Do you have a residency letter from immigration

I need to renew my licence as it expired during Covid, where I am they want me to go to a driving school and pay $7500 baht

120 Klm away, different province they don’t need to, about 300 baht at DLT

Next month I with either go there or another location and avoid the BS before my international drivers permit expires 🤣

@Robert **********

yes

I took my girlfriend who is from Laos to get one to open a bank account

I also took a friend from Denmark to get one to open a bank account so he could apply for a retirement visa, immigration did not know he was applying for a visa they just processed him as someone wanting a residency letter for a bank account

I also took a friend on a 30 day visa exempt to get a residency certificate to get a licence

Keep in mind, not everywhere is the same, depends who serves you, what they know & what mood they are in 🤣

My girl is on 30 day visa exempt also

Cambodia is close however I recommend Laos, Nong Khai/ Vientiane crossing

You can drive, or train bkk to Nong Khai, cross by bus at the bridge, return same day

The night train with sleeper is great, leave bkk at night arrive Nong Khai in the morning, you can cross over and back in about 1 hour sometimes quicker, then night train back to bkk

If they are not applying for a visa that requires a police check there will not be an issue travelling to Thailand

@Andrew **********

they didn’t say 5 year ED visa, they said renewed for 5 years, meaning each time it expires it can be renewed until totalling 5 years.

Although good luck with a long stay on an ED visa

Get a letter from where you are staying, stating you reside there. List your name, country, date of birth, passport number

Take this letter & passport and passport sizes photos to your local immigration & request a certificate/ letter of residency to open a bank account, they usually charge 500 baht per letter.

Take this residency letter with your passport to a bank

The residency letter is only valid for 30 days

Go to a main branch usually helps

Bangkok bank & ? Kasikorn are the easiest

SCB requires a yellow house book to open an account

Krungshri requires you to have a retirement visa

Bangkok bank will usually ask you to buy a bank product

Accident insurance for 12 months, cheapest option is just under $6,000 baht

Some ppl have been able to open a bank account at SCB without yellow house book however be prepared for them to ask

@Paul ******

depends on the bank, even if you go prepared with everything some banks / staff don’t know what to do

Check the website, I believe it’s 20,000 baht, or equivalent in your home dollar amount

@Steve ******

Mark Cassini every branch / district is different, I opened one years ago and was required to have a yellow book, I recently took a friend to SCB & they said he needed a yellow house book