sunfruitdan Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 Hi, i setup a thai paypal account a long time ago and now they want id verification which i have given but also proof of address but i do not have anything with a proof of address on? Can i get one from the people i rent from or is it possible to get one from my bangkok bank but in english not thai? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackdd Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 You can get a bank statement from your Thai bank in english, will cost you something like 200THB, maybe Paypal accepts it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seajae Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 drivers licence, house book, rental agreement all have your address in them 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunBENQ Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 21 minutes ago, seajae said: drivers licence, house book, rental agreement all have your address in them House book is in Thai script. No way. And drivers license as well as a private rental agreement sound unlikely. I had a similar problem wanting to set up accounts at transferwise and xendpay. Misc. rejections until final rescue: a letter from my German bank to my Thai address which actually arrives here. (unfortunately I had setup a CC address in Germany for most postal stuff) transferwise was successful with that. For xendpay I already had given up and failed. So as written above: a letter from your Thai bank in English (roman script) should be good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new2here Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 I used one of my credit card statements from KBank - which is printed in English and comes to my Bangkok residence. PayPal accepted that - but it had to be (as i recall now) under 60 days old and had to show that it moved by Thai post and no hand delivered or private/express couriered to my address (ie they wanted to see some kind of postal mark on the postage due area)Sent from my iPhone using Thaivisa Connect 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shiver Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 I used a utility bill, and paid a language school for a certified translation, which has worked fine on many occasions. I guess with something like a driving license you could get them to copy it and write something to the effect that the above address reads as xyz in English. Eventually I managed to get my AIS bill changed into English which comes as a PDF every month as well as the standard Thai paper one by post. It took a lot of frustration though for such a simple job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdietz Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 If you do 90 day reports, immigration will happily print out a Proof of Residence and mail it to your house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackdd Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 (edited) 18 minutes ago, Jdietz said: If you do 90 day reports, immigration will happily print out a Proof of Residence and mail it to your house. That's in Thai so not accepted by Paypal, same as drivers license, house book, utility bill and so on Edited April 24, 2018 by jackdd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mahtin Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 That's odd. I get emails from Paypal in both Thai and English. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoshowJones Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 6 hours ago, jackdd said: You can get a bank statement from your Thai bank in english, will cost you something like 200THB, maybe Paypal accepts it. I don't know why people bother with these incompetent <deleted>, I get by fine without them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackdd Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 Just now, possum1931 said: I don't know why people bother with these incompetent <deleted>, I get by fine without them. It's not only Paypal which requires ID + address confirmation, other payment providers do exactly the same, probably required by law in the US. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seajae Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 (edited) I got mine with a photo copy of my Thai drivers licence, it shows your full name, passport number, DOB and your address all in english as well as your pic. also states Kingdom of Thailand, Driving Licence in english across the top, do you people actually have one if you dont realize its in english, I also sent a passport copy, I have had my thai paypal account now for several years and I got it on these 2 forms of ID Edited April 24, 2018 by seajae 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaff Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 10 hours ago, KhunBENQ said: House book is in Thai script. No way. And drivers license as well as a private rental agreement sound unlikely. I had a similar problem wanting to set up accounts at transferwise and xendpay. Misc. rejections until final rescue: a letter from my German bank to my Thai address which actually arrives here. (unfortunately I had setup a CC address in Germany for most postal stuff) transferwise was successful with that. For xendpay I already had given up and failed. So as written above: a letter from your Thai bank in English (roman script) should be good. Any other solution for Transferwise ? My bank won't send any document to Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaff Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 4 hours ago, jackdd said: It's not only Paypal which requires ID + address confirmation, other payment providers do exactly the same, probably required by law in the US. Paypal never asked anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaff Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 5 hours ago, jackdd said: That's in Thai so not accepted by Paypal, same as drivers license, house book, utility bill and so on Paypal has Thai staff in Singapore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 I took something with my address in Thai to a lawyer, and they produced a letter in English citing the other document and confirming my address. The same lawyer handles some other stuff for me so are familiar with my address. Cost me a bit of cash but worked okay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishbowlFX Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 Though, I have Paypal long before I came reside in Bangkok but when I changed my bank account to a Thai bank, oddly Paypal never asked for this kind of proof. Only I got this kind of request from XM online forex trading account application where a proof of address was necessary. And a bank statement was enough to clear the matter. Go to your Thai bank and request for bank statement and specify them to mail to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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