@Robert ********

before brexit, you could travel to any EU country without a passport, and europeans can still travel within EU without passport. ASEAN is akin to EU in some repects.

@Mick *******

non immigration visa's dont have the problem. Tourist and visa exemptions dont fulfil the banking requirements.

@Dennis *********

its not the week or two that doesn't matter, its if you will have no interaction with immigration office/police you wont be asked to produce it.

Historically it was full of people on 30 day excemptions topping up to 60. There are going to be far fewer real tourists topping up 60 days to 90.

As the e-mails are auto generated its quite common for these to be treated as spam/junk by your e-mail client and for it to file them straight away unless you have flagged the sender as a contact/not junk.

For most offices, it would be acceptable to have the bank letter, the statement from the bank and photo copies of your bank book pages dated within 7 days of your application, and on the day make a withdrawl (making sure the balance doesnt drop below the required amount), update the bank book, get a copy of the latest page.

@Ross *********

agree, but i'm pretty sure your not aware of all the laws that actually exist in your home country. The onus with this scenario is it falls to the visitor to keep on top of it and communicate it when not staying in hotels.

As others have said its the law that every foreign visitor ( were all vistors regardless of visa) is registered within 24 hours (even those married with kids living in the family home). But don't get hung up on the 24 hour thing, just get it done as practically possible and enter the check in date as the date that the report is being filled in. (Dont try and back date it).

@Brook *******

your passport yes

@David ********

more to the story then...