Pattaya halts national ID card issuance due to card shortage

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Pattaya City Registration Office has been forced to slam the brakes on issuing national ID cards to Thai citizens due to a shortage of blank cards.

 

Bunchaya Charoenphot, the astute Manager of the Registration and ID Card Operations Office, revealed that the scarcity of cards from the Provincial Registration Center in Chon Buri province has thrown a wrench into their usual operations.

 

Commencing today, the office will grind to a halt in ID card operations until further notice, leaving citizens in a state of limbo. Despite this setback, other ID card-related services such as applications, certifications, and transactions will continue uninterrupted during the suspension period.

Bunchaya lamented the dire situation, highlighting how the equipment shortage has severely hampered the office’s capacity to cater adequately to the public’s needs. Previously capable of processing up to 200 ID card applications daily, the office’s output has been slashed by half due to the shortage, now accommodating a mere 100 applications per day.

However, there’s a glimmer of hope for those facing urgent ID-related issues such as expired, lost, or damaged cards, or those in need of name or address changes. The office will still attend to these cases temporarily, reported Pattaya Mail.

 

Desperate citizens are urged to seek further information from the Pattaya City Registration Office during office hours by dialling 038-253133-35 or through the Pattaya Contact Center at 1337.

 

In related news, the Thai government has begun issuing smart ID cards to over 100,000 Buddhist monks across the nation, revealed Puangpet Chunlaiad, a minister in the Prime Minister’s Office. These ID cards contain crucial details about each monk’s history and are linked to the country’s citizenship database managed by the Interior Ministry.

 

This initiative is part of the government’s efforts to enhance the traceability of monks, in response to Police Lieutenant General Sanit Mahathaworn’s concerns. As the chairman of the Senate Committee on Religious Affairs, he had flagged the increasing issue of unruly monks in parliament.

 

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Photo courtesy of Pattaya Mail

 

Source: The Thaiger 2024-03-28

 

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[flyingtlger]

3 minutes ago, webfact said:

Commencing today, the office will grind to a halt in ID card operations until further notice, leaving citizens in a state of limbo...

T.I.T.

Nothing new here, stay calm, carry on...

[jacko45k]

so in an environment of falling Thai birthrates and reduction in population, we need more ID cards...... how many Chinese entered so far this year?

[Pique Dard]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Pattaya City Registration Office has been forced to slam the brakes on issuing national ID cards to Thai citizens due to a shortage of blank cards.

 

.....could we conclude that the number of newborns is increasing in thailand?

[hotchilli]

19 minutes ago, Pique Dard said:

.....could we conclude that the number of newborns is increasing in thailand?

No, we can conclude that many are losing their cards, or need a name change.

[Tropicalevo]

2 hours ago, Pique Dard said:

.....could we conclude that the number of newborns is increasing in thailand?

 

6 hours ago, webfact said:

those facing urgent ID-related issues such as expired, lost, or damaged cards, or those in need of name or address changes

 

[JimHuaHin]

I am sure blank Thai ID cards can be found in some local black markets and down in Phuket.

[Ben Zioner]

They probably sold out their stock to the Chinese mafia.

[digger70]

Pattaya halts national ID card issuance due to card shortage 

 

How hard can it be to make thousands of cards a day  there are many places where they can make  them .

As for issuing the cards, thats up to the bosses and workers .200 a day isn't that much, just use one more computer and one more person and dubble the output to 400.

[Mr Meeseeks]

The usual poor management and planning to blame I expect. 

[cowellandrew]

That will really throw a spanner in works,

As most monks are trying to hide there dodgy past!

 

In related news, the Thai government has begun issuing smart ID cards to over 100,000 Buddhist monks across the nation, revealed Puangpet Chunlaiad, a minister in the Prime Minister’s Office. These ID cards contain crucial details about each monk’s history