@TheinToe *****

1. So I went to Area 3 DLT first of all to enquire about what’s required and when I could make an appointment to have it all done.

The soonest I could book in for was today which was a 2-3 week wait from when I originally went.

I was told I needed a medical certificate and a residential certificate but it can be a 30 day temporary one. ( temp ones can be issued for buying and selling a car/bike and also converting driving licences )

2. A few days later I went to the immigration offices ( no appointment needed ) near DMK airport, filled out forms for a temporary residency certificate and marked down it was for Car/Bike Licence. It lasts for 30 days and i received this in the post the next day, tracked.

For the temporary residential certificate you need your TM30 and a rental contract. This wasn’t in my name but my G/F but was fine.

3. went to the local private hospital ( no appointment needed ) and let them know I needed a medical certificate for the purpose of a driving licence, it’s important you let them know it’s intended purpose as they use a form for this use case. This cost me around 600baht

4. arrivated at Area 3 DLT at 8am, huge queue but it goes down quick. Provided them with copies and originals of all my paper work. I had to provide 2x copies of everything as I was applying for both bike and car licences. They keep the original resident certificate and medical certificate.

5. had to do a couple of basic health checks based around sight and reaction times, these where extremely basic, and I mean next level basic

6. after that you wait to watch an instructional video which is around 1 hour long or you can do it online. They only have one slot which was around 11 am, so I just went somewhere quiet and logged on to the website and did it to save time. You can do this at home beforehand.

You are asked a few questions ( 4 ) during the video by prompt and after you get a certificate code which you go back and show them.

7 joined a queue to have my photo taken, paid my 310 baht and within 5mind was issued my two licences which are made there and then for you.

The whole process took maybe 3 hours but half of that was doing the video online.

Normally there is a test where you have to answer 50 questions and get a certain percentage to pass, but I was sold I didn’t need to do this because of my UK licence.

@Bob *********

thanks

@Bob *********

it lasts for 30 days and is for the propose of either registering/selling a car/bike and/or obtaining your driving licence.

You just need proof of your TM30, no 90 day reporting required and some additional paper work like rental contract of where you live and copies of passport/visa etc

@Gigi ***

Area 3 in Bangkok

BTW if you were the French dude who was in there making a whole big scene, shouting and slamming your phone on the counter, do better! Not cool!

@Pyae ********

you need an appointment. I walked in and the earliest i could get was 2-3 weeks