zeitgeist Posted March 3, 2011 Report Share Posted March 3, 2011 I was planning a trip to Ubon, to visit some family, and thought it would be nice to take my 2 nieces (6 & 8) along. I was thinking take the bus one-way and fly back, as the nieces have never been on a plane before. What paperwork do Thai nationals need to fly domestically? Other half has ID card but no passport... Nieces have birth certificate which has a serial number, apparently this is the same no. that will be on their ID card... Does anyone know if this is sufficient? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LizardKing Posted March 3, 2011 Report Share Posted March 3, 2011 Thai ID card is fine for domestic travel for a Thai adult (Thai driver's license is OK for farang). No passport needed. My kids always had passports, but, even without a pix, I'd venture that a school ID or the birth certificate is fine for a under-12ish child. Maybe someone else can verify. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horneytorney Posted March 3, 2011 Report Share Posted March 3, 2011 from Thai Airways website: For Thai passenger travelling on the domestic flight, picture affixed identification card issued by Thai government (for adult) or student identification card (for child) may also be shown instead of passport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted March 3, 2011 Report Share Posted March 3, 2011 photocopy of birth Certificate works for my daughter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted March 4, 2011 Report Share Posted March 4, 2011 Actually, a Thai ID card is enough to get them into neighbouring countries (ASEAN) as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh_Hoy Posted March 4, 2011 Report Share Posted March 4, 2011 Flash...are you sure about that? Years ago, the Thai government started requiring Thai's to have Thai passports to exit Thailand and enter Cambo. (At the time, an unusual amount of cross-border pissing was taking place and the Thai's were trying to make it more inconvenient for Thais to visit Poipet and gamble away their precious Thai baht.) I KNOW Khmer need passports/visas to travel into the interior of Thailand. (A 10 baht "border pass" for the day can be had for Khmers crossing from Poipet to visit the Aran market, but can't go much further (legally)...not even as far as Aranyaprathet itself. HH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavanami Posted March 4, 2011 Report Share Posted March 4, 2011 As of say two years ago, a Thai could enter the casinos at Pol Pet without a Cambodia visa and maybe without a passport. I went with the tee rak and had gotten her a Cambo visa, but it was never used, She walked right thru the Thai Immi and to the casino. She never entered Cambodia and the visa went unused to this day. Now that I think (yes, it hurts to do that) the casino bus collected all the Thai passports and did the exit form for the Thais, so yes, they needed a Thai passport Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Central Scrutinizer Posted March 4, 2011 Report Share Posted March 4, 2011 Flash...are you sure about that? Years ago, the Thai government started requiring Thai's to have Thai passports to exit Thailand and enter Cambo. (At the time, an unusual amount of cross-border pissing was taking place and the Thai's were trying to make it more inconvenient for Thais to visit Poipet and gamble away their precious Thai baht.) I KNOW Khmer need passports/visas to travel into the interior of Thailand. (A 10 baht "border pass" for the day can be had for Khmers crossing from Poipet to visit the Aran market, but can't go much further (legally)...not even as far as Aranyaprathet itself. HH All, Actually this is true. I was at the border doing a visa run (90 day visa stamp on an O visa) and the place was deserted. The Cambo kid who latched on to me to 'help' me told me it was deserted due to the big boss of Cambo Immi being present that day at the border crossing at Chong Chum. He said normally they let the Thais cross over for a 50 baht fee, but the law says they actually need to produce a passport to cross over. Hence, the place was empty for the day. Next day business as usual I'd imagine. Business as usual being the graft/corruption of normal Thai/Cambo 'business'. :-) What the big boss doesn't see won't hurt him or them. Good for me as there were no lines at all. In and out in a flash. Hell, the army dudes on the Thai side didn't even charge me the usual 20 baht to park in their encampment parking lot. Did see two army trucks pass me on the way out loaded to the gills with troops heading for the border encampment though. They are beefing up the border there as well as up the Sisaket way. OK, off topic and not about air travel, but thought some may be interested in that. My family all have passports, so no worries land or air travel if we cross borders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redbaron Posted March 5, 2011 Report Share Posted March 5, 2011 id cards have been enough for my TGF's in the past Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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