Work Permit for currency Bank account in thailand

[sommer1978]

I have a student visa (2.year) for one year. I wanted to open a currency account in euro or dollar. They told me that i need for that a work permit. Do anyone know how i can get a work permit?

[Thighlander]

Try another bank/branch...rules change like the wind. TMB seems to be the <removed> about the WP, even though I showed them my long-stay O-A that specifically says "Employment Prohibited." Thais shooting themselves in the feet? Never. Catch-22 situations in Thailand? Never. 80 THB per hour managers making up rules to inconvenience farang customers? Never. I like BKK-Bank; it only took me eight years to be able to bank online.

[northernjohn]

Try another bank/branch...rules change like the wind. TMB seems to be the <removed> about the WP, even though I showed them my long-stay O-A that specifically says "Employment Prohibited." Thais shooting themselves in the feet? Never. Catch-22 situations in Thailand? Never. 80 THB per hour managers making up rules to inconvenience farang customers? Never. I like BKK-Bank; it only took me eight years to be able to bank online.

Agreed try another branch or a different bank. I use the Siam Commercial took me about an hour. Might help uif you have a receipt for payment of rent. Don't know about that but can't hurt.

As Thighlander says rules change like the wind.

[Oscar2]

foreign currency accounts are getting more difficult to get in Thailand.

[Rob8891]

Easy at SCB, if you show your visa and some evidence of your address, such as a copy of your rental agreement. Go to the Tha Pae branch to get the foreign currency account. Bangkok Bank was also straight forward, I used the Chiang Mai Gate branch.

[elektrified]

I've just been informed by my broker that foreign currency accounts in Thailand will now be subject to a 1500 Baht fee for deposits and 1500 Baht fee for withdrawals (all currencies). Previously I had been charged 500 Baht to transfer EUR or CHF to THB.