Liverpool Lou

What?

As a general rule, that's nonsense.

How do you know?

Obviously, yes, it applies to all foreigners, not just "farangs", as you put it. There are no countries that do not require confirmed passport ID when a foreigner is opening a bank account.

Perhaps you should be asking the Australian embassy as whatever they say will override any anonymous AN opinions.

...and he'll pay a small overstay charge, there will be no other consequences worse than that.

Having a two day overstay and sorting it when leaving Suvarnabhumi will never be an issue regardless of how bad a day any IO may be having.

Bit late for that in the OP's case!

Bit late for that warning as he appears to be a serial overstayer going back several years with spurious "medical" excuses (Immigration has procedures to cover genuine medical reasons that do not result in overstays).

"...I used my DL to get the residence certificate..." From which Immigration office?

The rule has been IDP is valid for 3 months constant single use . Whether the police check , or know , is another point. A UK IDP is still £5.50 , but now has a 3 year life. What? What has that got to do with some poster's claim that the foreign driving licence rules in Thailand have been constantly changing?

Huh? How has the content of the Thai driving test been "constantly changing"?

The thing is it can be inaccurate but the rules are constantly changing here in Thailand. In the context of my comment that you responded to, what rules have been "constantly changed"?

Only the online website access, Easy Net, is being discontinued, nothing to do with the phone app and nothing to do with the staff not knowing what's going on, it's you that doesn't know that, and nothing to do with keeping the workers in the dark, either.

...maybe that's true but it is something that the authorities never check on. Many people, myself included in the past, have used their foreign licence long term with no issues including insurance claims. If an insurer will issue a policy based on the applicant having a valid foreign licence there probably wont be any claims issues.

But, tediously, consistently inaccurate information continues to be promulgated about it!

That's not accurate, I had three successful, substantial, claims on one of the cars I have owned here and Viriyah had no issues with my UK licence that I used after letting my original Thai licence expire years previously.

I'm sorry - where does it say on my post that there are many reports from SCB staff ?? I have looked and can't see it. Are you just making up posts now? Read it again and don't just assume. It was a fairly safe presumption, not an assumption, based on your posting the following, referring to "they" on a thread about SCB... "They are currently offering 1.95 fixed for 2,3, or 4 years with book. Maybe shift to that one. ???? I don't like the online accounts due to the many bad stories you hear regarding bank employees". Who else would you have been reasonably referring to?... Then, in the same paragraph, you indicate your dislike of the staff, you didn't mention any other bank. Read your post again.

In all honesty, you seem to have ignored the fact that she would be an addition to an existing Thai carer and that another in Thailand is actually "exactly what he is looking for".

...if you plan an expensive heart operation then you can be sure the insurance will check your past records for anything they can use to verify your claim.

Plenty, have a look at their website.

Obviously it would, why would anyone ever assume that a deceased person's visa/extension would not be invalidated by their death?

Asking the bank would be a good idea.

As far as I recall, they made those announcements weeks ago already. Neither Kasikorn nor Bangkok Bank have announced that they are withdrawing non-app, online banking services.

You've heard "many reports" of fraudulent activities by SCB staff? Where?