Taking Your Car Out Of Thailand - How Long?

[cowslip]

I read somewhere that you can only take your personally owned vehicle out of Thailand for 2 months before you have to pat duty on brining it back in...IS THIS TRUE???

[craigt3365]

Let's try this over in the motoring forum.

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[craigt3365]

Hello guys/gals...can we get some help here?

Thanks!!!!!!!!!

[tombkk]

Yes, you can take the car out of the country and declare it as a temporary export (siti namklub). When the car is being re-imported (within six months), this special export entry has to be referenced in order to avoid paying import duties.

Send me PM and I'll put you in touch with the people who'd do the documents for you.

[Phil Conners]

You need a permission to use your Thai registered car to go to other countries? I'll be ... Coming from continental Europe where we routinely crisscross borders with practically no paperwork involved that really surprises me. I thought you just needed to slab on a "T" sticker. Interesting. Land of Surprises.

[cowslip]

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You need a permission to use your Thai registered car to go to other countries? I'll be ... Coming from continental Europe where we routinely crisscross borders with practically no paperwork involved that really surprises me. I thought you just needed to slab on a "T" sticker. Interesting. Land of Surprises.

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Slightly surprised by this post from a mod.

Why on earth would you expect ASEAN to be the same as Europe?? - it took a long time for Europe - especially the ever-reluctant UK to get to the point where travelling around the continent was easy - I've done it extensively since before 1992.

THis post is however not about driving abroad per se but to do with taking a car out of Thailand for an extended period. These restrictions still apply in Europe if you take your car out of the EU for a long period too.

With the increasing "alignment" of ASEAN and increasing trade and wealth, more and more people will be driving their vehicles abroad, at present I've only been to Laos but I intend to take it to Malaysia (not too difficult) and Indonesia - (more hassles) - and even on to Australia - this could mean a long time outside Thailand.

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[tombkk]

You need a permission to use your Thai registered car to go to other countries? I'll be ... Coming from continental Europe where we routinely crisscross borders with practically no paperwork involved that really surprises me. I thought you just needed to slab on a "T" sticker. Interesting. Land of Surprises.

The Ministry of Transport has a list of every engine number. If the car with this engine is being exported, the list needs to be updated.

Exception is made for neighbouring countries if you have a "T" sticker. You need to apply for the sticker and it takes about a month to get it. You can then "export" the car for up to two weeks.

[harrry]

You need a permission to use your Thai registered car to go to other countries? I'll be ... Coming from continental Europe where we routinely crisscross borders with practically no paperwork involved that really surprises me. I thought you just needed to slab on a "T" sticker. Interesting. Land of Surprises.

The Ministry of Transport has a list of every engine number. If the car with this engine is being exported, the list needs to be updated.

Exception is made for neighbouring countries if you have a "T" sticker. You need to apply for the sticker and it takes about a month to get it. You can then "export" the car for up to two weeks.

Doubt this post. I know for a fact it took 15 minutes to get a Purple book which included two thai T stickers from Chiangmai Transport Dept. I doubt the facts of the rest too.

[cowslip]

You need a permission to use your Thai registered car to go to other countries? I'll be ... Coming from continental Europe where we routinely crisscross borders with practically no paperwork involved that really surprises me. I thought you just needed to slab on a "T" sticker. Interesting. Land of Surprises.

The Ministry of Transport has a list of every engine number. If the car with this engine is being exported, the list needs to be updated.

Exception is made for neighbouring countries if you have a "T" sticker. You need to apply for the sticker and it takes about a month to get it. You can then "export" the car for up to two weeks.

you'll have to explain this further

Are we talking about the "T" sticker you get with the purple book? That takes about one hour and costs about 55 baht

[tombkk]

You need a permission to use your Thai registered car to go to other countries? I'll be ... Coming from continental Europe where we routinely crisscross borders with practically no paperwork involved that really surprises me. I thought you just needed to slab on a "T" sticker. Interesting. Land of Surprises.

The Ministry of Transport has a list of every engine number. If the car with this engine is being exported, the list needs to be updated.

Exception is made for neighbouring countries if you have a "T" sticker. You need to apply for the sticker and it takes about a month to get it. You can then "export" the car for up to two weeks.

you'll have to explain this further

Are we talking about the "T" sticker you get with the purple book? That takes about one hour and costs about 55 baht

I'm talking about moving a car out of the country for more than 14 days as the OP requires. I have just verified that my information is correct.

I haven't done the purple book yet. I wanted to drive my car to Laos and I was told (sometime last year) that it takes a month to get the "passport for the car". If that has been reduced to one hour, that is good news.

In fact, I have to go to Cambodia next month for 3-4 days. If the application for the T sticker has been made so much easier, it would be really good news. I will check that tomorrow.

[cowslip]

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You need a permission to use your Thai registered car to go to other countries?  I'll be ... Coming from continental Europe where we routinely crisscross borders with practically no paperwork involved that really surprises me.  I thought you just needed to slab on a "T" sticker.  Interesting. Land of Surprises.

The Ministry of Transport has a list of every engine number. If the car with this engine is being exported, the list needs to be updated.

Exception is made for neighbouring countries if you have a "T" sticker. You need to apply for the sticker and it takes about a month to get it. You can then "export" the car for up to two weeks.

you'll have to explain this further

Are we talking about the "T" sticker you get with the purple book? That takes about one hour and costs about 55 baht

I'm talking about moving a car out of the country for more than 14 days as the OP requires. I have just verified that my information is correct.

I haven't done the purple book yet. I wanted to drive my car to Laos and I was told (sometime last year) that it takes a month to get the "passport for the car". If that has been reduced to one hour, that is good news.

In fact, I have to go to Cambodia next month for 3-4 days. If the application for the T sticker has been made so much easier, it would be really good news. I will check that  tomorrow.

I don't believe the limit is 14 days I think it is 2 months.You were told wrong about the passport for the car.........As far as I'm aware, the purple book has been easily available for several years. Getting it was so easy it felt quite unnatural for Thailand.Cambodia is a different kettle of fish - are you proposing to go outside your province of entry???