Reader question: I live in Thailand and want to renew my Dutch driver's license?

First of all I wish you the best of luck. It's an agony. I did the same in 2012. Since you cannot correspond with national authorities (at least not directly), you first need a friend or family member in the Netherlands who has the patience of an angel. He must act as an intermediary, since civil servants refuse to correspond. And through the grapevine, new requirements and obstacles keep appearing. I finally succeeded (after 17 months!), but since mine will expire in 2017 and I have decided not to return to the Netherlands, I have now only obtained a Thai driving license. Not easy either, but at least much faster.
The current requirements in Thailand mean that you can get a partial exemption, but only if you can provide a legalized certificate of authenticity. And therein lies the rub: the consul or the embassy do not issue it, but refer it to the National Road Traffic Service. Since a return ticket is much more expensive than obtaining a Thai driver's license, I decided against it.
If you want to try: good luck, patience and jai yin.

i did this a few years ago via the internet and had no problem in 6 weeks my new driver's license in thailand.
Even have Bangkok as residence on my Dutch driver's license.
you do have to pay in advance and send your old driving license to the Netherlands and that will happen automatically.

If age verification is necessary:

Last week I dumped all forms and additional matters regarding "driving license extension resident abroad".
I received the RDW form through my daughter in the Netherlands because a Dutch address is required

I bought a self-declaration via the internet at the CBR. Costs € 27,50 (download yourself after payment)
After I had asked some questions by email to the CBR regarding the ophthalmologist abroad (what is VOD and what is VOC?) and had spent a few emails on this, I received the following answer with the last email:
You can choose any doctor you want, but he or she must be registered in the Dutch Big Register (www.bigregister.nl).
There is no doctor in Thailand who is registered in this register
Quite a few doctors in England.
Thanks CBR for the quick info. Foessie € 27,50

Simply contact rdw electronically.
Did this 2 years ago, piece of cake, very helpful.
You don't need anyone in the Netherlands.

In the past 2008 I renewed my driver's license from Thailand without too much trouble. See also the mentioned link from KhunRobert,

Evert

Go to the foreign driving license renewal site. It contains all the information. I applied for a new Dutch driving license myself in 2011, which is a piece of cake.
All you need is a correspondent address in the Netherlands.

success really sucks

You can renew your Dutch driver's license, there is sufficient information about this in the previous responses.
There is another option, make sure you get an ANWB international driver's license, an authorized representative can arrange that for you in the Netherlands, my authorized representative was outside the Anwb within 5 minutes, but please provide a written authorization.
It is smart to first send the Anwb an email and ask if this is possible at every Anwb office, some offices initially refuse because of unfamiliarity. Also take this confirmation with you to the Anwb office where the authorized person goes.
You then go to the driving license issuing office in Thailand with that International driving license and after a few tests (traffic light, color blindness, brake, depth) it is rewarded with a Thai driving licence, first valid for 1 year, then extended for 5 years.
You can use the Thai driving license to drive in NL even if you do not live in the Netherlands, namely by applying for an International driving license at the Thai driving license office, which looks exactly the same as that of the Anwb.
Your currently valid driving license in NL will then expire, but you are listed in the NL driving license register and you can always apply for a new NL driving license based on that register, without having to take an exam.
Warning, if you live in Thailand, so you are not staying there as a tourist, you cannot continue to drive on an Anwb International driving license, I think for a maximum of 3 or 6 months, after that you must have a Thai driving license according to the rules, a rule that, by the way, also applies in many other countries! Of great importance for the validity of your insurance, ask your Thai insurer what the period is that you can drive on your Anwb International driving license. You cannot continue to drive in Thailand on your Dutch driving license, I am not thinking of a police check that you sometimes get through, but, also here, of your insurer.
Good luck with the choice.
Nico B