Smiler Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 On 4/29/2024 at 12:30 PM, thegrogmonster said: Let us know how you go when you renew your licences. Right I did the online training thingy and booked an appointment but I am only on a 30 day visa waiver this time. Did you have the same mate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegrogmonster Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 (edited) 5 hours ago, Smiler said: Right I did the online training thingy and booked an appointment but I am only on a 30 day visa waiver this time. Did you have the same mate? No I had a 90 non-immigrant visa. Maybe Udon Thani is different but Pattaya wouldn't renew my licence on a 30 day visa waiver. Because they wouldn't renew the licence it expired and next time I had to do the full licence tests from scratch for both a car and motobike. One day spent watching videos and then the next day doing 2 written exams and 2 pratical exams. Painful it was. Edited April 30 by thegrogmonster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horizondave Posted April 30 Author Share Posted April 30 Obviously provincial immigration offices may adopt different criteria. As I mentioned, I got a residence certificate in Hua Hin, despite the fact that I was staying in a condo for only 10 days and arrived into Thailand on a 30 days visa exempt. I believe though, if you get a residence certificate, the Udon driving test centre will issue a driving licence. As long as you have the certificate, the centre should be happy to issue a new or renewed licence, they should just be concerned you have the right paperwork. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pumpuynarak Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 18 hours ago, thegrogmonster said: Maybe this company could branch into driver's licence applications as well. I will be asking them shortly and will report back. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiler Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 Going to cancel my appointment tomorrow. Fact is I don’t have the right visa as per the requirements stated. Even if I managed to get the paperwork from immigration, I could still get knocked back at the licensing place. So given the time (and expense) and general fuckaboutary it’s going to take - I am not going to bother. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horizondave Posted May 1 Author Share Posted May 1 5 hours ago, Smiler said: Going to cancel my appointment tomorrow. Fact is I don’t have the right visa as per the requirements stated. Even if I managed to get the paperwork from immigration, I could still get knocked back at the licensing place. So given the time (and expense) and general fuckaboutary it’s going to take - I am not going to bother. I understand your concern, but I was never questioned by the DL centre about the lack of visa, where I was staying etc., they were just concerned with whether I had a residence certificate and other appropriate documentation. All other documentation was in order and I was directed to just do my tests and watch the obligatory video. I was never worried about the DL office as, for me, as long as I had the residence certificate, I knew I wouldn't have issues later during my appointment. Now this was Pranburi near Hua Hin (for Prachuap Khiri Khan) and I was renewing. It had even been suggested that if I did get the DL renewal, it might only be for 2 years extension. Amazingly, they gave me 5 years from my next birthday, so still 5 years validity from this coming July. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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