Renewal of Expired Drivers License - Hang Dong, Chiang Mai

[howlee101]

Information for those in the CM area. 

I am currently on a one year Non-O (Marriage) visa.  My original license (valid for 2 years) had been expired for less than one year.   This is what was needed to get my renewal:

 

- Residence Certificate (it took 3 weeks to receive it in the mail)

- Medical Certificate:  I went to Chiang Mai Klaimor Hospital (158 M.10 Chiangmai-Hod Road, just up the road from the CM Provincial Transport Office)

  -- The whole process took just a few minutes and, IMO, was a "This is Thailand" paperwork drill. We (thai wife and I) walked in, presented my passport, took my blood pressure, the nurse asked my a few health questions (suggest answering "I'm fine, no problems"), took the printout and directed to the next room to see the doctor, listened to my heartbeat and took my pulse, he signed the printout and was directed to the cashier.  Total was 200 baht and took about 15-20 minutes. Not sure what it proved other than getting my 200 baht????.

- Went directly to the Transport Office after getting the Med Cert.

  -- Go to the second floor and speak to the lady at Counter 27.

  -- She needed my Passport, copy of passport information page and visa stamp (copy service on the second floor), Residence Certificate, and expired license.

  -- The lady at Counter 28 called me up and conducted the traffic light test.  Basically it was "tell me what color light comes on - red, yellow, green"

  -- Lady at Counter 27 gave me a queue number and my paperwork and told to have a seat and wait for my number.

  -- I had 7 people ahead of me but only two people working the counter.  When called, I paid 505 baht, given back some paperwork, and told to get my picture taken.

  -- Went behind the counters, presented my paperwork to the camera person, took my picture, handed my license after a few minutes.

  

The renewal process from parking the car to getting back to the car took less than 30 minutes.  Also, I'm guessing the expiration is tied to your next birthday because my new expiration is Jun 2028...making my license valid for 5 years 10 months.

 

 

[Thailand]

Yep, best to renew within one year of dl expiring, not before expiry.

[howlee101]

31 minutes ago, Thailand said:

Yep, best to renew within one year of dl expiring, not before expiry.

Agree but Covid travel restrictions put many in the category of not being able to renew.

 

[Bobtheblob]

All this Thai jumping through hoops every 5 years has done nothing absolutely nothing to bring down the accident rate. They need a real driving test. The UK send old in the post every 10 years receive new simple, because they know you did a real driving test. Also this thi obsession with taking blood pressure for everything I honestly do not understand.