Paper aeroplane champ Mong Thongdee gets Thai citizenship at last

By The Nation

 

Photo from Mong Thongdee Facebook wall.

 

Mong Thongdee is to become a Thai citizen, almost a decade after earning fame by winning a national paper-aeroplane championship at the age of 12.

 

Mong posted on his Facebook wall late on Friday night that he has been informed that the Chiang Mai governor has approved his request for Thai citizenship.

 

Mong said he has been informed that the next step is to assign him a 12-digit citizenship ID number and to add his name to a household registration, then to get a photo taken of himself for an ID card.

 

Mong said he has been told to report to Chiang Mai's Muang district office to make the ID card by Wednesday.

 

Born in Thailand of Burmese ancestry, the young Chiang Mai man has been stateless all his life, but he’s looking forward to continuing his studies to the highest level and doing good deeds for his adoptive homeland.

 

When Mong won the paper aeroplane making competition in Japan in 2009, the Abhisit Vejjajiva government promised him Thai citizenship but no progress had been made.

 

Mong's hope of citizenship was rekindled after some of the Wild Boars team, who had been trapped in a cave, got Thai citizenship.

 

Mong said on Facebook that he wanted to thank everybody who helped coordinate with all agencies concerned until he got his citizenship.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30355935

 

 

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No Mong jokes please

...takes an A4 and starts folding...

 

Nah, congrats to him though.

I can make a paper  boat when can i get mine?

1 hour ago, rooster59 said:

Mong said he has been informed that the next step is to assign him a 12-digit citizenship ID number

Is this a typo, or do naturalized citizens only have a 12 digit ID? Standard Thai ID numbers are 13 digits.

6 hours ago, kannot said:

I can make a paper  boat when can i get mine?

you had ur chance with the whole cave thingy.

Good to see a positive story heartfelt congratulations mr mong!

6 hours ago, kannot said:

I can make a paper  boat when can i get mine?

Maybe never. Unfortunately you have to enter your paper boat in the Thai National Competition for Paper Boats and then demonstrate the buoyancy of your boat while sitting in the bath and pushing it around.  Sadly I think Thai citizenship might elude you. ????

9 hours ago, rooster59 said:

Abhisit Vejjajiva government promised him Thai citizenship but no progress had been made.

What a surprise, especially the lack of progress part. 

 

Hope the young man's patients and determination continues to bring him good fortune.  

It would appear that the bar to citizenship is low but exclusive. Any world champion, any event, think outside the bow people. 

 

Still eyes on the skies:

 

Mong Thongdee - Wikipedia

"He works as a drone pilot trainer in Chiang Mai"

 

What will it be......designer, engineer, pilot........all three?

 

 

 

 

13 hours ago, Cadbury said:

Maybe never. Unfortunately you have to enter your paper boat in the Thai National Competition for Paper Boats and then demonstrate the buoyancy of your boat while sitting in the bath and pushing it around.  Sadly I think Thai citizenship might elude you. ????

Bummer, that is me disqualified, I do not have a bath........

OK....cue the no bath jokes please...

15 hours ago, Cadbury said:

Maybe never. Unfortunately you have to enter your paper boat in the Thai National Competition for Paper Boats and then demonstrate the buoyancy of your boat while sitting in the bath and pushing it around.  Sadly I think Thai citizenship might elude you. ????

Heartbroken.............you cruel man u????

11 hours ago, Ulic said:

It would appear that the bar to citizenship is low but exclusive. Any world champion, any event, think outside the bow people. 

Outdoor  naked  mountain tiddly wink champ 1975.............do I pass yet? I mean how low do i have to go?

 

9 minutes ago, kannot said:

I mean how low do i have to go?

If it's outdoor tiddlywinks, you want a deep squat. 

5 minutes ago, lamyai3 said:

If it's outdoor tiddlywinks, you want a deep squat. 

No no Ive got it, eureka, I forgot my ..............Outdoor Cave diving tiddlywink champ certificate  1975..