I am curious to know what are the requirements of opening a thai bank account if you have wife and child is it possible to do that what is the best way to transfer money can that be done from your own bank to a thai bank account

I don't mean to appear unhelpful but yours is probably the most often asked/answered question in this forum - if you do a search you'll easily find all the answers.

You can find details in this post

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/Bangkok-Bank...st-t319482.html

Walk into any branch of Siam Commercial Bank with your passport and 500bht.

Bangkok Bank don't want foreigners at the moment.

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/index.php?s=...t&p=3203743

Walk into any branch of Siam Commercial Bank with your passport and 500bht.

Bangkok Bank don't want foreigners at the moment.

Can you please explain what you said in that BB doesn't want foreigners right now?

Walk into any branch of Siam Commercial Bank with your passport and 500bht.

Bangkok Bank don't want foreigners at the moment.

Can you please explain what you said in that BB doesn't want foreigners right now?

Yes, what do you mean by "right now"?

Not only that the OP did not spot there is a pinned thread on this subject that was hard fought for. It is full of information

Start at page 1

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/Opening-Bank...nd-t260738.html

Walk into any branch of Siam Commercial Bank with your passport and 500bht.

Bangkok Bank don't want foreigners at the moment.

Unsubstantiated nonsense. See the post below from Dec 4th.

I was in the BKK bank today and picked up their free "Welcome" pamphlet.

It is well written in English, and covers pretty much the whole banking subject for foreigners in Thailand. I would recommend heading into your local branch and picking up a copy, particularly if you are new to Thailand.