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Cautious people could use a driver/taxi. Own car is irrelevant for the DL procedure. Car related stuff can be done ahead one to three months.

No. I didn't remember how long ago it was changed. 5 years sounds plausible.

Absolutely. Millions of Thais stay at places other than there housebook/ID says and won't do a 1000 km roundtrip to extend their DL. Even agents who help with legit DL affairs might drive you to Rayong.

I know. Done with Bangkok Bank or Kasikorn in the past. With Krungsri I get a service not available message for whatever reason. Not worth to dig deeper. Now use Krungsri just to split money, top up Truemoney, ATM etc.

Rules changed some years ago. Always required. Also the form (document) and content has changed (mental? epileptic?) Other info is outdated. And makes sense.

Lucky escape this time. Others made it through. Even an automatic car needs a gear selected 🫣

An addition but nothing beats a proper network of sirens. Yearly exercise in Switzerland with full coverage. Here the village/moo ban loudspeaker towers could be a substitute. Germany: quite poor results on first test. Mobile coverage also still incomplete.

It's in the news now.

Searched the forum and didn't find it covered. There will be test alarm on mobile phones tomorrow (Jan 20, 2026) at 14:00 (2 PM). nationthailandDDPM to test nationwide cell broadcast alert on Tuesday a...DDPM will test Thailand’s nationwide cell broadcast alert at 2pm on Tuesday via AIS, True/DTAC and NT. Phones may beep for 8 seconds.

Same for me. Treated like a geriatric patient. It s.cks. Wasn't that in Thailand I would immediately close the account. (Krungsri recently opened and still no way found to pay my PEA bill. Only for MEA. No wonder the branch is always empty)

Why not subscribe for 3$ 😊

Yes. Officially it's the Banglamung branch. Just a few hundred meters from Pattaya "border" 😁

Topic is usually covered in the motor forum. Generally: Passport with Non O visa and/or one year extension (copies). Old license. Proof of address ("CoR"). Likely from immigration in your case. valid for ? 30 days. Not sure. Health certificate (from any road side clinic or from hospitals). Valid for 30 days. Online "training" performed with resulting QR code (valid for 6 months). Specifically for Pattaya your main problem might be the crowds/queues/obtaining an appointment. Can't help with that. The 5yr license expires on your birthday. Good idea to apply just AFTER that. Gives you almost 6 years of validity for the new license.

Bangkok Bank statements issued on the spot can be >up to< 6 months back. But you can request exact start day. End date will always be the day before. So it's possible to seamlessly cover any period. (still a bit awkward compared to simply cover calendar months) Easiest for 12 months with three statements. Last one obtained on date of application. 100 Baht each.

Yes and thats about 1850 Baht.

You can get a legit one way from Phuket to Kuala Lumpur for about 2000 Baht. Just saying. Bangkok - Da Nang not much more

How many decades did they need to see that 🤣

Well said. My idea too. He was 86. He needed a caretaker as his wife likely overburdened with the necessary tasks. He had enough of the suffering.

No problem, particularly with a valid Thai ID on top.

Some beat the speed of light 🤣 And in fiber cables the speed is limited to about 200000 km/s. And a typical cable to London is not 10000 km but 20000 km. Ping is forth and back. 40000 km at 200000 km/s plus the time the switches and servers need. Do the math. 40/200 = 0.2 sec / 200 ms A common misunderstanding is that content from servers with a certain domain comes from there. No. Mirrored by content providers in many cases. Basically nothing Google comes from where you think. Most likely from Hong Kong or Singapore. Or user is in Bournemouth 😁

Testmynet gives me: 501 Mbps / 29.2 MbpsYou could call 29 Mbps upload "miserable" if that is important for your use.

3BB, 1000/500. Test to: "Superloop Australia Pty Ltd" 546.89 / 108.45 A multitude of what's needed for multimedia/HD video etc. Such threads without numbers and exact examples (to where?) are useless. Miserable/woeful are not terms you can do anything with. What does not work sufficiently?

An example that something is erratic with this system.

Decent? At least the further south the better usually. Of course not on overpopulated Phuket or Samui with the endless traffic jams. But living on a remote island is not for everyone. As long as pollution control (vehicle exhaust, power plants, burning) is not improved, there is no escape. It's still fairly cool/cold up here and I guess that Bangkok still has inversion weather pattern trapping exhaust from millions of vehicles. Little wind.

I do the stuff for immigration on my own, no agent needed. Fled from Bangkok Bank and use Kasikorn now. (old account opened in 2009 with hotel business card, that were the times) Recently opened Krungsri in addition/backup. Still have the BB savings account with little activity (some bill or online orders, ATM cash occasionally).