Question Re. Thai Id Card For Tourist Visa Application

[r3aps]

a quick question if anyone can answer it.me and my tg where about to hand in our application when i noticed her thai id card was missing.she told me she lost it.i have returned to the uk and i told her to sort a new one before submitting the application.she has done this she has told me but she said she wasnt given an id card like the old style ones,just a piece of paper regards her id.is this a new format or has she not done this correct??any help appreciated.

steve

[bangla]

tourist visa for which country?

there are not a lot of countries she can travel to with just a thai id card.

she'll need a passport.

Edited August 30, 2010 by bangla

[theoldgit]

tourist visa for which country?

there are not a lot of countries she can travel to with just a thai id card.

she'll need a passport.

The OP has said he has returned to the UK, so one must presume the Visa is for the UK.

There are indeed one or two countries that a Thai national can visit with an id card, but that doesn't answer the question, especially as the lady has mislaid her id card, it seems she has a passport.

Edited August 31, 2010 by theoldgit

[theoldgit]

r3aps, the id card was updated a couple of years ago and now includes a chip, there is certainly not a paper id card.

It looks like they may have given her a receipt whilst the id card is being prepared, but they are usually given on the spot, I can only assume that in the case of lost id's the authority has to carry out some checks before the new card is issued.

[thaihome]

The reason the OP's wife was given the piece of paper rather then a new ID card is because there are issues with the new "smart" ID card and no one is sure when it will be resolved.

Corruption and confusion in 'Smart Card' fiasco

By Special report

The Nation

Published on July 6, 2010

"The inaction of all agencies involved over the issue means that anyone applying for ID cards is given a "yellow paper" permit as a temporary substitute for actual cards, like in the old days when the normal procedure for issuing an ID card took 15 days.

People seeking to obtain ID cards are not even issued the third-generation "non-smart" cards, because district officers are not sure what cards they should issue if people apply for a new card or seek to renew one that has expired. "

This should not impact the UK visa, since she seems to have a passport.

TH

[r3aps]

The reason the OP's wife was given the piece of paper rather then a new ID card is because there are issues with the new "smart" ID card and no one is sure when it will be resolved.

Corruption and confusion in 'Smart Card' fiasco

By Special report

The Nation

Published on July 6, 2010

"The inaction of all agencies involved over the issue means that anyone applying for ID cards is given a "yellow paper" permit as a temporary substitute for actual cards, like in the old days when the normal procedure for issuing an ID card took 15 days.

People seeking to obtain ID cards are not even issued the third-generation "non-smart" cards, because district officers are not sure what cards they should issue if people apply for a new card or seek to renew one that has expired. "

This should not impact the UK visa, since she seems to have a passport.

TH

thxs that is exactly what she has got a yellow piece of paper and she told me there was problems with it.

so with regards to her visa application,would you agree she should just fotocopy that yellow paper and include that in her application with a note detailing why?also the uk embassy should know about this wouldnt you agree?

thxs again

steve

Edited August 31, 2010 by r3aps

[ThaiVisaExpress]

We have a lot of clients now with this piece of paper we just make a copy for the UK/BA.