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Re:Immigration Crackdown on Digital Nomads in Chiang Mai, Th... by seanmcdirmid on Wednesday October 01, 2014 @07:59AM (#8393852)
Driver licenses are useless as IDs abroad.
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Re:Immigration Crackdown on Digital Nomads in Chiang Mai, Th... by kissickas on Wednesday October 01, 2014 @08:30AM (#8393943)
I live outside of the US for most of the year and can say that my driver's license is not at all useless as an ID.

In fact, I have been at police checkpoints in two countries where they refused to see my passport and specifically requested that I present my driver's license - but these were both when I was driving, of course.

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Re:Immigration Crackdown on Digital Nomads in Chiang Mai, Th... by nwh on Wednesday October 01, 2014 @08:14AM (#8393895)
An Australian one is fine in the UK, you can even drive using one.
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Re:Immigration Crackdown on Digital Nomads in Chiang Mai, Th... by mapleoin on Wednesday October 01, 2014 @08:23AM (#8393926)
That's pretty amazing how Australians can use a driver's license to drive a car.
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Re:Immigration Crackdown on Digital Nomads in Chiang Mai, Th... by cageface on Wednesday October 01, 2014 @08:05AM (#8393871)
They will actually sometimes accept them here in Vietnam for various things but Vietnam is still kind of the wild west legally. Certainly not a good idea to count on it.
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Re:Immigration Crackdown on Digital Nomads in Chiang Mai, Th... by seanmcdirmid on Wednesday October 01, 2014 @09:12AM (#8394085)
They are useless in China, but mine expired 8 years ago.
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