@Martin ********

Except the agents have been shut down as well.

@Simon ******

Nong Khai immigration will not give you a certificate of residency to open a bank account. They will give you one for a driver's license after the Dept. of Transportation requests it. The banks in Nong Khai won't request it so immigration won't grant it. Went through this in November. The banks also will not accept a copy of the CoR that I provided to get my driver's license. I had a 90 day Non-O Evisa, TM 30 and a driver's license and was still told no until a kind lady helped me out in Si Chiang Mai at KrungThai bank. That was after I went to every bank I could find in Tha Bo, Nong Khai and Si Chiang Mai.

@Brian ********

laughing because it doesn't make sense or because you don't believe what I said?

@SJ ******

unfortunately, it seems that everyone else trying to do the right thing are turning into collateral damage.

@David *******

Do you have to go back to Australia every 2 years to renew the OA? I think with an OA a person could probably open an account easier, hopefully, and move forward with a non-o 2 years later.

@Steve *********

Visited every bank I could find in Tha Bo, Nong Khai and Si Chiang Mai with a 90-day non-o Evisa and after a week and a half I finally got a bank account at Krungthai. I think I was the first Evisa they had seen and they had no idea how to deal with it, not realizing it was the same as a non-o visa without the paperwork. 2 banks told me to get a driver's license, did that, then I get a " sorry, we still can't do it" They wanted a certificate of residency which Nong Khai won't do for a bank account but they will do for a driver's license. The banks won't take accept a copy of the driver's license CoR for a bank account. They didn't even know how to scan an American passport, I had to show them.

@Brandon ***********

I had a branch manager in a Krungsri branch in Nong Khai tell me over and over that my 90-day non-o Evisa wasn't a long stay nor a retirement visa even though it says both of those things on the printed-out pdf. I showed him the Email, the printout and he was having none of it. I don't think he had ever seen the Evisa, so it couldn't have been real in his eyes.

@Tim ********

Nong Khai immigration wouldn't give me a certificate of residency for a bank account in November. They did give me one to get a driver's license, but the banks won't accept a copy. Immigration said the bank needs to request a CoR and none of them would. Even with the 90 non-o it was still a pain to accomplish. Many no's and only one yes from Krungthai. You can only transfer 49,999 each day with them, so not the best option. Turned out to be my only option though.

I was in Tha Bo in November on a 90- day non- o evisa and it was still a pain. The banks all wanted a certificate of residency, which Nong Khai immigration wouldn't do for me for a bank account. They did do a CoR for driver's license, but the banks wouldn't accept a copy of it. Finally was able to open an account with Krungthai in Si Chaing Mai. Every bank in Tha Bo, Nong Khai and 3 banks in Udon Thani wouldn't accept the Evisa as a long term visa as they had not been presented with one before.

@Neil *********

went through the same in Nong Khai with 90 day non-o Evisa. They had never seen the visa before, so they had a tough time accepting it. Turned down everywhere until a nice lady at Krungthai bank helped me out. Biggest drawback with Krungthai is you can only move 49,999 baht per transfer.