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@Dieter *********
Since year 2000, my foreign credit card card always accepted. Wife has supplement cards, linked to mine, always accepted. 25 years like that. True, she moved to Japan in 2008, still the same.

Our daughter has the same, always accepted in Australia. The cards are from Japan.

Further more, any 220 THB fee at ATM withdrawal is anulled by our Japan bank.
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@Tom *******
There is no Thai dish that needs an oven. Thais have no idea nor would have ever eaten anything from (to them unknown) bakeries. There has to be some way.

In Hua Hin, who is making the pastries and meat pies? Whoever is making them, Thai counter staff just sell it.
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@Jeremy ********
Sorry Jeremy to piggy back on your post, here it is FB, not a structure as Discussion Boards maintain.

Even if I have yellow book, Immigration document of my residence in Thai, to open a bank account with a Thai bank, I need to have a Thai mobile phone number? I would have it but that is a tourist SIM bought at the airport. Until I get a pensioner visa.
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@Chris ******
Is it then 90 days from the day of entry while the visa is valid?
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@Chris ******
And stay whatever is left from the date of visa approval? Even if only a few days?
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@Chris ******
90 days to use the visa. Not 90 days to enter Thai on that visa and stay for 90 days?
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@Stuart ********
90 days to enter Thai or 90 days to enter Thai and stay up to 90 days once in Thai?

If my "O" visa is approved July 1. 2025. and I enter Thai August 1. 2025. do I have only 60 days of the validity of that visa? Or 90 days after entering Thai?
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@Jeremy *******
My Aus passport expires in April 2034. I should have my Thai DL sorted out before 15. July 2025. in 2 weeks from now.
Jim *******
I was told by an agent, conversion of my Japan DL to Thai is 4,400THB, only eye test. It does require my DL to be translated to English, my yellow book, my O visa, my International DL. Their staff would take me through, eye and reflex test. They said 2 hours from zero to end. I'll go through that 2nd week of July 2025. while in BKK.
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It took me 4 hours, not because Thais were slow, Thai Immigration requested me, additionally, to attach my airline ticket (not saying both ways). I could not as my attempts to buy a ticket to BKK were rejected payments.

My bank fixed it. They are now looking into my "O" application. The point is, whoever is going that way, leave aside a day, at least half a day for that effort.