boonbohmee

I took my family in for our TDL's just last month. We submitted our DL's along with our international drivers licences. My children paid their 505 baht and walked out with their new licences. My wife and I were about to do the same but while they were entering our information they found that we had TDL's 10 years ago. We had to do the tests again.

I recently got my first "marriage" visa after 20 years of marriage. I think you're better off with using tourist visas until you decide to live here. Just much easier. You need a tabien bahn to get a bank account. You need a bank account and 400,000 baht in it for two months before you can get a marriage visa. The tabien bahn took two months and included having all family members and the local phuyaibahn making in person visits. The nice surprise is that I got a Thai ID card with it. It's pink instead of blue and it says you aren't Thai. So far, it works just like a Thai ID for health care. I've been to the local clinic (anamie) many times and not paid. I just had a covid booster, and just like the locals I didn't pay. For your driving licence the best way to do it is to get an international licence in the UK before you come. That can be turned into a Thai licence without the written and driving tests.