A persistent conversation among expats is whether to trouble getting the yellow book (which notes the immigrant’s citizen in a home) and the pink card (a Thai ID for aliens). The basic response is a yes as they can frequently ease the problem of repeat journeys to the migration workplace. They can be utilized for signing up a SIM card, registering as a client in a medical facility, opening a checking account, getting in fee-paying websites consisting of national forests, reporting at police headquarters and moving lorry ownership.
Why do I state frequently? Due to the fact that each administration has the power either to accept the yellow book and pink card or to demand a particular letter from migration as evidence of address. For instance, the large bulk of land transport workplaces do need a letter from migration as part of the procedure for driving licence application or renewal. Candidates for the 5-20 years Elite visa likewise will discover they require the migration evidence of address. However it is still worth the effort if just since ownership of the yellow book and pink card sets you apart from the basic run of farang in Thailand.
The files needed to make an application differ rather from province to province. You will definitely require your initial passport and ideally a non-immigrant or much better visa: the procedure of application presently takes around 6 weeks. If you have a work authorization and/or marital relationship certificate, they are required, however no requirement to fret if they do not use to you. Likewise you will require the blue home book (and ID card) for the house you reside in plus the owner’s approval if you do not own the physicals. Whether you require to offer embassy verification of your passport and offer a birth certificate depends upon the policy of your regional jurisdiction.
Other requirements can consist of verification of address by migration, plus images and a crime-free certificate in some regional authorities. You will likewise require 2 witnesses, among which can be your Thai attorney if you select to work with one. Benefits there consist of orientation with the procedure as the attorney will accompany you to the interview at town hall or the district workplace. In the Pattaya location, the location for applications depends upon the place of your address: town hall for Pattaya and the district workplaces in Banglamung, Nongprue and Huay Yai.
As you currently most likely understand, an immigrant’s name can not appear in the blue housebook or “tibean bahn”. Belongings of the yellow book does not show you own the residential or commercial property as it is just a list of foreign homeowners living there. Nevertheless, there is one exception to the exemption of aliens from the blue book: an irreversible citizen can be noted there. Long-term homeowners are immigrants who have no date in their passport when they need to restore or leave the kingdom. They likewise have a red authorities book with which they report to the police headquarters and not to migration. Long-term residency is an opportunity normally provided to immigrants who have actually worked effectively in Thailand and/or benefitted Thailand in some considerable method by their existence and activities. It’s not “simply another visa”. In reality it’s not a visa at all.
