Differenet laws for (Myanmar) people get a Non-Thai ID card more easily without tabien baan?

[pbrock]

Tabien baan seems pretty difficult to get for Western people in Thailand.

 

How come other foreigners like from Myanmar living in Thailand have a Non-Thai ID? I doubt they are having a Tabien Baan since that is quite difficult to obtain?

[overherebc]

The ID card system  is really designed for workers from neighbouring countries to help with registering them for employment in Thailand. If you look into the conditions of issue I believe it says the holder should notify the issuing office when moving to another area of Thailand etc etc.

[Preacher]

The ID-card  is the same, but the reason different. They have the ID-card because they are stateless/do not have any ID and have certain restrictions.

[overherebc]

8 minutes ago, Preacher said:

The ID-card  is the same, but the reason different. They have the ID-card because they are stateless/do not have any ID and have certain restrictions.

Yep. No reason or need to have one if you have a passport.