Is your name in WP in English or Thai language

[advancebooking]

I recently received my WP and my name is in English not thai.

Now Im applying for finance and this poses a problem.

Ive asked another colleague and she said last year in another city it was issued in English.

If I want to replace my current WP and get them to issue it with my name translated in thai.... do you think this is possible??? If you have recently done this please advise what was involved.

thanks

[ubonjoe]

Why not just pay 400 baht a to have it translated.

[Crossy]

Just looked at mine, name is in both Thai and English.

EDIT Issued in BKK 4 years ago, not sure about newer ones. Agree with UJ, it will be far, far easier to get it translated.

[digitalchromakey]

My WP (Phuket) has my name in Thai with my name in English in brackets below.

[stevenl]

Mine as well Thai and English.

[chrisinth]

Yep, mine as well, in both Thai & English. This one was issued in 2007.

Are you sure the line above the English spelling of your name is not your name in Thai?

[Cylon]

Mine has both Thai and English issued in 2555

[Crossy]

I just looked at a colleague's brand new WP issued at the BKK One-Stop-Shop, it too has his name in both Thai and English.

BUT, I was initially confused because, unlike mine, the Thai script is above the 'holder name' whereas the English is below, perhaps this is confusing our OP and their financial institution.

[advancebooking]

Typical thailand where everything differs depending on the location. Clearly the labour office is incompetent and maybe I should go back and show them that they have made an error.

[stevenl]

Showing them they have made an error will result in nothing. Informing them of your problem and kindly asking them to change/update has a much better chance of success.

[advancebooking]

The labour dept just solved the problem. They wrote my name in thai using a black felt tip pen and then stuck the plastic over the top of the first page. It looks a bit odd but problem solved.... unless the finance dept dont like it. If this is the case I will give them the middle finger and go to another dealership.

cheers all