BuriramBill

I suggest 'Big CP'

'the following two Saturdays'

My kids are not fans... Every time there is a long weekend - they have to go to school to follow two Saturdays.  

So for one loooooong weekend they get two short ones.

I got my proof of address last week from Buriram IO - took about 10 minutes for 500B

4 hours ago, JeffersLos said:

I had a 60 day stamp until Nov. 26th.

 

This was crossed out and changed to Dec 30th for free.

 

Do I now go to the IO and they cross out this date and stamp Jan 29th? 

I went to Buriram IO November 25 and they took my money for another 60 day extension rather than crossing out the date and entering a new one.  I had previously been to the office a month ago when I read that the extension dates were being changed free of charge - the officers just shrugged and told me to go back when the 60 day extension expired and to apply for another 60 days and pay 1900B

I went back to the Buriram DLT office today at 8am

The first 25 people to show up to renew their license get an appointment - no booking necessary

Paperwork:

• Copy passport signed
• Copy visa stamp signed (60 day extension)
• Current Medical certificate 
• Address certification from IO  (500B - need photo)

9am went up to the DLT Game

• Traffic light colors test
• Breaking test
• Perspective test
• (No peripheral vision test)

Then watched a road safety video for 1 hour

Paid for 5 year car license 505B

Went to photo desk to hand in details

Waited for queue number to have photo taken

Got photo taken

Waited for license to be printed

Total time - around 3 hours

OK - the saga continues.

I got my 60 day visa extension yesterday and returned to the Buriram DLT around 12:30pm

Went to the same office as before and it was deserted.

Told to go downstairs to a tent outside.

Got there and there were about fifty people waiting.

Was told to use the QR code and make an appointment (a month ago no one in the office mentioned this).

Was told to expect a 2 month wait!

Used the QR code and got the DLT App downloaded on my phone.

Went home.

Set up App to use English language.

There were 2 buttons - one for Thai Citizen ID and one for Passport ID.

The Passport ID button was not active (did nothing)

The Thai Citizen ID button did work...

So I got my wife to sign up with her ID and then filled in all my details.

Hit the submit button and... it just sat there, with a flashing icon showing that data was being transferred.

Hopefully I will get an email, or Line message...

Has anyone else had experience of this?

Stand by for the next segment of the saga...

17 minutes ago, ukrules said:

Did you get your new license without problems or are you talking about the first time you went?

I'm talking about the first time I want, sorry for any confusion.  I am going to leave it until I go to immigration next to either get a 60 day or 1 year extension and then go back to get the 5 year driving license

On 11/1/2020 at 8:08 AM, brianthainess said:

How I understand it you do need a one year visa for the 5yr license even if the visa only has a month left, and you will need a letter of residence from immigration, if it is your first 5yr then a med cert . what license do you have now 2yr or 5yr ?? Driving without a license would mean you are not covered by any health insurance and probably not by 3rd party. as others have said try a different office. I went to a smaller one this year coz they accepted my yellow book/pink id. Got a Thai to ring them first. good luck.

I have a 5 year license (the third one in 15 years).  I have a 1 year visa too - expires late December.  Never had any problem before this year.  Not wanting to invalidate any insurances I'll get my wife to drive me around until I get my new 5 year license.

On 10/31/2020 at 6:04 PM, Bigz said:

I went through the same thing in Buriram about a month ago. Renewing from a 2 year to a 5 year. My one year marriage visa extension was under way already with an under consideration stamp in my passport. They wouldn't accept it. I was told I must come back when I have a one year non o visa stamped in my passport. People here on TV advised me that it is actually correct for a 5 years licence, but you can just take another 2 years 'temporary ' licence with any visa as long as your driving licence from your home country is still valid. I waited for the one year stamp in my passport to get the 5 years licence. You will most definitely need a proof of address from immigration(if you haven't got a yellow book or id card)and a doctor's letter. Buriram immigration charged me 2 years ago 700baht for proof of address (tea money to pocket-500 if you require one licence, 700 if you need two letters-one for bike and one for car). Doctor's letter is around 50 baht can be obtained from any private clinics throughout town.

Many thanks for taking the time to post.  I guess I'll have to see what happens the next time I go after getting my next 60 day extension.  One thing that confuses me is that my one year marriage visa does not expire until late December, so in my mind I already have a valid visa...

On 10/30/2020 at 4:47 PM, ukrules said:

They're idiots and make it up as they go along.

 

Always go a few days after your birthday when the license has expired, you will get almost an extra year when you renew.

 

I've been there a few times and they were lying about the 'national network' being offline in order to make their life easier based on the time of day I was there. I know it was a lie as I caught them saying the same thing more than once, on different days, even to Thais - it's the standard excuse they use at the office I went to to get rid of you for the day.

 

This was not at Burriram. You can go to any DLT office to do the renewal. Where I live there are 2 of them within a 30-40 minute drive.

 

Did you go to the office in the afternoon or morning? My current theory is that if you turn up after about 2pm they just want to get rid of you and will lie to you so you leave.

 

Certificate of residence is required, medical certificate is required sometimes but it depends on which license you're renewing and how many times you've done it already, the rules are unclear and not applied nationally in any way. I didn't need the doctors certificate but got one anyway...just in case I suddenly needed it.

 

Thank you for your feedback.  I went to the Office in the morning around 9:30am after going to get my medical certificate.

I went to renew my Thai Driving License at the Buriram office today.

There are new requirements in place they told me.

My non-im O visa had a 60 day extension a month ago.

They told me that was no good and I needed to come back when I had my next 60 day extension.

They also said that even though my address was the same, I needed to also get a proof of address from the Immigration Office.

So from tomorrow my license will have expired, and they said I would either have to not drive, or accept any police fine.

Has anyone else had a similar experience?

Buriram IO at the Provincial Hall was empty at 9:30am this morning Oct 29th.  

I got a 60 day extension to my Non-Im O before the end of the last amnesty a month ago.

I read on this forum that the IO would re-date my stamp from Nov 1. (Or maybe I misunderstood)

When I asked the very helpful and happy immigration officers, they sort of looked blank and said I should come back 2 days before the stamp expires and get another 60 day extension.