How to BUY a License in Thailand 🚗🏍️🚌

Do you know HOW to BUY A LICENSE in THAILAND for driving cars, trucks, vans and RIDING motorbikes? Watch this fun short video to see how I got a Thai driving permit in PATTAYA in LESS THAN 2 HOURS!!!
Lele and I drive from Jomtien Beach, Pattaya - to Rayong to meet my visa agent Aom. After cruising through the whole process in little over an hour I race back to Pattaya to meet KEIS for a long planned MOTORBIKE tour of the Pattaya Hills, Lake Map Prachan, then on to Walking Street and finally finishing up at Lele's house renovation for a quick inspection.
If you would like me to put you in contact with my Thai Visa / Thai Driving License / motorbike permit / agent just flick me a quick email - goneadrift.sammy‪@gmail.com‬
Enjoy the spectacular views as KeisOne and I traverse the winding roads of the Pattaya Hills and Lake Maprachan, and the ass end of Jomtien ;)
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[@chrisvic5017]

Wow WTF mate 6000 Baht?? I got my car and motorcycle license in my wife’s province of Bueng Kan, did them both in a day. Cost from memory about 150 Baht each for the cards. All I had to produce was my Australian driver licence translated to Thai, International driver license, my yellow book, did a questionnaire test online, a perception test, eye colour test and reflex test for accelerator an breaking. Was so easy

[@marcp108]

Wow I paid B140 (motorbike only) but it took me two days to get my 2 year driving license. The Australian International drivers permit from the NRMA, costs AU$45 and only lasts one year. Big and awkward and best hidden under your bikes seat.

[@BADQ]

Awesome man, all legal now... fun times ahead!!

[@thecookdogg]

Finally ! Been waiting for you to drop content again ! Don’t keep Cookie waiting 🤣🤣🤣. Keep it up my man. It’s quite DISGRACEFUL weather here back home. So lap it up ! Say g’day to Lele for me !

[@GoneAdrift]

All hail King CookDogg!

[@Richless_Rich]

I just got back last night from Thailand. Watching a video makes my brain bleed when I'm still there. Thank you

[@Richless_Rich]

There are definitely a few people are making thailander great place to go to.

[@Richless_Rich]

Thailand. Lol

[@HaYaTo_LogresJPRPG]

Mr.Adam with u now!!! Cal mr.Cookies and make new movies.😂😂🤣🤣👍✌️🍻🍻🍻

[@markwilkinson2511]

Another great video Sam .. down load the DLT QR LICENSE APPLICATION on your phone and scan your car and bike licenses .. that way you never without your license. Benefits of Thai license you can show at attractions and pay Thai prices instead of farang prices .. keep up the good work

[@Davrosss]

Good Video again cheers 🍻

[@LifeWithRilla]

This is a really good video brother! Keep it up! I always called Keis “Kace” lol, like “Mace” with a K. I’ll make sure to get my license so I could join you guys on a ride out there! At the elephant sanctuary in Pattaya I seen people riding elephants btw maybe that something you can go do! I think I included that in my last vlog in Pattaya!

[@MattSmith-qn9cv]

And you wonder why there are so many vehicle accidents in Thailand, licensing clearly way too easy

[@michaelthegreat44]

I have lived here 13 years and seen countless fatalities, it is usually though in two categories, Tourists that come over here, some never having ridden a bike in their life and hire one as it is the easiest way to get around, many of them think the roads are made of marshmallow here and don't wear helmets.. the second are the Thai's themselves they seem to have just a low value of life, they are terrible drivers, they merge without looking, without even indicating... I remember seeing a tourist on the back of a scooter with her boyfriend, they had an accident and she was wearing open toed sandals, the foot rest peg split her foot like a pari of tongs.. people seem to forget their brains , Mix in alcohol, holiday mindset and unfamiliar roads and the ER departments of Thai hospitals are full of road accidents. I would urge everyone to at least wear a helmet, shoes and long sleeve shirt like Adam does.

[@ronr3133]

If you have motorbikes on your international and Aussie license, it’s less than 250 baht for motorbike and 250 for car. Just paperwork (proof of residence and other bits). Small cost to just transfer into Thailand license.

[@Kame_Sennin_]

I paid around 200b to exchange my foreign license to a Thai one? I did it myself... just went there with the required documents.

[@EarthCamper]

Buy 😀 Ur videos are entertaining 👍

[@GoneAdrift]

It definitely felt like a purchase to me! 😊

[@DannyRBDeals]

Much better music in this one mate. Past few have made me tune out but overall love the watch 🎉

[@GoneAdrift]

Fascinating feedback! I’m gonna have to go back and listen again to them now!

[@tonyh6846]

Cheers mate, 🙂

[@michaelthegreat44]

Gee been a minute since I have been getting a license as I have a driver but 6000 baht for two years for a car and bike seems really expensive, now you have done it next time do it yourself should be less than 1000

[@kevo8498]

I did mine in a province close by Chonburi and was in and out with 5 yr car and bike in approx 30 mins. About 750 baht. Butt.. did bring certificate of residency and Dr check form...

[@GoneAdrift]

@@kevo8498 Cheers for the insight Kev. Yeah I’ll probably run it alone next time. For all the Germans, Russians and Chinese in there with no English - they HAD to have an agent

[@chrisvic5017]

He won’t have to do it again next time, all he has to do is pay the fee to renew them and he’ll automatically get a 5 year license’s. It will only cost 200 Baht for both. I don’t know where you get 1000 Baht from

[@kevo8498]

@chrisvic5017 I just renewed both my licenses 2 weeks ago. For the car it was 500 and bike was 250. That was at land transport office. Paid in cash. I'm looking at my reciepts... So it's 750.

[@MrShnazer]

Every 5 years you will redo the test. Could have walked in and done it yourself less than 1000

[@TheMikeyStory]

I also used Om and shes AWESOME and I did a video about her visa service .

[@puggsincyberspace]

Nothing like having your own smoke screen. Did Keis mix that like he mixes his drinks "a bit of this and bit of that, she'll be right mate"...

[@GoneAdrift]

Bahahaha funniest comment of the month!!! 🏆

[@biffer24]

Keis doing the best John Lydon...

[@parasitius]

1. Can I get a Thai license without having had an international driving license? I have a valid Texas license. 2. Can I get a motorcycle license without having had one before in the US? (If I do that crap, better believe I'll get some training. But I rode dirtbikes for years.) ~~~ I'm nomadic so it is very hard/costly/inconvenient to go to the US and get an international license. 5 years on the road. 6000 is cheaper than 1 day in any hotel room in the US nevermind the flight to Texas.

[@mestizo_asia]

Yes to both questions. Having a valid US state drivers license means you wont have to take the driving test. Since you don't have a Texas motorcycle license, you will need to take the test. Not to worry, its basically a formality. Each region is different, but in Chiang Mai the motorbike driving test is essentially weaving through some cones at low speed and driving about 10 meters on an 1"x12" board without falling off. But if you fall off, you just circle around and try again. The only people I saw have problems with the test are a couple of foriengers who showed up on big Harley bikes (for a course designed for agile little motorbikes).

[@EmilyEverglot]

Homeless individuals can have nice stuff. A nice bike gets you around for job food etc and cost a lot less than rent and utilities!

[@GoneAdrift]

If your International Driver’s Permit is about to expire like mine was - send me an email and I will connect you with my friend Aom :)

[@GG-jq9hb]

Hi bud what is the name of her agency , id be interested on contacting with some question regarding getting a bike licence 🙏

[@parasitius]

@@GG-jq9hb Did you watch the video dude.

[@GG-jq9hb]

@@parasitius yes.. he says contact him for help getting in touch with Aom 👍

[@marcp108]

There's always a security guard living there

[@chrisvic5017]

Thanks

[@GoneAdrift]

Thanks heaps mate. Cheers for crushing morons in the comments too

[@Bngn_Snkrs]

Gday from down Unda!

[@michaelstark5663]

Lived in Thailand 20 years never had a Thai driver's license lol but I don't live in pattaya

[@BoyPlunger-me1wz]

In cities like Pattaya and Patong, if you stay there short term for like a week you might think that they don't have ticket enforcement because they didn't set up checkpoints that week. If you stay long term for many months or a year you will realize that they enforce laws sporadically with crackdowns and you really do need a drivers license to drive a motorbike and avoid daily 1000baht fines.

[@johnkeith3294]

Yes you can buy a license here for anything, motor bike, car, a visa to, and even a death certificat with your cash ,just get in line

[@JustinSalisbury-nt7pb]

6000thb wtf Was Patts booked out? Unless everything changed a full day at land & transport & immigration would cost less than 1000, anyway licence is great to have can use everywhere even domestic air flights, can lock up passport now

[@BrandenLesko]

The inflated fee bumps you to the front of the line...TIT!

[@michaelthegreat44]

An idea for a video as it is something that will generate views is how to open bank account and how to get bile license without an existing license from home country, end to end process video- time and cost, that will get the views

[@VibrantLivingLists]

Just pay an agent to get bank account under 50 cost me 6000baht. If over it’s 5000. For the pocket change it’s not worth the mess around trying to do it yourself

[@michaelthegreat44]

@@VibrantLivingLists I understand that, I just don't think it is that hard, I have lived here 13 years, a drivers license and bike license is about 1000 baht, on principle I would not pay a thai agent 5000 to take me to the office, I would have one of my assistants do it. What I am saying here is do a video on how to do it yourself and people will follow, remember his only form of income is YT , more views more money,

[@VibrantLivingLists]

@@michaelthegreat44 so you have an assistant you pay a lot more than 5k to be your assistant and one of their jobs is to do your running around. You don’t see the comparison?

[@VibrantLivingLists]

@@michaelthegreat44 you also failed to mention the bank account. And how much paperwork you need and forms to fill out that are all in Thai. So you can pay someone 5k or go messing around between multiple locations to get the forms you need only to fill them in wrong and end up at square one. You also fail to mention that you go to the front of the lines to avoid wasting potentially hours of your day. So how’s about you go do your own license and everything else not pay someone else to do it only to cry about having principles about paying some whilst you literally pay someone to do it for you. Extremely hypocritical view point you have but fail to see

[@dksharron]

You bought the battery at one of the best bike shops in Pattaya. Repaired once, repaired right!!

[@Skenners]

hahaha i was gonna say that adams lawnmower needs a tune :D I know I keep saying it, but i gotta get my bike license and get a honda phantom. 150cc but i dont need much more (250 would be better). end of the year, maybe. i just dont test well

[@RamzeTravels]

My man with his down to the wire responsibility :) Now you have to stay at least 2 years to get your value out of it!

[@lmapicas3279]

I dont get it 6:09 where was the elephant and I dont see any pink streamers on the bikes either Whats going on mate ?

[@kevo8498]

Did you need a certificate of residency or Dr check??...

[@keepitrollin3977]

Hey bud good info.wheres aoms visa service please.keep it rollin

[@RoaringRanger]

Looks like a good time. Do you run across many people with Harleys.

[@GoneAdrift]

I hear it’s all but impossible to import one of you have one in your home country - so most that I see have been purchased / rebuilt here. Yes there’s a lot!!!!

[@tjmctube]

So is there a particular visa status you need in order to get a Thai drivers license?

[@parasitius]

Exactly what I was wondering, but I thought I'd recalled from prior vids he is still playing the border run tourist visa game :))

[@GoneAdrift]

No, anyone can get one :)

[@tjmctube]

@@GoneAdrift Thanks good to know.

[@asianwanderlust]

Hey Sam what about people that don’t have drivings licenses? Do you have any information about that ? Can they get one there also ?

[@GoneAdrift]

Yeah I’m super bummed I forgot to address this! It’s possible. It costs more.

[@asianwanderlust]

@@GoneAdrift I assume it takes longer than one day to get for example your motorbike license

[@jonnya1034]

What happened to your mate’s pink streamers?

[@roadsofjapan6009]

😂 Japan they didn’t give me my truck license cause spacial distance test , obviously it’s not that I don’t have it 😂 the guy doing the test couldn’t explain what I needed to do so I had to guess and I guessed wrong so only can drive small trucks yeah as if there’s a difference but no can’t even drive a bus too , need to await 4 years to do the test again cause I had a wet weather crash typical especially when Japan needs truck drivers , oh well just have to do remote work and not have a relaxing driving job which would have been cool going around Japan and getting paid to do it. BTW you could have just renewed your AU international license online and they send it to you. Would have been heaps cheaper.

[@GoneAdrift]

Interestingly a full English speaking police officer pulled me over during an RBT recently and asked to see passport. He said I’ve been in country too long for an IDP. I was free to leave but….

[@roadsofjapan6009]

@@GoneAdrift 😂 I still don’t get Thailand and it’s visa system , you have been in a stable relationship and there’s no visa for it, like FME if your in a relationship in many other countries for more then 2 years your basic considered as in a de facto relationship which is the same as marriage, yet if you walk into the council office and sign the paperwork for marriage you have to report to immigration every 90 days, it’s a mess there 😂 I’m in a way glade get a 5 year visa next year after this 3 year visa and don’t have to worry , can walk into the council building sign another document and the wife can’t divorce me without going through a million steps. That or get PR as l have live here and been married for so long zero deportation no stress and we can buy land etc. Thailand is definitely not a place I would think of to live in these days so many other options.

[@socialmoravec]

Can tourist apply for a Thai driver license during a 30 day travel Visa stay?

[@GoneAdrift]

Theoretically, I can’t see why not

[@luharpdb]

so, does this mean that i can get Thailand license just by showing them the international driving license ? even as a tourist who is staying in pattaya for 60 days ?

[@GoneAdrift]

Yup! :)

[@workshytraveller]

Did you need any other documents to do this ? T30 ? Medical Certificate?

[@GoneAdrift]

Tm30 yes. Med / Reso Cert no

[@DannyRBDeals]

Using artlist for your videos?

[@GoneAdrift]

EpidemicSound for music! Discount link in my write up

[@jerjai252]

U buy this license ? 😮

[@iain_nz.]

unlucky lei lei lol next video lost in pattaya !

[@mestizo_asia]

Assuming the 6000 included the two separate expedited/ overnight residency certificates to do both car and motorbike license, the price is really good!

[@sandgroper1980]

👍🏼🍻🇦🇺

[@GoneAdrift]

Pole position!

[@sandgroper1980]

@@GoneAdrift Yeeeesssir 👍🏼🍻🇦🇺

[@peterward9755]

Why agent do it yourself cheaper

[@GoneAdrift]

I’m not retired so I don’t have a full day to waste

[@minimalistation]

@@GoneAdrift not the best retort

[@Chris-zu4es]

6000 in total for both mc and car licence?

[@Chrisrussow]

Does Keis drive the scooter down from Bangkok?

[@biffer24]

Bro already explained Keis has a ute to bring bike.

[@michaelstark5663]

Watch the video jesus

[@Chrisrussow]

I watched the whole video 😂 and must have gotten distracted right at that part!

[@markriggall7741]

Your mate has black smoke coming from his exhaust! Not cool at all 😢

[@barryshaw1972]

Seems like your 6,000 Baht allowed you to cut corners. Do you do written test on computer? Did you do both car and motorbike driving test. Did you sit through all the videos, these last for hours. That’s what the Thais and myself go through? I am a Farang. Did you have your letter from local immigration confirming your residence also. You made it look simple, it is a long drawn out process.

[@GoneAdrift]

Ok so this is a steep learning curve for me. Looks like the 6k fee was in fact a fast track, as we were in and out in 1-2 hours and the place was jam packed. Yes I had a TM30.

[@barryshaw1972]

@@GoneAdrift TM30 is not what is required you need a letter with photo from immigration dept. in province where you reside that you actually do live there

[@GoneAdrift]

@@barryshaw1972 Ahh yes apologies - Cert of Residency. Negatory on that Captain

[@barryshaw1972]

This really tarnishes the image of the Land Transportation Department that you can get a license without following the requirements. The 6,000 Baht essentially pays someone not to follow the rules. Why should us Farangs have an easy way to get a License vs what the Thai population has to go through. I think you think this is a joke.

[@parasitius]

​@@barryshaw1972 Highly doubtful Thais are excluded from the fast track. Not sure why you're so worried about the Thai's for godssake, it is one of the most unjust racially biased countries out there. The only ones worse are like Korea when you're dealing with cops specifically. But other than that, are you kidding me? 400% mark-up for being the wrong race in Thailand? 40 job categories you are disqualified from, even if a company wanted to hire you, and tons of other prejudiced things you won't even necessarily have to deal with in ethnic states like Japan.