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Home » Reader question » Reader question: How can I register in Thailand as a single person?
Dear readers,
I have read the article about registering in Thailand, but in all cases it concerns married couples. I have a girlfriend but we have no plans to get married so I wonder how do I register and where?
I rent an apartment in Khon Kaen with a contract for one year, have a retirement visa OA multi entrance and have received a Proof of Residence (500 bath) from the immigration on presentation of my rental contract and passport (30 bath) with a validity of XNUMX days,
So my question is how can I register permanently if I am not married.
Sincerely,
Cees
Cees,
Just go to the municipality to get a yellow book as proof of registration. In addition to the documents you mentioned (passport, rental contract, etc.), also take a Thai person with you who speaks decent English. Because in most town halls, the officials who are “active” there speak little or no English. I did the same here in Sangkampeng (just outside Chiangmai) at the time. Was arranged quickly.
Success.
Dear Cees and Teun,
You think way too much in Dutch terms! There is no registration obligation here as we know it in the Netherlands. As an aside, a direct corollary to this is that no one can tell you exactly how many people live in the place where you live (eg, depending on the definition, the estimated population of Bangkok varies between 5 and 10 million).
Foreigners must declare their whereabouts both upon arrival and every 90 days thereafter. See for that https://www.thailandblog.nl/category/dossier/visum-thailand/ chapter 11 (page 28). This '90-day notification' only applies to those who have a so-called 'retirement visa' or a 'Thai women visa', see chapter 9 (page 22).
Cees probably has a Non Immigrant OA visa; by definition that is multiple entry; that is definitely not the same as a 'retirement visa'! With an OA (or O) visa you have to leave Thailand every 90 days. This is also stated in detail in the document referred to above.
Dear Macb,
When Cees asks how to do that (register), it seems logical to go into THAT instead of giving whole treatises about different visas and how many people live in Bangkok. Cees will also know the difference between different visas.
According to the rules of the art, for it to be official, you must indeed produce a translated and legalized statement of deregistration from the Dutch population register.
Accompanied by two Thai to the Amphur.
The translation of your name in Thai is important!
Phonetic is recommended
You have OA, you have already received proof of residence, what more could you want?
The yellow book will not be handed out, but people in Thailand do not really understand this. Furthermore, it is something from which you cannot derive any rights regarding your residence, at most it can be useful when applying for a driver's license, purchasing a car or the like. But as I said: You often simply do not receive this booklet and you will therefore have to rely on immigration for proof of residence or if they do not issue it, you will have to go to the embassy. (illogical but it is the same)
I estimate that more than 80% of all foreigners in Thailand who stay there on the basis of marriage or retirement do not have a yellow book and it makes no difference to their position in Thailand. The requirements you must meet regarding income and the like are normative for legal residence, if you do not meet them, a yellow book will not help and you will be requested to leave the country.
Registration and the like are Dutch terms, which are not used for foreigners in Thailand as is customary in the Netherlands. Foreigners must report their presence once every 90 days and annually extend their stay by meeting a number of (income) requirements. A yellow book says nothing at all in that story. What is much more important is being deregistered in the Netherlands, especially at the tax authorities.
Thanks especially for all the info,
I do indeed have a Non Emigrant OA visa, multiple entrance. I left the Netherlands a long time ago and have been living in Belgium for more than 15 years, I have been deregistered here and received a 'Form 8' on which my Thai address is stated.
Belgians must report to their embassy in Bangkok with this form, they were not sure (because I am NL) what to do with it, but assumed that I had to go to the NL embassy in BK with this form.
I am leaving for Thailand next Thursday and was planning to go to the Dutch embassy in BK with this form upon arrival. Should I do this or not, I know it's not an obligation for NL people.
Is it sufficient to register me via the webside, thailand.nlambassade.org/registratie-nederlanders. This would also be a lot easier for me then I wouldn't have to run around like that before catching my next flight to KK.
A few words about the Proof of Residence form, this is only valid for 30 days and you can (I think) just request it again every time I wanted to request the yellow booklet to possibly use to get rid of Heerenveen if necessary.
Hope to hear from you soon, regards, Cees