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Do you have to surrender your foreign driver's license when obtaining a Thai driver's license?

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Aug 31, 2022
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Greg *********
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If you use a foreign drivers license to obtain a Thailand license, do they seize your foreign license?
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When obtaining a Thai driver's license using a foreign driver's license, you do not have to surrender your foreign license. Multiple comments confirm that the authorities do not seize the foreign license, allowing you to retain it.
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Joseph *********
No, definitely not.
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Greg *********
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Ok, thanks. :)
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Mo ******
No they don’t, submitting your foreign drivers license means that you don’t need to do the driving / written tests
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Daniel ************
nope
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Peter *********
No
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Mark ******
They have no authority to do that.
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Paulus *********
Definitely not
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Hickey **************
No
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Stephen *******
No! Why would they?
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Greg *********
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Because that's how it works in many places.
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Garrett ***********
No, you don't surrender your license from another country.
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