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I will stay 4 months with a NON O ME visa and make a border visit to extend the first 3 months, Simple as that, I drive the car of my wife, she is Thai but we live in the Netherlands. The car is insured FULL with any driver. The international driver license can be used for 3 months , although this document is valid for one year, is a fact. When i leave Thailand and come back the same day I extend my NON O Me with 3 months. Will the IDL also be legally valid for the insurance?

Most of the police checks are very easy because they never check your allowed time in Thailand in your passport and can not read the text of it.

I try to get the Thai drivers license but I do not know I have my yellow book on time before the first 3 months.

Who knows the real answer. 

Because in case of an accident I am in big problems if not insured.

 

Please only answers with knowledge!!

 

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About a year ago, I got my Thai drivers license in Yasothon (near Ubon) without requiring a yellow book. I did have an Australian drivers license and a certificate of residence which I got at my amphur (district of province) by taking the village boss with me. 

I think you would do better with a Dutch drivers license than an international license.

Incidentally the license guys took my original residence certificate after refusing a copy but I had made coloured copies (for the red stamp). I went back to my amphur to ask for another original and they refused even though it's in their computer system Go figure. The copy helped me open a bank account where I could give them a mountain of id as they initially told me I need a letter from the Australian embassy in Bangkok.

I had to do an eye test, reaction test and watch some videos - no knowledge test or on-road test,

But it's the nature of the Thai bureaucracy to demand, deny, back flip or wave you thru depending on the weather.

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1 hour ago, Max Brok said:

I try to get the Thai drivers license but I do not know I have my yellow book on time before the first 3 months

A Yellow Book isn't required to get a Thai driving licence.

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14 minutes ago, IvorBiggun2 said:
1 hour ago, Max Brok said:

I try to get the Thai drivers license but I do not know I have my yellow book on time before the first 3 months

 

14 minutes ago, IvorBiggun2 said:

A Yellow Book isn't required to get a Thai driving licence.

I concur. I got my initial 2 year licence in Udon Thani and my 5 year renewal in Sakon Nakhon. Yellow book was not required in either case. Nor did I have and never have an IDP.

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45 minutes ago, IvorBiggun2 said:

A Yellow Book isn't required to get a Thai driving licence.

Yet another proof of residence would be. Some pay for that privilege.

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all maybe good answers for another question.

I ask the legallity of a international drivers license/permit after a 3 months. When my NON O ME visa is extended for 3 month.

I apreciate the answers but.

 

Please read the question as it is?

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9 hours ago, Max Brok said:

all maybe good answers for another question.

I ask the legallity of a international drivers license/permit after a 3 months. When my NON O ME visa is extended for 3 month.

I apreciate the answers but.

 

Please read the question as it is?

It doesn't matter what visa you are on. Once you have been in Thailand 3 months you need a Thai driving licence. But that is only if you have insurance. I believe it is a condition of an insurance policy and nothing else. I believe the IDP is acceptable for 12 months, or more, if you do not have insurance.

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18 hours ago, Max Brok said:

I will stay 4 months with a NON O ME visa and make a border visit to extend the first 3 months, Simple as that, I drive the car of my wife, she is Thai but we live in the Netherlands. The car is insured FULL with any driver. The international driver license can be used for 3 months , although this document is valid for one year, is a fact. When i leave Thailand and come back the same day I extend my NON O Me with 3 months. Will the IDL also be legally valid for the insurance?

Most of the police checks are very easy because they never check your allowed time in Thailand in your passport and can not read the text of it.

I try to get the Thai drivers license but I do not know I have my yellow book on time before the first 3 months.

Who knows the real answer. 

"Who knows the real answer". 

 

Who knows?  In your case the one that matters is the insurance company as they are the ones who will be deciding on any claims.   Get your wife to call them and ask them specifically what they require.   Thaivisa posters claims, as good as many are, will carry no weight whatsoever when you're arguing a claim!

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Your Dutch license is valid, and can easily be used to obtain a Thai DL as well. Yellow housebook is not required for that, certificate of residence is sufficient.

 

However, as long as driving on the Dutch license an IDP (available at ANWB, other International Licenses are fake) is recommended since the police might demand it.

 

Regarding exiting and returning, questionable tactics at best, since it could be seen as actions used contrary to the intentions of the law, same as on a red light turning left and on the next road again left so you're on the main road again, having avoided the red light.

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These answers are tipical for Thailand because different authoritie/organisations have their own rules. I will follow the save way and do everything to get a Thai drivers license on time.

 

Thanks for your explenations.

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