@John ******

I know... 2013 if I remember right? But I never heard that someone refused them. Well... until today... Obviously the Exchange shops still take them...?

Congrats... enjoy your stay!

Oh my... sorry to hear that. I know that they always want "pristine", yes, but never heard that they are picky with the color... :-(

@Gerry *******

Yep... that's how it's supposed to be... and afaik they do it exactly that way.

@Wannikea ********

Not nice... but...

Are Nepali not allowed to enter Thailand in general? Aren't they allowed to apply for any other visa? If the answer is "no" both times (what actually is the correct answer)... then why should they be excluded from getting a DTV?

P.S.: This question could also be answered easy if one have a look at the website of the Thai Embassy in Kathmandu...

P.P.S.: And of course questions like this are asked "anonymous"... whyever... 🤨😒

@He***

30 days

@Elías *******

Something around 300-500 Baht "Express fee" each, at the Immigration. By law it's free of charge, but then you have to wait. If you use an agent you will find yourself somewhere between 1,000 and 2,000 Baht.

Congrats, enjoy your stay!

@Henrik ****

Yeah, but what kind of account we are talking about? Savings account, right... no loan, no interest, no real credit card, just debit... you can only use/work with the money that is in the account, there is no risk for the bank in any way. So why they make it so hard these days? Because we are all up for money laundering? Come on...

It wasn't that easy 10-15 years ago already, but now it's almost impossible without an agent. And this is the next point... you cannot, because you are probably a bad guy, but if you let an agent do it and/or buy an insurance from the bank then you are suddenly good enough? Ridiculous...

Funny somehow... they are totally in love with Non-Imm-visa... copy passport, copy visa, copy drivers license and you are good... 15 minutes and you'll have your account. So... Non-Imm = good guys, all other visa = bad guys? What a nonsense...

Residency Certificate... you can get an address confirmation letter from your Embassy/Consulate... they just confirm that you stay at the address that you'll tell them... and you are good for many banks...

They make it unnecessary hard to open an account without any valid reason... that's what it is now... sadly...

And don't forget this silly situation they create here for applying for a Non-O... you need an account to be able to apply for the visa, but without the visa you can't open the account... here you go... Catch-22...