Thai Passports. Date Of Birth On Document

[david96]

Thai passports show the date of birth of the holder as xx/xx/year. DIAC in Australia advised me that due to security requirements they require the full birthday on all Australian forms.

My wife has been using 01/01/year and there was no problem. They did not want this date so they asked my wife to have a guess as to what day and month she was born (over 50 years ago).So she came up with a date and this was accepted by the DIAC officer.

It would appear that everyone has been using 01/01/year. I did explain that Thais have an their ID number which is on the passport, which is better than a birthdate for ID.

The question arises did birth registration documents issued over 50 years ago have the day and month recorded?

This requirement has just come into force at least at DIAC offices in Australia.

Source, DIAC Cairns.

[gburns57au]

My wifes Mother is over 50yo....her birth record only gives the year of birth, not the day or date

[david96]

My wifes Mother is over 50yo....her birth record only gives the year of birth, not the day or date

Thanks for the info graham it is what I thought. It is a bit difficult trying to explain the Thai lunar calendar, the waxing or waning moon to DIAC.

[lopburi3]

My wife is over 50 and has her full date of birth on her passport and always has had. It is also listed on Thai ID card. The lunar calender can be checked by most fortune tellers and government officials to find the date when the year is known and that seems to be accepted in Thailand for establishment of date if not listed on a birth certificate.

[jstumbo]

But I imagine that many of the births were not recorded right away. That they were registered several years later, and they probably did not bother with a month and day when they registered, just told them what year they were born.

[david96]

But I imagine that many of the births were not recorded right away. That they were registered several years later, and they probably did not bother with a month and day when they registered, just told them what year they were born.

When you think about it only the year is important, only in Western countries birthdates are seen as important, in Australia date of birth and name is used as a "defacto" ID system, not accurate as a large number of people can have the same date of birth and name.

Thais have their national ID number held for life, and the ID card.

(Australia should consider using a similar system.)