Background
Rider:
Name: Vic Alborn [AKA: Ah boon/Ah min/Ah wen depending upon Chinese dialect]
Nationality: New Zealand
Address for service: Try your luck.
Sex: Preferably
Age: Born 28 April 1941 (Go figure)
Marital Status: Divorced: 40+ years
Occupation: Retreaded – not retired.
Physical Characteristics: Over-weight
Motorcycle
OEM, for this Report, a Yamaha FZ150i [Malaysian registered].
Preparation: A modified Givi top boxframe (moved forward 50 mm for better weight distribution) with a commercial testequipment box from Super Cheap Autos (NZ) mounted on the frame. Additional Brake/Tail and Indicator LED lights added and wired. New rear tyre, general check-over as the last shop inspection was at 12000km and odometer currently reads 13500.
Don't you just love the colour co-ordinated luggage?
Extra rear lighting!!!
Purpose of Trip Duuhh! Circumnavigate Thailand (maybe).
Paperwork
Seriously now:
Visa Application: Much of the following may be common knowledge/mentioned elsewhereon this web-site but this has been my experience as a New Zealand citizen in Penang on “visa-exempt” status. I read what I could find on the internet and it was contradictory and confusing. (e.g. One website quoted incorrect photo size). I went to the Thai Consulate in Penang and retrieved the forms. They give you two: one for the Visa application and one to fill in as a receipt for your Passport. They require: -
1) A completed Visa application form and in my case it is a single entry, 60 dayvisa. A single entry is all they will grant for this class of Visa. The details are straight forward but under: “travelling by”, I put Malaysian registered motorcycle, together with the plate number. For local & Thai guarantor I put “none” – no problem.
2) The fee is MYR110.00 and must be in Malaysian currency.
3) Two passport-sized recent (6 months) photos: 3.5 x 4.5 cm. (Mine were aged; but then so am I and who looks at an old git anyway! (Oops: I said I was being serious!))
4) Your passport with a least six months remaining validity AND a photocopy of your passport (ID page).
If you don’t have photos and copies of your passport, don’t worry; there is an enterprising guy with a van at the gate who will do both for a small fee.
Duly filed and fee paid, I was handed back the receipt and told to come back at 15:30 hrs that same day! This I did and was handed back my passport with visa inserted. Great! However, when I asked for the relevant forms/procedure for the motorcycle, they didn’t/didn’t want to know. The guy at the gate house was helpful and said to fill out the forms at the border. I really wanted to be prepared ahead of time and it was with the help of tehsk30 & rob7711 I was put right. Thanks fellas (See other threads this forum). I quote rob7711 here:
“…For a Malaysian registered vehicle all you need to do as far as paperwork is concerned is to bring along your vehicle registration card and your passport. There are no forms for you to pre-fill in advance as these are only done by thai customs. (The caveat to this is that you must be the registered owner of the vehicle andthere is no lien on the vehicle by others . meaning financialinstitution/banks. Otherwise you would need a "no objection" letter from the financial institution/bank to export the vehicle.). Hand these documents to the thai customs and they will key in your vehicle details andprint out a duly filled form which is the temporary vehicle import form which you will need to surrender when exiting thailand. As always a nominal "overtime fee" needs to be paid for this which is 20bht or rm2.
Note that this process will get done quicker on your next subsequent border crossing as your vehicle details are now captured on their system and merely needs to be printed out. Don't loose the form or you will face a hefty fine equivalent to the brand new price of the vehicle.
END
Rider:
Name: Vic Alborn [AKA: Ah boon/Ah min/Ah wen depending upon Chinese dialect]
Nationality: New Zealand
Address for service: Try your luck.
Sex: Preferably
Age: Born 28 April 1941 (Go figure)
Marital Status: Divorced: 40+ years
Occupation: Retreaded – not retired.
Physical Characteristics: Over-weight
Motorcycle
OEM, for this Report, a Yamaha FZ150i [Malaysian registered].
Preparation: A modified Givi top boxframe (moved forward 50 mm for better weight distribution) with a commercial testequipment box from Super Cheap Autos (NZ) mounted on the frame. Additional Brake/Tail and Indicator LED lights added and wired. New rear tyre, general check-over as the last shop inspection was at 12000km and odometer currently reads 13500.
Don't you just love the colour co-ordinated luggage?
Extra rear lighting!!!
Purpose of Trip Duuhh! Circumnavigate Thailand (maybe).
Paperwork
Seriously now:
Visa Application: Much of the following may be common knowledge/mentioned elsewhereon this web-site but this has been my experience as a New Zealand citizen in Penang on “visa-exempt” status. I read what I could find on the internet and it was contradictory and confusing. (e.g. One website quoted incorrect photo size). I went to the Thai Consulate in Penang and retrieved the forms. They give you two: one for the Visa application and one to fill in as a receipt for your Passport. They require: -
1) A completed Visa application form and in my case it is a single entry, 60 dayvisa. A single entry is all they will grant for this class of Visa. The details are straight forward but under: “travelling by”, I put Malaysian registered motorcycle, together with the plate number. For local & Thai guarantor I put “none” – no problem.
2) The fee is MYR110.00 and must be in Malaysian currency.
3) Two passport-sized recent (6 months) photos: 3.5 x 4.5 cm. (Mine were aged; but then so am I and who looks at an old git anyway! (Oops: I said I was being serious!))
4) Your passport with a least six months remaining validity AND a photocopy of your passport (ID page).
If you don’t have photos and copies of your passport, don’t worry; there is an enterprising guy with a van at the gate who will do both for a small fee.
Duly filed and fee paid, I was handed back the receipt and told to come back at 15:30 hrs that same day! This I did and was handed back my passport with visa inserted. Great! However, when I asked for the relevant forms/procedure for the motorcycle, they didn’t/didn’t want to know. The guy at the gate house was helpful and said to fill out the forms at the border. I really wanted to be prepared ahead of time and it was with the help of tehsk30 & rob7711 I was put right. Thanks fellas (See other threads this forum). I quote rob7711 here:
“…For a Malaysian registered vehicle all you need to do as far as paperwork is concerned is to bring along your vehicle registration card and your passport. There are no forms for you to pre-fill in advance as these are only done by thai customs. (The caveat to this is that you must be the registered owner of the vehicle andthere is no lien on the vehicle by others . meaning financialinstitution/banks. Otherwise you would need a "no objection" letter from the financial institution/bank to export the vehicle.). Hand these documents to the thai customs and they will key in your vehicle details andprint out a duly filled form which is the temporary vehicle import form which you will need to surrender when exiting thailand. As always a nominal "overtime fee" needs to be paid for this which is 20bht or rm2.
Note that this process will get done quicker on your next subsequent border crossing as your vehicle details are now captured on their system and merely needs to be printed out. Don't loose the form or you will face a hefty fine equivalent to the brand new price of the vehicle.
END