Simple, bring your lease and owners ID and house registration or if it's a friend or your Thai wife hosting you, instead of a lease a letter indicating this but again, their signed ID card copy and house registration.

@Sean ******

It's not impossible. Depends on the bank and/or branch.

@Dany *******

Agreed. I have backups for Wise, in case of issues

Nearly all countries give you up to 90 days to utilize their visas and in many cases longer. For the DTV, it's valid for 5 years from the date of issue. You get almost 6 months (180 days) on each entry during the visa validity.

@Nestor *******

Communist countries love control.

Laos is another one - although they allow foreign cars and motorcycles in, they now permit vehicles in for 15 days only, plus the possibility of a paid 7 day extension.

Up until recently, you got 30 days for free automatically.

Why exactly they made these changes is a mystery but it's typical Communist mentality.

By comparison, Thailand might allow a 60 day stay for drivers of foreign vehicles if you ask.

@Uwe ***

I agree with you on the tax issue...it's merely a reinterpretation not a new law anyway.

Anonymous participant Phuket is worse. Just accept the fact that some checkpoints are not that friendly and in fact, they're starting to scrutinize people more, in general, regardless of where you enter.

@Elías ***************

You can charge your way through Thailand to some extent, but you'll be limiting yourself to upper middle class and higher end facilities (not a bad way to live) but just saying, it could mean missing out on markets (except for some of the higher end, expat oriented farmers markets where some merchants accept card payments), street food and a lot of other things.

On the positive side, nearly all stores at malls, 90% of gas (petrol) stations, hotels booked through booking agents and any hotel of 3 or 4 star and above standing will accept cards.

All major supermarkets, convenience stores such as 711 (for amounts above 200 Baht), most expressway booths (but not all...you have to know which ones accept cards and which ones don't), most chain restaurants, many cafes (except those in more out of the way locations), all higher end restaurants etc. take card payments.

However, a good 50% of the economy does not.

@Nestor *******

Fair enough. Yes, Vietnam imposes some absolutely ridiculous rules. Vietnam is perfectly fine for a vacation though, as long as you don't mind being Chauferred around (although you can also rent a motorcycle or scooter with little effort) just not a self-drive car.

@Nestor *******

Not necessarily much more expensive than self-drive in another country, but depends on the distances traveled. Yeah, Vietnam is super strict on driving rules. They also neither recognize foreign licenses and with IDPs they may or may not be recognized. Equally, foreign plates aren't allowed to enter without a tour. Very nanny state like behavior. Granted, driving in Vietnam isn't easy, but it's becoming easier thanks to more lane separation between cars and motorcycles and the emergence of expressways and such. Yet Vietnamese officials are stuck in a 1970s timewarp on this issue.