LDNBKK86 Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 Hi, I am looking at purchasing a bike shortly and i would like to know the official way to get my name transfered to the green book. The current owner is not thai. Any suggestions would be great Thank you Adam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hkt83100 Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 The easiest way will be to go to the Land Transportation Office together and take the bike with you. The officers will be helpful (if you are polite to them) and you will do the procedure in a (quite) short time. While you are waiting in the queue, look for some people who are willing to act as witnesses, because you will need two of them to sign the transfer document. I did the whole procedure in about one hour in Phuket, it CAN be done. Oh yes, there will be a "check-up" of the vehicle, too. Emissions are measured (kind of), and the engine number is checked against the Green Book. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackman Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 if the owners not thai, don't they have to get a residence certificate from immigration to effect a transfer? you can take it to a Government agent to do the transfer for you to avoid queues they do the vehicle checking too they charge a fee for the service but it will save you many hours waiting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katabeachbum Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 present owner needs to bring passport with valid permit to stay buyer needs to bring passport with valid permit to stay and a certificate of resident issued by Immigration or your Embassy. Bring bike and above to DLT, if bike inspection reveals no problems, transfer to new owner is accepted within an hour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDNBKK86 Posted May 24, 2011 Author Share Posted May 24, 2011 Thank you for your help. Questions: "buyer needs to bring passport with valid permit to stay and a certificate of resident issued by Immigration or your Embassy" - I have my Non O Visa, how can i get a certificate or residency? I presume that i cannot get one from Immigration.... "present owner needs to bring passport with valid permit to stay" - He will provide me with a photocopy, is this ok? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderpuff Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 Are you doing 90 day reporting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katabeachbum Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 Thank you for your help. Questions: "buyer needs to bring passport with valid permit to stay and a certificate of resident issued by Immigration or your Embassy" - I have my Non O Visa, how can i get a certificate or residency? I presume that i cannot get one from Immigration.... "present owner needs to bring passport with valid permit to stay" - He will provide me with a photocopy, is this ok? if present owner does not go to DLT he needs to sign a proxy and a transfer form, both witnessed, in addition to signed passport copies. I would not pay present owner before bike has been accepted for transfer by DLT different Immigration have different requirements to issue certificat of resident, Phuket presently accepts rentalagreement or Tabien Baan without residents or tabien baan supported by house masters id card and a statement. Most Embassyes require no documents at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyswede Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 Most Embassyes require no documents at all. Mine said: Bring your passport , an adress and 530b and we help you! Sounds great but how can they have a clue about where i live in Thailand and do "transportation" belive them? Soon i will know ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trevorg Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 I must admit, that I purchased a bike, that I took an instant shine to! Paid the cash, took the bike away (out of province) and then spent 6 months chasing the 'farang' seller for copies of passports/ visas/ work permits/ more copies of the same stuff again and again! Not his fault - he had a bike to sell, I wanted to buy it! Getting it registered in my name in my province was not that simple! I could scan and photocopy all my documents, but getting the 'sellers' documents may be harder (not because they're dodgy', just because they normally don't need to produce copies of passports and visas to sell a bike in their home country! Buy it, but don't expect to 'ride it away' (at least not legally)! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katabeachbum Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 Most Embassyes require no documents at all. Mine said: Bring your passport , an adress and 530b and we help you! Sounds great but how can they have a clue about where i live in Thailand and do "transportation" belive them? Soon i will know ... yepp, DLT believes them Thai staff at your Embassy may want to see a businesscard with adress from the hotel you live at. ask hotel to write proper adress, Thanon/Soi, Moo, Tambor, Amphur Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katabeachbum Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 I must admit, that I purchased a bike, that I took an instant shine to! Paid the cash, took the bike away (out of province) and then spent 6 months chasing the 'farang' seller for copies of passports/ visas/ work permits/ more copies of the same stuff again and again! Not his fault - he had a bike to sell, I wanted to buy it! Getting it registered in my name in my province was not that simple! I could scan and photocopy all my documents, but getting the 'sellers' documents may be harder (not because they're dodgy', just because they normally don't need to produce copies of passports and visas to sell a bike in their home country! Buy it, but don't expect to 'ride it away' (at least not legally)! pay the cash when DLT has accepted the bike and seller docs. hazzlefree way to become the owner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyswede Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 yepp, DLT believes them Thai staff at your Embassy may want to see a businesscard with adress from the hotel you live at. ask hotel to write proper adress, Thanon/Soi, Moo, Tambor, Amphur Great , I will use my wifes´ familys adress in BKK unt´ll we have our own and i think i have all the "Thanon/Soi, Moo, Tambor, Amphur" on a pcs. of paper here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trevorg Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 I must admit, that I purchased a bike, that I took an instant shine to! Paid the cash, took the bike away (out of province) and then spent 6 months chasing the 'farang' seller for copies of passports/ visas/ work permits/ more copies of the same stuff again and again! Not his fault - he had a bike to sell, I wanted to buy it! Getting it registered in my name in my province was not that simple! I could scan and photocopy all my documents, but getting the 'sellers' documents may be harder (not because they're dodgy', just because they normally don't need to produce copies of passports and visas to sell a bike in their home country! Buy it, but don't expect to 'ride it away' (at least not legally)! pay the cash when DLT has accepted the bike and seller docs. hazzlefree way to become the owner Hindsight! And a 320km each way interprovince drive, whilst simple, does not guarantee hassle free! And there was no way that I could get this bike within the province!:jap: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katabeachbum Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 I must admit, that I purchased a bike, that I took an instant shine to! Paid the cash, took the bike away (out of province) and then spent 6 months chasing the 'farang' seller for copies of passports/ visas/ work permits/ more copies of the same stuff again and again! Not his fault - he had a bike to sell, I wanted to buy it! Getting it registered in my name in my province was not that simple! I could scan and photocopy all my documents, but getting the 'sellers' documents may be harder (not because they're dodgy', just because they normally don't need to produce copies of passports and visas to sell a bike in their home country! Buy it, but don't expect to 'ride it away' (at least not legally)! pay the cash when DLT has accepted the bike and seller docs. hazzlefree way to become the owner Hindsight! And a 320km each way interprovince drive, whilst simple, does not guarantee hassle free! And there was no way that I could get this bike within the province!:jap: then one usually completes transfer in Province of purchase to avoid later hazzle. Unless one preferes hazzle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trevorg Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 I must admit, that I purchased a bike, that I took an instant shine to! Paid the cash, took the bike away (out of province) and then spent 6 months chasing the 'farang' seller for copies of passports/ visas/ work permits/ more copies of the same stuff again and again! Not his fault - he had a bike to sell, I wanted to buy it! Getting it registered in my name in my province was not that simple! I could scan and photocopy all my documents, but getting the 'sellers' documents may be harder (not because they're dodgy', just because they normally don't need to produce copies of passports and visas to sell a bike in their home country! Buy it, but don't expect to 'ride it away' (at least not legally)! pay the cash when DLT has accepted the bike and seller docs. hazzlefree way to become the owner Hindsight! And a 320km each way interprovince drive, whilst simple, does not guarantee hassle free! And there was no way that I could get this bike within the province!:jap: then one usually completes transfer in Province of purchase to avoid later hazzle. Unless one preferes hazzle You are so right! I don't mind a bit of hassle - I'd love to try some hazzle though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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