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I went to post a letter to Bangkok from Jomtien and was told I now need my passport for every letter sent internally (Thais need ID cards). I knew they wanted them for parcels going outside of Thailand, but I wonder if this is a new rule? (I haven't posted a letter to Bangkok for a long time.)

 

What's the reason behind it, other than making work for people?

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Parcels overseas need passports since when? Never been asked myself.

 

Letters overseas don't need passports (at least I've never been asked and I send regularly, as recently as last week) so it's odd that internal letters do unless it's to do with letter bombs? Anthrax?

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2 hours ago, LongTimeLurker said:

Parcels overseas need passports since when? Never been asked myself.

 

Letters overseas don't need passports (at least I've never been asked and I send regularly, as recently as last week) so it's odd that internal letters do unless it's to do with letter bombs? Anthrax?

 

Interesting. I've been asked many times for a passport for overseas parcels in Jomtien and at the airport post office, but never for a letter before.

Posted
8 hours ago, jak2002003 said:

'What's the reason behind it, other than making work for people?'

 

The reason is because you are not a Thai person. 

 

 

 

 

Thais need ID cards.

Posted
13 hours ago, Kwasaki said:

A letter use the post box. 

 

I tried it yesterday but they still wanted to see my passport.

 

Now, I have to carry the damn thing back to the street corner where it was....:sad:

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2 hours ago, samsensam said:

 

i regularly send parcels and letters from bangkok post offices, i've never been asked to show my passport

Neither have I but.....after years you realize inconsistency here is the only constant 

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11 hours ago, Nam Mae Khong said:
11 hours ago, BudRight said:

Apologists explaining that this is "not new" and "perfectly normal in the West," in 3...2...1....

Go home?

 

 

Please-- You must be missing it a lot...............

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33 minutes ago, mania said:

Neither have I but.....after years you realize inconsistency here is the only constant 

 

 

You've got that right. Even my wife has to show her ID card for overseas letters and parcels when she posts in certain post office branches in Bangkok.

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