Don't Live In Thai Anymore, Can I Still Apply For A Driverlicense ?

[rubberduck]

What are the requierements for getting a driverlicense ? (Chiangmai area) do I need such as a house rental contract (still got an old one) or that's simple to get anyway.

Thanks !

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[FunFon]

It does vary from office to office, but it's true that whatever paperwork they require is easily obtained, and in some cases you may find it possible to have a given requirement waived in exchange for other bits of coloured paper.

[breadbin]

If you don't live in Thai why do you want a Thai licence?

Very curious.

[rubberduck]

Cuz I'm visiting Thai frequently and drivinglicense is good to avoid racistic double pricing at temples and parks. I hate quarrels with brainwashed rip-off assho1es.

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[Stradavarius37]

LOL - didn't see this topic being turned into a farang double pricing tread LMFAO.....good form OP, good form!

[Scully]

Cuz I'm visiting Thai frequently and drivinglicense is good to avoid racistic double pricing at temples and parks. I hate quarrels with brainwashed rip-off assho1es.

Send from Thai Visa app on my modified Nokia 3310

Cuz I'm visiting Thai frequently and drivinglicense is good to avoid racistic double pricing at temples and parks. I hate quarrels with brainwashed rip-off assho1es.

Send from Thai Visa app on my modified Nokia 3310

Get one when you visit, it only takes one morning.

[Neeranam]

Cuz I'm visiting Thai frequently and drivinglicense is good to avoid racistic double pricing at temples and parks. I hate quarrels with brainwashed rip-off assho1es.

Send from Thai Visa app on my modified Nokia 3310

Don't you think that locals, who pay tax, are entitled to a discount? Edited April 1, 2013 by Neeranam

[RabC]

So the OP wants to illegally obtain a driving licence so he can claim discounts he is not entitled to. What a shame if you were caught and fined.

[Globeman]

Cuz I'm visiting Thai frequently and drivinglicense is good to avoid racistic double pricing at temples and parks. I hate quarrels with brainwashed rip-off assho1es.

Send from Thai Visa app on my modified Nokia 3310

Don't you think that locals, who pay tax, are entitled to a discount?

Ah, the six of one half a dozen of the other argument... Given that at most of the double priced attractions, Thais are the main customers, I'd say it is NOT a discount, but an attempt to gouge visitors, which they like to call "guests" (though I can't recall being charged double when I was someone's guest)...

Whether or not someone pays taxes has no bearing on the prices set by a private enterprise... it's funny how it has never been pursued in court, nor even acknowledged in the media (including Thaivisa), but it is illegal under the constitution to discriminate on the basis of national origin, race, religion, etc... (except for the purposes of labour and immigration rules, for obvious reasons). And yet, no matter how many times I post the quote from the constitution that proves this, the same argument goes around in circles, and nobody else ever picks up on the legal argument...

[dsj]

Actually you have to go to your embassy and swear an affadavit that you are living here in Thailand and have an address, also you need to go get a medical report, as I had to do this last month when I renewed my licensee

[NanLaew]

So the OP no longer qualifies for a UK license. Too many points? Suspended? Banned?

And the OP has left Thailand for Cambodia where everything is easier... except driving licenses (obviously) but misses the Thai temples and national parks sooooo much....?

[Soutpeel]

Cuz I'm visiting Thai frequently and drivinglicense is good to avoid racistic double pricing at temples and parks. I hate quarrels with brainwashed rip-off assho1es.

Send from Thai Visa app on my modified Nokia 3310

Don't you think that locals, who pay tax, are entitled to a discount?

Ah, the six of one half a dozen of the other argument... Given that at most of the double priced attractions, Thais are the main customers, I'd say it is NOT a discount, but an attempt to gouge visitors, which they like to call "guests" (though I can't recall being charged double when I was someone's guest)...

Whether or not someone pays taxes has no bearing on the prices set by a private enterprise... it's funny how it has never been pursued in court, nor even acknowledged in the media (including Thaivisa), but it is illegal under the constitution to discriminate on the basis of national origin, race, religion, etc... (except for the purposes of labour and immigration rules, for obvious reasons). And yet, no matter how many times I post the quote from the constitution that proves this, the same argument goes around in circles, and nobody else ever picks up on the legal argument...

So one assumes you have retained a lawyer and intend taking this to the Thai courts then to fight for farang rights, maybe you can form an action group "Farangs against double pricing" and picket parliment, or maybe chain yourself to a railing at the gate of national park which undertakes this practise in protest ?....

No ?.....stop bleating then

[Soutpeel]

So the OP no longer qualifies for a UK license. Too many points? Suspended? Banned?

And the OP has left Thailand for Cambodia where everything is easier... except driving licenses (obviously) but misses the Thai temples and national parks sooooo much....?

At least he is attempted to get a license should he decide to drive...unlike large numbers of farangs who live here full timeand cant be bothered and do get behind the wheel of a car..

Edited April 1, 2013 by Soutpeel

[Johnniey]

So the OP no longer qualifies for a UK license. Too many points? Suspended? Banned?

And the OP has left Thailand for Cambodia where everything is easier... except driving licenses (obviously) but misses the Thai temples and national parks sooooo much....?

A UK license is no good for driving here.

[Hedghog]

OP wants a vanity license,

To show his mates when he goes home.

[Soutpeel]

So the OP no longer qualifies for a UK license. Too many points? Suspended? Banned?

And the OP has left Thailand for Cambodia where everything is easier... except driving licenses (obviously) but misses the Thai temples and national parks sooooo much....?

A UK license is no good for driving here.

actually it is for a period time, but after which you are suppose to be on a Thai one..certainly if you claim "residency" in Thailand

[Hedghog]

So the OP no longer qualifies for a UK license. Too many points? Suspended? Banned?

And the OP has left Thailand for Cambodia where everything is easier... except driving licenses (obviously) but misses the Thai temples and national parks sooooo much....?

At least he is attempted to get a license should he decide to drive...unlike large numbers of farangs who live here full timeand cant be bothered and do get behind the wheel of a car..

I am guilty of can't be arsed getting a DL I also don't pay the fines,ex Tgf,takes care of them for me,something about her uncle being the man at the local constabulary.

[Johnniey]

So the OP no longer qualifies for a UK license. Too many points? Suspended? Banned?

And the OP has left Thailand for Cambodia where everything is easier... except driving licenses (obviously) but misses the Thai temples and national parks sooooo much....?

At least he is attempted to get a license should he decide to drive...unlike large numbers of farangs who live here full timeand cant be bothered and do get behind the wheel of a car..:PI am guilty of can't be arsed getting a DL I also don't pay the fines,ex Tgf,takes care of them for me,something about her uncle being the man at the local constabulary.

You better pray you dont have a serious accident.

Edited April 1, 2013 by Johnniey

[candypants]

what a bunch of bitter <deleted> posters on here can be.

[Soutpeel]

what a bunch of bitter <deleted> posters on here can be.

This is nothing...everyone is being well behaved for the most part...wait till a hang em high thread starts....then you will really see the self righteous, judgmental b*st*rds come out to play

[Mudcrab]

So the OP no longer qualifies for a UK license. Too many points? Suspended? Banned?

And the OP has left Thailand for Cambodia where everything is easier... except driving licenses (obviously) but misses the Thai temples and national parks sooooo much....?

A UK license is no good for driving here.

actually it is for a period time, but after which you are suppose to be on a Thai one..certainly if you claim "residency" in Thailand

3 months I think

[Johnniey]

So the OP no longer qualifies for a UK license. Too many points? Suspended? Banned?

And the OP has left Thailand for Cambodia where everything is easier... except driving licenses (obviously) but misses the Thai temples and national parks sooooo much....?

A UK license is no good for driving here.

actually it is for a period time, but after which you are suppose to be on a Thai one..certainly if you claim "residency" in Thailand

3 months I think

And your insurance will NOT pay.

Imagine if you kill someone.

[bkk_mike]

Cuz I'm visiting Thai frequently and drivinglicense is good to avoid racistic double pricing at temples and parks. I hate quarrels with brainwashed rip-off assho1es.

Send from Thai Visa app on my modified Nokia 3310

Don't you think that locals, who pay tax, are entitled to a discount?

Only for places, like National Parks, that taxes pay for.

Not for places, like Safari World, that isn't funded by the government and where it's purely to profiteer on tourists.

[Stevenredd]

1. A Thai driver's license is not that hard to get. I showed up with a bunch of stuff, med cert, proof of address....they really just wanted to make sure I wasn't going to do anything illegal. I even subtly offered the flowin' of the green, (or pink, in this case) and she grinned and waved me off (!!). Then, I took the most ridiculously easy tests to show I know left from right or green from red or something....at any rate, I'm in. Now I just have to go renew. I only did it because I was here full time (now just 6 months out of the year) and I drive here often.

2. Avoiding paying for what? If you're a farang, you're a farang! I mean, maybe it's different for me cuz I'm pasty white, 6'7" (2 meters) tall and can't really hide who I am. I don't like the notion of being gouged because I'm farang, but then I have to remember that the guy who lives across the street from me only gets a minimum wage of about $10US a day. Which, I think, entitles him to a cheaper entry fee to something that pro'ly oughta be free for him anyway. Y'all act like this place is rolling in dough, but I go to Boonthavorn to look at a kitchen sink, there are 30 people running around working and no customers. I honestly don't know how the place stays afloat, but I don't push, I don't judge....besides, if you have friends here and you go places with them...there are ways. But if somebody gives you a mildly stern look and waves their hand, throw 300 baht into the pot. It's only polite. For cryin' out loud, these people have the right to make something off of what they have. It's not like the middle class here are any better off than any of us starving louts anywhere else.

3. RE: driving licenses. An International drivers license is $20 in the US, probably comparable in many other countries, requires no test in most places, just the proof that you have an existing license in the country of your domicile. Just get one. It's easier. It's completely legit for insurance purposes. You don't need a Thai license unless you want something to show off at a bar. Which, I'll admit, is fun.

[Neeranam]

Cuz I'm visiting Thai frequently and drivinglicense is good to avoid racistic double pricing at temples and parks. I hate quarrels with brainwashed rip-off assho1es.

Send from Thai Visa app on my modified Nokia 3310

Don't you think that locals, who pay tax, are entitled to a discount?

Only for places, like National Parks, that taxes pay for.

Not for places, like Safari World, that isn't funded by the government and where it's purely to profiteer on tourists.

You mean like Disney World giving Florida residents a discount and many other countries offering locals discounts?

https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/tickets/

They are making a huge profit from tourists!

Edited April 1, 2013 by Neeranam

[horsewell]

Sure someone already mentioned but if you drive in Thailand you are required to have "international licence", which is hardly checked and the one I got was not in Thai language anyway. Most of the time if you have a driver licence from your own country it's "good enough".

To qualify for a Thai driver licence you have to have a visa for more than 3 months, however, there are other ways (as others have noted). In Phuket you need a residence (rental contract, home owner...) and a medical certificate (joke). If you have your international licence you won't need to take the tests, other than the reaction and eye tests.

[ericthai]

Johnniey, on 01 Apr 2013 - 10:05, said:

Mudcrab, on 01 Apr 2013 - 09:59, said:

So the OP no longer qualifies for a UK license. Too many points? Suspended? Banned?

And the OP has left Thailand for Cambodia where everything is easier... except driving licenses (obviously) but misses the Thai temples and national parks sooooo much....?

A UK license is no good for driving here.

actually it is for a period time, but after which you are suppose to be on a Thai one..certainly if you claim "residency" in Thailand

3 months I think

And your insurance will NOT pay.

Imagine if you kill someone.

Who says insurance will not pay? I have never had a Thai license(lived in Thailand 13 years). Easier to get my international DL every year when I go home for Christmas. I have had a few minor scraps with my car, fixed no problem. I had one major accident and again no issue (car is in my GF's name). The insurance company came to the accident, asked me who owned the car, told them. Gave them a copy of my international DL and they towed the car, repaired it with no issues at all. Police were great, no ticket no issues at all. However you do need to have good insurance one that it's covered with anyone driving it, not the cheap cheap insurance.

[Plastic Brontosaurus]

In CM you can get the license with a tourist visa. But you need to have proof of address (normally a letter from your landlord, which you take to immigration to get the document which costs 500 baht). There's some other requirements which I don't remember but there's several sites which list the requirements just google it. You don't need a photo as they take it onsite. It took me half a day, about six months ago. Good service, English forms, no trouble.

[stoli]

Actually you have to go to your embassy and swear an affadavit that you are living here in Thailand and have an address, also you need to go get a medical report, as I had to do this last month when I renewed my licensee

When did they start making you go to your Embassy and get a sworn document that you live here? Your landlord can give you a letter of residence that Immigration accepts.

[FunFon]

When did they start making you go to your Embassy and get a sworn document that you live here? Your landlord can give you a letter of residence that Immigration accepts.

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The topic isn't what the Immigration people want but getting a DL, which requirements are even more up to the local officials than the former department.

But in the end it's all "up to them", each official's requirements can be different sometimes even within the same office, and rarely will arguing with them be worth the time and energy as opposed to simply complying, or even offering the facilitation fee that's most likely being angled for. . .