Absolutely no problem, that happens to virtually thousands of tourists every year. No big deal.

Just go through immigration before midnight and even if it's just after midnight, your 500THB fine will be waved. (That only applies on air travel, not on land borders)

@Henry Chinaski, Because that's a requirement if you want to enter Thailand on Visa Exempt and not all airports have ATMs before immigration.

@Steve ******

Sure if you have TrueMoney or Prompt pay it's easy to pay just with your phone but as a tourist you won't have that.

BTW I have lived here since just about 40.years 😉

@Hans ************

Doesn't mean you don't need it.

I've been driving cars for 50 years all over the world and never been ask to show a driving licence, does that mean I don't need one?

So how do you pay for a Taxi, the bus or the food cart at the night market as example? There are loads of resorts and guest houses that only accept cash, - even if you're below 60 years of age 🥰

The rule is 20'000THB or equivalent in foreign currency, Onward/Return Ticket and Hotel booking.

It doesn't matter if they ask for it before boarding the plane or at immigration.

Same like driving licence, you need one to drive a car but only a fraction of car drivers will ever be ask to show it.

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@Pertti ************

It's actually minimum 5 years of permanent residency plus .......

- hold a stable job

- min.฿80k/month imcome

- have a clean record,

- prove tax payments,

- pass a Thai language test,

- and, and, and .....

Easier and cheaper to get Elite Visa 😅

@Robert ****

on line only possible if you have done at least one at the office.

@Jo *********

So if anyone asks if they need a driving licence to drive in Europe, and I tell them it's not really needed as I've been driving for 40 years and never been checked. How ridiculous would that be. Just imagine the backlash and absurdity to make random checks on our European roads. Dooohhh. 🤡