When is a pink card not a pink card?

[sandyf]

When I applied to register for a booster.

Last week I hit the 90 days after my 2nd AZ and decided to look for a booster. My wife tried the local places and was told they were full up and to try again in a few weeks.

I decided to have  go on the AIS site and my first attempt resulted in a rejection, for some reason they thought i wanted a 4th dose.

I tried again a couple of days later and they had added a new vaccination center at MBK that starts today so I tried that, huge bonus that appointments also started today rather than a month down the line. This time the rejection said they had no record of any previous jabs, a bit of a puzzle as I have been on Mor Phrom since before the rollout started.

I was sat having a beer and had an idea, following morning I tried again and this time instead of selecting Pink Card I selected Thai ID card, hey presto, I have an appointment for Tuesday.

 

PS. The AIS site can be found here  https://www.ais.th/vaccinesforthais/

[Moonlover]

When is a pink card not a pink card?

 

When it's a Thai ID card of course. Simple innit? ????

 

[Puccini]

14 hours ago, Moonlover said:

When is a pink card not a pink card?

 

When it's a Thai ID card of course. Simple innit? ????

 

You're right, it is simple.

 

What some people colloquially call the pink card is the Thai ID for non-Thai nationals and it can be used in Thailand whenever a form asks for the ID card number.

 

By comparison with the passport, the ID card has the advantage that the number remains the same when the card expires and is replaced with a new one, and once the cardholder reaches the age of 60 his next card will remain valid for the rest of his life.

 

 

[Moonlover]

4 hours ago, Puccini said:

You're right, it is simple.

 

What some people colloquially call the pink card is the Thai ID for non-Thai nationals and it can be used in Thailand whenever a form asks for the ID card number.

 

By comparison with the passport, the ID card has the advantage that the number remains the same when the card expires and is replaced with a new one, and once the cardholder reaches the age of 60 his next card will remain valid for the rest of his life.

 

 

Thanks for that. My Thai ID card was certainly useful when getting my vaccinations (all 3) and it also came in handy when I renewed my driver's licenses recently.

 

I'm pleased to see that mine is 'good for life' now. I didn't know that. 

 

Edited February 11, 2022 by Moonlover

[Guitar God]

There are two types of pink ID cards, cards for people on one year visas and for people with a permanent residence permit. I believe the only difference in appearance is the letter "P" on the latter.

[George Aylesham]

My pink Thai ID card was rejected yesterday by the SCB, who finally reluctantly accepted a photocopy of my passport.

[Andycoops]

1 hour ago, George Aylesham said:

My pink Thai ID card was rejected yesterday by the SCB, who finally reluctantly accepted a photocopy of my passport.

My local SCB branch never ask for my pink ID card but the local Kasikorn and KTB, always do.

[Thingamabob]

2 hours ago, George Aylesham said:

My pink Thai ID card was rejected yesterday by the SCB, who finally reluctantly accepted a photocopy of my passport.

Opened accounts at SCB head office when Standard Chartered withdrew from retail banking in Thailand. I have found the service at SCB to be just about adequate, nothing better than that. I am considering moving my accounts to, probably, Bangkok Bank.

[thurien]

8 hours ago, Moonlover said:

Thanks for that. My Thai ID card was certainly useful when getting my vaccinations (all 3) and it also came in handy when I renewed my driver's licenses recently.

I'm pleased to see that mine is 'good for life' now. I didn't know that.

that's all fine, but for quite a few hard-core TH bureaucrats THE PINK is still a pain in the...because it neither has a magnetic strip nor an implanted chip or the like: Means hard computer keyboarding for the poor fellow behind the divider...

 

maybe this was done to initially show Cambos and Birmans and the like "you are not a THAI, you are missing something..."

Edited February 11, 2022 by thurien

[Moonlover]

27 minutes ago, thurien said:

that's all fine, but for quite a few hard-core TH bureaucrats THE PINK is still a pain in the...because it neither has a magnetic strip nor an implanted chip or the like: Means hard computer keyboarding for the poor fellow behind the divider...

 

maybe this was done to initially show Cambos and Birmans and the like "you are not a THAI, you are missing something..."

What a sad attitude you have. ????

 

[bert bloggs]

On my mor prom i have 2 az 1 phizer ,my passport no my pink card no and my name it also says i am Thai. Go figure.

[Puccini]

15 hours ago, Moonlover said:

Thanks for that. My Thai ID card was certainly useful when getting my vaccinations (all 3) and it also came in handy when I renewed my driver's licenses recently.

 

I'm pleased to see that mine is 'good for life' now. I didn't know that. 

 

If you got your current ID card before you turned 60, you still have to get a new card prior to or after – I don't know which – the expiry date shown on the current card.

[Moonlover]

5 hours ago, Puccini said:

If you got your current ID card before you turned 60, you still have to get a new card prior to or after – I don't know which – the expiry date shown on the current card.

Oh I was well passed the 'sell by' date when I got mine, but thanks for the tip. ????

 

[jomtienisgood]

17 hours ago, Guitar God said:

There are two types of pink ID cards, cards for people on one year visas and for people with a permanent residence permit. I believe the only difference in appearance is the letter "P" on the latter.

No, the difference is in the 1st digit, PR starts with Nr. 8 , whereas the other ones start with 6... 

[NoshowJones]

When you try to use it in the Bangkok bank.

[NoshowJones]

16 hours ago, Thingamabob said:

Opened accounts at SCB head office when Standard Chartered withdrew from retail banking in Thailand. I have found the service at SCB to be just about adequate, nothing better than that. I am considering moving my accounts to, probably, Bangkok Bank.

I would be careful about that.

[sandyf]

18 hours ago, bert bloggs said:

On my mor prom i have 2 az 1 phizer ,my passport no my pink card no and my name it also says i am Thai. Go figure.

When presented with ID options of 

Thai ID card

Pink Card

Passport

which would you choose?

[bert bloggs]

5 minutes ago, sandyf said:

When presented with ID options of 

Thai ID card

Pink Card

Passport

which would you choose?

In Thailand,my pink card,always works the best

[sandyf]

7 minutes ago, bert bloggs said:

In Thailand,my pink card,always works the best

If you go back to the OP, I think you would find that you would also have to choose Thai ID rather than Pink Card.

[Puccini]

2 hours ago, sandyf said:

If you go back to the OP, I think you would find that you would also have to choose Thai ID rather than Pink Card.

If the registration form on the AIS website for the vaccination has the option Pink Card, it is a bit silly. Perhaps they meant to cater to those foreigners who know their Thai ID card for foreigners only by the colloquial name Pink Card, but they should have programmed that page to send the input to the same database as the input for ID Card and there would have been no problem.

 

 

 

 

[sanuk711]

3 hours ago, sandyf said:

When presented with ID options of 

Thai ID card

Pink Card

Passport

which would you choose?

The Pink card every time---I want my passport safely locked away, not carrying it around every time I want to make a bank withdrawal etc.

 

It will take time for the acception of the Pink card to filter down---a few years ago there were places that had never seen them. As time moves on it will be more known and accepted everywhere----the Vax process has helped that a lot.

[sandyf]

On 2/12/2022 at 8:02 PM, sanuk711 said:

The Pink card every time---I want my passport safely locked away, not carrying it around every time I want to make a bank withdrawal etc.

 

It will take time for the acception of the Pink card to filter down---a few years ago there were places that had never seen them. As time moves on it will be more known and accepted everywhere----the Vax process has helped that a lot.

Except as I said in the OP, the Pink Card option produced a message to say no vaccination records found.

[sanuk711]

13 minutes ago, sandyf said:

Except as I said in the OP, the Pink Card option produced a message to say no vaccination records found.

There's many hiccups re the Thai government and computers---- Look at the 90 day reporting, from feed back it seems to be improving---- the same with the ID (Pink) card---the more it gets used for different occasions like this, the better it will be.

 

Its here to stay, and its so much better than a passport that changes number every so many years. IMO

[sandyf]

28 minutes ago, sanuk711 said:

There's many hiccups re the Thai government and computers---- Look at the 90 day reporting, from feed back it seems to be improving---- the same with the ID (Pink) card---the more it gets used for different occasions like this, the better it will be.

 

Its here to stay, and its so much better than a passport that changes number every so many years. IMO

I am not  disputing the sentiment, I have had my yellow  book around 12 years and got my pink card as soon as they became available. Certainly been very useful.

The thread was intended to point out that the obvious choice may not be the right one, and possibly help others that may have come up against the same problem.

If you are going to quote me, please stay in context.