Commercial Driving

[ReverendKen]

I currently hold a Commercial Drivers License from the US. I am considering relocating to Bangkok and am considering driving commercially there. What do I have to do to make this happen? Should I even consider it due to difficulty and low employment opportunities. It's not something I would consider doing immediately because I would need to learn the language, laws and my way around first. If anyone is able to give me some insite on this it would be greatly appreciated.

[gotlost]

There was another thread on this a while back. In general NO way. The LTD will not issue a farang a Commercial driving license as this is a job protected for Thais only.

[katabeachbum]

There was another thread on this a while back. In general NO way. The LTD will not issue a farang a Commercial driving license as this is a job protected for Thais only.

Being payed to drive any kind of vehicle is for Thai nationals only

Driving vehicles with commercial lisence plate, is for Thai nationals only. Vehicles up to 5 ton can be on tabien leck, non commercial plates

Driving vehicle with more than 7 seats is for Thai national only

a 18 wheel driver gets payed 7-12k baht a month, my GF dad just got a raise after 20 year with same employer driving cement bulk truck, now he gets 12 k a month. happy:D

[ReverendKen]

There was another thread on this a while back. In general NO way. The LTD will not issue a farang a Commercial driving license as this is a job protected for Thais only.

Being payed to drive any kind of vehicle is for Thai nationals only

Driving vehicles with commercial lisence plate, is for Thai nationals only. Vehicles up to 5 ton can be on tabien leck, non commercial plates

Driving vehicle with more than 7 seats is for Thai national only

a 18 wheel driver gets payed 7-12k baht a month, my GF dad just got a raise after 20 year with same employer driving cement bulk truck, now he gets 12 k a month. happy:D

Thanks for the information, I guess I'll have to find something else to do. Maybe in the medical field like a Pharmacy Technician. Perhaps though I might first want to find out exactly what jobs I would be allowed to do. 12k baht a month is approxamately $387 US. I would make that in 3 days here, but I know it is different there. 12k baht a month is probably pretty good money. Thanks again for the info. If you have any further information for me, I will be checking back or you may E-mail me to [email protected].

[katabeachbum]

There was another thread on this a while back. In general NO way. The LTD will not issue a farang a Commercial driving license as this is a job protected for Thais only.

Being payed to drive any kind of vehicle is for Thai nationals only

Driving vehicles with commercial lisence plate, is for Thai nationals only. Vehicles up to 5 ton can be on tabien leck, non commercial plates

Driving vehicle with more than 7 seats is for Thai national only

a 18 wheel driver gets payed 7-12k baht a month, my GF dad just got a raise after 20 year with same employer driving cement bulk truck, now he gets 12 k a month. happy:D

Thanks for the information, I guess I'll have to find something else to do. Maybe in the medical field like a Pharmacy Technician. Perhaps though I might first want to find out exactly what jobs I would be allowed to do. 12k baht a month is approxamately $387 US. I would make that in 3 days here, but I know it is different there. 12k baht a month is probably pretty good money. Thanks again for the info. If you have any further information for me, I will be checking back or you may E-mail me to [email protected].

average salary in LOS is 144.000 baht/year. 2,3 out of 64 million people have income more than 20.000 baht/month