Answered4 years ago
Do you have to surrender your foreign driver's license when obtaining a Thai driver's license?
If you use a foreign drivers license to obtain a Thailand license, do they seize your foreign license?
Answer summary
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.
Greg *********
OPOk, thanks. :)
Mo ******
No they don’t, submitting your foreign drivers license means that you don’t need to do the driving / written tests
Daniel ************
nope
Peter *********
No
Mark ******
They have no authority to do that.
Paulus *********
Definitely not
Hickey **************
No
Stephen *******
No! Why would they?
Greg *********
OPBecause that's how it works in many places.
Garrett ***********
No, you don't surrender your license from another country.
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