They are making it a lot harder for farang to open bank accounts in Thailand now . The government doesn’t really want farang here so they constantly comping up with ways to make it harder for us to stay !
yes not sure about your embassy but I didn’t need one fro the Uk embassy I’m here now on the COVID extension to my 60 day tv , iv been here since April
At the moment with the 60 day tourist visa , you go to immigration and they will give you an other 60 day extension due to COVID 19 you can just keep doing that !