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My HSBC account is online and originated from my Hong Kong days. But the answer is clear from the restricted nature of HSBC Thailand's business now, it's clearly NOT a conventional retail bank so I'll be staying with SCB. Thanks to posters for clarifying that one.

I'm getting conflicting advice from Ai depending on which google site you access. One site gives a categoric NO. Another site offers a more cautious Yes. Getting a dependable answer from the Thai Immigration Bureau would be ideal but how do you do that? A random email or phone call is asking for trouble. I already have an online HSBC account and being able to include the 800,000 baht in my 'portfolio' (if only!) would be welcome. But unless I get a 100%, director-stamped endorsement of HSBC my 800,000 will stay snug and secure with SCB. Does HSBC qualify, anybody?

Question to DrJack54, please. You said Saturday 01:49pm 'CW likes to see activity on day of application.' Please clarify for me that that relates to Savings account and not Fixed Deposit with 800k on deposit. In which case activity that day is irrelevant. Thanks...

My 800,000 thb is parked in FD at SCB., has been for two years now. Previously had to use the Savings account route which necessitated providing CW with a certificate/statement showing minimum 800,000 dated that day and supported by a passbook showing exactly the same amount, last transaction also dated that day. Familiar process for many retirees, involving adding and subtracting a small sum in order to align the two crucial documents. My question is this: you're not able to align the passbook and statement in the same way with FD accounts, unless I'm missing something, due to the complexities of tax and interest with FD. This had me bothered last Friday Jan 5 when I paid CW my annual visit. So, my statement, dated Jan 5, showed my FD savings up to Jan 4, last full working day. My passbook showed the same amount, last entry June 10. This process would not have been accepted with a Savings account. But CW accepted it, but it was then 6pm on a Friday. Can anybody tell me if I can now count on this format in future years, for though this tale is unforgivably anal and tedious, such details determine the health of our nervous systems in their annual joust with the mandarins of CW. Thanks.