@Pete ******

an interest bearing fixed deposit account is “an instant access account”, and it’s perfectly acceptable to ChiangMai immigration office.

@Vincent ******

immigration is definitely not ok with that.

@David ******

have you ever seen Jeff Bezos, David Beckham or Mark Zuckerberg standing in line with you at immigration?

@Richard ******

I am better off than I deserve.

@David ******

First, I never said I used an agent, or that the process caused me financial stress. Although, I did, and it didn’t.

Using an agent is often not about the cost, it’s about the value. There is a difference.

Let me try to explain it to you…

The Farmer and the Fisherman

A rice farmer oversaw ten workers and used millions of baht worth of machines to harvest thousands of bags of rice. One day, he went to the river and offered a fisherman a bag of rice in exchange for a basket of fish.

The fisherman laughed. “Why trade rice for fish? Anyone can sit on the riverbank with a pole and catch them for free. You must be foolish to pay for something so simple.”

The farmer smiled. “It may be easy, but while I sit for hours by the river, my fields would go untended, my workers idle, and my harvest wasted. My time grows rice. Your time grows fish. We trade not because one of us is stupid, but because both of us are wise.”

Unlike money, which can be earned, saved, or replaced, time can never be recovered. For many people—time is more valuable than money.

@David ******

some people have lots of time.

Some very successful people are willing to pay to avoid wasting hours at immigration.

Most unsuccessful people won’t comprehend the money value of time.

@Steve *****

and all those nit wits commenting that it doesn’t matter where you open your account

@Paul *******

you have no idea what you are talking about.

President Trump doesn’t have any business interest in any passport expediting service. I just renewed my passport in about 3 weeks using standard service.

You must be a Russian troll or a bot.

@Max ************

KBank. Maya. Change of address. 2 hours wait time and 2 hours copying lease agreements, passport, visa (2 copies each - signed in blue ink) and signing bank forms.

All this and the bank still sent statements on one of my accounts to the old address as they failed to update it in the computer properly.

Some enterprising Thai needs to open a bank for foreigners, where they are welcomed, treated professionally, and can change their address or phone number in an app instead of in person after 4 hours of bank bureaucracy.