hmm, maybe some tea money would help. May have to wait till my wife gets here in January. She knows how to approach that as she got me the letter to open a bank account last year.
that's why I was puzzled. They gave me one last year and I opened my bank accounts with it. However, this year they didn't seem to want to give me one. I was on exactly the same visa.
Been travelling to Thailand for 34 years. Had rabies shot on first trip, never again. Just use you situational awareness. Get an IDP for all vehicles. If ur licensed for bikes it will be put on IDP. Again, been coming here for 34 years and never actually had to show it. Police seem to assume all Farang have license.
Another one to consider is Revolut. I convert to baht at interbank rate, when it's beneficial, and send to my Thai bank account when needed. You can hold up to 60 different currency accounts at a time. Worth investigating anyway. I've been using it for travel for years.