Renewing an expired Thai license from another province

[Gungchang]

I looked at smoooth2's post from a few years ago and PolarAttack's more recent post, both regarding driver licenses.

I have neither an international permit nor a home country driver license; but, I have my old Thai driver license, issued in Chiang Mai, which expired on my birthday almost nine years ago.

I don't have a residency certificate; but, I have a yellow house book and a pink Thai ID card. Both have the address of our house which we moved into last month.

Two questions come to mind:

Do I need to bother with a residency certificate when I already have a pink ID and yellow book?

What are the odds of people smiling when they see my long expired driver license and then renewing it for another five years?

[Freddy]

You won?t need a Certificate of Residence if you have your Yellow Book. You will need copies of your passport main page and visa page. Photos and a medical certificate.

Not having your home country license or IDP won?t be a problem.

You will be issued with a 2 year license when you apply and will have to do the tests and watch the video. After the 2 years then you will get the 5 year. Your previous license has been expired for to long to get a 5 year I think. Either way it won?t be a problem.

[Gungchang]

Thank you for the reply.  It's so nice to get good news!

[Gungchang]

Update:  Last week we went to Land Transport and made an appointment for this week.

My yellow book was accepted. Nobody seemed to be alarmed by a license from CM that had expired nine years ago.

Today, I did the red light brake pedal test, green-yellow-red test, depth perception test, and peripheral vision test.
There was a two hour video, a one hour lunch, and two one hour videos.  All had English subtitles.

At 3:00 I started the written test. We were concerned about missing our train home and I was bumped to the head of the line.

I had one hour to do the test; I needed 15 minutes.  I'd read that I could give five wrong answers; my wife said I could make ten wrong answers.

I gave two wrong answers. The proctor looked shocked at my score of 48.

Tomorrow is the riding test at 1:00.  We'll go early to rent a motorcycle for the test.  We have a scooter, so tomorrow will be my first time shifting gears in several years.

[Gungchang]

Update:

I passed the test on a rented scooter. But, there was a problem online and the photo could not be taken and the DL issued.

I returned the next day.  I got five years + to my birthday. 

They used my expired DL for the date of issue.  Issued:  2004  Expires:  2024  Very cool IMHO

My only regret is that I used my passport instead of my Thai ID.  The passport will expire before the DL; the Thai ID will not.