First I went to the local Immigration to get a letter proving my address and visa status, this was done at the huge government building on the ring road just outside Surin City, at the back, 3rd floor. No need to go all the way to the new Immigration complex in Kap Choeng for this. Note, they moved all immigration back to Surin City during the border disputes with Cambodia, it will probably move back to Kap Choeng again. Anyway, this letter costs THB 500, I got 2 of them since I'm renewing both licenses for car and motorcycle. I believe you can get away with just one and a copy, but I really didn't want to have to go back, so I got 2 originals, total THB 1,000, it took about 20 minutes at immigration.

After returning back home I went to the dlt-elearning website, here you have to login/register to watch some videos for both car and motorcycle for the renewal. The motorcycle is 7 videos and about 1 hour total followed by a short quiz to ensure you paid attention. The car videos are 4 parts also about 1 hour followed by some questions. After answering the questions correctly you get a page with a barcode, I printed this page for both car and motorcycle. Note, you can watch this and take the test up to 6 months in advance. I recommend you take notes whenever they mention numbers as those are likely to be part of the test questions. Some of the questions are not really related to your ability to drive, like e.g. they might ask how many people are killed in traffic each day.

While doing the videos and tests I sent my wife to get a couple of medical certificates at a local clinic, unfortunately this time they actually wanted to see me to issue the certificates, fair enough I guess. So I went there to sign the papers and get the certificates. They only need blood pressure, pulse, height and weight plus I guess they want to make sure you're alive and got 2 arms and 2 legs. Total cost was THB 160.

The following day I went to the local DLT office to renew my licenses, I brought along:

• Passport + copies (ID page + latest visa page)

• Both driver's licenses + copies

• 2x Medical certificate

• 2x Letter from immigration

• 2x Printed barcode pages from dlt-elearning website

After checking my papers and having me sign each page I was taken to a room for the tests. They perform 3 tests:

• Color test

• Reaction test

• Depth perception test

They seem to have new equipment from what I remember from previous tests, actually it was much easier this time. The color tests were just a big light in 3 different colors: Green, Yellow, Red. You'd have to be blind to fail that one. The reaction test was the same, push the accelerator pedal and brake when the red light appears. And the depth perception was the same with aligning 2 pins inside a small box at a distance.

Then I went to a desk to have my photo taken and a my new licences were issued, total cost was something like THB 750 at the DLT office. You can get an international license issued at the same time, I believe it's an extra THB 500.

Feel free to ask any questions.

Cheers

8 minutes ago, Jake72 said:

While doing the videos and tests I sent my wife to get a couple of medical certificates at a local clinic

they actually wanted to see me to issue the certificates

Oh I wonder why 😂

Maybe next time slip them an extra 20 baht.