SongSomSoda

if he has done nothing illegal he most likely needs to set up Face ID , update book , Tax ID and maybe verify the ownership of the mobile number he uses for online banking.

sorry , what do you mean with BBL.

Opened BBK account in october 2024 with Tourist Visa , all good, yay ! Had to buy personal insurence but needed one anyway. As i am german they will never touch my account, thais warship us since Covid as we donated hundered million of Pfizer Vac - thais never forget, they should greet us germans with flowers at the airport arrivals.

i use revolut its instant and cheap (BKK Bank )

legal in thailand why should they care. when detected they inform the destination country

since its legal in thailand many buy as much as they can there and sell it in their home countries for profit.

So happy i bought the "expensive" product * 1 PA VIP personal accident insurence * for 4600 baht back in october. Bangkok Bank account forever ,yay, now almost impossible with just a passport and visa stamp. needed my thai driving licence ,though. and my tax ID.

no visa on arival , intense background criminal checks before visas a granted for all british nationals older then 6

they choosed thailand as retirement desitination. why? because of the warm weather and temples or what? no rocket science that this will end badly. thailand is okay for some weeks holiday but living there ? geez! especially as eldery you dont want 30+ degrees every day.

yes , and very quick. sell everything and hop into the next plane back to UK, even if it means crossing the border illegaly to Cambodia/Myanmar/Laos/ etc and fly from there. if they stay it is going to be REALLY expensive and thais milk them down to 0 baht and they have to beg for money from the internet ( gofundme ) because the are going to be broke af.

takes only some minutes to setup, its just a simple app. She (Bangkok Bank / Pattaya) had to do the facial scan twice though , because i did not hold my head still enough.

i made my bank account last october at Bangkok Bank , had nothing just my passport and money. Guess these times are over now ! 😄 But probably not, depends with whom you go there and if the branch manager likes your face or not i guess. if you put 2-3 Million thai baht on the table and say " i want buy small condo" or if you are over 50 say " need put 800K into account for visa" odds are way higher you will get one, because they will understand you need one. But i felt its getting more strict because i had to give my german tax ID (huh?) and they scanned my face at Bangkok Bank. They said tansfers over 50K need face scan or something like that.