inthanet Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 As normal Thai Citizen need their ID Card for nearly everything what have to do with government offices. This is not a different for the new 5000 Baht Schemes which started a few days ago. My wife applied but get quite fast a feedback that her ID Card is not valid (expired). We checked, was correct, unfortunately the card expired 1 day before applying for the scheme. For renewing is normal the provincial office responsible but at these days everything closed. Anybody knows what alternative we can use to renew the ID Card, may be some head office in Bangkok? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Croc Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 Thais are very good at changing the rules, making new hoops to jump through or closing things down, but virtually never look at the consequences of these actions, nor try to solve difficulties created. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichCor Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 I'd suggest phoning up your village headman and ask for a contact to the local government and ask them. I'm lucky that the 'big family' has members in local government, police, marine police, army, banks... but if you lack those connections then the local headman should be able to connect you with someone in local government to answer your question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john terry1001 Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 1 hour ago, inthanet said: For renewing is normal the provincial office responsible but at these days everything closed. According to my daughter: 1. the Amphur offices are open 2. you can go to any Amphur to renew an ID card Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FritsSikkink Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 Not everything is closed, go to the Amphur. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maestro Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 As others have mentioned, the district office (อำเภอ amphoe) issues the ID cards. Depending where your wife lives, this office may happen to be in the same building as the provincial office. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inthanet Posted April 3, 2020 Author Share Posted April 3, 2020 Thanks all for the reply, we will go on try our luck. It looks at the moment so that the Amphoe in Sriracha, Chonburi province not open. Phone calls are not answered too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubonjoe Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 Not sure which Amphoes are offering all services. Not sure about now but there are places other than the Amphoes the were renewing Thai ID cards. My wife did hers at a booth located at Big C here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fourpack Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 Do you not have to go to the amphoe your wife is registered at to get a new I'd card. Sure that's what we had to do when we lived in BKK had to travel back to Khon Kaen to get her Id card renewed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubonjoe Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 29 minutes ago, fourpack said: Do you not have to go to the amphoe your wife is registered at to get a new I'd card. Sure that's what we had to do when we lived in BKK had to travel back to Khon Kaen to get her Id card renewed No That changed years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwill Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 Does age have anything to do with it? My wife's says lifelong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john terry1001 Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 2 minutes ago, rwill said: Does age have anything to do with it? My wife's says lifelong. lifelong for your first renewal after you reach the age of sixty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichCor Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 1 hour ago, john terry1001 said: 1 hour ago, rwill said: Does age have anything to do with it? My wife's says lifelong. lifelong for your first renewal after you reach the age of sixty. Although sometimes they can still request you replace the card with a new one, especially if the surface or electronic 'chip' is damaged and becomes difficult to read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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