EXCHANGING your drivers license for a Thai DL.

I had never heard of this. I have been studying on how to get a Thai DL, and stumbled across this on at the website shown.

It outlines how a person can simply exchange his home country DL for a Thai DL, thereby by-passing several things needed to get a Thai DL.........such as the written test and driving test.

Has anybody ever heard of this or used this particular process?

THANKS!

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If you already hold a valid driving license from your home country, exchanging it is fairly straightforward. You’ll need to apply at a local DLT office

When it’s time for your appointment, be sure to bring the following documents:

* Your passport containing a valid visa, plus a photocopy of the photo page and current visa

* Certificate of residency or a Thai work permit

* Medical certificate awarded in the last month

* Original driver’s license, plus a photocopy

* Translation of your driving license into English or Thai or an IDP

* Two recent passport-sized photographs

You’ll have to undergo awareness testing in the form of color blindness, reflex, and depth perception exams. As long as you clear these tests, you’ll be awarded a temporary license that’s valid for two years. This can be upgraded to a five-year standard license upon the first renewal. In total, the application costs roughly ฿600.

INTERNATIONAL DRIVING PERMIT

I understand that, whilst a UK IDP is valid for twelve months, Thailand only accepts an IDP for the first 90 days of a visitor’s stay.

To continue driving here, One is expected to take and pass a test so as to be granted a Thai driving licence, is my further understanding..

But if, after 89 days for example, a visitor leaves the kingdom and returns shortly thereafter to Thailand, would a fresh 90 day IDP validity period be afforded to him/her/zer (so as to avoid offending any “non-binary” readers)?

Conversely is, say, only one 90 day recognition of an IDP countenanced in a given period (12 months, for instance)?

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