Renewing a 5 year drivers license

by **trubrit** » May 20, 2011, 8:15 pm

kopkei wrote:indeed TB, i have just asked this question at the local khonsong here,
you can get only a 1YEAR license with a tourist visa ,no 5 years license...

All first issue licenses are for one year kopkei .

by **kopkei** » May 20, 2011, 8:34 pm

yes i know TB, but you can not extend to a 5 year license with a tourist visa....

by **hangsaboot** » May 20, 2011, 8:51 pm

If written test is required is there a booklet in English that I can pick up in advance to study? .[/quote]

english book,,, on the thai highway code

as you enter the central shopping mall ,
go up the steps , past the buddah shrine .
the first shop on your RHS ,
sell the booklet @ 99 bht .

by **mytluky** » May 20, 2011, 10:58 pm

For what it's worth. I now have a 5 year license w/o any type of visa. I got my 1 year license and went to renew a year later and was told no 5 year as I did not have a visa. I ended up with a 1 year again. Went to renew this past December and was given a 5 year without a question being asked. I went to the Kupawampi DL station as it is the closest to our house.
Went to the clinic there in Kupawami and let the doc check my BP and listen to the ticker. Signed the paper, 50 baht. A letter from the immigration office (this seems to be the hardest part as they act as if it has never done 1 before). Copy of the Blue book and passport. Pay the 655 baht get the picture taken. Good to go for another 4 1/2 years.

So you can get a 5 year without the visa.

Cheers

by **tamada** » June 13, 2011, 4:33 pm

What hours does the LTO (driving license) shop at Aek Udon keep?

I renewed my TDL at Aek last March, changing from 1-year to the first 5-year. It's only a few months later I noted that there was no expiry date! Only question has been raised by a car rental shop but they accepted it and I recall that it has been seen by more than one highway patrolman on a routine check without comment. Now I am working in Bangkok, it will only be a matter of time before I get grief from a local rozzer!

I believe that the onus is on the recipient to check the details are correct so my cock-up and they will charge for it to be corrected and replaced. I have a long weekend coming up next month (the weekend after Buddhist Lent) so fancy on getting it sorted then.

Renewing a 5 year drivers license