How does a Thai citizen get a new ID card?

[OrangeJuice]

Hello Everybody!

My Thai girlfriend lost her handbag with her ATM card and her ID card yesterday. She still has her passport though. She told me that she needs someone from her family to guarantee for her in order to get a new ID. Can anyone tell me if that's true? How does a Thai citizen get a new ID if theirs is lost?

She also told me she can't withdraw money since she has no ATM card and the bank won't accept her passport. It sounds a bit strange to me but what do I know, I'm not Thai! Every help is appreciated.

Greetings!


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[Gravesend Dave]

She needs to go to the ampher where she is registered wit her birth certificate,it pretty straight forward from there.
She may also need to show her house book also,but this I'm not sure on others will be no doubt.

I find it strange that her bank will not except her passport as I.D to replace her ATM card.
Should not be a problem especially if she explains that her I.D has been lost together with the ATM card.

She be easy to sort this out!

[Mid]

1st Step , get a police report .

[Mid]

She also told me she can't withdraw money since she has no ATM card and the bank won't accept her passport.

of course , ffs THINK it through

she must apply for a new ATM card , since when did banks accept passports in lieu ?

[jamescollister]

Seem to need a police report for everything here, once lost a paper plane ticket. They would not issue a new one without a police report, I was getting a bit pissed off, when the wife grabbed me. We walkrd out to the nearest cop in [ BKK ] 20 Baht and a report was issued. Just the system I guess. Jim

[pseudolus]

^^ umm Mid, patience man, are you forgetting that this daft country is the in the land of "The Pass Book" - with passport and bank book she can do anything she likes with her money.

Now, OP, are you sponsoring her? Has she asked for Western Union transfer? She's told a few porky pies (Oh, I need my mother to come down here to vouch for me....who is going to vouch for the mother you might ask?....not mentioned bank pass book which is the important one - the ATM card most likely will not even have her name on it anyway.

So what's the score - long distance romance?

[Humbert]

1st Step , get a police report .

Nothing will happen without one.

[pseudolus]

unless she still has her bank book in which case, passport and bank book and she can get her cash out. Did it myself only the other day.

[Mid]

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How does a Thai citizen get a new ID card?

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[pseudolus]

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How does a Thai citizen get a new ID card?

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yeah I know, but the real message was that she can't get money and then making up a load of lies about the ID card.

OP - when she gets her new ID card, check the issued date on it next time you are in town lol

[adzt1]

stop wasting our time n lend her the million bhart now .
job done ! .
shouldn't be a Toyota dealer too far neither!

[OrangeJuice]

No, I do not sponsor her and she didn't ask me for money. She just seems lost and I was wondering why this situation is so complicated since she still has her passport which is a legal document to verify ones identity.

So if she gets a police report she should be able to get a new ATM card with her passport? But she still has to go to the place where she is registered to get a new ID?

[Mid]

her passport which is a legal document to verify ones identity.

not in ones home country ....................

Oz for example will not accept a current one as proof of ID for a replacement .

[Mid]

But she still has to go to the place where she is registered to get a new ID?

yes , once she has a police report .

[Albert Shagnastier]

Pretty sure that first she'll need to get a new ID card. This can only be done where she is registered (on the house book). If that's far away - then she'll have to go there. re the mum going - sure, there's so little id here - many people with only a year of birth on their ID, that the simplest way is for a trusted person (village head where she's from or her mum if family has good standing should be fine. Once she has the ID card she can get everything else immediately on the spot.

[Mid]

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and here endith the lesson

[Norton]

Police report from police district where she lost the handbag.
Travel to home Amphur.
Get birth certificate.
Get house book.
Go to Amphur office and get new ID.
Take ID and bank book to bank branch where she has the account.
Get new ATM card.

[Humbert]

unless she still has her bank book in which case, passport and bank book and she can get her cash out. Did it myself only the other day.

Are you a Thai national?

[MeMock]

Orange Juice, your girlfriend is Thai and I am presuming she is in Thailand yet you as a foreigner (I presume) have come on a message board full of foreigners to ask how she can replace her Thai ID card???

Surely she either already knows or could ask a multitude of friends or family, go online to look it up or ring a government office somewhere?

[Gravesend Dave]

Police report from police district where she lost the handbag.
Travel to home Amphur.
Get birth certificate.
Get house book.
Go to Amphur office and get new ID.
Take ID and bank book to bank branch where she has the account.
Get new ATM card.

Nearly on the mark!

The bank should replace her ATM on the strength of her passport,it is a legal document with her photo!
As good as her I.D

The I.D as I suggested easily sorted

The police report means nothing!
The I.D is worth nothing as well as the ATM card without her pin number.

Does she want the police to track down her hand bag? Maybe but that I would doubt.

As i said a very easy inconvenience to sort out.

If by any chance your bird has a nice wedge in her account which she finds has vanished,then yes call the boys in but it will still amount to nothing.

I think if this is genuine then your girlfriend is not.
Sorry to be negative but that how it looks to me.
Hope you work around it.

[RickThai]

Hello Everybody!

My Thai girlfriend lost her handbag with her ATM card and her ID card yesterday. She still has her passport though. She told me that she needs someone from her family to guarantee for her in order to get a new ID. Can anyone tell me if that's true? How does a Thai citizen get a new ID if theirs is lost?

She also told me she can't withdraw money since she has no ATM card and the bank won't accept her passport. It sounds a bit strange to me but what do I know, I'm not Thai! Every help is appreciated.

Greetings!


[at]

When a Thai citizen loses her ID Card, she has to have a Thai citizen in good standing go with her and vouch that she is in fact a Thai citizen and verify her age and residence. Usually, one of her parents or a sibling will accompany her. If the person has a respectable government job (teacher, police officer, etc) it will help (cut down on tea money anyway).

This is based upon my wife renewing her Thai ID card after it expired (when we were living abroad).

RickThai

[Gravesend Dave]

Rick is right if your girlfriend was underage and never held Thai I.D.

No she is a women of age who has lost or had her I.D stolen!

Surely to get the I.D in the first place she would of had the necessary paper work.

As I said in my first post there will be others with better advice,not sure that Rick is one though.

[Gravesend Dave]

Oh by the way there is no tea money in this topic that I am aware of!

If there is such a thing only a falang would be shelling out to his bird!

How much did you pay Rick and for what!!!

[Humbert]

The police report means nothing!
The I.D is worth nothing as well as the ATM card without her pin number.
Does she want the police to track down her hand bag? Maybe but that I would doubt.

The district office where she obtains her ID requires a document from the police. Its not about returning stolen property.

[pseudolus]

I think if this is genuine then your girlfriend is not. Sorry to be negative but that how it looks to me. Hope you work around it.

Kerrr ching.

As rightly said, she is Thai, in Thailand, and knows what she needs to do. A quick phone call to any one of her 100 relatives and friends would tell her as well, and of course by taking a peep on www.moi.go.th to find out what she needs to do. Surely no matter what she has to do, the OP would simply believe her and wish her luck.

However, something else was asked of him and all of this was used as justification and my guess is "western union, need money cos bank and ID card stolen and no money until I go to up country to take my mum and village head to get new one and can not for long time now cos I have to work. Oh, no OJ, they will not accept my passport, and only have atm and not mentioning bankbook to you either. Just need money to help me survive until I can get up country".

Not her sponsor though - long distance GF.