before obtaining the "Yellow book" Kasikorn said no... after..... yes.. opened account about two weeks ago.. this would be on a 60 day tourist stamp... married to Thai woman ...
I have transferred the same amount to the same person at least 9 times in the last year... this time.... western union has taken 6 days and still not transferred ... took the money from my US bank no problem the first day... I have switched to Wise and the first transfer to my new Kasikorn account was 7 seconds...
I was finally able to open up my bank account at Kasikorn bank yesterday... took over an hour... the Lady employee was excellent.. just a lot of papers to copy and sign plus the photos taken with tablet... getting the yellow book is another storey... 8K baht to the local district people from the head of the district to the manager in the office to the lady doing the computer input.. plus the hour long "interview" from the head of the district... I hope I am finished with the "extra" money being spent on anything..
seldom will two people agree 100%... while I do agree with some of your comments..... still... is it not a fact that Thailand was never colonized?...........as to "leaving to go to the 'greatest place'....... I like to think that with so many people from different countries living in America.... it is a good thing... maybe in two or three hundred years.... 90% of the people in America will have brown skin... and everyone gets along better..