Can no longer renew driving licence to 5 years, now 2 years only

[scubascuba3]

Detail below

[novacova]

Fake news & no love for Mot 

[scubascuba3]

1 minute ago, novacova said:

Fake news & no love for Mot 

Second time I've heard it, why do you think fake? Evidence or just guessing? 

[novacova]

Just now, scubascuba3 said:

Second time I've heard it, why do you think fake? Evidence or just guessing? 

Guessing, haven’t heard anything of it. 

[scubascuba3]

2 minutes ago, novacova said:

Guessing, haven’t heard anything of it. 

Further evidence

[Will B Good]

14 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

Detail below

 

1000B with your application should have that sorted in a jiffy.

[novacova]

21 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

Further evidence

Just looked on the dlt website, no mention. May only apply to this office and pandering agents, we’ll see.

[Will B Good]

2 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

Further evidence

 

 

Not arguing with that....but not nationwide?......they've just gone rogue?????

[CallumWK]

4 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

Further evidence

 

As usual, someone is making up his own rules at those offices.

 

[bubblegum]

Tik Tok services in Pattaya also wrote about it on FB. 

 

[Mr Meeseeks]

"A new Internal Rule"

 

Meaning not applicable nationwide.

[Redacce]

Some rogue official who his girlfriend cheated on him with a foreigner decided that dirty farangs will no longer get a 5 year driving license, 

I know It seems absurd but it's a more logical explanation than any guesses on why they decided to go rogue. 

[quake]

Yeah, Thailand needs to look out for them bad foreign drivers and riders.

Need to check them every 2 years. 

 

[transam]

Reads like an earner........🤔

Do they not realise that if you have passed a driving test, THAT'S IT, just give me a licence to show the BiB...........🙄

[richard_smith237]

As far as I'm aware...

 

Any Non-Immigrant Visa i.e. Type, B, O, O-X, O-A, Ed etc are considered a Resident Visas.... 

 

This is not a new regulation - this has always been the case, though some / many DLTs have been flexible when offering those on 'other visa' and extension from 2 years to 5 years (and 5 years on to 5 years)...

 

 

 

Its seems to me that someone at the DLT in Banglamunag / Rayong has always been a little overzealous in their 'interpretation' of the regulations, for example they do not permit the 'Yellow House Book' to be used as Proof of Address (PoA equivalent to CoR) when many other DLT's do... 

 

But... on this...   MOT news have mixed up the words: 'residency' and 'resident'  which has a different meaning and where Thailand is concerned the regulation 'Resident visa' references the Non-Immigrant Visa's.

 

 

 

 

 

[scubascuba3]

Maybe there's an alternative office Chon Buri where we can get 5 years

[CallumWK]

4 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

Any Non-Immigrant Visa i.e. Type, B, O, O-X, O-A, Ed etc are considered a Resident Visas.... 

 

This is not a new regulation - this has always been the case, though some / many DLTs have been flexible when offering those on 'other visa' and extension from 2 years to 5 years (and 5 years on to 5 years)...

 

But who has such a visa that is valid minimum 1 year on the date they renew their driving license?

[richard_smith237]

Question: Do you have to go to the DLT Office nearest to your address (as written on your Certificate of Address) ?

 

 

An Alternate DLT office might be a work-around for those wanting a 5 year Licence. 

- Reasons other than the obvious not wanting to renew every 2 years.

- Can't get an IDP with a 2 year license.

- DUI Limit varies (0.02% vs 0.05%) which means having a beer with lunch might put someone over.

[sungod]

8 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

As far as I'm aware...

 

Any Non-Immigrant Visa i.e. Type, B, O, O-X, O-A, Ed etc are considered a Resident Visas.... 

 

This is not a new regulation - this has always been the case, though some / many DLTs have been flexible when offering those on 'other visa' and extension from 2 years to 5 years (and 5 years on to 5 years)...

 

I'd agree with you there, as far as I also know its always been the case. 

[CallumWK]

3 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

- DUI Limit varies (0.02% vs 0.05%) which means having a beer with lunch might put someone over.

 

First time I hear about that rule, and IMO the most ridiculous thing I ever heard about

[richard_smith237]

11 minutes ago, CallumWK said:

But who has such a visa that is valid minimum 1 year on the date they renew their driving license?

 

Valid point – but I suspect this falls into the category of one of those classic Thai announcement moments.

 

These statements are often released without thoroughly cross-checking the actual regulations beforehand, which inevitably leads to confusion – particularly among expats who tend to interpret the wording far too literally.

 

If you’re holding a Non-Immigrant Visa or an extension thereof, I wouldn’t be overly concerned.

 

 

We’ve seen this kind of muddle before – for example, when officials announced that the TDAC card needed to be completed up to three days before arrival. That phrasing led many expats to believe it had to be filled out exactly or more than three days prior to travel, which of course wasn’t the case and only added to the confusion.

 

 

 

[richard_smith237]

5 minutes ago, CallumWK said:

9 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

- DUI Limit varies (0.02% vs 0.05%) which means having a beer with lunch might put someone over.

 

First time I hear about that rule, and IMO the most ridiculous thing I ever heard about

 

The 2 Year Temporary license is also considered a 'provisional licence'...  hence the lower DUI limits.

 

This thread outlines the difference - a forum member spent the night in jail after blowing 0.027% BAC while he was on a 2-Year-Temporary license.

 

Had he been driving on a full 5 year Licence, he would not have been over the DUI limit.

 

 

 

[MarkBR]

44 minutes ago, Will B Good said:

 

 

Not arguing with that....but not nationwide?......they've just gone rogue?????

Find out what the law says.

[Mr Meeseeks]

30 minutes ago, Redacce said:

Some rogue official who his girlfriend cheated on him with a foreigner decided that dirty farangs will no longer get a 5 year driving license, 

I know It seems absurd but it's a more logical explanation than any guesses on why they decided to go rogue. 

 

Probably an attempt at reciprocating against Trump's tariffs. 

[Will B Good]

2 minutes ago, MarkBR said:

Find out what the law says.

 

That made me laugh

[richard_smith237]

3 minutes ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

Probably an attempt at reciprocating against Trump's tariffs. 

 

Wow... just wow...   What is it with the mental cases that have to shoe-horn in a 'Trump-comment' into any thread no matter how thin, tenuous or completely unrelated the thread could possibly be..... 

[MarkBR]

Just now, Will B Good said:

 

That made me laugh

I was being hopeful that it might in some way effect the situation.

[ronnie50]

How could anyone have more than a 1 year visa extension in their passport at time of license renewal? (noted abut the Wealthy Pensioner, 5 year, etc. but that's a tiny minority of those renewing licenses - vast majority are foreigners working here, regular retirees, etc.).

[Mr Meeseeks]

2 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

Wow... just wow...   What is it with the mental cases that have to shoe-horn in a 'Trump-comment' into any thread no matter how thin, tenuous or completely unrelated the thread could possibly be..... 

 

I don't care about Trump.

 

Wind your neck in calling others 'mental cases' with the amount of time you spend yourself on the forum. 

[Mattd]

2 minutes ago, ronnie50 said:

How could anyone have more than a 1 year visa extension in their passport at time of license renewal? (noted abut the Wealthy Pensioner, 5 year, etc. but that's a tiny minority of those renewing licenses - vast majority are foreigners working here, regular retirees, etc.).

Depends on the type of extension of stay, certain work permits (BOI etc.) allow 2 years EOS for example.