Thread: How does the House Registration Book work??

I'm hoping some one can help me out on this one.

My wife has told me that every house in Thailand requires a House Registration book that records births, deaths, marriages and longer term tenants who are in residence.
This book needs to be kept up to date by registering the info at the local Ampur.

So.....
What is the process when you build a new house and start a new family to obtain this book?

Do falangs on any form of Visa which give permanant / partial residence who have a financial stake (be it by company ownership or lease back from the wife) have the right / need to be recorded in this book??

Anyone had an interesting experience they would like to share with this process ??

Thanks

The book is callen Tapien Baan.
There are two types.
Blue for thai citizens and yellow for foreigners

Yea, Mine is yellow..

I believe that if you are married, you can get your name in the blue book but they change the rules every so often. I also believe that the headman, or wife of the headman, issues the book and you have to take that to the government office and get it registered there. They should be able to confirm this at your local office.

Originally Posted by Loombucket

I believe that if you are married, you can get your name in the blue book

I don't think so.

Originally Posted by Bluecat

Originally Posted by Loombucket

I believe that if you are married, you can get your name in the blue book

I don't think so.

Yes, sorry, please ignore my post. I asked the BIL and they are still arguing behind me.



Please note that I never, knowingly, give information that I believe to be untrue.

Well, welcome to the club...

Foreigners can only have a yellow book and it is issued by the Amphur.

BTW it is free but takes a bit of paperwork to get.

Never post a farang in the Blue Tapien Baan, all they are for is who lives where, you must go to the Amphur and request your yellow one, and then sometimes the headman has to go in and tell them that you do live in the moo.
Then with that and your long stay visa you can register a car or mo'cy in your own name.

Originally Posted by blackgang

Never post a farang in the Blue Tapien Baan, all they are for is who lives where, you must go to the Amphur and request your yellow one, and then sometimes the headman has to go in and tell them that you do live in the moo.
Then with that and your long stay visa you can register a car or mo'cy in your own name.

So Khun BlackGang, what sort of documentation, if any, is needed to acquire the yellow one. I thought is was the Immigration office that issued the letter of address that was necessary for vehicle license and registration.

Originally Posted by SEA Traveler

what sort of documentation, if any, is needed to acquire the yellow one. I thought is was the Immigration office that issued the letter of address that was necessary for vehicle license and registration.

I took my wife with her Tapien Baan, my passport with long stay visa and went to the Amphur, done some paperwork, and then had to go by and tell the headman he was needed at the Amphur before they would issue to me.
And I guess that a letter from immigration would do but when you live 400KM from the nearest Immig. office a yellow book is a lot easier.

Thanks all - got the picture now

I had to show my birth certificate to get my yellow book.

They wanted my parents full names.

Yea, I think I did too, but it been so long ago and I have shown so much paper to so many Thai that it is amazing the we can remember what we show to who and for what reason.
Thai Love this paperwork.
I was in Carrefour, with my big shopping cart I went first abd bought a copy/printer/scanner and had it in my cart and went and got a loaf of bread, ketchup, milk and coffee, and a couple other things, go to a check out and here 2 dudes mount my cart and drag the paper out of the crack in the lid where I had put them and whip out their own papers and start to copy all kinds of shit, I am waiting now,I am hot and tired and been riding in a Tuk Tuk all over town for hours,, so I blew up said look at this fucking credit card reciept that was stapled to the other papers, I have already paid for this mutherfucker now get the fuck going and I left with my shit.

Hello,my thai g/friend has a blue house reg book,do i need to be reg in it for immigration legalities,because now you have to show proof of address when renewing 90 day extension,by the way ,i'm on a retirement visa

Originally Posted by barnsleyman

Hello,my thai g/friend has a blue house reg book,do i need to be reg in it for immigration legalities

As has been stated a few times above a farang cannot be entered into a blue Tapien Baan book.
There is no legal requirement for a farang to be shown on a Tapien Baan.
Some of us who have lived here long time find a yellow TB a useful document to have.

^ If we own the house and we have a blue book can I get another yellow book in my name?

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Yes.
I've got one

And since I no longer live in a house with my wife, but leased another home for myself in CM, I now have to get the yellow one redone, had it signed out at Phetchabun Amphur and get a new one issued from here.
That is now in the process.

Originally Posted by Thetyim

Originally Posted by barnsleyman

Hello,my thai g/friend has a blue house reg book,do i need to be reg in it for immigration legalities

As has been stated a few times above a farang cannot be entered into a blue Tapien Baan book.
There is no legal requirement for a farang to be shown on a Tapien Baan.
Some of us who have lived here long time find a yellow TB a useful document to have.

So if we cannot be entered in the blue book, what about if we co-own the house? The owners must be stated I think?

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Nope.
The blue book is for thai citizens only so unless you go for citizenship you can only have a yellow book

Originally Posted by Thetyim

Originally Posted by barnsleyman

Hello,my thai g/friend has a blue house reg book,do i need to be reg in it for immigration legalities

As has been stated a few times above a farang cannot be entered into a blue Tapien Baan book.
There is no legal requirement for a farang to be shown on a Tapien Baan.
Some of us who have lived here long time find a yellow TB a useful document to have.

Sorry but i was told that blue books were only for thai nationals who own house & land,& that yellow books were for farangs who only owned condo's.The reason that i asked about blue books was,that if you live with or married to a Thai lady or man & everything is in their name, how can you prove to immigration that you live there.The only way that i can see is,reg mobile phone to address,have water & elec reg in your name,& have a Thai driving license,any help please.

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The yellow book is for non thai nationals who either own a condo or have shown a long term commitment to live in thailand.

Proof of address can be obtained from Immigration or your embassy/consulate. They usually only ask a few questions.
If you have some papers to show as well then I think you will have no problems.

Before the village headman had to go to Amphur and tell them I lived in the village for sometime, at least I guess thats why he had to go, but I know he did, now this time I have a 2 year lease/rental agreement and the lady that own the house lives in BKK so she camwe up here to visit her sister, Who takes care of the house and while here she had to gfo to San Sai amphur and sign some papers that I did live in her house here, so now i am supposed to get a new yellow book as the other is no good no more since it was signed off in phetrchabu

Originally Posted by Thetyim

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Nope.
The blue book is for thai citizens only so unless you go for citizenship you can only have a yellow book

so if one owner is thai and the other foreigner tehy will issue two books for the same household?