How to open a Bank account in 2025?

[Ralphanous]

Just now, Liquorice said:

Kor Ror 22 is a registration of an overseas marriage.

Kor Ror 2 is a registration of a marriage in Thailand.

My wife and I were married in Australia years ago, my certificate is translated into Thai and certified by the MFA in Bangkok

 

[Liquorice]

1 minute ago, persimmon said:

I`ve got a divorce certificate , would that be any good ?🤪

Yeah, you can use that as proof of being single and then marry a bank official to open a bank account  

[gearbox]

On 6/29/2025 at 10:42 PM, oldcpu said:

 

Most banks will allow one to open a bank account on a 90-day type-O visa.  As was pointed out, one merely needs to go to immigration and ask for a residence certificate letter.  Typically such is valid for a week or so.  One needs a passport sized image of themselves to pass to immigration and possibly a TM30 (or other document). Immigration produces the certificate letter and gives it to the expat (for some nominal small fee). 

 

With that immigration residence letter/certificate, and the type-O visa in one's passport, one can then open a Thai bank account in most banks.  (For example, here is the Phuket Immigration volunteers webpage on that document:  https://piv-phuket.com/residence-certificate/ ).

 

Typically then, this means one needs to obtain a type-O or type-OA visa from one's home country first, in order to establish a bank account in Thailand.

 

There was a time when bank accounts could be opened on a visa exempt status (by use of an agent) but that possibility may have been closed recently ( i am not certain there).

 

The rules in Thailand are quite "elastic". They vary from branch to branch, and from person to person.

 

I arrived in Thailand with O-A visa a while ago and tried to open a bank account. All of the bank branches required a work permit from me...tried in vain to explain them that I'm on a retirement visa.

 

Then I brought with me my gf, which had substantial amounts in 2 banks and the staff was 'wai-ing" her, the accounts were opened pretty quickly.

 

The requirements seems to get tighter, I had to provide my Australian tax file number last time in order to open a term deposit. 

[Liquorice]

5 minutes ago, gearbox said:

Then I brought with me my gf, which had substantial amounts in 2 banks and the staff was 'wai-ing" her, the accounts were opened pretty quickly.

Sometimes it's not what you know, but who you know that makes the difference.

[Bday Prang]

18 hours ago, Liquorice said:

Sometimes it's not what you know, but who you know that makes the difference.

That's pretty much always the case in all matters

[ThaiVisaCentre]

On 6/30/2025 at 11:18 PM, DrJack54 said:

Great. Contact them tomorrow as I did some time ago... "No can do" 

 

Ask @ThaiVisaCentre if they can assist with opening Bank account without a Non O

Thinking not. 

Sorry for the delay.

Yes, we can still assist with retirement visa extensions, and first-time applications.

We also can still assist with opening a bank accounts in Bangkok for those intending to apply for a Non-O visa based on retirement, even if you're currently on a tourist visa or visa-exempt entry.

Our 24/7 support team can be contacted by LINE ( https://tvc.co.th/line ), or EMAIL ( [email protected] ).