1 hour ago, scubascuba3 said:

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Don't they know it's called the "Land Transport DEPARTMENT" not 'Agency' 

I don't know (my license is lifetime) but could this be related to the unsavory businesses that 'front up' for foreigners who can't be arsed or are too gormless to get driving licenses themselves.It's completely illegal and yet my FB is full of these shysters grinning away with their knobbly clients, needless to say a fairly typical type.

The sky is falling. Expats might have to renew their licence every 2 years. It must be hard to find the time once every 2 years to do this...

2 minutes ago, Mattd said:

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

Okay, but these would be a small minority of renewal applicants. Also, Even if you had 15 months left on your extension, and they give you a 2 year license, doesn't that defeat their presumed reason for doing this in the first place (i.e. assuming you will leave Thailand when extension expires and come back on a tourist visa and drive a car using it without being a resident?). In that case, they should give only year to year renewals.

1 minute ago, JensenZ said:

The sky is falling. Expats might have to renew their licence every 2 years. It must be hard to find the time once every 2 years to do this...

A rather silly comment, in your home country, how long does a driving licence last for...? 🤔

1 hour ago, scubascuba3 said:

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What's changed, always been like this

11 minutes ago, ronnie50 said:

Don't they know it's called the "Land Transport DEPARTMENT" not 'Agency' 

Neither 

1 minute ago, transam said:

A rather silly comment, in your home country, how long does a driving licence last for...? 🤔

It's a perfectly reasonable comment. If the new policy is implemented across the board, then that's it. No point whining about it.

 

We aren't permanent residents here. After 4 years from first obtaining your licence, you'll have the inconvenience of having to renew it again. Big deal. Take some time off posting here. 

1 hour ago, scubascuba3 said:

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What's changed, always been like this, who believes mots or tik tok angecies, they proofed how incompetent and unprofessional they are earlier this year around the Banks...nothing new, all the same

Just now, JensenZ said:

It's a perfectly reasonable comment. If the new policy is implemented across the board, then that's it. No point whining about it.

 

We aren't permanent residents here. After 4 years from first obtaining your licence, you'll have the inconvenience of having to renew it again. Big deal. Take some time off posting here. 

Answer my question, forget the waffle.......🙄

6 minutes ago, baansgr said:

What's changed, always been like this

No it hasn't, since records began people have been going from 2 to 5 and 5 to 5

2 minutes ago, baansgr said:

What's changed, always been like this, who believes mots or tik tok angecies, they proofed how incompetent and unprofessional they are earlier this year around the Banks...nothing new, all the same

No it hasn't, you been living on the moon? 

1 minute ago, scubascuba3 said:

No it hasn't, since records began people have been going from 2 to 5 and 5 to 5

That's what I mean..nothing has changed

1 minute ago, baansgr said:

That's what I mean..nothing has changed

According to the posts it's now 2 to 2 and 5 to 2, spot the difference? 

12 minutes ago, JensenZ said:

The sky is falling. Expats might have to renew their licence every 2 years. It must be hard to find the time once every 2 years to do this...

TDL renewal involves obtaining a COR from immigration. 

That for some involves lot of travel etc. 

That in case of some offices (eg CW) takes a week + to process. 

 

There is also the required medical. 

Find your post rather narrow minded. 

For those living ongoing in Thailand it's not unreasonable to be able to obtain a 5 yr TDL renewal. 

 

31 minutes ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

 

Probably an attempt at reciprocating against Trump's tariffs. 

I see...

Another one who sees Trump in his dreams . He lives in your mind rent free 😂

renewing my 5 year tomorrow in pattaya so i call BS

well please do come back and tell us if they give you a 5 or 2 year licence.

1 minute ago, Pouatchee said:

renewing my 5 year tomorrow in pattaya so i call BS

Don't talk too soon, eh, it's not tomorrow yet...........🤔............😂

2 minutes ago, Pouatchee said:

renewing my 5 year tomorrow in pattaya so i call BS

 

Let us know how you get on.

 

4 minutes ago, Redacce said:

I see...

Another one who sees Trump in his dreams . He lives in your mind rent free 😂

 

In your head maybe, I couldn't give a **** about him, and I am laughing at the Thais getting screwed over by his tariffs.

 

So try again. 

4 minutes ago, Pouatchee said:

renewing my 5 year tomorrow in pattaya so i call BS

 

you don't have it yet.

But please report back what goes down. 

4 minutes ago, Pouatchee said:

renewing my 5 year tomorrow in pattaya so i call BS

Cheers. Let us know how it goes.🙃🙃

5 minutes ago, Pouatchee said:

renewing my 5 year tomorrow in pattaya so i call BS

You hope it's BS

1 minute ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

Let us know how you get on.

 

i certainly will

30 minutes ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

34 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. 

 

They why mention him then, at all !!! - pull your own neck in and head out of your ar$e - this has nothing to do with Trump - its about driving licenses in Thailand !!!!!... 

 

As for time on the forum... 

Your daily post count it 4... while mine is 5 - hardly a lot more than you.

 

Consider being able to back up your remarks before you make them... Consider how much time YOU spend on the forum before trying to use that as some weird point scoring attempt.

Does this go hand in hand with the 50k daily limit on bank transactions and hospitals starting to refuse third party payments, etc.

1 minute ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

They why mention him then, at all !!! - pull your own neck in and head out of your ar$e - this has nothing to do with Trump - its about driving licenses in Thailand !!!!!... 

 

As for time on the forum... 

Your daily post count it 4... while mine is 5 - hardly a lot more than you.

 

Consider being able to back up your remarks before you make them... Consider how much time YOU spend on the forum before trying to use that as some weird point scoring attempt.

 

 

It has everything to do with targeting foreigners along with the recent changes to banking rules.

 

It logically follows that the Thai authorities will target expats if Western governments put them under pressure. They have no other way of reciprocating.

 

There have been precedents set such as Thaksin's clampdown on visas all down to pressure from the IMF in the early 2000's.

 

You have some affront on here acting like some sort of authority when you really don't know what goes on in the minds of Thai people.

2 minutes ago, Redacce said:

Yeah sure. That's why you mentioned Trump in a totally unrelated topic.

It's because you don't give a f** about him 😂 

 

You think I am a Democrat or some sort of liberal? 

7 minutes ago, Peter Crow said:

Does this go hand in hand with the 50k daily limit on bank transactions and hospitals starting to refuse third party payments, etc.

 

Bingo.

 

Somebody gets it.

18 minutes ago, Pouatchee said:

renewing my 5 year tomorrow in pattaya so i call BS

Me Too M8, I Renewed Mine in Nong Khai for 5 Years just a Couple of Months Ago.....