Hi,

 

I found some 10 year+ old posts here on this forum that people were able to register their car in Bangkok with a residence certificate from Chonburi.
Does anyone knows if this is still possible? Or are there other ways?
I live in Chonburi and would like to register my car in Bangkok.

 

Reasons:

1. Everyone keeps telling me it's better to have a Bangkok licence plate (advantage when reselling)
2. I would like to try to choose my licence plate number. Bangkok has an online service for that. In Chonburi you have to beg the officer that he/she show you the upcoming numbers. (by the way - can anyone share the experience with picking own digits? - not talking about vanity plates which are avaliable by auction. Just interested in picking an upcoming number)
   
    

thanks!

With a residence certificate it's not possible to register a vehicle in another province.

I'm not sure if it's possible with a yellow book, but i would tend to "not possible".

A Thai can register a vehicle in any province.

1. I don't think this matters much, if a Thai wants to have a Bangkok plate he can just change the registration to Bangkok after buying it.

2. I never tried to get a specific number, so no personal experience, but from what i've heard (at least outside of Bangkok) it sounded like the officer at the DLT expects a tip for this service.

1 minute ago, jackdd said:

With a residence certificate it's not possible to register a vehicle in another province.

I'm not sure if it's possible with a yellow book, but i would tend to "not possible".

A Thai can register a vehicle in any province.

1. I don't think this matters much, if a Thai wants to have a Bangkok plate he can just change the registration to Bangkok after buying it.

2. I never tried to get a specific number, so no personal experience, but from what i've heard (at least outside of Bangkok) it sounded like the officer at the DLT expects a tip for this service.

thanks for your reply.

 

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1. I don't think this matters much, if a Thai wants to have a Bangkok plate he can just change the registration to Bangkok after buying it.

It's not about the license plate. Thais believe that Bangkok residents treat their cars better than people in the provinces.

 

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the officer at the DLT expects a tip for this service

exactly. Or - if he has a bad day or simply doesn't like you - he just doesn't care at all and ignores your request

Pattaya police stop Bangkok plated cars more than Chonburi...your asking for trouble and certainly no advantage in selling.

1. No.

2. You can go to the LTO and ask for the number you want, we waited 2 months for a number for her bike to come available.

Our car fancy number plate was done on the Net, you reserve the number, then money and plates are handed over at our local LTO, think that took a month, they kept our old plates..