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How can I convert my UK driving license to a Thai driving license?
How can easily convert my UK driving license to Thai ?
Answer summary
To convert a UK driving license to a Thai driving license, you need to obtain a certificate of residence, a medical certificate, and your UK driving license. You must visit your local Department of Land Transport (DLT) for an appointment, where you will take a sight test and a reaction test. An International Driving Permit (IDP) can be helpful but is not necessary for the conversion. Ensure to check for any additional documentation needed and be prepared for potential delays in securing an appointment.
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Steve **********
@Lee ***********
? Who and where ?
Michael ******
@Lee ***********
Yes,. This guy and all the other guys you can find o LINE. I fell for one. Gangsters.Henrik *****
Do not expect, to get a new Thai license over night, there are months until there are free appointment dates, especialy at the biggest tourist destinations.
Steve **********
@Henrik ****
don't understand...no appt necessary in Chiangmai, walk in, have paperwork and home lic, walk home with license
Brandon ************
@Steve *********
when I walked in at ChiangMai they took all my paperwork, stapled it together with a sheet on top and told me to return 2 weeks later on the appointment date written on the sheet.
James *********
@Henrik ****
BS 😂🤣
Michael *******
From Phuket we go to Phang Nga, same day service - until they catch on to the agent scam
Steve **********
Get Med cert from any clinic ( 60 to 100 baht )
Watch a video, take eye test and response test.
About 2 hours
You're not converting, just proving you are licensed driver at home.
Watch a video, take eye test and response test.
About 2 hours
You're not converting, just proving you are licensed driver at home.
Graham ******
@Steve *********
No video in some provinces such as Sa Kaeo. I got mine in 75 minutes with my UK licence and IDP. Residency Certificate from Immigration also required.Steve **********
@Graham *****
I believe ( know ) the rumors of it being a difficult process is spread by Agents.
Ste *******
You cannot convert. Just get a thai one.
Carsten ************
Go to the DLT, get an appointment and the list of required docs. You will need a certificate of residence from Immigration and a doctors certificate from any clinic (100.- THB). If you don't have an IDP, a translation of your local DP might be required. Another requirement will be watching some video. I did it at my nearby driving school and payed 200,- for the certificate. That's it. Pop-In at DLT on date of appointment, make a reaction test and sight test, pay your licence (about 300,- for car and moto), wait again for the photo shooting, wait a last time to receive the licences.
For each licence you need 1 doctors certificate and 1 certificate of residence!
For each licence you need 1 doctors certificate and 1 certificate of residence!
Stephan ***********
@Carsten ***********
You can watch the video(s) for free in the DLT-App, after that you just show the QR-Code at DLT when you go for your appointment.Carsten ************
@Stephan **********
Good to know. I did it 2 years ago. Not sure if there was an App those days. Yesterday I got the 2 year license changed to the 5 years one. No video required for it, only colour blind test and reaction test. Easy w/o agent.Stephan ***********
@Carsten ***********
I just see... they have it online now also, not only the app...******************************
Stephan ***********
@Carsten ***********
You have to watch these videos again when you renew your 5 year license. Four movies, each about 15 minutes. For make sure that you really watched it, the app asks some questions... but they are easy to answer. Before you had to sit at DLT for about one hour, but they changed to the app since Covid. The "certificate" is valid for 6 months, so you can watch it independant from your appointment also. At day "X" it's just the two tests then, the most time you spend waiting for the cashier and the plastic cards... :-)
Laurie ******
I paid about $40.00 nz for International license for 1 year for Thailand
Stephan ***********
@Laurie *****
Yep... but only accepted by law if you don't stay more than 90 consecutive days. Otherwise they want you to have a Thai license.Michael *******
Get an IDP, if you have a UK address you can obtain on line through RAC or AA, and then use Express Mail to get it sent out, try and avoid agents they pay bribes and thats starting to make life difficult for those of us who want to do it legally.
Judy *******
@Michael ******
He doesn't need an IDP. He can easily get a Thai licence using his UK licenceMichael *******
Nor easy, just more hoops to jump through hard for Thais to see on the UK license what you are qualified to drive IDP has it clearly indicated…….
Judy *******
@Michael ******
I got my Thai licence just by using my uk licence. I’ve never had an IDP in my life. They also gave me a motorbike licence
Andy **********
@Michael ******
AA and RAC don't issue IDPs in the UK. Only the Post Office currently does. The Post Office though is losing the contract and its switching to Pay Point instead; basically participating corner shops. There is no online option. If not in the UK, you have to ask someone to commit fraud to get one. ***************************************************************************************************************
Michael *******
So go to govt website and get it sent to a UK address and forwarded, I did this through AA five years ago didn’t realize they had stopped…
Brian ********
@Andy *********
My friend in UK is applying for an IDP and has been told by the PO that they no longer issue them, it's now done online at the government websiteBrian ********
@Andy *********
You're quite right, I've just googled it. My friend was given incomplete info at his local PO.Andy **********
@Brian *******
Nope. Previously it was in person at post offices. Now it is in person at a Pay Point location. There are websites that promise online of digital IDPs. These are scams, and, if you actually get anything, issue counterfeit documents. Legit documents cost £5.50, fake documents from an American scammer are £42. ***********************************************************
Scott *********
You can't 'convert'. After you obtain a thai licence you will still have your UK one.
Peter *********
Til.tok jon tien 4000 baht easy and super service
Carsten ************
4000,- for nothing. You still have to do all paperwork by yourself and have to visit the DLT twice and get the certificate of residence yourself. Better spend the 4k in Soi6.
Peter *********
@Carsten ***********
no you give them passport and they do everthink for you including pick you up and drop you back home excellent service well worth the price hassle free
Pete *******
Get a resident and medical certificate and along with your UK driving license, passport and long term visa go to your local DLT and book an appointment. Easy peasy.
Jan ******************
@Pete ******
I guess I’ll need an international driving permit (IDP) as well.
Paul *********
Henry *********
@Jan *****************
Not required for most 'home' licences.Pete *******
@Jan *****************
if your already in Thailand without a IDP from your home country they will happily accept a certified translation into Thai of your home license (in my case I had a German license translated).Jan ******************
@Pete ******
Ok I know the Norwegian embassy offered to translate/confirm Norwegian licenses previously, but no we need an IDP as I’ve understand. I didn’t bring mine for car, so I took the thai driver license for car from scratch together with the thai motorcycle license which I needed to take anyway.😉
Paul ********
Get an international driving licence and you do a colour, perception and brake tests at most.
Very easy to do yourself
Very easy to do yourself
Henrik *****
But if you are colorblind, you can’t pass the test.
It should be needless, because it has no influence on you ability to drive.
It should be needless, because it has no influence on you ability to drive.
Paul ********
Paul ********
@Henrik ****
I was in Pattaya office and a guy tried the test 4 times but was colour blind 5,000 baht sorted his colour problem outHenrik *****
So many ignorant posts
Bribes are never a good way to go.
Despite colorblindness I am certified to drive ambulance, Police and Fire vehicles, in my country, never been a issue.
Bribes are never a good way to go.
Despite colorblindness I am certified to drive ambulance, Police and Fire vehicles, in my country, never been a issue.
Paul ********
@Christopher ******
primary colours and it’s a quick point and shout colour out test
Christopher *******
@Paul *******
is it primary color test or is shade blindness an issue?
John *********
@Henrik ****
wow!
Gordon ************
@Henrik ****
Traffic lights ✌️✌️✌️Henrik *****
Have you ever seen a traffic light where the colors from the top down wasn’t red, yellow, green ?
First time I saw that, after 40 + years of driving in a lot of countries incl. Thailand, was in the DLT test room.
First time I saw that, after 40 + years of driving in a lot of countries incl. Thailand, was in the DLT test room.
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