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Yes, it's their right and they have their own difficulties. Last year before the coming of covid extensions, I did ask around opening an account eagerly to apply for a retirement visa, now, in fact, I only eagerly to open an account to get some cash to use, I'm am very satisfied with covid extension. And waiting for countries to open their boarders than traveling.

I did know an agent last year, who could open a bank account for your case, but she asks 10k thaibaht for commission

No, this is why I prefer to stay with covid extensions. From my knowledge, 90days report is ridiculous hard

Embassies definitely don't issue an address certificate. Hope the chiangmai Branch will be good to me. I don't want an agent because I don't feel comfortable with them at all. There do exist a bank which is willing to help me if i use it to apply a retirement visa, but the question is my bank is in the States, while I'm here, the only way to transfer money to them is to do online transfer, which needs to convert 80k baht equivalent dollars into Thai baht, which I don't want do it now.

Thanks, it's very useful, but I was there, they didn't mentioned anything of embassy letter but insisted requiting a letter from the immigration office. I'll try to see if I can get a letter from my embassy first.

All banks either said no straight or asked for a letter from the immigration office,(which they don't issue to anyone entered into Thailand with a tourist visa. We are on covid extenstions more than one year now, how do you guys solve your financial problems? Except of agent, is there any possibility to open a bank account in chiangmai?