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Home » Reader question » Pros or cons of a pink Thai ID card?
Pros or cons of a pink Thai ID card?
Dear readers,
I am leaving soon for 5,5 months to Thailand, where I will stay with my girlfriend, which I want to do every winter after this. When my girlfriend went to get a copy of the Tabien Baan this morning, the official there told me that I can get a Thai ID card (pink) and that most Farang don't know that. can get a Thai ID card and that most Farang don't know that.
- Does anyone have experience with this and what are the pros and/or cons?
- And will this be passed on to the Netherlands? For the ID card I have to register at my address
register a girlfriend and when I am therefore seen as living together in the Netherlands, that has
obviously this will affect my state pension.
Regards,
Mart
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Mart, you are going on holiday to Thailand for 5,5 months.
That is less than 180 days in Thailand. (important reference date for Thailand).
Furthermore, if you live in the Netherlands for more than 4 months a year, you remain resident in the Netherlands.
Your status in the Netherlands counts for AOW benefits because you are not emigrating.
If you stay with a Thai friend during your holiday, you can consider yourself a holiday guest.
Your girlfriend, if you are staying there, must produce a TM30 form at Immigration as her residential address.
Personal relationship is not taken into account.
Why go to all that trouble for a pink Thai ID card?
Just have a clear copy of your passport/visa with you during that temporary stay.
You don't have to see any bears on the road regarding passing it on to NL. Why would they?
I suspect they don't even know who to address this to.
mart,
The only advantage of the pink paper is that you don't have to carry your passport with you all the time.
If you go to a hotel or something you can identify with that.
And no, it is not passed on to the Netherlands because they do not know where you are in the Netherlands.
So rest assured about that.
If you live here permanently, I would report it to the SVB, as the SVB carries out random and unannounced checks here.
If it is determined that you are cohabiting or married and you have not reported this, your AOW benefits will be stopped immediately and you will be brought to court in which you will have to defend yourself.
The fines are not small, the amount of time they think you have lived here and the fine is just as much.
But if you are still registered in the Netherlands, you have nothing to fear from this.
Fr gr,
Jan
I assume that if you are going to live permanently in Thailand and you provide your address when you deregister from the Netherlands, your address will automatically be passed on to all official authorities.
If you stay in Thailand for less than 180 days you are simply a tourist.
I only use that pink Thai ID card for identification purposes when sending registered letters. In banks and of course at immigration offices, the original passport is required.
But that card is unnecessary, even though it is useful to always carry an identification document instead of a passport.
I'm not entirely sure, but I think you simply remain registered in the Netherlands if you stay outside the Netherlands for less than 7 months a year and you are not subject to any checks by the SVB.
I don't know how it works with living together, but basically you are on holiday in Thailand.
You should always report changes in your living situation and other things, so I would contact them to be sure.
Almost always you don't have to pay extra high entrance fee at parks. Then you pay the same as a Thai. You can also use it when checking in at hotels and it is an ID for multiple things. You can also do without it. I have one because I could get it quickly in my municipality. Simple and not expensive.
“and not expensive”
No, that's right, Th Bth 0,00.
Went with my girlfriend to the department of this service, took a picture and after 2 hours I could pick up the pink ID card. I was ready with my wallet; “no pay, for free”!
Really, in Ubon Ratchathani
Got them automatically with my yellow Tabien Baan in Kanchanaburi and it was indeed free.
Forget about such a pink ID Card if you have a Thai driver's license. That is also a valid Thai ID.
This also means you pay the Thai entrance fee at National Parks.
(And hey, how often do you visit a National Park?)