Having mistakenly first posted this on the Chang Mai forum I better now re post it here where it belongs :jap: The Chang Mai forum was talking about obtaining the yellow book. ( the house book that shows the farang name ) Has anybody managed to get a yellow book in the Pattaya Banglamung area ?

Things always seem to be that much harder round here due to there being so many more farang.

Tabien Bahn for foreigners

Tabien Bahn for foreigners

Yeah that's the book.

Tabien Bahn for foreigners

Yeah that's the book.

It's a link - click on it

I got my yellow book last year (Sattahip).

It wasn't difficult. One of the staff filled in the forms for me. I had to submit copies of my passport, copies of the blue book in my wife's name, and take a Thai neighbour along as a witness (wife not acceptable as a witness).

Cost was (to the best of my recollection) 50 baht for the book. No other fee.

At Sattahip they do not have many foreigners asking for yellow books. I expect Banglamung get these requests pretty frequently.

I got my yellow book earlier this year at Banglamung.

I went to the Amphur office first to ask what I needed and the answer was as follows.First I had to enter a thai name in the blue book,as there is no thai name in yet.Then I had to go to my Embassy to get a certificate of residence as the one handed out at the immigration wasn't valid.Next I had to translate the certificate of residence and my passport in Thai by a certified translator and that translation needed to be certified by the Thai ministry of interior or exterior I forget.When I had all this I had to come back together with 2 witnesses who lived in the area and the khanman of the aerea.I'm sure I forget some requirements.

The next day I went to any translator office in soi post office and had my passport translated into Thai.With that ( uncertified ) translation and an unused Certificate of residence,which I got at immigration some weeks earlier to sell a car,I went back to Amphur Banglamung.

One week later I picked up my yellow book at no cost.