Thai passport has highest safety standards

[ezzra]

" Thai passport have the highest standards" yes, maybe, but pity that the people who

handle those passports can't same the same about them selves...

[Nalo56]

The Thai passport must the the only thing made right in Thailand, but then again who in their right mind would use a Thai Passport, not unless you speak and look Thai?

[JoeThePoster]

Thai passport has highest safety standards

Yup, sets off an alarm every time it's used outside Thailand.

[DrTuner]

The Thai passport must the the only thing made right in Thailand, but then again who in their right mind would use a Thai Passport, not unless you speak and look Thai?

Are you sure the passports are actually made in Thailand ? I think most countries use some subcontractor, which may or may not be in the same country.

[bangon04]

Is this an off-hand way of saying that Italian passports are easy to forge?

Italy is a poor example... within the EU, Italians can travel with a home made ID card from the local town hall, typed by a secretary, with a passport photo stuck on it and an ink stamp. Since so many illegals land in Italy first, they can get access to the whole EU this way.

Modern EU passports are a bit better, of course. (hopefully)

[TheReporter]

Obviously there is no benefit to forge or steal a Thai passport, as it cannot be used to enter any country in Europe and or North America without the necessary visa. Only countries that have direct access to Europe and North America without visa are most vulnerable for forging and theft.

[mrblue]

if it "meets international standards", how can have "highest safety"?!?

if it meets "standards", it means some other countries have the same "standards", otherwise they would not be called "standards"...

[Thongkorn]

Isn't the problem that they nick the passports when you f.ex. leave it at the scooter rental agencies and then blatantly use those passports, even if the new owner doesn't remotely look same and no one at the border or check-in bothers to really check ? Has naught to do with the security features of the document itself.

More fool you if you give anyone your passport, If any thing happens unto wards then you are implicated .

[Halion]

They claim that their passports are good just like they claim that everything Thai is of the highest standards. However, their borders are porous and their immigration control is ludicrous which is the reason so many villains come here and also 200 Turkish immigrants just popped up in the South.

[Windynoi]

The greatest safety feature of Thai passport is - nobody wants it.

I would like one

I am willing to swap my UK passport for one

Edited March 13, 2014 by Windynoi

[stockholm1995]

The laugh of the day

The problem is not about forged Thai passports, the issue is related to stolen foreign passports and the motorbike rental shop owner. He/she sold the passport.

[ggt]

The quality of passports...is the least of the problems with this country...achieving a new functioning capable government...putting the rice farmers back in business...and cleaning up its police department...would get my vote as top priorities...

[davejones23]

Yeah, but who would want to nick a Thai passport. Much the same as nicking an Angolan or Afghani passport!!

By the same token, who would want to forge a Thai passport, you can't travel anywhere of interest with one anyway.

You can travel to some interesting places that Westerners would need a visa for. Russia and Brazil spring to mind. Who'd want one? A criminal might find it very useful for a variety of reasons.

[The Deerhunter]

Yes but here, passport thieves are also of high quality when it comes to stealing desirable Euro passports. Nobody was even complaining that Thai passports were easy to forge or desirable to steal. Probably written by the same muppet who wrote the other week about how many (actually impossible) hours Thai students spend in school or how the Thai Ed spend per capita is the highest in the world.

[Artisi]

Yeah, but who would want to nick a Thai passport. Much the same as nicking an Angolan or Afghani passport!!

By the same token, who would want to forge a Thai passport, you can't travel anywhere of interest with one anyway.

You can travel to some interesting places that Westerners would need a visa for. Russia and Brazil spring to mind. Who'd want one? A criminal might find it very useful for a variety of reasons.

You might well be right, seem to remember a convicted fugitive ending up with a Thai passport some time back - but of course that was different, wasn't it?

[elzach]

The greatest safety feature of Thai passport is - nobody wants it.

You're so wrong my friend. Papua New Guinea nationals don't want it?

[RigPig]

Okay, perhaps Thailand could become the "Passport HUB of the WORLD." Just think, every country around the world could get their Passports produced in Thailand to the high standard that exists here.

No possible way for anything to be forged, no possibility of graft and it would make money for Thai Printing Shops.....might set one up in my back yard.

They already are, you can buy one down Kho San Road.......

[Maestro]

Removed two troll posts and replies to them.

[Thai at Heart]

What's the point in the safest passport in the world if the entire structure around it is bent.

[Arjay]

This is hilarious! Who would want to forge a Thai passport? You would need a visa to most any western country.

[takkatan in the land]

who´s as fool as to buy a fake thai passport being able to buy any other fake one?

[nzvic]

Few, if any, Euro retirees going to Thailand would have future career prospects so why would they bother to gain Thai citizenship/passport?

But younger migrants with desirable skills, and good career opportunities, seem to have to jump through hoops to get a Thai passport - actual admin process takes years despite being good taxpayers for yonks! Amazing how easy it is to get a NZ one by comparison...I looked at the NZ application form yesterday.

Blood tests have to be done by particular Thai place, and police records (saying no record of them with NZ police) aren't acceptable to the Thai authorities, but the NZ police won't issue anything else!

They take into account stuff like fluency in Thai, contributions to the community, initiatives taken etc.

[americaninbangkok]

"biological data!!" I have heard of Biometric Data but <deleted> is biological data do they rub the passport over the holders body?

just running with that visual...

[americaninbangkok]

The greatest safety feature of Thai passport is - nobody wants it.

You're so wrong my friend. Papua New Guinea nationals don't want it?

oh yeah... that's making the point.

[atyclb]

Passport... I would like one...

I would also like to have the same rights as a Thai living in my Country...

Until then, I am just a foreigner that like others, bring in technology, foreign cuisine, higher education, better business practices, logic and of course capital, to this nation of illiterate, selfish, rude and self absorbed people with no real respect for anyone non-thai.

They say that letting foreigners have passports and citizenship will harm the Thais... Its true... Mostly to the men, who will suddenly figure out that aspiring to be a motorbike taxi driver is not impressing anyone! Or growing your little finger nail to get at stubborn boogers is not what the ladies think as an endearing quality in a man.

-sic-

Yet another "apologist" citing only the good traits.

[tomyummer]

Don't flatter yourself. Who wants a Thai passport?!

Thais have the toughest time getting visas from pretty much all non 3rd world countries.

[tomyummer]

"biological data!!" I have heard of Biometric Data but is biological data do they rub the passport over the holders body?

just running with that visual...

The world's first scratch and sniff passports.

Better not give Thailand any ideas.

[smileydude]

Nobody's stealing Thai passports.

They're going to Thailand to steal western passports.

That's a different problem entirely.

Keep your eye on the ball.

Agree, now the next question is are Italian, Austrian or other western passports that easy to forge?

[thhMan]

Passport... I would like one...

I would also like to have the same rights as a Thai living in my Country...

Until then, I am just a foreigner that like others, bring in technology, foreign cuisine, higher education, better business practices, logic and of course capital, to this nation of illiterate, selfish, rude and self absorbed people with no real respect for anyone non-thai.

They say that letting foreigners have passports and citizenship will harm the Thais... Its true... Mostly to the men, who will suddenly figure out that aspiring to be a motorbike taxi driver is not impressing anyone! Or growing your little finger nail to get at stubborn boogers is not what the ladies think as an endearing quality in a man.

-sic-

Yet another "apologist" citing only the good traits.

Yes...

Why would I state the bad traits... unless you are so nieve as to think we or the Thais dont have any.

Why shouldn't we have the same rights as Thais living in our country?

[outsider]

Oh what a spin!!! Should be ashamed of yourself, whoever came up with that cheap spin. In my opinion, the fact that Thai passports are 'safe' is because nobody wants them. From what I have been told - by the Thai themselves, if you have a Thai passport, it seems like you need a visa to quite a lot of countries. As opposed to, say, a Malaysian passport. So really, a Thai passport is quite 'worthless', for want of a better word.