Ask you for money?

Dude, those are just pictures with nice looking ladies. Doesn't mean any more than you took a picture with them. I mean if you do that well in the U.S., why would you think you have to pay for it in Thailand with your skills?

@Jim ***********

That's true. The old "you made your bed now lie in it" comes to mind. People nowadays always wanting someone to rescue them from their bad decisions.

@Nongnuch *******

that may be true for Bangkok and surrounding areas. I was there in November with a 90 Non-O Evisa and I was turned down in all but 1 bank (Krungthai) in the Nong Khai and Tha Bo district. They all wanted a certificate of residency and Nong Khai immigation won't do one unless requested and the banks won't request one. They won't even accept a copy of the CoR I got for my drivers license. I was the first Evisa they had seen and they just didn't (wouldn't) believe it was a legit long stay visa.

@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.