You’ll get 60 days visa exemption upon arrival’s if you’re entitled, ore else you can apply for a 60 days tourist visa with single entry only. (As you say “currently” located in HCMC).
Good if that’s the case, based on several feedback over time Bangkok have been quite strict regarding residence certificate if you haven’t done your first 90 days report.🤙
I didn’t have a motorcycle license from home, so I took the motorcycle license the regular Thai way with theoretical and practical test in Thailand on a visa exemption in two days, but I needed a residence certificate.
(Not recommended if you don’t have experience which I had as smaller motorcycles was without license previously in Norway).
The airline could ask because it’s still a formal requirement for to enter on tourist solutions as tourist visa and visa exemption, but it’s rarely checked in the immigration unless they’ll questioning you for some other reason regarding your travelling pattern. However the airlines are as a part of their contract to get landing permission required to check if their passengers fulfil formal requirements for entering Thailand.
Asked all the time and the only accurate answer is that there’s a formal onward ticket requirement within 60 days for tourist entries as tourist visa and visa exemption. Rarely checked at the immigration but you might risk your airline will require it for boarding. Therefore you have two options: call your airline and ask for their policy regarding this and/or buy a cheap onward ticket within 60 days.