@Janin *****

Technically, he's not wrong. It's possible that you have a document (presumably a Photo ID style card) called an "International Driving Licence", but this isn't actually a legal document. It might be accepted by the police at a checkpoint, but that doesn't make it legal

@Steve ******

you don't 'check out' of a TM30, you simply file or have filed a new one.....

@Steve ******

they might, but they don't in practice...

Immigration don't go round checking CCTV to check which day you moved in

If the landlord is renting regularly to farangs, it's much easier to just register for online reporting

@Brandon ***********

as per my comment above I concur that there are highly unlikely to be any problems, particularly if the guests are staying somewhere else before and afterwards so on the system for their stay, but it is not impossible by any stretch. People have been found out as living somewhere where they aren't registered under particular/unusual circumstances and fined (as a somewhat extreme example, the former British Ambassador of Burma was jailed for this offence by the Junta as Burma has similar rules on registration to Thailand, as do most Asian countries, albeit with far more draconian enforcement)

If the friends are only going to stay with you for the duration of their stay, it would be sensible (and pretty straightforward, particularly if done online) to file a TM30 for each of the guests (they can all be registered on the same form if done online at least)

@Brandon ***********

Unless something happens, and then they're required to explain where they're staying.....but ultimately, it's just a fine if the worst happens (which nobody is saying anything but it's very unlikely, provided that they've been registered under a TM30 already somewhere else)

You won't get an education visa for yoga or meditation. You can get an education visa for learning Thai and do the yoga and meditation on your weekends or school holidays. You used to be able to get long-term stay meditation visas for Burma but not sure how things are at the moment as obviously it's problematic. If you want to do long term yoga and meditation courses your best bet is for India which gives out 6 months visas for most nationalities

@Myron *********

many people open accounts on tourist visas....do a search for how to open Thai bank accounts for the location you'll be staying at....