@Wabi *****

Let me say that you are probably going to get the residence certificate and still find you cannot open an account without an agent or extreme luck. Just FYI.

@Kevin ******

Which embassy was that Kevin?

@Dale *********

ED visa was on the approved list I saw at a Bangkok bank branch in Phuket

@Graham **********

Pretty lucky

@Graham **********

With what visa?

Agoda is a go to in Thailand. There are family suites you should be able to book just not sure how many you will get in your price range

@Chris ***********

Oooh. 117 branches of banks in Thailand and there are 2 in Pattaya that will open an account on a tourist visa. Ooooooo. I was wrong in my statement.

This is Thailand. Nothing occurs that is not legal right? No one bends the law? Funny how I thought you said you were here for 18 years (really only visiting right).

The facts are there are banking regulations against opening accounts with tourist visas. The fact that branches may not enforce that is another fact. Kind of like how you are suppose to have a motorbike license and helmet to drive in Thailand but yet hundreds of thousands do every day and they don't get pulled over.

And I don't need to show off. I know where I stand financially. I won't be starting a Go Fund Me page when I am done drinking and screwing my life away. Because that never was and never will be my lifestyle.

@Chris ***********

This is a typically AH response as you obviously walk on water and know everything. Sure, if I go to Pattaya I know of 2 branches I can go into and get a bank account on a tourist visa. I also know someone who did that last year and suddenly received a notification that his account was closed and that he needed to show up at the bank to claim his money. The reason given was he did not meet the requirements for opening an account. I am not going to Pattaya to get a bank account.

And I have been to more than 25 branches in Phuket and Bangkok and refused at all without a long term visa.

"Says someone who is in Thailand 19 years".

I know that makes you an expert. I never should have questioned your amazing ability to know all about banking in all areas of Thailand.

And BTW...Yes regulations have changed to reduce money laundering. I wish I took a picture of the memo at Bangkok Bank that quoted the sections. I could have taught you something today.

SMH

@Chris ***********

No. You dont get it. It is based around the visa not how much money you have. I could prove on-site that I have access to high 6 digit cash assets but banking laws prevent accounts under the new regulations

@Connor ******

I am sure you walk around all day with that plus in your pocket. Typical AH comment.