I was asked for a home country driving license/ID at SCB when I went to get a new ATM card after mine was lost. They wanted a US address for their records. I insisted I had no US address and they relented after a couple of minutes, but they were fairly insistent. That was several years ago. Late last year I went to all three of the banks where I have accounts to provide details of my new passport. I was armed to the teeth expecting requests for a home country address, so I had my blue tabien baan, TM17 residence certificate book, police registration book, and an original letter from the SSA addressed to me at my Thai address along with my passport and passport card hoping that this barrage of documentation would suffice in the absence of a home country ID. Not one of them asked for a home country address. Somewhere I have a New York DL that expired in the 1980s. I suppose I should dig it out and keep it handy just in case.
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