@Andy ***********

as I said. you don't get what i wrote.

now you troll try to get personal.

clear, who you are.

i explained that travelers who hold tourist visa can not stay longer than 90 days.

and people who stay longer than 90 days are not tourists.

they don't hold a tourist visa.

so, who stays longer than 90 days is meant to be a resident.

and so a resident can not drive like a tourist with an international permit any more.

as a resident you have to hold a local driving license.

the visa doesn't make that status. you are right and I didn't say that.

you live longer than 90 days in Thailand you will not hold a tourist visa and need a local license.

that's what I explained, so people are able to understand the status more easy that leads to the requirement of the local driving license and why they can not drive longer than 90 days with the international permit.

You want to get that now or continue to be a stubborn Troll...

tourists who stay up to 90 days at each entry can use the international driving permit.

people who stay longer than 90 days per entry must hold a national license because Thailand sees them as residents.

and you can read that regulation at the dlt's website and the Royal Gazette.

@Andy ***********

how old are you? you dont get what i meant.

Makes no sense to talk to you.

@Andy ***********

its called destination THAILAND and not destination TOURIST Visa. And its an exceptional visa for a while.

@Andy ***********

its not law, but a regulation. Feel free to have a look into the DLT regulations and the royal gazette for this.

Because you simply bluff with your facebook opinion. Do your homework. I understand about those pretenders who try to make others work for them.

@Andy ***********

yes, you are absolutely right, but you understand it absolutely wrong.

with any tourist visa you are only able to stay not more than 90 days!! So, that's very temporary.

You can use the visa to get a 60 day stay permit.

The visa is valid 90 days to be used for entering the country.

So, on tourist visa your stay permit is for 60 days and can be extended 30 days in country.

therefore you can not stay as a tourist more than 90 days and each entry can use the idp (only valid together with the national one) for driving, if you have the correct class in there.

who stays longer than 90 days is not holding a tourist visa, so is like living at Thailand and so need to hold a national license after 90 days to drive legally.

You can believe what you want, but that are the facts.

you should understand better about what is a visa.

And about that idp, it is issued for 12 months or 36, depends which agreement.

Thailand now only accept the 1968, so the idp you get in your country is running/issued 36 months.

That doesn't mean it gives you the right to drive for that time.

It is able to be used for that time for visits in countries.

But the country where you enter, regulates, how long it may be used at each entry in that country.

At Thailand this is for 90 days.

got it now?

@Jay ******

hope my comment make it clear and helps you.

(Greg Alexander and Gregor Hüttner is the same Troll with more profiles, btw. A handicapped !d!ot.)

@Peter *********

it's not only at Thailand.

At many countries you count as a tourist until 90 days each entry and so can drive with your international permit.

Which is actually not a license but a translation of your national one and should include the correct classes for the vehicles you intend to drive.

If people are staying longer in one piece, they usually can do that only with a long time stay permit

and so are "living" at that country no longer being a tourist.

In that cases they need a national license of that country.

Simple as that.

@Brian *******

only if you are not on tourist visa or visa exempted. otherwise again 2 years.

@Greg *******

so are the condos cheaper then?

@Tod ********

how do they know if you entered a country, e.g. Malaysia through smart gate without getting an entry stamp, that you are there?

@Gerry *******

if enter some countries through smart gate, you would not even have an entry stamp in your passport, example malaysia, indonesia....