Us Nek Personally, i would go to the nearest DLT to your current home in Bangkok.. take along the Green book/s for the bike/s, and certificate of insurance (ie. the compulsory Por Ror Bor), your passport, proof of address (such as Yellow book or CoR), the copy of your lease agreement (if you are renting an apt) and your latest tm30.. and ask them if you can transfer the registration now that your are living in Bangkok.. you should find they will be, able to attend to it there.. meaning without you having to return to Pattaya.. but they will advise you and supply the correct forms for completion.. it's best if you have a Thai friend with you to help you fill in the forms since sometimes it has to be written in Thai as well as (or instead of) English.. although again, the staff at the DLT might be willing to do this on your behalf.. but best to go prepared and fore armed as they say.. to save you a return trip.. worse scenario is they insist it's done in Pattaya first.. but i haven't hunch thst won't be necessary my friend.. good luck 🍀

If you don't change your address on your registration.. then a problem could arise if a fixed penalty notice.. say for speeding or some other driving infringement.. gets sent to your old address and it is returned to the police.. you should also consider that any insurance you have could be invalidated.. since your address is a factor in the premium calculation and the price could change if you move residence.. so witholding a change of address could be considered a material variation to the contract of insurance.. leaving you uninsured if you have an accident.. however, once you notify the DLT in your old province of a change of address to another province.. they will normally give you 7-14 days to go to the DLT in your new province to re-register it there.. meaning you don't have a choice in the matter.. and failure to do so at that point will result in a fine.. i would suggest it is advisable to simply re-register a vehicle in the new province in all such cases.. so as to avoid creating problems for yourself later.. it will also make it easier to sell it later on.. since potential local buyers could be deterred if they see it is registered in a distant province!

@Nick ***********

I completely agree with your appraisal.. if a particular immigration office gets pressured (from above) to vet applications received from agents 'properly' at some point.. and discovers that every app a particular agent submits thereafter has to be rejected because the hitherto 'friendly IO' can no longer intervene and smooth out the wrinkles internally.. then said agent is going to be red flagged and they could be ordered to review all visa's previously issued via that agent to check for irregularities.. and if you used that same agent to cheat the system because you didn't fully meet the criteria.. eg. you didn't have the required funds available.. or you simply refused to use your own money because you didn't want to disturb a 'better investment' elsewhere.. then they will identify this and deduce that you knowingly abused the process.. the bent IO who received a sweetener to 'look the other way' could be removed from their position (or retire) and you then you lose their protection.. and if they are replaced by a jobsworth who can't be bribed you will be in the sh1t.. you won't be able to claim ignorance of the agents malfeasance as a defence either.. because you signed the forms and declared it to be a truthful disclosure of all material facts.. and if you are mid-term on that visa it could be cancelled and you could be deported on grounds of an intentional overstay.. and you have no way of knowing whether they will ever entertain another visa application from you.. most likely you'd get say a 5-year ban or something like that.. especially if they want to make an example of somebody to deter others from such misdemeanors.. but to make matters worse you could be prosecuted and fined heavily.. also likely if they find hundreds or even thousands of such cases and realise how much revenue could be raised that way.. i know everything I've stated here is hypothetical.. but that's exactly what 'risk' is.. it's the hypothetical downside of making a decision or taking a certain course of action.. and if you can't handle the worst possible outcome from that decision you probably shouldn't be making it.. i accept that agents can save you time.. eg. paying them to fast-track say, a certificate of residence, will make sense when time is of the essence.. or to get your overseas marriage certificate endorsed by your embassy, translated and rubber stamped by the MoFA etc.. but they are kosher services that do not involve blatant fraud.. I'm not suggesting all agents are bad.. but when it comes to visa's most of them make their money by using their relationships with IO's to get applications approved that would ordinarily fail upon closer scrutiny.. and that only happens because money changes hands.. from applicant to agent to IO.. if discovered the IO and the agent could both be looking for another job.. but the applicant (or visa holder) could be searching for another country to live in.. so tell me who is taking the brunt of the risk!

I read this week that Thailand is modifying the tax rules imminently.. such that retirees (and other long term visa holders) with pension income originating from overseas will be exempt from taxation on that income.. on the proviso that it is remitted to Thailand in the year it is received.. so current year pension income being flipped into your Thai bank account every month will be exempt.. which suggests they have realised there are significant benefits (to the economy) in encouraging expats to bring more money into Thailand!

A friend of mine recently obtained a 10-yr Uk visa for his Thai wife.. allowing unlimited entries of up to 6 months stay each time.. and he told me he paid around £1,000 for it.. and it didn't take anything like 12+ months to process the application.. if all the correct documentation is prepared and ready to submit it should take several weeks rather than several months.. but of course, every situation is different and will have it's own peculiarities.. so timescales will potentially differ between applicants.. I'm considering doing something similar shortly.. no immediate plans to travel back to the Uk, but I'd rather have it in place ready for when it's needed 😉

Consider porting your established number to Expatfone.. it's a digital VoIP mobile phone service that works through an app called Devyce.. you don't need a sim in your phone to use it.. so you keep your Thai sim in your handset for every day use and revert to the Devyce app to use your UK number.. the big benefit is that the app shields your location when using it.. meaning anyone you call or message receives it as if you were still in the UK.. and when you call the UK they will just see your mobile number as they would if you were making the call locally.. which is great for communicating with your UK bank if you're not ready to inform them of your overseas domicile.. which could help you avoid the risk of having your UK bank account cancelled.. which many banks appear to be doing if you no longer have a registered UK address.. and i forgot to mention that calls to UK landlines and mobiles and sms's are completely free.. you just pay a fixed monthly subscription to keep it active.. and if you return to live in the UK and want a conventional UK sim again.. you can simply port your number out again and retain the number.. it was a no brainer for me!

Our original KR22 was accepted by CM immigration at the last renewal without any query whatsoever.

I'd suggest that having a Thai bank account is very relevant.. since you can only be taxed (or assessed for tax) on the income you bring into Thailand.. and the only way that can be assessed is via your bank deposits.. meaning if you self declare your income on a tax return they will ask to see your bank statements to verify it.. your overseas bank account is irrelevant.. so if you don't have a Thai bank account you will never pay tax.. unless you volunteer to do so.. however the reality is that you can't stay here on a long term visa (eg. married or retirement visa) without having a Thai bank account.. and these are the majority of people that will be caught by the 180 day ruling.. very few people will live in Thailand for 6 months without a bone-fide visa.. so it's nonsensical to suggest a Thai bank account is not going to be part of the tax equation!

@Raymond *******

Then you simply take your Thai marriage certificate to the local Amphur and register it with them.. they will issue a Kor Ror 2 certificate (instead of a KR22) which is needed to support your married visa application 👍

@Dave ***********

Good advice.. if currently in the Uk then getting the 90-day 'visiting family' visa in advance circumvents the need to get the initial 90-day marriage visa when he reaches Thailand.. and will speed up the process.. but if already in Thailand and applying locally then an unnecessary step.. but if married in a country outside of Thailand then they will need a copy of the original marriage certificate certified (ie. authenticated) by the embassy of said country.. and a copy translated into Thai and duly certified by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Thailand.. before registering the marriage at the local Amphur in their district.. registration gives them a Kor Ror 22 certificate which is needed for the marriage visa application.. along with embassy and MoFA documents 👍