Thai Driving licence

by **udonnick** » September 7, 2009, 11:25 am

Hello

Ive been doing some reading up on getting a thai driving licence

Im i correct in saying i can do this at AEK Udon? Hospital?

I have full International licence
Full UK licence
Full thai work permit
I guess ill do the medical there

Im i correct??? what times do they open ?

Thanks

by **douglas** » September 7, 2009, 2:28 pm

Hi,
My mate did it at what was Pablo hospital. Now Panyavejinter Hospital by the railway station. Get the form from Udon driving lic. center. Cost at Pablo was 100B. for Med.. Then go to N.K. Imagration. best to bring your T.G./W with you, another 100B. Then go back to Udon driving lic. center. I don't know why but he had to do another color blindness test Then get your Lic. Mate got a motor bike and car lic. 360B for both. No need to bring photos waste of time they take your photo directly onto computer.
Hope this helps cheers Doug.

by **dee** » September 7, 2009, 2:37 pm

is it true!! can you drive in the uk on thai driving licence?

by **dee** » September 7, 2009, 3:09 pm

can you drive in the uk,on a thai driving licence?

dee

by **Prenders88** » September 7, 2009, 3:16 pm

Yes it's true.

You can drive in the UK for 12 months on your Thai driving Licence.

by **martynsnowman** » September 7, 2009, 3:21 pm

Prenders88 wrote:Yes it's true.

You can drive in the UK for 12 months on your Thai driving Licence.

can only thai passport holders drive in u.k on thai driving licence .
or can a u.k passport holder drive on a thai licence in the u.k .???

by **BobHelm** » September 7, 2009, 3:24 pm

A UK citizen would be able to do so (for a period of time) as long as they also had a Thai issued International Driving Permit to accompany their Thai licence.

by **douglas** » September 7, 2009, 3:30 pm

Hi,
Pren on asking at the driving lic. center, I was told you could only drive for 6 months on a Thai, DL in the U.K. and then must take a test. you can drive in LOS for 12 months on a British DL. and do not have to take test. Just get a Thai Lic.. Maybe it's due to when they issued D.L.s without taking a test in LOS. Why the difference i don't know but they said this was the agreement with the British Gov..
Cheers Doug.

by **douglas** » September 7, 2009, 3:39 pm

Hi,
Bob you cannot use a I.D.P. in the country that issued it, it is stated clearly on the permit. i.e. issued in U.K. cannot use in U.K. Issued in LOS cannot use in LOS.
Cheers Doug.

by **BobHelm** » September 7, 2009, 3:51 pm

Please read my post again Douglas... :shock:

The question (from Martyn) was could a British citizen use his Thai licence in the UK??
While it is not a requirement of the UK Government to have an IDP - it would probably be requested by a car hire company if you went to them with a British Pasport & a Thai Driving Licence.

by **BobHelm** » September 7, 2009, 3:56 pm

douglas prem is not correct. The citizen of ANY country can drive in the UK on their national licence for 12 months.
Visitors from the EU can drive for ever.
Visitors from a number of foreign countries (manly ex-British Colonies) can then have their licence automatically converted to a UK one without a test.
Citizens not covered above must then take & pass a UK driving test to continue driving after 12 months.
Source DVLC...
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/Dr ... DG_4022561

by **MALC** » September 7, 2009, 8:42 pm

when i returned to the uk from south africa. where i lived for many yrs. my wife had a south african driving licence. she could only use it for 12 months. and she had to have a driving test. maybe its now changed.

by **BobHelm** » September 7, 2009, 9:18 pm

The designated countries are:

Australia, Barbados, British Virgin Islands, Canada, Falkland Islands, Faroe Islands*, Hong Kong, Japan, Monaco, New Zealand, Republic of Korea*, Singapore, South Africa, Switzerland and Zimbabwe.

Looks like it has now Malc. (Although, of course, SA was not exactly always deemed favourably by the British Gov.

)

by **martynsnowman** » September 8, 2009, 8:00 am

BobHelm wrote:A UK citizen would be able to do so (for a period of time) as long as they also had a Thai issued International Driving Permit to accompany their Thai licence.

where in udon can you get a thai international driving permit , whats involved and what cost ?
and Bob thank you for plain english easy to understand reply,s to all our problems and queries . =D>

by **JimboPSM** » September 8, 2009, 9:33 am

martynsnowman wrote:..... where in udon can you get a thai international driving permit , whats involved and what cost ?

There was a thread on this a while back:

int-driving-licence-for-a-thai-t14544.html

It included these posts:

by Peterplay on Fri Jul 24, 2009 3:27 am

Well, getting an International Driving Permit turned out to be a non event. Go to the 'Konsong'- place where they do drivers licences and road tax - in Udon and ask for an IDP.
They finish it while you're waiting.
No going to Bangkok or producing many forms.

by tutone on Thu Jul 30, 2009 9:51 am

Here's some info for anyone wanting to get an international driving permit for a Thai citizen. Went to the transportation office this morning hoping to get one for my TGF as we are going to USA next month. She was denied because her Thai driver's license is new, a 1 year first issue. Thai person has to have the 5 year license before they will issue an IDP. Also the fee is 505 Baht and you are required to have 2 passport size photos. They do not do the photos there. We had to go up the road to a recommended photo shop, spend 80 Baht for the pics only to be told, sorry have to have 5 year license. I guess they view the 1 year license as some sort of learning permit. Who knows? TIT.

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