner, show a monthly large deposit to the account, which are easy traceable.

or in short be reagarded as a thru resident and not a tourist.

Banks in Thailand are like everywhere in the world, interested in having good stable custormers, that have a permanent address, a steady easy traceable income, and use the account all year round.

That is why the banks are reluctant to give accounts to people on short time ( read: tourist ) visas, and who only spend part of the year in Thailand.

Don’t expect to get a residence certificat, until you have stayed at a permanent adress in at least 3 month, since that is what the residence certificat should confirm.

Furthermore the added attention on whitewashing of money, is an added burden on the banks, so reluctant depositing large amounts isn’t a guaranteed way to open an account.

The value of a resident certificat, had gone down, since Immigration Officers are giving them to people that are not on a longterm visa, or have stayed severel months at 1 adress in Thailand, so even if it is a formal requirement, the bank make up their own assesment of the stability of the want-to-be customer.

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Passportholders from 93 countrys are getting 60 day visa exempt when arriving in Thailand, with the option to extend 30 days at a Immigration office ( 1900 Baht )

Visa exempt was changed from 30 to 60 days 2024

This tread is about the present rules in effect now, not historic discontinued rules.

That is not specific for Thailand, most other countrys also categories tourist travel to be up to 3 months.

International conventions also build on 3 month as a “limit” for tourist travel, such as ex. travelinsurance, international driver license, acccess to bankaccounts, resident status etc., that combined with national laws / rules but up by the individual countrys.

Best to apply from your homecountry since they will be familiar with the way documents are issued in that country, and it can expedite the visa proces, and make it easier.

You will also save travel expenses to go to, and stay in a 3 country, for the duration of the visa proces.

Better to wait in the comfort of your home instead of a hotelroom.

You will not be banned, you may be rejected ( and loose the 10.000 Baht visa fee.

Why would you contact the Immigration, they have nothing to do with issuing visa’s.

That is handled by Embassies.

Much better to apply in your homecountry, where the Embassy staff is familiar to the kind of documents, that should get you the DTV.

and you can save big bucks on traveling to a 3 country and have to stay there at a hotel for the duration of the visa proces, instead you can wait “for free” in the comfort of your home for the visa to be approved.