泰国拟收紧外国人驾照申请：草案要求完成培训与考试、申请两年期驾照者签证剩余有效期至少两年，12月4日前征求意见
曼谷 — 泰国陆路交通部11月4日公布一份草案并公开征求意见，拟修改2022年驾驶培训与考试规定，收紧外国人申请泰国驾照的要求。征求意见期至12月4日，草案尚未生效，也没有公布实施日期。
草案对外国申请人的改动主要有三处。第一，外国驾照与国际驾照将不再作为免除培训与考试的依据：无论申请两年期临时驾照还是五年期个人驾照，外国申请人都须完成规定的培训，并通过笔试与路考。第二，笔试与路考须在陆路交通部的办公室进行；驾校可以为外国申请人提供培训，但不能再替他们组织考试。第三，申请两年期临时驾照的外国人，其签证剩余有效期须至少两年，除非符合陆路交通部另行订定的替代条件；草案没有说明这些替代条件是什么。
现行规定下，持有效外国驾照或国际驾照的申请人可以免试换领泰国驾照。草案若落实，在泰长期居住的外国人，包括人数众多的中国籍居民与自驾游客，将直接受到影响：许多人的居留许可是逐年延期的，签证剩余有效期不足两年如何处理、是否适用于续期，草案都没有交代。
陆路交通部表示，意见可通过其法务部门提交，部门将在汇总反馈后再定稿。在新规正式公布前，现行申请程序不变。
（来源：泰国陆路交通部）
Thailand Proposes Tougher Driving Licence Rules for Foreigners: Tests for All Applicants and Two Years of Visa Validity for a Temporary Licence, With Consultation Open to December 4
BANGKOK — Thailand's Department of Land Transport (DLT) published a draft proposal on November 4 and opened it to public consultation, seeking to amend the 2022 rules on driver training and testing and to tighten requirements for foreigners applying for Thai driving licences. Comments may be submitted until December 4; the proposal is not in force and no start date has been announced.
The draft makes three main changes for foreign applicants. First, a foreign driving licence or an International Driving Permit would no longer exempt an applicant from training and testing: foreigners applying for either a temporary two-year licence or a five-year personal licence would have to complete the required training and pass written and practical tests. Second, those tests would have to be taken at DLT offices; driving schools could still train foreign applicants but could no longer administer their examinations. Third, a foreigner applying for a temporary two-year licence would need a visa with at least two years of validity remaining, unless the applicant meets alternative conditions to be set by the DLT — which the draft does not define.
Under current rules, holders of a valid foreign licence or international permit can convert it to a Thai licence without tests. If adopted, the draft would directly affect long-stay foreigners in Thailand, including the large community of Chinese residents and self-driving tourists: many residents extend their permission to stay year by year, and the draft does not explain how the two-year visa clause would work for them, or whether it would apply to renewals.
The DLT said comments can be submitted through its legal affairs division and that it will consider the feedback before finalising the rules. Until any new rules are formally announced, existing application procedures remain unchanged.
(Source: Department of Land Transport, Thailand)
来源：泰国陆路交通部
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