5 year licence renewal Khon Kaen

[yardrunner]

Went to the department of land transpore in Khon Kaen today to renew my five year licence, took photocopies of passport pages and yellow book as well as original documents, thought I had everything covered.

then she asked me for my Thai ID card which luckily I had obtaied 18 months ago, had to get a photocopy of that and after taking the tests I got my new licence.

But what I dont know is if they would have issued a licence if I had not had my Thai ID card

[Upnotover]

It gets stranger by the day here.  DLT wanting ID's, banks wanting yellow books....things the majority of people don't have and have never wanted or needed.  Anyway, at least you are good for 5 or 6 years, who can guess what you'll need next time.

[johng]

13 minutes ago, yardrunner said:

But what I dont know is if they would have issued a licence if I had not had my Thai ID card

Yes foreigners can also get a Thai drivers licence..no need for a Thai ID card which 99.9% of foreigners do not possess.