Lost My Thai Drivers License

[boredofseri]

I recently lost my temporary Thai driver's license. It expired two days ago. Like an idiot, I don't have any record of it, but I'm hoping the drivers license division does.

Anybody know if I will be able to get a renewal? Really don't want to have to take the driving test over again.

Thanks.

[Soutpeel]

If its the credit card type all the records are on the computer so should be relatively easy to get a renewal/replacement

[PoorSucker]

You are going to need a police report.

[boredofseri]

I paid cash because it was approximately 100 baht. Maybe they will still have it in their system?

Hopefully...

[boredofseri]

You are going to need a police report.

Yeah I was worried about that. Is that a difficult process?

[Soutpeel]

You are going to need a police report.

Yeah I was worried about that. Is that a difficult process?

Why worry ?....go to to the local plods with someone who can speak Thai for you and make the report...not rocket science...

[boredofseri]

Cheers guys.

[Soutpeel]

I paid cash because it was approximately 100 baht. Maybe they will still have it in their system?

Hopefully...

You need to got back to the same office which issued the license in the first place, as by the sounds of it...its not the credit card type, but the old paper type, they should still have the documentation on record

[davyboy]

Next time keep a copy of it, it will make life a lot easier if you lose it again!

[boredofseri]

Next time keep a copy of it, it will make life a lot easier if you lose it again!

Yeah no kidding.

[GM1955]

No problem at all, its all on computer, I lost my wallet a few years ago, including inside my Thai Licence, ATM card etc, all replaced by the next day.

The Thai driving license system is really very good nowadays, I would imagine many years ago it would have been a pain, but now everything's computerized it's a breeze.

Take your passport with you as your passport number is on the Thai driving License.

[elliss]

keep a photo copy of all official documents . :jap:

[Khun Jean]

I scan all important documents and mail them to myself.

[IanForbes]

Driver's license? Who needs a driver's license? How many of those 12 year old Thai kids racing around on scooters have a driver's license?

[apetley]

You don't need a drivers license until you hit one of those 12 year old Thai kids, that's when it comes in useful.

[dmax]

well you better have an international one handy, thai cops stroke at least a few hundred baht off me per month in khon khaen and udon when im stopped at road blocks and i have an international licence too !! i would hate to think how much they would fine you if you had no licence at all.

btw for all those who say there is no corruption ....boll***cks !!! ive been done in bkk and pattaya too many times

[sbk]

moving to motor forum

[katabeachbum]

moving to motor forum

the id number on farang thai drivers lisence is the same as the passportnumber provided on application. make a policereport on lost lisence, and go to DLT to get a new one, they will find it by id number

[MoonRiverOasis]

btw for all those who say there is no corruption ....boll***cks !!! ive been done in bkk and pattaya too many times

No-one said that. Ever.

[Thanyaburi Mac]

Not always.

Last time I renewed my Thai 5-year driving permit I used my Yellow tambien ban as evidence of my home address. Then when completing the form, the gal at the window asked me, for some strange reason, if it was OK with me if she used the Yellow tambien ban number on the license rather than my U.S. passport number, which changes now and then when I get a new passport. Fine with me, sez I, and that's the way it goes here in the LoS, little is really locked in concrete.

Mac

moving to motor forum

the id number on farang thai drivers lisence is the same as the passportnumber provided on application. make a policereport on lost lisence, and go to DLT to get a new one, they will find it by id number