@Sean *********

trouble is if you're in Thailand for 14 months and trave to other sea countriesl, your 2yr Thai license is pretty useless but some countries will honor my usa licence even thought the idp is no longer valid

@Samuel *****

you can get a Thai idp off you hold a 5yr license. It will be good for the class of vehicle it is issued against.

@Jan *****************

and it's not expired (mine was 1yr).

@Robin ******

and if you've been here for a while, your idp has probably expired. My usa idp was for 1yr.

Short route trains (less than 4hrs) short time in advance. Longer routes or sleeper berths longer time. No data found means seats not available.

You'll have about 30 days to secure a long term rental (most likely it will take you less than a week). Then go to immigration and get a residence certificate. Bring copy of your lease, passport pages and a passport photo. Then go to the bank bringing copies of the above . Would no longer recommend Bangkok bank give the recent account freeze issues over the past several months. Easy, but sometimes feels tedious. Thais love paperwork, rubber stamps and endless signatures...

Why go through immigration if you're transiting?

@Erhardt ********

in in the same place but still in my early 70's. I just Rick $500/month into savings and pay out of pocket. If course, cancer drugs could change that in the future but then I'd have a different set of choices

@Bill ********

your over-dramatising the process. 20 min to photocopy docs, 1hr at immigration.

@Bob ******

agent is completely unnecessary. Process is straight forward and easy to follow. Can feel a bit tedious at times, but all in all an easy process for non-o visa.