Today the transfer was done on my 2003 TDM900 at the Nong Hoi office in Chiang Mai.
I had given the buyer all the documentation to handle the transfer alone - or so we thought.
The ladies at the office put up two roadblocks.
The first was that while I had submitted copies of my passport and yellow house book, they now wanted a copy of my visa. So I made a copy and headed over.
The second was a bit more convoluted. Since I was the original owner of the bike in Thailand back in 2003, the green book had a passport number from an expired passport - which obviously did not match the current passport number.
The second one was not explained until I got to the office - otherwise I could have made copies of my expired passports. But since I also have a pink ID card, they accepted a copy of that and told the buyer that all was OK since they had seen me in person.
So - if you are selling a bike that was registered on a previous passport, make a copy of that old passport as well as your current one, and include a visa copy as well.
I had given the buyer all the documentation to handle the transfer alone - or so we thought.
The ladies at the office put up two roadblocks.
The first was that while I had submitted copies of my passport and yellow house book, they now wanted a copy of my visa. So I made a copy and headed over.
The second was a bit more convoluted. Since I was the original owner of the bike in Thailand back in 2003, the green book had a passport number from an expired passport - which obviously did not match the current passport number.
The second one was not explained until I got to the office - otherwise I could have made copies of my expired passports. But since I also have a pink ID card, they accepted a copy of that and told the buyer that all was OK since they had seen me in person.
So - if you are selling a bike that was registered on a previous passport, make a copy of that old passport as well as your current one, and include a visa copy as well.
