democratus

One owner since new, only serviced by Toyota (maintenance records available), very low mileage at 97,090 Klm.  Owned by foreigner, always parked in carport, runs very well and has just passed strict registration renewal check, good tires, very minor body damage. Has television and HD dashboard camera. 169,000 Baht.

Located at at Phuket City Homes. Detached house, 4-5 Bedrooms, well-equipped workshop, billiards room, landscaping, 6 air-conditioners, quiet neighbours, 10 minutes from Supacheap, parking for 4 small cars, covered driveway, two lounges, mains water & electricity, quite soi, security cameras, 3 bathrooms, some teak ceilings & doors, marble throughout upper floor. First to see will buy. Baht 6.5M. Retired foreigner. No Agents. Email: [email protected]

I know the name written in the book is mine, as I had it translated.

My kids (one is 24, the other 17) each have triple nationality (Thai, English & Irish). My wife has both Irish and Thai nationalities. When I applied for her to have British nationality, a requirement was she must spend three years in England. However, she refused to continue with the application after she heard of this requirement, as she felt living in a third world country for 3 years was just too much of an imposition.  

Yeah..whatever....

My tabien baan is a blue book, and the house to which it "belongs to" is owned by a company I set up for the purpose. I have no permanent residence certificate.

Glegolo - Yes, I have 2 children with my Thai wife. My name is in a seperate section to that of my wife, and entered in the same style, format, etc., as others registered in the book (when you marry a Thai, invariably some relatives wish to appear on the tabien baan, so they can enroll their children at a local school, etc).

MikeyIdea - Well, my name is there, in Thai script, and the immigration accepted it as "proof of address" when I renewed my retirement visa.

I don't have permanent residency - just a retirement visa. My name is in the Tabien Baan - my wife arranged it. I think if a Thai applies, there is/was no problem in Phuket - but when they see a fellang, it may trigger a "make plobnem" alert. When I recently went to open a new bank account, the Siam Commercial wouldn't process the paperwork until they saw my name in the Tabien Barn.

I have an English passport which I used to visit and stay in Thailand, but applied for an Irish pasport (anyone whose parent or grandparent was born in Ireland, is/was entitled to an Irish passport). When I arrived at Bangkok airport and produced the Irish passport, the immigration officer's computer flagged up I had an English passport. I was photographed and allowed through. I think (but am not sure) that when the immigration officer keys in your name and birthdate, it searches through multiple databases in a couple of seconds, and as there are relatively few people with a Christian, middle and surnames which match their date of birth, the photos of all holders of such passports are displayed on the officer's computer.