Went to one branch of kasikorn in Na kluea pattaya they required a id card to proceed..

She couldn't explain why they need id card to proceed and i still dont know what its about, my passport is from sweden and we have a unique personal number which never changes, and is different from other countries passports, so im not sure why a passport wouldn't be enough..

SCB in central marina said i need 1 year visa to open, even though you cannot get 1 year extension without a bank lol

I honestly rather not get an ID card cause its useless in my case other than bank.. Booking an appointment with embassy going to bangkok and waiting 2 weeks for it just for that not really worth the headache and money spent.

Is my only way to try branch after branch, or would hire an agency work? I feel so hopeless honestly.

What is your current status in Thailand.

Seems a tourist entry? Visa exempt or setv.

In any event you will not be able to open a Thai bank account.

You need to enter Thailand with a Non O e visa

Agent cannot assist if you entered visa exempt

8 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

What is your current status in Thailand.

Seems a tourist entry? Visa exempt or setv.

In any event you will not be able to open a Thai bank account.

You need to enter Thailand with a Non O e visa

Agent cannot assist if you entered visa exempt

Yes i have non-o 90 days stamp based on marriage.

5 minutes ago, billylala said:

Yes i have non-o 90 days stamp based on marriage.

That's very different situation.

You should and will be able to open Thai bank account.

Try kasikorn.

With a Non O and perhaps proof of address, should be fine.

Some banks may ask for COR.

Avoid BBL

It's quite common for banks nowadays to ask for a 2nd form of ID. Do you have a valid driving license from your home country or from Thailand? That would be worth a shot. Your visa as such should be fine, but as your experience with SCB shows, you might need to try several banks/branches. An agent could definitely help if you're getting frustrated.

I've seen a handful of reports recently that Kasikorn is requiring a 2nd form of ID from your home country. Like drivers license or some other photo ID. Causing real problems for people that have not lived in their home country for many years and would have no reason or way to obtain an ID from that country.

3 hours ago, Caldera said:

Do you have a valid driving license from your home country or from Thailand? That would be worth a shot

This is correct.

Recently reports of the bank wanting proof of home address in passport country.

Acceptable eg would be foreign DL.

Perhaps this new screening due to money laundering.

Simple for some not all

Sounds a lot like you didn't try enough banks 😶

It's a 'numbers game' even with a 90 day Non-O visa and that means you get out there, pound the pavement, hit bank after bank, branch after branch until you find one that will let you open an account with just certificate of residence <- which you get from the immigration office

It is not uncommon to have banks set imaginary rules that you can't meet rather than just say 'no you can't get an account here' ☹️

12 hours ago, billylala said:

Went to one branch of kasikorn in Na kluea pattaya they required a id card to proceed..

Finally!

I had opened a thread about this nonsense with little response.

Exact same for me in Pattaya Central.

I have an account with them since 2009. I live here since 15 years. Yellow book/pink card,tax id...

Last November they talked me into opening some fund (low risk). Stupid I was not insisting on a fixed deposit!

In February I want to open a fixed deposit.

Need ID card??!! New policy.

I am so fed up with these unworldly ignorants who can't believe that a foreigner lives here and has no "home country address".

My ID card does not show any address. So ignorant BS anyway.

And other example: a German who checked out from Germany and lives here can NOT get a new ID card ("Personalausweis") which shows an address.

I have an aversion now to enter any Thai bank branch. Otherwise I would have tried at Krungsri where I have a savings account.

For hard cases in Pattaya I have no other advice than asking an "agent".

11 hours ago, Caldera said:

It's quite common for banks nowadays to ask for a 2nd form of ID. Do you have a valid driving license from your home country or from Thailand?

There may be countries with an address on the DL. Not for me.

Not on DL, not on ID.

And what is the Thai DL worth for in this context?

18 minutes ago, KhunBENQ said:

And what is the Thai DL worth for in this context?

Why would the Thai DL be worth anything if they want additional identification? That Thai DL is based on the passport they already have. They want something else from your home country that shows who you are. Something independant.

Just now, BrandonJT said:

Why would the Thai DL be worth anything if they want additional identification? That Thai DL is based on the passport they already have. They want something else from your home country that shows who you are. Something independant.

Where do you know from what is behind this ID requirement?

As others wrote they want an ADDRESS in your home country.

It's not the first time I was asked for that. But years ago at Bangkok Bank I simple wrote the last address down. No proof. Nothing.

Why they ask for ID card specifically? I have two Thai DLs, pink card, yellow book, tax id.

Proof me wrong.

Maybe I sit down in the afternoon and write to Kbank support.

Happy if it's just an ID card without address (same like DLs in many countries).

8 minutes ago, KhunBENQ said:

But years ago at Bangkok Bank I simple wrote the last address down. No proof. Nothing.

Why do you think an experience getting a bank account YEARS ago has any relevance to today? People without any visa at all could get a bank account years ago.

Now is now, and banks are getting much more serious about KYC. Both to meet international requirements as well as stricter domestic requirements due to large increases in scams.

42 minutes ago, KhunBENQ said:

Need ID card??!! New policy.

But you have a Pink ID card. What is wrong with that?

15 minutes ago, KhunBENQ said:

Where do you know from what is behind this ID requirement?

As others wrote they want an ADDRESS in your home country.

It's not the first time I was asked for that. But years ago at Bangkok Bank I simple wrote the last address down. No proof. Nothing.

What's with the rants.

"Years ago" requirements is exactly that meaning "past requirements"

I recall my first Thai bank account I opened with a tourist visa.

There has been lot of recent news reports of mule accounts and money laundering.

As a result banks are adding extra requirements.

Fortunately most have some connection to home country.

Be that bank account, DL, Rates notices, etc etc.

For some that do not it may be more difficult.

11 minutes ago, VocalNeal said:

But you have a Pink ID card. What is wrong with that?

Nothing wrong for me but not good enough for Kbank.

I was asked for an ID card from my home country!

I will really wrote to support and hope for clarification about this requirement.

Just enquiring. If you have an unexpired paper DL from UK with your name and address on it, would it be accepted? There's no photo.

10 minutes ago, garygooner said:

Just enquiring. If you have an unexpired paper DL from UK with your name and address on it, would it be accepted? There's no photo.

One would hope so.

Not all ID has a photo.

If I needed that to open Thai bank account, I would be hoping that something like a rate notice would be sufficient (no photo on them)

Many (myself included) have a plastic DL from home country that has an address on it. Also of course has photo.

4 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

One would hope so.

Not all photo ID has a photo.

If I needed that to open Thai bank account, I would be hoping that something like a rate notice would be sufficient (no photo on them)

Many (myself included) have a plastic DL from home country that has an address on it. Also of course has photo.

Is this id card thing they request really about an adress that displays an adress on it? I still dont get it i mean most id cards dont have it including my country

Or is it something else related like they want to follow same rule as thai people, cause they mostly use id cards to proceed with things and all office wont accept a thai passport for example.

Honestly i dont understand why they make it so complicated, i mean if a person who really want to launder money will just use a thai person and pay him like 5k to open a bank for them.. Its not difficult at all honestly..

My thought is they do it on purpose and in very tourist areas like pattaya they will all come up with some excuse, to make them use agencies which they all work with together, to get them their cut.. I mean nothing suprises me anymore. I even needed to pay a 3000 baht envelope bribe to goverment office to get my certificate day i got married..

21 hours ago, billylala said:

Yes i have non-o 90 days stamp based on marriage.

Is that all you showed the banks, your passport with the entry stamp giving you permission to stay for 90 days based on your arrival with the non-O visa?

17 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

Recently reports of the bank wanting proof of home address in passport country.

Interesting. My home address is in Thailand as indicated in both my passport and my national ID card.

8 minutes ago, Yumthai said:

Interesting. My home address is in Thailand as indicated in both my passport and my national ID card.

Not interested. Perhaps you have permanent residency status.

Address option for the OP who has a temporary permission of stay and so far banks are asking for proof of address in pp country in order to open bank account

He is not alone I might add

22 hours ago, billylala said:

Went to one branch of kasikorn in Na kluea pattaya they required a id card to proceed..

She couldn't explain why they need id card to proceed and i still dont know what its about, my passport is from sweden and we have a unique personal number which never changes, and is different from other countries passports, so im not sure why a passport wouldn't be enough..

SCB in central marina said i need 1 year visa to open, even though you cannot get 1 year extension without a bank lol

I honestly rather not get an ID card cause its useless in my case other than bank.. Booking an appointment with embassy going to bangkok and waiting 2 weeks for it just for that not really worth the headache and money spent.

Is my only way to try branch after branch, or would hire an agency work? I feel so hopeless honestly.

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Kasikorn used my driving license as ID card and didn't want my my pink card, and when I came back with my tax number (tin) they couldn't register my tax number because the tax office used my pink card!

Banking have become a serious matter the last few years.

Bangkok Bank managed to register my tin number of without problem.

3 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

Perhaps you have permanent residency status.

Nope, I'm on non-O extension. At Passport and national ID renewals my embassy always updates addresses with my current residence details (Thailand).

1 minute ago, Yumthai said:

Nope, I'm on non-O extension. At Passport and national ID renewals my embassy always updates addresses with my current residence details (Thailand).

Whoopi.

My embassy along with many have no record of Thai address.

Also Thai address is not the issue for the OP.

Sometimes it's noted in page at end of pp.

Again. Address the OP rather than your situation.

FWIW: What is pp country.

As stated. There are other reports of same issue.

This is new.

Having stated that some recent reports of success opening account with Non O status and docs such as COR etc.

When did you last open a Thai bank account

It was a while ago but I tried Bangkok and Kasikorn at Central with a non o married visa. The third one was Krungsri at Central and they said yes.

1 minute ago, Wongkitlo said:

It was a while ago but I tried Bangkok and Kasikorn at Central with a non o married visa. The third one was Krungsri at Central and they said yes.

Sorry but a "while ago" Is somewhat irrelevant.

15 yr ago I opened an account with visa exempt stamp.

Couple of years ago I opened an account with kasikorn with retirement extension (non O) and a lease.

Not NOW

Yes true but at the time Krungsri in Pattaya Central was friendlier than Bangkok Bank was. I was just suggesting he try them instead.

13 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

When did you last open a Thai bank account

Long time ago but I plan to open a new one soon. It will be fun as all my home country documents state I reside in Thailand.