I find this VERY confusing - stapled papers in passport from IMM - thought this was 90 days use and photo from IMM etc etc don't bother to reply . I shall renew DL as I have done in the past404cameljockey wrote: ↑Tue Nov 26, 2024 7:52 amThree months ago I found the process at Pranburi centre almost painless once I understood the advance booking process on the phone app. I say almost because in the past I used the old slip stapled into my passport years ago to prove my address (torn off the bottom of the Imm. form in something like 2005 and given to me by the IO). I was turned away this time when trying to use this being told I must have a complete cert. form including photograph from Imm. which they bloody well keep, forcing me to go to Imm. to buy another the next time I need one (I guess I should have kept a photocopy of it, serves me right for not thinking ahead before my visit).Big Boy wrote: ↑Mon Nov 25, 2024 7:50 pm Yes, and I read the thread. There are too many contradictions. Of course some posters (and I don't mean you) see Thailand whilst wearing rose tinted glasses, which has to be discounted when reading a thread like this, and some poster's black cat will always be blacker than mine.
This type of thread is extremely difficult to read, when trying to glean the truth. Hence, my son went to a friend who had recently renewed their licences. No tea money, nothing untoward, but a completely different experience to today's, and we experience these differences throughout Thai bureaucracy - it depends upon who is sitting behind the desk at the time.
As I said, I expect the goalposts to have moved by the time he gets his new appointment. There are no hard and fast rules.
Yes, yes and yes. I don't know about the website 6 weeks ago, and neither do you. You said your son got his info from a friend.Big Boy wrote:Does it really matter what the DLT website says? Would you stand there and argue with the desk clerk that their version of the truth is wrong, making them lose face? I'm sure that would go down very well.
If you could believe the DLT website does it:
- Require medical certificates - not needed 6 weeks ago.
- Online learning (or whatever you may call it) - not needed 6 weeks ag.,
From what you say, it does not need house registration - needed 6 weeks ago.
- Booking an online appointment - not needed 6 weeks ago.
These clowns are just so inconsistent. They work to a rule book, but it tends to be the rule book inside their own heads. Clearly the website doesn't mean much to those who work there.
Or has their precious website been updated within the last 6 weeks?
Or ask on this forumhhinner wrote: ↑Tue Nov 26, 2024 11:23 amYes, yes and yes. I don't know about the website 6 weeks ago, and neither do you. You said your son got his info from a friend.Big Boy wrote:Does it really matter what the DLT website says? Would you stand there and argue with the desk clerk that their version of the truth is wrong, making them lose face? I'm sure that would go down very well.
If you could believe the DLT website does it:
- Require medical certificates - not needed 6 weeks ago.
- Online learning (or whatever you may call it) - not needed 6 weeks ag.,
From what you say, it does not need house registration - needed 6 weeks ago.
- Booking an online appointment - not needed 6 weeks ago.
These clowns are just so inconsistent. They work to a rule book, but it tends to be the rule book inside their own heads. Clearly the website doesn't mean much to those who work there.
Or has their precious website been updated within the last 6 weeks?
I think if you were renewing a UK licence you might check online before doing anything.
Just seen this. My son is doing this as a Thai citizen. The contradictions between what you've done, and what he was told speaking to the licence centre yesterday are:404cameljockey wrote: ↑Tue Nov 26, 2024 4:03 pm BB, I've done this three times now since 2016. As a farang:
- There has always been a requirement for a very cheap medical certificate.
- Require medical certificates - not needed 6 weeks ago.
- taking the online course is compulsory and has been in place for many months, and you show on your phone app that you completed it. I forgot that I had had to do this when I said it's still easy, but the trip to Pranburi was easy. There was no option for farang to watch a video when I went, maybe the online testing has been a disaster? No idea.
- Online learning (or whatever you may call it) - not needed 6 weeks ago,
If depending on which way the wind is blowing Thais don't have to do these things it doesn't make any difference to farang and should be ignored, just like double pricing.
- there is no need to book a time online, but you do it if you don't want to queue with all the locals who rock up without an appointment. That one's up to the individual.
- Booking an online appointment - not needed 6 weeks ago.
I did mine in February this year at Cha Am and it was still in the same place and yes if you renew after your birthday when the license normally expires, you effectively get almost 6 years validity rather than 5 - if you go back to February on this post you’ll see my report.LolaBeltran wrote:Up for renewal in January. I live in Cha Am. The MV department used to be out near the sheep farm . .has it moved or is it still there? And I see reference to a grace period after the actual renewal date. Can somebody please confirm this period of time if it indeed exists.
I renewed three months late at Pranburi and they backdated the expiry date to my birthday in six years time.Dannie Boy wrote: ↑Wed Nov 27, 2024 1:20 pmI did mine in February this year at Cha Am and it was still in the same place and yes if you renew after your birthday when the license normally expires, you effectively get almost 6 years validity rather than 5 - if you go back to February on this post you’ll see my report.LolaBeltran wrote:Up for renewal in January. I live in Cha Am. The MV department used to be out near the sheep farm . .has it moved or is it still there? And I see reference to a grace period after the actual renewal date. Can somebody please confirm this period of time if it indeed exists.
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Of course, its nothing important not knowing the difference between a red and green light 
It's also not important enough to prevent people driving. For example in the UK:Big Boy wrote:<snip> ... Of course, its nothing important not knowing the difference between a red and green light
Can you drive if you are colour blind?
Yes, people who are colour blind can drive. You don't need to notify the DVLA of your condition.
As colour blindness only affects how you see colours, not your vision, you can use other ways of following the rules of the road. You can use the position of the different colours on traffic lights and the shape and pattern of road signs. You can also leave more distance between yourself and the driver in front if you struggle to see red brake lights.
