killala

Tragic. May God be good to him. 

Cornishcarlos. You mean to say Thailand isn’t a third world country? 

Fwd corners better than rwd? Not in a million years... 

Who really cares? 

A wise man once told us "only invest in Thailand as much as you can afford to walk away from" , well, there wouldn't be too many that can afford to walk away from any amount but the general idea is sound. 

Do not do it under any circumstances. 

Maybe he's never heard of Jerry Hall!

Wikipedia is written up by the average Joe and not too much of it makes for reliable reading but in this instance I stand corrected.


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Wrote a reply and Christ knows where it went but all I can say Alf me lad, is that Britain is not for the British, you'll be the foreigner there these days and any demonstrations will be carried out by Poles, Romanians, Russians, Arabs, Indians, Pakistanis, Africans, West Indians, and dare I say it Irish, so I wouldn't get too upset about the immigration system here. Thais have never in their history, been ruled by a foreign power and as such may be a little over sensitive ( as well as a penchant for a little cash) when it comes to who can do what and if course, rules change constantly. I'm a very new resident here myself but we first came to the Thailand in 1976 as travellers and sort of been coming and going ever since. Give it a shot for 12 months and you may just change your opinion. Good luck


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I live in the UK and not one immigrant has to do a 90 day report here. If it was brought in there would be  mass demonstrations in the UK.......    No, I do not think I am special, just an ordinary bloke trying to understand and come to terms with the bureaucracy in Thailand. This has simply been demonstrated by the simple task of buying a car in Thailand when not resident.  Thank you for all your postings.

Oddly enough, I've been using IDPs for 40 years ( ex Middle East haulier) so I do know what they are! I'm relaying the situation in Pranburi when she gave me back my Irish photo card licence without a glance and asked for my IDP.


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An IDP is a translation document and accompanies your actual license. An IDP is not required to get a Thai License, based on your valid license from home country. 

Just done mine in Pranburi and fired my Irish licence at them and was told no good, IDP only....


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Wrong a uk licence will get you a thai DL.

Cert of residence and permission to buy a car can be had from your nearest immigration office for the princely sum of 500 baht and no, a U.K. Licence won't get you a Thai licence, bring an International Driving Permit and all you should have to do is the colour blindness  and peripheral vision tests. 2 year Thai licence is now I believe, 280 baht.   Good luck