I flew Qatar London to bkk and they wanted proof of onward travel.
I showed them a genuine train ticket udon Thani to Vientiane, cost 3 us dollars and they were fine with that. Bkk immigration accepted it as well. Got it on 12goasia website
I got stopped for 30 minutes when I arrived in March, I had been here a lot though tbf. This time die 60 exempt..30 day extension and then went to laos and did the 90 day non o retirement. It expires on Sept 2 . Going back to uk on 27 Aug and intend to come back in March 26 on another non o. Hopefully will be bo problem as I have bank account and phone here now so intend to get the one year extension.
Max Fredriksson...I knew exactly how to do it. Had all the correct paper work and with the 90 day non o retirement visa the first three banks in udon thani, said NO.
The fourth , Krungsgri said yes so stop your KNOW ALL comments. Many people ARE getting more issues now on opening a bank account even WITH everything that used to make it easy .OK..
We aren't all stupid as your post infers ..it IS getting more difficult..get over yourself and actually believe what many saying...you probably got yours ages ago so get yourself updated ...
I think any bank using their knowledge of visa requirements a a way of forcing you to keep a specific sum in the account for a specific time is very poor,almost blackmail. I understand the reason, but surely ,the correct way is verify your customers better and stop the agents abusing the system.
I applied whilst in Vientiane, I can't honestly remember the application asking for proof of onward travel... not sure it did tbh.
If you have to, get a 3 dollar train ticket nong Khai to Vientiane on 12go Asia, Bangkok immigration accepted that as proof of leaving when I first arrived in March