I do follow this site everyday, and cannot understand why it's getting harder to open a bank account, it was about 20 years ago when I opened my first bank account + a sterling
Account on soi bacaw.
After time they lapst.
When I moved up north and met the wife went into kasikorn took 30 minutes.
Go to kasikorn bank with someone who speaks thai.dont know if things have changed but my wife opened my account in our local branch in chainart years ago I was on a tourist visa .if you have a address in Thailand you should be ok. Pattaya or a small province branch.