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** THAILAND ** New regulation as from 27th june 2016
[UPDATE 05.01.2017]
A tour guide is now mandatory in order to transit Thailand. We created a share folder in order gather all useful documentation. Feel free to give any feedback.
Read carefully both PDFs in the addendum folder!!
https://drive.google.com/drive/folde...Tg?usp=sharing
Keep an eye on following FB page we created for that purpose:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1024579897597702/
[END UPDATE]
[UPDATE 05.10.2016]
The regulation for overland travelers transiting Thailand may get tighter as from now on. A tour guide will be mandatory. I haven't got more infos at the moment.
Keep an eye on following FB page:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1024579897597702/
[END OF UPDATE]
Cheers
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Last edited by Arkean; 5 Jan 2017 at 13:59.
Reason: Regulation in Thailand changed, and information is obsolete
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That's really informative and hugely appreciated, you taking the time to speak to the relavent authorities.
We will be dealing with this situation later this year.
Again thankyou
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Thanks very much for youre effort, time and energy to do this and to share it here.
Many overlanders cross Thailand every year and its a pity that the thai authorities are getting very much stricter about foreign vehicles in their country. I wish they will loose up after a while and be more liberal when it comes to overlanders.
In the meantime - thanks again for your efforts. Much appriciated!
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A HUGE THANK YOU for your effort and willingness to share this info.
I will be heading in that direction within a couple of months and this helps me tremendously.
Cheers!
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Your time and effort insourcing this information and being part of the process is greatly appreciated!
I do have one question for you: Do I require a Carnet de Passage for Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam or Loa?
Your guidance in this matter would greatly appriciated.
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Your time and effort insourcing this information and being part of the process is greatly appreciated!
I do have one question for you: Do I require a Carnet de Passage for Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam or Loa?
Your guidance in this matter would greatly appriciated.
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For Thailand, Cambodia and Laos....NO, so please do not use as it starts to make things bad for others if you do
I can not say for Vietnam
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Thx Wayne for your feed back. I diffidently agree with your comment regarding the use of this document. However, yesterday I received from JamesCargo (Heathrow UK) whom I've been corresponding with, the following information from their Thai agent:
. We request Photo of bike, + ATA Carnet + Copy of Passport to verify with customs before arrival.
. Upon arrival, our customs broker will prepare importer entry and submit to customs.
. Upon cargo releasing, our customs broker and customer will meet the customs officer at airport and show original docs, then the bike can be released.
My plan now is to reach out to the agent and question their information source, as you can see by their response they have not included any information regarding the new regulations that took effect 27 June 2016.
From my research there seems to be allot of unknowns regarding the use of the Carnet in some countries who are unaware of their own regulations.
Martyn
FYI, agents contact details:
Worawat (Lee) Lertthanawongse
Manager, Thailand
INTERUNION (THAILAND) CO.,LTD.
23 Krung Thonburi Road,
Khlong Ton Sai, Khlong San,
Bangkok 10600, Thailand.
TEL; +662-438-2860// 66 (AUTO)
FAX ; +662-438-2866
MOBILE; +6680-600-6298
EMAIL; worawat@inter-union.com
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It seems it's getting even harder to get a vehicle into Thailand: now it is required that you submit a verified translation of your registration certificate too - and despite Switzerland saying that Thailand doesn't recognise Carnets, Mrs Thip needs that too; this from her yesterday: 
- car book and carnet (if you have)
- passport
- international driving licence
- moto picture front/side/back
- letter to DLT
- route for entry date and exit day and border
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Entering Thailand - 1st hand experience November 2016
Hi All,
we entered Thailand on 25th November 2016 with our car. We have a Swiss IDL which is not recognized in Thailand.
The whole story on how to successfully overcome all bureaucratic obstacles you may imagine read on out website
jealousyreloaded | Monika and Martin Mayer's Trip From Lesotho to Argenitine
A story making us thinking twice if it's still worth overlanding Thailand. 
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A story making us thinking twice if it's still worth overlanding Thailand. |
I agree, it's probably not worth it if you only want to tour Thailand.
The thing is, if you're on an overlanding trip coming from India through Burma, or from China through Laos, there's no way around Thailand if you want to reach Malaysia and onward to Indonesia.
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Ive been following all this on here and the overloading Thailand Facebook page, I'm leaving Aust for Europe on a RTW trip in April next year and it's looking by then you'll need a guide for Thailand as well.
Don't know much about southern Myanmar but would be good if you could enter through the Malaysian border with a guide and travel through Myanmar - India that way, least that would remove the need to to fork out for another guided tour in Thailand.
I really wanted to spend a few months in Thailand and also visit Laos and Cambodia but it's getting all to hard and expensive.
Does anyone know about getting through into Myanmar through the Malaysian border??
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Take a good look at the map again - Malaysia and Myanmar do not have any common border.
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Costs of guide
Does anyone have an idea what the costs of a guide will be for lets say 15-25 days?
Im on my way to Australia and in Dubai at the moment and dont really have the opportunity to divert (where to?) or return home. Crossing Thailand is kind of the only possibility for me.
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One of the main companies that are allowed to handle permits from overlanders to thai authorities - Motoasia have now been in a meeting with the Thai DLT and mandatory guides seem to be the new rule from soon on. Applications handled before 23th december and entering Thailand before theend if February 2017 will not need guides.
Copied from the Facebook site: "New regualtions affecting overland travellers":
LATEST NEWS: I had a meeting in Bangkok with DLT today this is what we know:
1. Law will probably be announced re guide requirement next week, they indicated 23rd December, 2016.
2. Applications WITH insurance already completed into DLT before that date and entering before the end of February 2017, should not need a Thai tour company accompanying them. Any permit where entry is March 2017 onwards need a guide.
3. After announcement all applications need guide.
4. Vehicle group less than 5 foreign vehicles 1 guide.
5. 5-15 vehicles 2 guides/ 2 guide vehicles.
6. 15 plus vehicles 3 guides.
7. Permit processing will be available at any Thai DLT office not in Bangkok as is currently.
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Shipping from Cambodia
A few weeks ago Sue White wrote about shipping from Cambodia. See has information about an agency in Cambodia and a Quote for shipping to Jakarta.
Further she has info about the agency in Jakarta and her contact with the Indonesian ambassy in Cambodia. She asked to put the info for her on the HUBB. Hereby I do it as attachments (PDF).
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