{"id":4367,"date":"2014-12-25T15:09:47","date_gmt":"2014-12-25T15:09:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/afarangabroad.com\/?p=4367"},"modified":"2020-05-23T05:13:48","modified_gmt":"2020-05-23T04:13:48","slug":"thai-bank-account-setup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/afarangabroad.com\/zh\/2014\/12\/thai-bank-account-setup\/","title":{"rendered":"2017 \u5e74\u5728\u66fc\u8c37\u8bbe\u7acb\u6cf0\u56fd\u94f6\u884c\u8d26\u6237"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After <a title=\"\u6cf0\u56fd\u7684\u771f\u5b9e\u751f\u6d3b\" href=\"https:\/\/afarangabroad.com\/zh\/2018\/05\/\u4f55\u65f6\u79bb\u5f00\u6cf0\u56fd\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">living in Thailand<\/a> for well over a 1.5 years, I figured this week I would finally get round to creating a Thai bank account in Bangkok. It wasn\u2019t without its problems but you will be happy to know that setting up a Thai bank account on a <a title=\"Do I Need a Visa For Thailand?\" href=\"https:\/\/afarangabroad.com\/zh\/2017\/03\/\u670b\u53cb\u5728-2017-\u5e74-2-\u6708\u88ab\u62d2\u7edd\u5165\u5883\u6cf0\u56fd\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tourist visa<\/a> in 2015 is not that hard.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re thinking about moving to Thailand and need help, check out my <a href=\"http:\/\/bangkokhelper.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Thai friend&#8217;s website here<\/a>\u5979\u4e5f\u8bb8\u80fd\u5e2e\u5230\u4f60\u3002<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>\u66f4\u65b0<\/strong>: as of right now April 2017 it&#8217;s very hard to create a bank account in Thailand without a work permit. The info below may be out of date.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Getting the paperwork before you start<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>First of all you will need:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A valid passport<\/li>\n<li>Your apartment contract stating your name and address<\/li>\n<li>Drivers license (can be Thai or your one back home)<\/li>\n<li>Any other document with your name on (mobile phone or Internet bill etc)<\/li>\n<li>At least 1,000 baht<\/li>\n<li>Thai person to helps translate (not needed but it would help 1000%)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You won\u2019t need all of the above mentioned to setup a Thai bank account, but some bank branches require more paperwork than others. One even wanted to see documents of my address back in the UK, luckily my drivers license has my full UK address.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4368\" src=\"https:\/\/afarangabroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Thai-money.jpg\" alt=\"Thai money\" width=\"1024\" height=\"687\" srcset=\"https:\/\/afarangabroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Thai-money.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/afarangabroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Thai-money-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/afarangabroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Thai-money-600x402.jpg 600w, https:\/\/afarangabroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Thai-money-720x483.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Which banks rejected me<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Getting rejected is a common thing in my life, be it from job interviews, <a title=\"\u4f7f\u7528\u6cf0\u8bed &quot;\u53cb\u597d &quot;\u5bfb\u627e\u6cf0\u56fd\u5973\u670b\u53cb\" href=\"https:\/\/afarangabroad.com\/zh\/\u6cf0\u56fd\u53cb\u597d\u7ea6\u4f1a\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u5973\u5b69<\/a> or banking institutions. Altogether I went to 5 banks, I got rejected from 3, they were:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cimbthai.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>CIMB Thailand<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 They rejected me because I did not have a hold a work permit. They also said my Thailand tourist visa was going to run out in less than 30 days and my apartment contract was not a 12 month contract.<\/p>\n<p>They seemed sympathetic and I think if my Thai tourist visa was valid for longer with an apartment contract for 12 months, I may have gotten an account here, but I really can\u2019t be sure. The branch I went to was opposite Thong Lo BTS.<\/p>\n<p>Nice and friendly staff, no hotties though. If you&#8217;re looking to get out of THB you can learn which are safest <a <a=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/wokestreetjournal.com\/buy-gold-bangkok\/\" rel=\"\u201dfollow\u201d\">Bangkok gold shops to buy gold<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scb.co.th\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Siam Commercial Bank<\/a> (SCB) <\/strong>&#8211; Here I got a hard no. It was cold, a bit like getting rejected at Funky Villa or Nung Len I didn\u2019t stand a chance. Soon as I asked to setup up a Thai bank account they asked if I had a work permit, I said no. They said I could not get a Thai bank account on a tourist visa so I left the branch with my middle finger raised.&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After living in Thailand for well over a 1.5 years, I figured this week I would finally get round to creating a Thai bank account in Bangkok. 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