But “the only thing” may be hard to get, when you haven’t stayed in Thailand for a period of time ( 3 months +++)

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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Be aware there is a error in the start of the article ( and several other copy - paste media with the same article )

A Thai Bankaccount has never been a requirement to get DTV, on the contrary it has been one of the big advantage over other visa, that you could get DTV as long as you could show 500.000 Baht equivalent in any bank anywhere in the world.

It has never been the intention that DTV visaholders should be in need of a Thai bankaccount.

929?

Give the Embassy excactly what they want, and nothing else, because you don’t want to do xxxx.

If you don’t want to be rejected and loose the 10.000+ Baht visa fee

The best is to apply in your passport country, where. also most of the other documents originate from, since they know how documents are formated in that country, leading to less rejections because of misunderstandings.

Look at the Embassy website for the average processing time for visa’s, and remember if additional documents are necessary, the clock may start over from 0.

The Thai Embassy have no benefit of getting you to stay and use your money other than in Thailand.

The best way to find information about different visa, is the Thailand Embassy website in your country, that's the most reliable source.

Ask in a US group, not a Thailand group, if you want reliable information

Entering visa excempt you have to be able to show on arrival:

Onward ticket( ticket out of Thailand) within 60 days.

Adress of where you would be staying.

20.000 Baht in cash.

Sometime they ask for proof, other times not.

Has nothing to do with TDAC

You are allow in for 60 days, of course you need to show that you leave within the allowed 60 days.

Having a girlfriend or not, wouldn't change anything.

You should check again before you go, may switch back to 30, but then you just apply for a 60 day tourist visa a couple of weeks before you go.

What is this post then.

No Immigration officer need to clarify the basic requirements that you should know before going to Thailand.