Thread: Foriegner registration at a residence

I got mine at Jomtien Immigration office.

All I had was my passport copy, a copy of the tambien Barn signed by my wife and notorised by a legal entity and presented those documents and they gave me an official document of registration signed and stamped by an officer.

I believe this document is only valid for a period of 6 months though.

to get your name registered on a chanote is next to impossible, unless you are the owner or joint owner of a condo.

foreign owners of condos can get a special aliens housebook, the yellow book, from their local tessabaan office, but it is a complicated procedure needing a ton of documentation ( birth certs, purchase documents, passport etc. that have to be verified by your embassy and then officialy translated into thai and then verified again stamped by the ministry of foreign affairs.

the procedure probably varies depending on the province, but it was a lengthy nightmare getting it done in hua hin


for those who own houses and land through a company there is probably an equally tortuous procedure.

Originally Posted by baldrick

I imagine it will vary slightly from amphur to amphur

Yes ,it seems that way ........ this may help https://xpat.life/thailand/tabien-baan

Originally Posted by boloa

To be on the safe side

this is also part of my thinking - with the escalation of doing things by the book and more computerisation it may be worth the effort to save hassle further down the line

I have never visited the Kap Cheong immigration yet but I may investigate if there are any agents to deal with them - a bit of baht outlay to an agent to make things straightforward and painless may be a good investment

Originally Posted by baldrick

Originally Posted by boloa

To be on the safe side

this is also part of my thinking - with the escalation of doing things by the book and more computerisation it may be worth the effort to save hassle further down the line

I have never visited the Kap Cheong immigration yet but I may investigate if there are any agents to deal with them - a bit of baht outlay to an agent to make things straightforward and painless may be a good investment

I don't think you you find any agents in these parts

I think it all depends what Visa/extension you are on. If you are on a Multi-entry then the address your put on your Arrival/departure card should have you covered.No doubt if your wife/partner hasn't filled in a TM30 they could always take issue with that, if the fancy takes them !

Only slightly related as it's about Bangkok;

BUT Chaengwattana will let a foreigner "self sign" that TM.30 form with NO copies of the landlords thai I/D or Thabien Baan book at all.

In fact I suggest to anyone getting any extension of stay at Chaengwattana to fill out the TM.30 and turn it in at the special TM.30 desk in the 90 day reporting room. Then staple the receipt they give you back into your passport and you're done.

I asked the officer, what if I travel around thailand or leave the country BUT come back to my same address do I need to do it again.. She said, NO, only IF you change your address. <-Again, that's bangkok, so not all that helpful to you guys..

I don't know shit from Shinola about getting listed on a house book here (no matter what color) or on a chanote.. I have a very specific skill-set and those things ain't in it.

The yellow house book is good to get, if you can, each amphor has different rules, Ubon is easy, friend got his processed in 20 minutes.
My amphor had never registered a farang, guy kept coming up with excuses, but in the end I didn't need any documents from the embassy, just witnesses.

In saying that, the wife's house book has my name on it, as father of the children.

Having yellow book has some slight advantages for visas, it also gives you a citizen number, not citizenship.
That number will then appear on your driving license, so to the average Thai cop etc it's as good as an Thai ID card, no need for passports for planes, hotels and other things.

It also [here] may be different elsewhere, can be used at your local hospital, they think you are Thai.

So worth having if you can get it, not going to make a big difference if you can't.

Originally Posted by jamescollister

not going to make a big difference if you can't.

I dont think I can go the tabian baan - yellow house book - because I just come in on a 30 day permission to stay

the TM30 should be filled out by the householder and the TM28 filled out by the alien - as far as I can understand

Immigration Bureau

I am just looking for some sort of official looking twaddle showing that I am staying at a residence in thailand while I am here ( other than that fcuked up idea called marriage ) - tax and travel thing for a foriegn company

Originally Posted by baldrick

dont think I can go the tabian baan - yellow house book - because I just come in on a 30 day permission to stay

Depends on the Amphor, friend got his yellow book in Ubon, fly in out oil worker, married.
Think all he need was the house buying papers and a letter from the tourist police saying he live there.

Don't hurt to ask at the Amphor and you never know your luck.

baldrick; as far as Chaengwattana is concerned foreigners can do the TM.30 themselves.

I told them about other places making the foreigner get the owners thai i/d, house book, etc, and they laughed at me.

They took the form out and showed me it's written in the title of the form; TM.30 Notification From For House-Master, Owner Or The Possessor Of The Residence Where Alien Has Stayed. Chaengwattana interprets that as we (the person renting) are the possessor of the residence.

As I said, it's only Bangkok, so dunno that it'd help you.. I did mine TM.30 myself and I've had about 10-15 other people do theirs themselves when they were doing 90 day reports or extensions and all of them flew right thru.

If for a foreign company, your embassy may do it. US embassy does it via a notorized form.

What are you worried about?

Originally Posted by Dapper

What are you worried about?

money and travel days

POI - point of origin

as the rules change , thus we must adapt to the vagaries of HR

^
Can you say that in layman's English?
If you're worried about being pulled up and not having the right paperwork I wouldn't be.
If that's what you're saying.

Originally Posted by Dapper

^
If you're worried about being pulled up and not having the right paperwork I wouldn't be.
.

I concur .....As long as you put the address you're staying at baldrick on your Arrivals Card you should be fine .

Originally Posted by Dapper

If you're worried about being pulled up and not having the right paperwork I wouldn't b

no - this is for some other stuff for HR

but I am also saying that in a computerised world being pulled up and having out of date paperwork is a source of worry - and the computers are accelerating fast , so planning forward is not a bad idea

Originally Posted by boloa

As long as you put the address you're staying at baldrick on your Arrivals Card you should be fine .

I put the address of the hotel I stay the first night

the system is archaic , but that is unlikely to be a defense

Agreed.
But if you have a brain, decent job and ultimately contribute in whatever way to the country, out of date or incorrect paperwork is never an issue. Sure, might be delayed an hour but no problem.

Originally Posted by Dapper

contribute in whatever way to the country

apart from my HR issues - fcukin french - thinking that the bureacracy will take that into account with out signed and stamped invoices is naive - they will bend you over and extract if they have the option even if you have the thai flag tattoed across your date

Can you speak and reason in Thai?
If not then you're probably right.
If you can then you should have no issues.

Moral of the story-learn to speak Thai.
Fvck the reading and writing but if you can speak it and comprehend it you can deal with everything easily unless you are an utter cvnt.
I'm assuming you're not mate

Originally Posted by Dapper

reason in Thai?

Originally Posted by Dapper

I'm assuming you're not

and I am proud of it

There's a method to the madness