Which International Driving Permit to legally drive in Thailand?

[Cletus]

Dear all,

 

Which IDP is required to legally drive in Thailand?

Vienna Convention, Geneve or both of them are valid?

 

Thanks

[alextrat1966]

Technically, none, if the BiB in questions feels like so.

 

In reality: Even your home country's DL should suffice so long as it's in English (and the BiB in question feels like taking it). 

 

To be safe: Apply a Thai 2 years DL. 

Edited February 2, 2022 by alextrat1966

[HauptmannUK]

Vienna AND Geneva

[Kwasaki]

9 hours ago, Cletus said:

Which IDP is required to legally drive in Thailand?

An IDP accompanied with your full DL from your home country.

 

If you are staying for more than 3 months say get a 2 year Thai DL. 

[KhunBENQ]

Since a year or so the 1968 IDP (Vienna convention) is officially accepted. Took Thai officials decades to finalize.

1968 (3 yr validity) is standard in a couple of European countries.

[KhunBENQ]

Before that as long as I remember the 1949 (Geneva) IDP was officially accepted.

As far as I know it's standard in US and UK?

 

Strange: a mate got himself a 1926 IDP filled handwritten at a Berlin license office (seen it myself).

And that would also be official here.

Edited February 3, 2022 by KhunBENQ

[seedy]

4 hours ago, KhunBENQ said:

Before that as long as I remember the 1949 (Geneva) IDP was officially accepted.

As far as I know it's standard in US and UK?

And Canada

[Cletus]

Thanks everybody.

 

I've indeed read on Google that the Geneva IDP (valid for 1 year) was already accepted.

And in the last one year or so they added also the Vienna one (validity 3 years).

 

So in my understanding now they are BOTH valid.

 

Regards,

[The Hammer2021]

IDP

[Woof999]

Remember that the IDP is supposed to only be valid when accompanied by the driving license that it references. ie if my IDP is a translation of my UK license, it is only valid when shown with that UK license.

 

All of that is meaningless though and only depends on what the BiB says at the time.