Wow, my first thread went off the rails it seems !
An update,
I went to the local office to ask what they needed. Woman, there looked at my work permit and then my passport.
Now, in my passport, there are a few bits of paper stapled inside, all done by immigration. Some white, some blue. I think some are receipts and some reminders.
The company I work for that got the work permit used an address in Bangkok. This address is in my passport on one of the bits of paper.
The woman sees this and then says "Can't do" as I am registered in Bangkok.
So I went away and contacted my company. Now I did forget that my TM30 I did online and it's for the correct address (not Bangkok) and falls under the local office.
Since then I used an agent in Bangkok to get a Thai driver's licence for a car and motorbike. To get this the agent got me a residence certificate. This is at the correct address (not Bangkok)
So, I think I will go back to the local office again with said residence certificate and TM30 to try again.
I will say when me and the wife went in the place was usually empty, it is usually full of people. One woman was watching videos on her laptop and seemed slightly annoyed when a couple walked in. I got the impression they don't get many farangs with Thai wives asking for pink ID cards and yellow books so it could be the old "I don't know what I am doing to just give an excuse and get rid of them" line.