Getting A Residents Letter From Immigration

[murni]

My husband & I went to Immigration today for letter so we can renew our driving licences.

We do not have a landlord or a yellow book so took the past 6 months elec. bills. They were quite happy to accept these & we duly received our letters. The cost seemed somewhat high 500baht per letter (no receipt), did we pay over the odds?

[elektrified]

No 500 THB per person is correct. They never give a receipt for a Certificate of Residency.

[Mario2008]

It is supposed to be free. If you don't get a receipt, that should tell you enough.

[gotlost]

Since the first part of 2007 they have been 500 baht and no receipt at Chiang Mai Immigration.

[BWPattaya]

I got one from Pattaya Immigration two weeks ago for 200 Bt. Supposed to be free but for the last ten years they have cost me 200 Bt.

[Thules]

They were free in Phuket immigration last week.

[Sparkles]

As you get a receipt for every other single piece of business with immigration it can only lead to one conclusion. Anyone ever ask, or demanded one, for say tax purposes?

[Phuket Stan]

They were free in Phuket immigration last week.

Whoop-de-doo....something else which is cheaper in Phuket...we must watch this or else people will start saying we are all cheap charlies living down here

[mcgriffith]

They used to be free at CM Imm.

I know as I got 2 when I bought a couple of motorsai several years ago. Passport photos, fill out the app, copies of landlord docs- that was it.

Then they stopped issuing them altogether here in CM.

About a year or so ago they started issuing them again. Saw a wall poster 2 days ago at CM Imm that had 500 B as the price for a Certificate of Residency.

Don't know about the lack of receipt issue, but before we all assume that this is something dodgy....perhaps there is no national policy or procedure allowing the Thai police to issue such a document. So the local office is perhaps providing a service that is not written in official policy or procedure...thus the lack of receipt.

The alternative is that one can go to their home country Embassy or Consulate for this document- many members complained bitterly here on this forum (particularly our British brethren) about the exorbitant, usurious tariff charged.

500 B is a deal, compared to the 50 quid or so that I recall was being charged to UK nationals.

[mrclough]

Last time I checked the British Consulate charged B1800 & the cert was valid for 12 months. The B500 ones are valid only for 30 days.

They will not accept copies when you go for your license as I tried this, wanting to keep the original for transferring the ownership on my bike.

I've heard numerous horror stories about people going for the 12c month one and at a mere B500 a pop can't really see the point.

[gotlost]

Yellow Book,Yellew Book, Yellow Book

Edited September 24, 2010 by gotlost

[naboo]

The guy (farang) I bought my car from was exceptionally rude to them (irritated he couldn't just sell his car to me without having to pay them money). It took him 5 hrs and cost 1000B. I could see why he was in such a hurry to leave Thailand, he really didn't have a clue how to go about business here.

[Lancelot]

I got one from Pattaya Immigration two weeks ago for 200 Bt. Supposed to be free but for the last ten years they have cost me 200 Bt.

Same here. I paid B200 at Pattaya Immigration