Car Visa

[neilf]

i recently drove into thailand through the danock crossing. there was no barrier and no control ie. nobody to look at passports so we drove in followed by a line of malaysian cars.

so no passport stamp in-------have to go to bangkok immigration and no visa for car -----any ideas on going to a border like cambodia to get a car type visa and say lost first one ??

thanks john

[alyx]

Go back the way you came in (if you are lucky no one spots you) and enter legally the country through a proper checkpoint (you might found out that you have have broken a few laws)

Furthermore you are worried about the "visa" for the car whereas you should enquire about YOUR visa

You are asking posters to tell you how to break more laws

Edited January 2, 2010 by alyx

[neilf]

Go back the way you came in (if you are lucky no one spots you) and enter legally the country through a proper checkpoint (you might found out that you have have broken a few laws)

Furthermore you are worried about the "visa" for the car whereas you should enquire about YOUR visa

You are asking posters to tell you how to break more laws

as faras the car visa goes i know that visits to say cambodia border are ok so poss i can go there and start again

my visa ok -----------have long one

want advice from people not asking for how to break law -------i have proper license and insurance ----------------most thais dont ----------i hope they not break the law --------oh dear me !!

[thaibear1]

what you mean with "visa for car" is a passport ITP "International Transport Permit" which is issued by the office for land and transport and a additional paper in which the blue car book is translated in english. With you can travel in each country which have border to Thailand and forget go to Vietnam where is stricte forbidden drive a car by foreigner. Such car with this ITP have a big " T " to stick at the back side of car.

If you are unlucky as a friend of mine who left without to Laos and if you have the wrong custom officer they ask you pay custom duty for your car even if immatriculated with Thai plate etc.!

Beside this was discussed already 1 year ago in thaivisa.

[PattayaParent]

what you mean with "visa for car" is a passport ITP "International Transport Permit" which is issued by the office for land and transport and a additional paper in which the blue car book is translated in english. With you can travel in each country which have border to Thailand and forget go to Vietnam where is stricte forbidden drive a car by foreigner. Such car with this ITP have a big " T " to stick at the back side of car.

If you are unlucky as a friend of mine who left without to Laos and if you have the wrong custom officer they ask you pay custom duty for your car even if immatriculated with Thai plate etc.!

Beside this was discussed already 1 year ago in thaivisa.

Rubbish

[thaibear1]

what you mean with "visa for car" is a passport ITP "International Transport Permit" which is issued by the office for land and transport and a additional paper in which the blue car book is translated in english. With you can travel in each country which have border to Thailand and forget go to Vietnam where is stricte forbidden drive a car by foreigner. Such car with this ITP have a big " T " to stick at the back side of car.

If you are unlucky as a friend of mine who left without to Laos and if you have the wrong custom officer they ask you pay custom duty for your car even if immatriculated with Thai plate etc.!

Beside this was discussed already 1 year ago in thaivisa.

Rubbish

you seem be a very clever boy? if you think it is rubbish go try it and enjoy!!!

[alyx]

Well Thaibear 1 I don't even see why you are answering such a meaningless post (I am talking about the "rubbish")

One thing is not clear to me though: I was under the impression that your car had Malaisian plates othrewise I do not see your problem

[thaibear1]

Well Thaibear 1 I don't even see why you are answering such a meaningless post (I am talking about the "rubbish")

One thing is not clear to me though: I was under the impression that your car had Malaisian plates othrewise I do not see your problem

Hello alyx, yes you are right I shouldn't act on the "rubbish" but I want avoid thaivisa loose of quality by such frogs. the rubbish I see ^was on the sentence "forget go to Vietnam where is stricte forbidden drive a car by foreigner" as it where not true. I hate people who let walk others in open knife .....!!! Only with a Vitnamese driver license we can drive and to get such is few time more difficult then a Thai.

My car have Thai plates but as I know between all member countries the ITP is needed. I have no any problems I want only be helpful because many don't know about ITP and some offices too ha ha ha. Lets close this, thank you

[harrry]

It seems as if you all the answers so enjoy your trip through thailand cambodia and vietnam. Why not go to china too while you are about it.

[neilf]

It seems as if you all the answers so enjoy your trip through thailand cambodia and vietnam. Why not go to china too while you are about it.

ok folks

the car has uk plates and thai insurance but no " visa " for car

i think if i go to cambodia i can start with a 3 month car visa.

[thaibear1]

It seems as if you all the answers so enjoy your trip through thailand cambodia and vietnam. Why not go to china too while you are about it.

ok folks

the car has uk plates and thai insurance but no " visa " for car

i think if i go to cambodia i can start with a 3 month car visa.

great, why you don't told at the begining you have UK plate? this are 2 pair of different shoes.

No problem through all Asian countries (excluded Vietnam). You can travel with a "carnet ATA" as done by my friend (sorry in German but google can translate) www.baumann-unterwegs.ch !!! He drive around the world and each country around Thailand. To go to Vietnam he was refused on big custom office and with 20 Dollar past on a small but still with the risk in case of accident he is a illegal driver.

Edited January 4, 2010 by thaibear1

[PattayaParent]

Well Thaibear 1 I don't even see why you are answering such a meaningless post (I am talking about the "rubbish")

One thing is not clear to me though: I was under the impression that your car had Malaisian plates othrewise I do not see your problem

Hello alyx, yes you are right I shouldn't act on the "rubbish" but I want avoid thaivisa loose of quality by such frogs. the rubbish I see ^was on the sentence "forget go to Vietnam where is stricte forbidden drive a car by foreigner" as it where not true. I hate people who let walk others in open knife .....!!! Only with a Vitnamese driver license we can drive and to get such is few time more difficult then a Thai.

My car have Thai plates but as I know between all member countries the ITP is needed. I have no any problems I want only be helpful because many don't know about ITP and some offices too ha ha ha. Lets close this, thank you

So now you are contradicting yourself.

Before you said "forget go to Vietnam where is stricte (sic) forbidden drive a car by foreigner."

and now you are saying that it's not true, that a foreigner CAN drive in Viet Nam with a Vietnamese driving licence.

Which is why I underlined the incorrect rubbish that you originally posted as I know and see many foreigners driving in Viet Nam.

This from the Australian Embassy gives you the CORRECT information about foreigners driving in Viet Nam.

http://www.vietnam.embassy.gov.au/hnoi/Dri...in_Vietnam.html

Edited January 5, 2010 by PattayaParent

[harrry]

So let me get this straight.

You smuggled a UK car into Thailand without declaring it in the border so if caught will be liable for jail and payment of customs and taxes which will amount to a couple of times the original value of the car.

You now intend to take the car to Cambodia and somehow have it enter without payment of dutyl

You then intend to take the car to Vietnam without converting it to left hand drivel

Just what other laws do you want to break.

I thought this forum was not for people wishing to learn how to break laws.

[monty]

I think the OP has gotten himself into heaps of trouble.

He illegally imported a vehicle into Thailand, and likely is illegally in Thailand himself.

Holding a visa does not mean you are legal. A visa is issued by an embassy (ministry of foreign affairs) but it is immigration who will have to allow you into Thailand and stamp you in as per the type of visa you hold.

I very much doubt he can rectify this in Bangkok, I'm not sure how he would have to proceed.

Bringing in a vehicle over land needs a heap of paperwork, along with a cash or a bank guarantee to the value of how much it would cost to permanently import the vehicle.

http://www.customs.go.th/Customs-Eng/Perso...p/carImport.pdf

[thaibear1]

Well Thaibear 1 I don't even see why you are answering such a meaningless post (I am talking about the "rubbish")

One thing is not clear to me though: I was under the impression that your car had Malaisian plates othrewise I do not see your problem

Hello alyx, yes you are right I shouldn't act on the "rubbish" but I want avoid thaivisa loose of quality by such frogs. the rubbish I see ^was on the sentence "forget go to Vietnam where is stricte forbidden drive a car by foreigner" as it where not true. I hate people who let walk others in open knife .....!!! Only with a Vitnamese driver license we can drive and to get such is few time more difficult then a Thai.

My car have Thai plates but as I know between all member countries the ITP is needed. I have no any problems I want only be helpful because many don't know about ITP and some offices too ha ha ha. Lets close this, thank you

So now you are contradicting yourself.

Before you said "forget go to Vietnam where is stricte (sic) forbidden drive a car by foreigner."

and now you are saying that it's not true, that a foreigner CAN drive in Viet Nam with a Vietnamese driving licence.

Which is why I underlined the incorrect rubbish that you originally posted as I know and see many foreigners driving in Viet Nam.

This from the Australian Embassy gives you the CORRECT information about foreigners driving in Viet Nam.

http://www.vietnam.embassy.gov.au/hnoi/Dri...in_Vietnam.html

your talking seem strange ...... and I guess you have pain to follow up the reality:

we was talking for somebody who drive from abroad to Vietnam and I repeat = stricte forbidden to drive. NOBODY was talking that this illegal traveler would take residence in Vietnam.

I know well and I understand what say the Australian Embassy:

To convert an Australian driving licence or an International Driving Permit into a temporary Vietnamese driver's licence, the applicant must first hold a valid Vietnamese residence permit of at least three month's validity

Which spontanous traveler to Vietnam hold a residence permit??? YOu have any idea how many month it take you get a residence permit??? don't make a mess here please, it take between 6 and 12 month (I am in the proceeder) = not in question for any spontanous traveler! So heavy to understand? with this I close here.

[PattayaParent]

More rubbish from Thaibear I'm afraid, and no amount of backtracking can escape the fact.

They must really not want you in VN Thaibear as it took only 1 week to get my residence permit.

A residence permit is not required to get a driving licence, only a valid visa of longer than 3 months.

Driver's licenses, easy to obtain for foreigners in Vietnam http://www.thanhniennews.com/overseas/?cat...mp;newsid=32672

Thanh Nien Daily finds it?s relatively easy for tourists and expats to drive legally in Vietnam.

Vietnam is attracting more and more foreigners who come not only for tourism but also to live, study and work.

Traffic congestion in the country?s cities is common, but that doesn?t stop many expatriates from driving themselves around. And as it turns out, obtaining a legal license to drive in Vietnam is not very difficult at all.

?Most foreigners who have a driver?s license issued in their home countries simply have to register for a license here,? says Lam Thanh Trung, vice-chief of the Agency for Granting Driving Licenses (a sub-department of Ho Chi Minh City?s Service of Transportation).

?The agency processes over 100 licenses for foreigners every month,? says Trung.

?With the required documents, one can have their license registered within seven days.?

Who can get a driver?s license in Vietnam?

According to a 2006 mandate by the Ministry of Transportation, all foreigners can register for a license in Vietnam if they had a valid one issued to them in their home countries.

Each city or province?s Department of Transportation is in charge of granting driver?s licenses for foreigners with licenses issued in their home countries, tourists from neighboring countries driving their own cars in Vietnam, and Vietnamese who acquired a driving license abroad.

However, licenses are only granted to those who have valid travel visas for a period of at least three months in Vietnam (though the actual length of the visit does not have to be that long).

?Many tourists make the mistake that it?s legal to drive here with an international driver?s licence. But they also have to register,? Trung says.

Expiry dates and written exams

?The period for which a [registered] license remains valid is based on the expiry date of one?s original license from home,? says Trung.

?Standard driver?s licenses in Vietnam are good for five years. Motorbike licenses, on the other hand, have no expiry date.?

An important point to note, how-ever, is that the type of license issued in Vietnam will only be equivalent to the type granted in one?s home country.

For instance, ?A four-wheel driver?s license can-not be registered to ride a motorcycle,? Trung stresses.

Those who have a four-wheel license but want to ride a motorcycle will have to pass an exam on riding techniques, but won?t have to take a written exam on traffic laws.

To begin, a form requesting a license must be obtained (see below) and filled out by any one of the following: the Vietnamese Embassy, the Consulate General, the Representative Office of International Organization in Vietnam, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Department of Planning and Investment or the General Director of Joint-Venture and Foreign-Capital Companies. A valid pass-port will also be required.

Overseas Vietnamese will need to have their documents completed by the Committee for Overseas Vietnamese.

WHAT?S REQUIRED?

The following submissions are required for a foreigner to get a driver?s license in Vietnam:

■ 1 petition (issued form) requesting driver?s license

■ 1 copy (notarized duplicate) of original driver?s license

■ 1 Vietnamese-translated copy (notarized duplicate) of driver?s license

■ 1 copy (duplicate) of passport 3 passport-sized photos

■ Original copies of passport and driver?s license must be shown when submitting all documents

Forms to request a driver?s license can be obtained at the Agency for Granting Driver?s Licenses or sgtcc.hochiminhcity.gov.vn

In Ho Chi Minh City, all documents must be submitted to the authorities for driver?s license registration, located at:

252 Ly Chinh Thang Street, District 3, 8 Nguyen Anh Thu Street, District 12.

Open weekdays only.

The fee is VND30,000 (US$2) for one license.

Edited January 6, 2010 by PattayaParent

[thaibear1]

More rubbish from Thaibear I'm afraid, and no amount of backtracking can escape the fact.

They must really not want you in VN Thaibear as it took only 1 week to get my residence permit.

A residence permit is not required to get a driving licence, only a valid visa of longer than 3 months.

Driver's licenses, easy to obtain for foreigners in Vietnam http://www.thanhniennews.com/overseas/?cat...mp;newsid=32672

Thanh Nien Daily finds it?s relatively easy for tourists and expats to drive legally in Vietnam.

Vietnam is attracting more and more foreigners who come not only for tourism but also to live, study and work.

Traffic congestion in the country?s cities is common, but that doesn?t stop many expatriates from driving themselves around. And as it turns out, obtaining a legal license to drive in Vietnam is not very difficult at all.

?Most foreigners who have a driver?s license issued in their home countries simply have to register for a license here,? says Lam Thanh Trung, vice-chief of the Agency for Granting Driving Licenses (a sub-department of Ho Chi Minh City?s Service of Transportation).

?The agency processes over 100 licenses for foreigners every month,? says Trung.

?With the required documents, one can have their license registered within seven days.?

Who can get a driver?s license in Vietnam?

According to a 2006 mandate by the Ministry of Transportation, all foreigners can register for a license in Vietnam if they had a valid one issued to them in their home countries.

Each city or province?s Department of Transportation is in charge of granting driver?s licenses for foreigners with licenses issued in their home countries, tourists from neighboring countries driving their own cars in Vietnam, and Vietnamese who acquired a driving license abroad.

However, licenses are only granted to those who have valid travel visas for a period of at least three months in Vietnam (though the actual length of the visit does not have to be that long).

?Many tourists make the mistake that it?s legal to drive here with an international driver?s licence. But they also have to register,? Trung says.

Expiry dates and written exams

?The period for which a [registered] license remains valid is based on the expiry date of one?s original license from home,? says Trung.

?Standard driver?s licenses in Vietnam are good for five years. Motorbike licenses, on the other hand, have no expiry date.?

An important point to note, how-ever, is that the type of license issued in Vietnam will only be equivalent to the type granted in one?s home country.

For instance, ?A four-wheel driver?s license can-not be registered to ride a motorcycle,? Trung stresses.

Those who have a four-wheel license but want to ride a motorcycle will have to pass an exam on riding techniques, but won?t have to take a written exam on traffic laws.

To begin, a form requesting a license must be obtained (see below) and filled out by any one of the following: the Vietnamese Embassy, the Consulate General, the Representative Office of International Organization in Vietnam, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Department of Planning and Investment or the General Director of Joint-Venture and Foreign-Capital Companies. A valid pass-port will also be required.

Overseas Vietnamese will need to have their documents completed by the Committee for Overseas Vietnamese.

WHAT?S REQUIRED?

The following submissions are required for a foreigner to get a driver?s license in Vietnam:

■ 1 petition (issued form) requesting driver?s license

■ 1 copy (notarized duplicate) of original driver?s license

■ 1 Vietnamese-translated copy (notarized duplicate) of driver?s license

■ 1 copy (duplicate) of passport 3 passport-sized photos

■ Original copies of passport and driver?s license must be shown when submitting all documents

Forms to request a driver?s license can be obtained at the Agency for Granting Driver?s Licenses or sgtcc.hochiminhcity.gov.vn

In Ho Chi Minh City, all documents must be submitted to the authorities for driver?s license registration, located at:

252 Ly Chinh Thang Street, District 3, 8 Nguyen Anh Thu Street, District 12.

Open weekdays only.

The fee is VND30,000 (US$2) for one license.

really tiresome ....... you talk about motorcycle driver license while we talk since begining about car driver license. You know the difference??? I close the matter

Edited January 7, 2010 by thaibear1

[harrry]

As I understand it only left hand drive vehicles can be diven in vietnam.

[WarpSpeed]

I think you missed or misunderstood this Thaibear, it clearly refers to "four wheel vehicles" I.E. cars trucks etc.

Standard driver?s licenses in Vietnam are good for five years. Motorbike licenses, on the other hand, have no expiry date.?

An important point to note, how-ever, is that the type of license issued in Vietnam will only be equivalent to the type granted in one?s home country.

For instance, ?A four-wheel driver?s license can-not be registered to ride a motorcycle,? Trung stresses.

Those who have a four-wheel license but want to ride a motorcycle will have to pass an exam on riding techniques, but won?t have to take a written exam on traffic laws.

[PattayaParent]

, tourists from neighboring countries driving their own cars in Vietnam, and Vietnamese who acquired a driving license abroad.

?Standard driver?s licenses in Vietnam are good for five years. Motorbike licenses, on the other hand, have no expiry date.?

An important point to note, how-ever, is that the type of license issued in Vietnam will only be equivalent to the type granted in one?s home country.

For instance, ?A four-wheel driver?s license can-not be registered to ride a motorcycle,? Trung stresses.

Those who have a four-wheel license but want to ride a motorcycle will have to pass an exam on riding techniques, but won?t have to take a written exam on traffic laws.

.

really tiresome ....... you talk about motorcycle driver license while we talk since begining about car driver license. You know the difference??? I close the matter

Yes I think you'd be better off keeping out of this thread as you continue to post rubbish.

The article regarding obtaining licences by foreigners includes BOTH car license AND motorcy licence as highlighted above.

[PattayaParent]

As I understand it only left hand drive vehicles can be diven in vietnam.

That's what I understand as well but have not seen anything official stating the situation either way.