Driving license

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Stevet01Member19 November 2018 09:16:56

Can anybody advise the best way to obtain a license to drive a motorcycle. Is there an easy way perhaps like attending a course and taking a test?

Good_ManSerial expat19 November 2018 12:42:15

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Hey Stevet,

If you have a motorcycle license from your home country and you have a valid visa then you can get your license converted to a similar size bike in VN for the length of your visa.

If you don't, then you will have to take a written (in Vietnamese) and figure 8 driving exam. Check on FB for VN driver licenses in the big cities

Stevet01Member19 November 2018 14:34:50

Thanks for your advice, I don’t have a license from New Zealand for a motorcycle so I will use second option.
Regards
Stevet01

SteinNebraskaViP19 November 2018 15:12:15

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Good_Man wrote:
If you have a motorcycle license from your home country and you have a valid visa then you can get your license converted to a similar size bike in VN for the length of your visa.

I will be arriving for good in January. I do have a motorcycle endorsement on my US license. When you say "get your license converted" do you mean get an additional VN license? I won't surrender my US license, correct? Just fill out an application, pay a fee and get a new VN license? I'll still be coming back to the US 2 weeks every 2 months so I need to keep my US license.

Guest2023Guest19 November 2018 15:16:55

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SteinNebraska wrote:
Good_Man wrote:
If you have a motorcycle license from your home country and you have a valid visa then you can get your license converted to a similar size bike in VN for the length of your visa.

I will be arriving for good in January. I do have a motorcycle endorsement on my US license. When you say "get your license converted" do you mean get an additional VN license? I won't surrender my US license, correct? Just fill out an application, pay a fee and get a new VN license? I'll still be coming back to the US 2 weeks every 2 months so I need to keep my US license.

You dont lose your US license, all you do is get a license here that allows you to drive. Note, the license lasts the length of your visa, which is annoying for many people.

SteinNebraskaViP19 November 2018 17:34:21

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colinoscapee wrote:
You dont lose your US license, all you do is get a license here that allows you to drive. Note, the license lasts the length of your visa, which is annoying for many people.

I understand for the length of visa. When I marry in April I will get TRC so can I assume the renewed license would be for the length of TRC? I will also have work permit and be 49% owner of a company there so will have TRC for that as well.

Guest2023Guest19 November 2018 19:50:49

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SteinNebraska wrote:
When I marry in April I will get TRC so can I assume the renewed license would be for the length of TRC?

Yes, that's true.

Guest2023Guest19 November 2018 23:42:55

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SteinNebraska wrote:
colinoscapee wrote:
You dont lose your US license, all you do is get a license here that allows you to drive. Note, the license lasts the length of your visa, which is annoying for many people.

I understand for the length of visa. When I marry in April I will get TRC so can I assume the renewed license would be for the length of TRC? I will also have work permit and be 49% owner of a company there so will have TRC for that as well.

You can only have one TRC, the work related TRC has a longer validity, so that's the better one to get.

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