@Robert *********

buy a car from personal seller, pay insurance bill and receive money from insurance company in case of claim.

Anonymous participant 412 buying a car at 400k baht from a personal seller. Without a bank account I have to bring all cash to pay for that. Not safe and the seller may not accept that. And then after that, I need to pay for the insurance bill. And in the case of there is a accident claim, the insurance company will not pay me in cash.

Anonymous participant no. I got a dtv visa but with that I can still go to a language school to learn Thai without worrying about visa extension or attendance. I can learn for 2 months and then take a month gap to travel around, come back and continue to learn. That gets me more flexibility than Ed visa. With ED visa, it is more strict that you have to follow the schedule and attend the class.

@Da ***

yeah. Things are easier in small cities. Share my experience: You can also take classes in language school with dtv visa. They don't care what visa you have (even university doesn't care if you are on Ed visa). For me dtv more flexible and hassle free, plus multiple entry. ED visa every time you leave the country you need to pay 1900 thb for re-entry.

@Da ***

but evey 2 or 3 months you need to go to the immigration. That how it works in Bangkok. Unless you are taking class at university, otherwise you only get 3 months *4 for language institution. And you need to arrive the immigration at 6 am in the morning to line up and it can be done late till to 8 or 9 pm...An entire day wasted. I used to on ED visa and I changed to DTV ...

@Lisa **************

then how can I pay my condo rent to landlord? I withdraw 13k cash and take bus to khon kaen to give him my rent every month? And my friend's landlord is even not in Thailand. Having a bank account is not for receiving money within Thailand, more for spending money.