Popular Post Eaglekott Posted December 27, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 27, 2021 Can this be true? A close friend does not have a valid Driving License, so he contacted a Driving school that has the possibility also let his do driving and theory test at the school. A few days ago he is done at the school and passed both driving test and theory test. All done all passed so he just had to wait to go and get his Driving License at DLT. The school say the waiting time is 3 months and they can go there in March. Can this be correct? they also say they can do faster if he pay the school 3,000 Baht. Are they trying to rip more money out of him? Driving School is close to UdomSuk BTS station with head office at Rama 9 for theory test. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post transam Posted December 27, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 27, 2021 He should take his "school" paperwork to the DLT to get his licence in person, where he will get his photo taken by the machine that sets the licence for printing... This year I went to a school just for the paperwork to speed things up, cost 200bht, then off to DLT to get my licence... 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digbeth Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 if he has passed the test and was given a certificate, he can book his own appointment to get photographed and card made at any land transport office, they will show available dates 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TropicalGuy Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 Could have got the school whole pkg. deal inc DL with priority service with no delays ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
86Tiger Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 My wife needed a renewal. Called local DLT in late September. First available appointment 6 December. She waited, attended appointment and now has renewed license. That is all I got. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hammer2021 Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 Waiting lists are longer due to covid. But I used and agent and it took about a month 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TropicalGuy Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 TIP: I took along to DLT an imminent flight ticket to cut out the wait time and secured same day DL issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
86Tiger Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 My wife needed a renewal. Called local DLT in late September. First available appointment 6 December. She waited, attended appointment and now has renewed license. That is all I got. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mutt Daeng Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 (edited) 5 minutes ago, 86Tiger said: My wife needed a renewal. Called local DLT in late September. First available appointment 6 December. She waited, attended appointment and now has renewed license. That is all I got. Same here. My wife's current 5 year M/B & car licences expired Oct 1st. She had to do an online exam and then book an appointment to pick up her new licences from the DLT. The earliest appointment she could get was tomorrow Dec 28th, so about 3 months for her also. This is Buriram. Edited December 27, 2021 by Mutt Daeng 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaitom Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 19 minutes ago, 86Tiger said: My wife needed a renewal. Called local DLT in late September. First available appointment 6 December. She waited, attended appointment and now has renewed license. That is all I got. hmm... my wife just renewed her license, took the test online and the next morning went to the DLT showed them the a photo of completion on her phone, took the color test .... received her license. Easy. but ... it's now 505. Baht for the license 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwill Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 Oh the good old days where you got a lifetime license... When did they end that? About 15 years ago I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1FinickyOne Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 After passing the written exam, which had to be done at Government Office - it took a short while of waiting for photo and paperwork and small fee but out within an hour... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Tracy Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 My 2 year to 5 year conversion was done in 1/2 hour. Longest delay was certificate of residence froM IO. Si Saket DLT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropposurfer Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 Perhaps this is an incredibly dumb and obviously so question but here goes anyway. If your friend (I am assuming they held a foreign license of some sort and are a falang) had a drivers license and is wanting to get a Thai one then why did they go to a driver school (pay completely unnecessary learner fees, then get right-royally set-up for an addition intimate back-door entry reaming to do what is as easy as falling off a bike (plz excuse the unintended ambulatory related pun) and which can be done by anyone with half a brain (proof is I did it on own a while back with zero help from anyone lol)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eaglekott Posted December 29, 2021 Author Share Posted December 29, 2021 18 minutes ago, Tropposurfer said: Perhaps this is an incredibly dumb and obviously so question but here goes anyway. If your friend (I am assuming they held a foreign license of some sort and are a falang) had a drivers license and is wanting to get a Thai one then why did they go to a driver school (pay completely unnecessary learner fees, then get right-royally set-up for an addition intimate back-door entry reaming to do what is as easy as falling off a bike (plz excuse the unintended ambulatory related pun) and which can be done by anyone with half a brain (proof is I did it on own a while back with zero help from anyone lol)? As I mentioned in my first post. He has no Driving License. He recently got the legal age for driving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilly07 Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 Use the driving school to get you in to the DLT. The DLT will try to put you off as long as possible but the driving school will organise a same day turn round. It's well worth the 2-3000 bht 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilpos Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 In my case, it is the Immigration that makes me wait 90 days as they refused to issue me a certificate of residence, required for renewing Thai DL, because I could not produce a 90-day report younger than 90 days. Of course I could not because I only returned to Thailand 2 weeks ago. Before that I had been away for the previous six months. The immigration lady asked me to wait for 90 days to have new-enough a 90-day report, or get the certificate from my embassy. The latter does not work as embassies (certainly mine at least as I tried) have no authority to issue such certificates. I have a non-o-retirement visa, and get annual extension stays from the very same Immigration Division 1 in Bangkok. In limbo between two government offices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Brok Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 I did the exam online with the smart DLT app and could make an appointment for 6 weeks later, in Chaiyaphum. Indeed the waiting time for my certificate of residence was 50 minutes and I was the first customer in the morning. I was not afraid to ask why and a nice lady who helped me say, the boss have to sign it. A certificate of residence will cost 500 baht, normal price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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