Ivan McAvinchey I dont actually bring 600 USD to Thailand anymore, probably because I havent actually left here for the last 4 years.

@Ivan ***********

Not sure you are aware of this , but Brazil, Venezuela, South Africa and Panama are also relatively modern and functioning countries (well maybe not Venezuela for the last 5 years) and I have had or seen people have major problems using ATM's in those countries.

@Ivan ***********

I have seen guys arrive in Rio de Janeiro airport and use the ATMs inside the airport, all of them got hacked. I arrived in Luanda Angola and the agent was not around to get me a hotel. One night was 450 USD and they did not take cards. I stopped using ATM's here when they started charging foreign cards. I alos stopped using Bangkok bank after almost 20 years because of fraud issues. perhaps you should try Krung Sri Bank. Also once again, I have unlimited free overseas Swift transfers from my bank as long as I maintain a certain balance. Prior to moving to IOM bank I used Citibank NY, and they also provided free Swift transfers. If all you have is cards and they are stolen, good luck getting a hotel room or a decent meal if you dont have cash.

@Ivan ***********

My swift transfers are free. I have travelled for work for the last 35 years to countries all over the world. While using an ATM is fine for people on a once a year holiday. Over all the time I have travelled i have seen people in dire straits because they thought that an ATM card was fine for everything. I never saw anyone have a problem when they had cash. Why do you think banks prefer you to use ATM's ??. Also I never said I travel with all my money in cash, i simply stated that 600 dollars is not a large amount of money for an international traveller these days (or indeed for the last 30 years).

@Ivan ***********

By all means go ahead and use ATM's and pay through the nose in poor exchange rates, bank fees and international transfer fees. Oh and dont forget the local fee for using a foreign card in the ATM. I will continue to use my overseas banks free swift transfers and pull cash out of my local account to use it. Lets also not forget the huge amount of fraud associated with ATM machines.

Can you not withdraw US Dollars inside the bank on your CC ??

@Steve ******

Not at all, but 600 dollars is not exactly a large amount of money when you are travelling internationally.

Seriously ??, that's like 600 USD. I would consider that travelling money.

The last few times I landed here by plane in 2014, none of them had immigration cards, had to get them just before getting in line at the checkpoints. This further increased the delay as everyone was filling them out while standing in line, rather than at the small counters set up there.

No, It now has both departure and arrival on the front page instead of two separate pages. The example from January on Immigration website shows no TAT Q&A. I am not sure if this will be the final form though, they may add the Q&A to the back before full rollout.