How can DTV visa holders open a bank account in Thailand if banks are now requiring a payroll account?

Yup, I did in CNX. By myself.

Yeh DTV and bank is not possible , people keep saying it is but it’s not and a lot of the rules are fairly new. They are clamping down anyway on account opening so this visa is just bad timing

I went to TTB Bank last Wednesday and they showed me the requirements which I brought it with me - they needed only the contract to be translated in Thai and I did it online which is they accepted.

I submitted all the requirements and they told me that they have to forward it to the headquarters and they will call me when its approved.

Today, they called me and told me to bring my original docs - arrived to the bank and opened a bank account without any fee 🙏

They haven’t been giving people on tourist visas bank accounts for years. People who ARE successful at getting one generally paid an agent, or travel all around town to every bank until one accepts them. Even my Muay Thai gym had to do the run around for its DTV members until they found one way tf in Ayuttuya that would issue bank accounts. It’s also a fücktõn of paperwork and banks don’t want to take the time to do it.

Keep in mind this Visa is very new so no one knows wtf is going on in general, and rules and regulations are constantly changing

DTV is not eligable to open a Thai bankaccount.

You need to be on an proper long term visa ( not a tourist visa as DTV),

have had a permanent Thai adress for months,

have a long lease of apartment / house,

have some income coming in to the account steadily.

To be even considered as a customer.

Depositing a large amount (400.000 - 800.000) for visa requirement, isn’t even enough to be considered as a candidate for a bank account.

Banks in Thailand are like everywhere in the world, interested in having good stable custormers, that have a permanent address, a steady easy traceable income, and use the account all year round.

That is why the banks are reluctant to give accounts to people on short time ( read: tourist ) visas, and who only spend part of the year in Thailand.

Don’t expect to get a residence certificat, until you have stayed at a permanent adress in at least 3 month, since that is what the residence certificat should confirm.

Furthermore the added attention on whitewashing of money, is an added burden on the banks, so reluctant depositing large amounts isn’t a guaranteed way to open an account.

The value of a resident certificat, had gone down, since Immigration Officers are giving them to people that are not on a longterm visa, or have stayed severel months at 1 adress in Thailand, so even if it is a formal requirement, the bank make up their own assesment of the stability of the want-to-be customer.

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Get an agent - DTV can’t open bank accounts

I recommend you change the branch

Which location? In another post I saw they asked for a TIN (Tax Identification Number). If you were on payroll in Thailand you would have a different visa.

You can try with Bangkok bank

Certificate of residence

Contract rental

Accident insurance to buy about 6000

Forget it and just download deep pocket app.

If that is their "new" policy then they miss out on all the non O visa holders as non of them are working either

It's also possible they just didn't want to do it. 5 days seems an extremely long time for a process that usually takes around 20 minutes

Which branch was it that denied you?