Government Savings Bank

@Antonino ******

That’s really funny, as if an embassy letter could be harder to forge than a passport.

In the real world, passports usually have pretty high validity, especially with the electronic data that’s now inserted into them.

A letter to verify a passport. It’s laughable. 😂

@Ah ****

Sorry. Please re-read my offer.

Yes. Over the years, I’ve opened four accounts without a work permit. Three banks. The latest in 2018. If the original poster wants the names of the banks, send me a private message.

Even with that kind of history, I did get rejected from one bank in 2018, but not because I didn’t have a work permit. Reason: “Foreigners cannot open an account here.”

It’s obvious. Do not tip over your cremation urn.

@Martin *************

37,000฿ 😳

It’s a crap shoot trusting a “visa agent” here. If I had a dollar for every breaking story like this over 20 years, I could buy an Elite Visa.

Read the regs and do it yourself. It’s not rocket science, people. 🙄

The last two immigration offices I’ve dealt with offered this service to schools with international students and foreign teachers without charge. Going on 5-6 years already.

Made sense. It lowered the IO’s workload tremendously by having the school submit all the documents in one batch and not having to deal with the individual foreigners involved. The foreigners supplied their own photos.

Efficient, free and a done deal. Win-win for everybody.

Seems like your new development is definitely a win-lose scenario. 😢

@Stan ******

Time to move, and find a landlord who understands their legal obligations! (Easy for me to say...)