Do foreigners with a pink ID card and yellow book still need to file TM30 and TM47 in Thailand?

you get healthcare at a moderate price in public hospitals(Thai, living here, tourist.)

Yes they do need to do both.

Yes and yes.

Yes. A Pink ID Card and Yellow Book have no legal consequence here. Purely aesthetics.

Yes.

Why do you assume you would not?

Yes you need to do both and the 90 days. Got my Thai pink card and yellow book last year.

​🛡️ Why bother with the Yellow House Book & Pink ID Card? Here are the benefits!

​Many people wonder if it's worth the effort to obtain the Yellow House Book (Tabien Baan) and the Pink ID Card while living in Thailand on a 1-year extension. Here is a quick summary of how it makes life easier:

​✅ Skip the trips to Immigration: The biggest advantage! With the yellow book, you don't need to visit Immigration and pay for a "Certificate of Residence" every time you buy/sell a car or motorcycle, or renew your driver's license. The book serves as your permanent proof of address.

​✅ Bank Requirements: Many banks have tightened their regulations. Today, several banks actually require a yellow house book to open a new account or even to make certain changes to your existing banking services. Without it, you might hit a dead end.

​✅ Easy Identification: The pink card is an official Thai ID document. You can use it to check in for domestic flights, at hotels, and at police checkpoints without having to carry your passport everywhere (which is better kept safe in a vault).

​✅ Save Money: At national parks, museums, and various attractions, showing your pink card often allows you to pay the "Thai price" instead of the much higher tourist price. It pays for itself quickly!

​✅ Simplified Contracts: Signing up for home internet or utility bills in your own name becomes much easier. You are registered in the system with your unique 13-digit ID number, just like Thai citizens.

​✅ Smoother Healthcare: Public hospitals use your ID number to consolidate your medical history. This simplifies the registration process and ensures you are treated more like a resident than a temporary tourist.

​In short: While not an absolute requirement, if you plan on staying for a while and own a vehicle or property, it saves time, money, and a lot of frustration in the long run!

Yes!

@John *********

Related to all this, from 30,000 feet.

My colleague (I am a former IBM) was a technical leader for this Immigration Optimisation. Took them 5 years to get where they are now and what we see from the Thai Immigration site.

The idea was and is, keep the foreigners on a short leash. That will never change, he said.

Yellow book, I have owned a condo in Bangkok since 2008. No any books, the City Council said the property is empty, nobody lives in there.

Living in Japan, our daughter got into the Blue Book in a province. I got into their Yellow Book.

But, But, only after my wife got terminally ill, cancer (in Japan) and I looked after her for years in hospital. It ended well.

Only then her family decided I am a person worth getting into their family home, Yellow Book.

My wife was telling me, her family did not trust a foreigner (hardly any family in the provinces does) until then.

Me, as a foreigner, could possibly claim ownership or whatever on their property. Then they dropped those worries and accepted me with open arms. Saved their daughter.

There was no need, had never been for me, we got the Blue Book and Yellow book for our Bangkok condo, disengaged from their provincial City Council.

My wife and our Thai daughter are getting invitations for elections at our Bangkok address.

We do not live there full time but still.

I just did my first online registration returning to my yelliw book/pink ID/drivers license address. Seems to have worked.

Yes

yes

Yes, off course.

Hello does anyone know, when you apply for renewal non o retirement visa can you fill in the tm 30 yourself or does the landlord have to fill it in for you

Yes you always need a TM 30 in your passport, if you have a visa with reentry permit you not need a new every time you leave Thailand, my TM 30 is 5 years old and everytime i do my yearly extension they say only need new if change adress, this law took effect june 30 2020 and was publish in Royal gazette on june 16 2020.

I have a blue book, does that have any advantages compared to yellow book?

Of course you do. They are a waste of time and effort.

If you have perm resident visa no

Yes

Tm30 is the landlord's responsibility. Having a yellow book, makes it your responsibility 😉

Yes

Yellow book can be use when buying a car or motorbike instead of a certificate of residency...

Pink ID can be used in Hotels instead of your passport.

Then you will not need to reregister yourself when coming back to your residence...

Yup

Yes

Yes to both .

Yes

They do