The Thai banks have based the evidence of foreign documentation on the Thai model. i.e National ID card, Driving Licence and House registration. Unfortunately many Countries don't issue national ID cards and /or don't display an address. UK Driving licences expire at age 70 and you have to be resident in the UK to apply for the ongoing 3 year licences, and not all national licences display an address. House registration, or Title Deeds > if you previously rented then that's not an option, and if you do have Title Deeds, they are more than likely held by a Building Society or a Solicitor, certainly not something you'd carry around with you. They don't care, it's your problem, not theirs. You are correct these recent updated security checks are the sleight of hand of the Bank of Thailand, who initially screwed down on Bangkok bank to tighten their policies, and now screwing down on other banks to tighten theirs. That said, some bank branches will forego actual evidence of an overseas address, provided you can verbally supply a previous overseas address. As I discovered, this is purely at the discretion of the individual branch, and was informed it really depended how a branch had been affected by the recent scams, mule accounts, and money laundering accounts detected. I was advised to try another branch that may be less restrictive. Just yesterday, I attempted to open an joint FTD account at my local Kasikorn branch. All proceeded as normal until it came to foreign documentation. Explaining I was a long term resident (12+ years) and unable to supply such documents, the teller contacted their are manager, who approved the application as I was able to supply a Yellow TB, pink ID card and Thai Driving licence, without proof of an previous overseas address. However for whatever reason their scanner was unable to read the chip in my passport, so the account was declined. I'm not sure the particular teller knew what she was doing, so later today I'll return for round two.
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