Recognition of driving licenses issued by ASEAN countries

The government of Brunei Darussalam, The Republic of Indonesia, Malaysia, The Republic of The Philippines, The Republic of Singapore and The Kingdom of Thailand. Being members of the Association of South East Asian Nations (hereafter, referred to as “ASEAN”.

Desiring to accelerate and intensify the implementation of the aims and purposes of ASEAN as embodied in the ASEAN declaration;

AND CONSIDERING the desirability of facilitating the movement of citizens of the ASEAN countries by recognizing domestic driving licences issued by the respective countries.

DO HEREBY AGREE AS FOLLOWS:

ARTICLE 1

The contracting parties agree to recognize all domestic driving licences except for temporary / provisional / learner’s driving licences (hereafter, referred to as the “licences”) issued by the designated authorities or national automobile associations of the ASEAN countries. The types and classes of the licences issued in the ASEAN countries are listed in Annexes A, B, C, D, E and F for Brunei Darussalam,  Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand respectively.

ARTICLE 2

By virtue of the recognition hereby of the licences, holder of the licences issued in any one of the ASEAN countries and intending to make only a temporary stay in the territory of any of the other ASEAN countries may drive herein the classes or types of vehicles the licences permit them to drive.

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Source: Agreement.ASEAN.org