Given that there is a 14% withholding tax on interest for non residents (opposed to a 6% only rate for residents) non residents should be able to open a bank account. I mean, if they were not , why bother with a punitive tax rate on their interest earnings ?
Yet a few years ago Acleda refused to open me a bank account (in spite of having just opened a brokerage account with their subsidiary Acleda Securities) without a proof of address in Cambodia.
Have things changed now ? Is it possible to open a bank account showing as proof of address the utilities bills of my condo in Thailand ?

just get a monthly rental receipt from your GH, show your E ordinary visa, or maybe hand them a copy.
all they want to do is verify your address is registered with the immigration cops and you have a visa.

i highly doubt if they have that withholding stuff in play- but IDK

^this is true in my experience also^

frank lee bent wrote:just get a monthly rental receipt from your GH

meaning to open a bank account I have to spend at least 1 month in Cambodia ? That's not exactly my idea of financial tourism .... if at least Sophie was still in business the hardship could be softened a bit, but unfortunately it isn't so I can't see how I could possibly endure the ordeal of such a long staying.
Again if there's a law taxing non resident deposits I don't understand why I can't open an account declaring my non resident status showing my abroad proof of address , but I guess T.I.C. (this is Cambodia) is even more amazing than T.I.T. (this is Thailand)

PSD-Kiwi wrote:ABA didn't require proof of address in Cambodia when I opened my account with them (although I provided it anyway), just a local phone number was sufficient.

did they require an ordinary visa ? 6 months or even 1 would be ok ?
I remember time ago getting a local mobile phone as a tourist was impossible , have things changed now ?

Gaudente wrote:have things changed now ?

Yep.

Opened a bank account in Canadia this week. No proof of address required. Just a visa with more than 6 months left on it...

TheGrinchSR wrote:Opened a bank account in Canadia this week. No proof of address required. Just a visa with more than 6 months left on it...

Yes, if you have a 6 or 12 month visa extension it seems to be ok to open an account now. But, as usual, there are no firm rules, and requirements vary from bank to bank - so Canadia in SR may have different requirements to Canadia PP. These "rules" are also constantly changing, so go and ask.
As far as I know, none of the banks will open an account for someone on a tourist visa, or with an E visa for less than 6 months. (Plz correct me if I'm wrong.)