Anonymous participant 741 Quite often, banks demand to see a passport to do most things. Exchanging money can be done with just an ID card (despite regulations stating that to purchase foreign currency, everyone, including Thai citizens need to show a passport).

However, yes, it's certainly an idea to show your Thai DL unless they insist on sighting a passport.

BrightDachshund800 Even retirement visa holders are having their bank accounts locked, sometimes for weeks on end. This isn't purely an issue for DTV or tourist visa holders. You're making assumptions that all is fine and dandy as long as you're some sort of long term "resident" when that means nothing in the case of Thailand.

Thailand views the world through the lens of Thais vs foreigners. As long as you're not a Thai citizen, you have very few rights, regardless of what visa you're on.

Foreigners, regardless of how well they speak Thai, even if they hold permanent residency, still need a work permit to work, still can't own land and will still need to pay 10 times more than locals for entry to national parks.

Anonymous participant 688 Pattaya is a big problem. Almost all foreigners who've opened accounts there are being targeted.

@Incognia *********

Of course you can. A Thai DL is better than a passport for the purposes of domestic flying as its also in Thai.

Anonymous participant 119 More or less but depends on the circumstances. So far, I've not faced any issues but both my Thai bank accounts were opened a long time ago. One on a work permit, the other was upgraded to a work permit because at the time you couldn't get internet banking access without one. Tourists were only given a bank account with debit card but no internet banking access at the time.

Not an issue provided you're able to get a residency permit either from your embassy or immigration. If yes, you can own a car.

@Ji ****

Read my comment again, carefully. International fares out of CNX are much higher than out of BKK due to far less competition.

@Ji ****

It's not. It's much cheaper to fly through Bangkok.

@Zess ******

Depends. Some consulates don't care. Probably best to build up the balance over time though, if you can.

@Nana ***

Visa documents not needed. Only passport and TDAC.