Can I Use a Residence Certificate from Another City in Pattaya?

[driveout]

Hi everyone,

 

I have a question about the Certificate of Residence in Thailand. I know this document is required for things like getting a Thai driving license, buying a motorcycle, or opening a bank account.

 

My questions are:

1. Does it matter where I obtain the certificate? For example, if my address is in Pattaya, but I get my residence certificate in Bangkok, Chiang Mai, or Phuket, can I still use it at the Pattaya Department of Land Transport to apply for a driving license? Or for buying a motorcycle or opening a bank account in Pattaya?

2. If I want to open a bank account in Chonburi province, does the residence certificate have to be issued by the Chonburi Immigration Office, or can it be from any immigration office in Thailand?

 

Would appreciate any advice from those who have experience with this. Thanks!

[Caldera]

If your address is in Pattaya, you have to get your Certificate of Residence from Chonburi immigration (Jomtien office).

 

Any immigration office elsewhere in Thailand will require you to have a local address within the jurisdiction of that office. At the very least, you'd need a current TM30 notification for that address. 

[DrJack54]

1 hour ago, driveout said:

Does it matter where I obtain the certificate?

Yes it does. You obtain COR where you live.

File TM30, TM47 etc.

Thread for obtaining COR Jomitien (good OP) 

 

https://aseannow.com/topic/1283077-certificate-of-residence-jomtien-immigration/

 

Question 2 same answer as Q1..

 

What are you trying to achieve. Your threads are not clear. 

 

[Smokin Joe]

I live in Pattaya. When I renewed my Drivers's License post Covid, in 2021, I obtained my COR from the Chonburi Immigration office in Sriracha. No issues at the DLT near Regents School.

 

Chonburi Immigration has offices in more than one city.

 

My COR was issued in the province I live in but not the city I live in.

[driveout]

41 minutes ago, Caldera said:

If your address is in Pattaya, you have to get your Certificate of Residence from Chonburi immigration (Jomtien office).

 

Any immigration office elsewhere in Thailand will require you to have a local address within the jurisdiction of that office. At the very least, you'd need a current TM30 notification for that address. 

Oh I see. But if I want to let’s say change my driving license, do I have to go to the exact same dlt where I got my driving license first at? This little bit of topic sorry 

[driveout]

2 minutes ago, Smokin Joe said:

I live in Pattaya. When I renewed my Drivers's License post Covid, in 2021, I obtained my COR from the Chonburi Immigration office in Sriracha. No issues at the DLT near Regents School.

 

Chonburi Immigration has offices in more than one city.

 

My COR was issued in the province I live in but not the city I live in.

Okay so your address was in Pattaya city at the time you got your COR from sriracha immigration? Which dlt is it exactly? Dlt near route 36? 

[DrJack54]

2 minutes ago, driveout said:

Oh I see. But if I want to let’s say change my driving license, do I have to go to the exact same dlt where I got my driving license first at? This little bit of topic sorry 

Of course not. 

What do you mean "change your driving licience" 

You can drive anywhere in Thailand with your TDL.

When renewal is due you obtain COR and renew at Transport office where you live

[JackGats]

You can get a "letter of residence" from any hotel where you stay, and with that go to the immigration office corresponding to where the hotel is located in order to get a residence certificate.

[Smokin Joe]

9 minutes ago, driveout said:

Okay so your address was in Pattaya city at the time you got your COR from sriracha immigration? Which dlt is it exactly? Dlt near route 36? 

 

The DLT near Regents School just off HWY 36.

 

I think that is the only DLT in Chonburi Province.

 

There are four Chonburi Immigration offices: Jomtien, Sriracha, Koh Sichang, and Laem Chabang