Dan O

Try Krungsri

Yes Krungsri does, I have one with my wife although they will not issue a debit card for that account for some reason. Other than no card there are very reasonable to deal with and don't seem to have crazy made up "rules" that make no sense.

This is all old news at this point as its been in the news and on forums repeatedly. I guess some are coming to the party late on this issue. BOT at the beginning of the year started to finally act on mule and scammer accounts by asking to have face recognition set up. As a follow on to verify account validity by matching account phone and names to sim cards. The 3rd level has been to scrutinize "suspicious" accounts, whatever that means and freeze them until account info is verified. The number of accounts set up by agents for under the table permission to stay stamp services has also been pulled into the mess especially at one of the big name banks, although all banks are upping their security on banking information. This isn't just for BKK, Pattaya or Phuket but country wide. Some innocent people have gotten caught up in the process but most have been easily cleared although the rumor mill has made this a bigger problem than reality in my opinion.

A lot of things seem to not occur to you. Where are you getting your info from that supports your post?

There's not much critical thinking here. Just look at this article and the conflicting statements made in it.

I already wrote that, learn to read.

What I said is accurate. Where did I say anyone get deported? What I said is If you use an agent and then try to go by yourself in the following year without creating financials for the entire year you will have no documents to show financial compliance and not be able to renew. You have to leave and start over. Pretty simple but I guess too complicated for you to understand. I've explained it several times so go back and read or read the regs. Your time on this issue is up with me, good bye

Then why do you continue to reply ? You have a nice day, your time is up on this thread with me

Tell me how this is about the left dude? Speaking about zero relevance. Your post is just that irrelevant.

Read the article or research it yourself. Its always interesting how right wingers or trumpettes ( even non American ones) claim anything they don't agree with as an allegation while the stead fastly follow a habitual liar who spews nothing but verbal diarrhea and you eat it up without question.

Nope I was addressing the OP's issues he raised and you jumped replying to me.

Seems you are the one that needs to get over it. Facts are facts regardless of when they happen. If you dont like seeing facts being discussed then perhaps you shouldnt be on an open forum.

Don't you just hate it when facts are presented for discussion? This has nothing to do with lefties as you put it or are you claiming they planted this stuff 40 years again and waited for a good time to reveal it? Sort of like trump claiming his note and drawing to epstein is fake and planted from long ago, right?

You are on point with your post. Its hard for many to comprehend that singular events reported by media aren't happening to everyone and are relatively small in actual numbers compared to the number if tourist. Proportionally the number of similar incidents by thais far exceed the number of tourist related incidence.

Nope. This shows the confusion with forums that happen when people start making comments not associated to the original posters situation. The op said that they may want to go with an agent to not have to tie up their money. My replies to him were about the use of agents. Then you and others jumped in with comments without reading the whole thread. You're not using an agent so your situation isn't the same as the OP.

I don't need your advice as I am friends with the imm officers here in NST.

Your statements have nothing to do about using an agent or the difficulties that can come up as your doing the renewals yourself.

You are one that being ignorant and now trying to get out of your original claims. I have and already converted to monthly deposits quite a while ago. I said that so maybe, learn to read. But you never answer the question I present about what the regs say. You have a great day as your circular argument is done.

Its not an incorrect opinion its fact. Whats your point. I never said there wasn't corruption by some imm officers, agents and bank staff. what I said is accurate about complyng with regulations. Every imm office isn't corrupt and that window is getting smaller. I follow the regs and have had no problem filing correctly but then I have the money to be here properly. You do whatever you want but when you play stupid games you win stupid prizes. Have a great day we are done discussing this issue

You have to provide a bank statement and acct verification letter and\or bank book so imm doesn't need to ask you as its on the statements and bank book. Your comment about not worrying except the 2 months before is exactly what I am saying. If you use an agent they pay a fee to an imm officer to get a stamp and there is no statements provided to you for that stamp or any docs at the end of thevyear for you to use for renewal. If you try to do it yourself the following year after using an agent you cant prove either 12 month or 2 months prior short of starting to put money in an acct at the right amounts starting at the permission date on the stamp for the year before. There are tons on posts about changing away from a agent and the advice is always leave the country and start over because you can't prove your money compliance

Nope been here quite a long time. you read the regs and explain how using an agent to provide funds and a stamp for a fee and then tell me how it legally meets the regs. After that tell me how you can then renew a permission of stay the next year and meet the regs yourself and not an agent again? You cant because its not possible. Nice try at deflecting because you cant back up your claims.

Nope I am correct. If an agent provides the funds and gets your stamp for you then they pull their money out, they dont leave it in your account for the full year. At renewal you can not provide proof of funds meeting the requirement without using an agent again. This is because the requirements state that the funds remain in your account at the correct levels throughout the year, which did not happen. Please explain how you are meeting the Imm requirements by using an agent for funds. I'll wait here to see your answer. As for imm knowing about agents and what they are doing, yes because some of them are in on the payment scheme with agents to falsify the documents and stamping. Ok go, explain how your meet the Imm requirements for financials

it a known fact the BOT is pressing banks to shut down scam, fake and mule accounts. You see it in the news every week, now almost every day with account being locked. If you use an agent to provide the money to meet permission to stay requirements that is a fake account transaction with faked documents. Those are getting caught in the same net as mule accounts and agents are becoming impacted. If Imm discovers that YOU used faked documents, then you can not renew permission to stay and lose because YOU dont meet the requirements of money in your account for the correct period of time. My statements are correct and until you can prove otherwise there is no reason to think otherwise. use your brain dude

its already obvious what a buffoon trump and his admin picks are. if you cant see that yourself you're blind or support his agenda as a wanna be king. nice moral compass trying to blame lawfare on the party and people that have been targeted by a narcissistic idiot.

so that was a nice try at twisting the issue to something that supports some other hidden agenda.