. I read about the 2 months, which is why I tried opening a bank account this week. Unfortunately 2 banks denied me. The only one that would accept was Bangkok bank but they suddenly wanted 5900 baht extra for insurance. This seemed unreasonable to me. So my plan to open a bank account in time failed. Say I forget about the 1 year extension for now, what are my options to make it to 30th of April? Is bouncing out mandatory?