[prmnwoks]

When Thai person is completely 15 years old, he or she must go to the district office with the birth certificate and the house registration certificate, within 60 days. Just take the fingerprints and photograph, then the officer will show him/her the photo, if he/she doesn't like the photo he/she can take a new one, and wait for Smart ID Card in a few minutes, no fee at all. After that he/she has become to Mister/Miss. The infringement this cases must be pay 500 Baht fine.

The ID card must be renewed every 6 years, within 60 days after expire with no fee. If person who has ID card is 70 years old, he can use that card without renew again until die. The other case such as losing the card, changing the name, must renew the card within 60 days with 20 Baht fee. The infringement all recent cases must be pay 200 Baht fine.

The first version ID cards were used in 1943-1962, only in Bangkok. The next were used in 1963-1987. The third were used in 1988. The last version, Smart Cards, were used first in Bangkok and Pathumtani on December 5,1996.

The temporary card (yellow card) was a part of the process while waiting for the old version ID card about a few weeks, abort in present.

Until now Smart Cards already have 3 subversions. The first has only magnetic bar, no IC chip. The second has the magnetic bar and 32 Kbytes IC chip, 12 million cards.The newest appears in 2007 with magnetic bar and 64 Kbytes IC chip, 26 million cards .

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[Olympicdreams]

Hi,
I just received one. If one of your parents is Thai and already holds an ID card you can just go to the registration office where your thai parent is registrated. You need to go there together with your Thai parent and you need to bring your thai birth certificate and the house registration letter (Ta bien Baan) I have no klowledge of the Thia ID card history.
Bye,

[DexOnenlyCymn]

Has been quite awhile I think, my wife is 50 and she had to get hers when she was 15 years old as has to happen at this time too.
And just go to the Amphur with your birth cert. and get an ID card and then every 5 years there after it has to be renewed.

[InsManKV]

I had to have one when I worked for the Thai Department of Public Welfare in 1967-69 (I am Farang). I still have it today.

[DownloadMan]

I was wondering if anyone had any literature relating to ID cards in Thailand. I'd like to know when they were first introduced, for example, and the process you have to go through to get them.

I've not been able to find very much on the internet - there are references to 'smart cards' from around 2003, but surely ID cards are not only 6 years old in Thailand.

Any help would be appreciated.

[duncanalisstmp]

here is some info. but there is not much about it on the weby thingy

http://www.dopa.go.th/English/servi/bp2.htm