Motor Expo 2026

Mr. Nanphong Choetchoo, Deputy Director-General of the Department of Land Transport, revealed that as the Department of Land Transport has extended the validity period of temporary personal car licenses, temporary personal three-wheeled vehicle licenses, and temporary personal motorcycle licenses from 1 year to 2 years, effective from March 23, 2015. Applicants can convert to a 5-year personal driving license after the temporary driving license has been valid for 1 year. This is to facilitate driving license holders who could not convert it within the specified period, by temporarily maintaining the original fee rates. In accordance with the principle that driving license fees must correspond to the actual license duration, the Ministry of Transport has therefore issued a ministerial regulation stipulating fees under the Motor Vehicle Act (No. 6) B.E. 2559.

by stipulating new temporary driving license fee rates, comprising of

●Temporary car license adjusted from 100 Baht/year to 200 Baht/ 2 years

●Temporary personal three-wheeled vehicle license fee adjusted from 50 Baht/year to 100 Baht/ 2 years

●and temporary personal motorcycle license fee from 50 Baht/year to 100 Baht / 2 years [with an application fee of 5 Baht]

For the newly adjusted fee rates, if compared with the increased duration of the driving license from 1 year to 2 years, it means that applicants for driving licenses do not pay any additional fees.

Furthermore, it facilitates by allowing conversion to a personal driving license up to 1 year in advance. This is effective from May 23, 2016 onwards.

The Deputy Director-General of the Department of Land Transport further added that, in addition, the said ministerial regulation also specifies fees for vehicle use and fees for permission to bring vehicles into the Kingdom, which will align with measures to regulate tourists bringing cross-border vehicles into the country, an initiative the Department of Land Transport is implementing with relevant agencies.

It stipulates that foreign-registered vehicles brought into Thailand must apply for permission from the Department of Land Transport to receive a mark indicating ●car use, and a fee of 500 Baht per plate must be paid. ●For motorcycles, a fee of 200 Baht per plate must be paid. There is also an additional vehicle permit fee for vehicles imported into the Kingdom for specific temporary purposes: for tourism, a rate of 500 Baht/time; for other cases, a rate of 2,000 Baht/time.

As for vehicles used for pre-production testing

●Cars at a rate of 2,000 Baht/time

●Motorcycles at a rate of 1,000 Baht/time

●As for vehicles imported for quality testing, cars at a rate of 5,000 Baht/time.

the Deputy Director-General of the Department of Land Transport finally stated. 

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