Yellow House Books

Quick semi-relevant note: As with many things in this country, policies are not always applied consistently. When I renewed my driving licenses a couple of months ago, using the yellow house book to prove where I live, they put my passport number on my licenses.

Prenders88 wrote:"Thai ID number similar to the number assigned to Thai Nationals on their ID cards, and this number is printed in your Book. The number is used to track you in their computer system".

Your ID number that you get issued when you recieve the Yellow Book, also went on my Driving Licence when I renewed it at the transport office in AEK Hospital.

I'm surprised Immigration have not caught on and kicked the 90 day report into touch, filling out forms, pushing reams of paper around, when most of us have a Yellow book and Thai ID number.

I think Udon is a pretty special case, as there seems to be a lot of more stable types settled here. I think I'm the only one I know personally who has a Yellow Book. I'm also amazed at the wide variance in ease of obtaining one - one guy gets it in 15 min, and, here in Nong Khai last year, it took us the better part of two months...

Still, as you say, I wish they would get out of the 19th century, and start cooperating between different government agencies, so one simple document would suffice, instead of all this monkey motion.

"I wish they would get out of the 19th century"

I think they're getting there....albeit slower than the US/UK maybe. Getting a driver's license used to be a nightmare 2 day affair, not it's very simple....likewise registering a vehicle. Most Thais feared going to the tetsabahn for any sort of paperwork....id's, housebooks, etc......now they're a much friendlier bunch and much more efficient. Obviously there's still room for progress......but at least I see they're moving in the right direction.

Parrot, either you are a saint, or you were in Stockholm from August 23 to August 28, 1973...

The Old Yellow Book has been a BLESSING to this old Thailand Hand, Driver License, Post Paid Mobile, Land Line Telephone, even opening a Bank Account, more attention was paid to the Yellow Book then the Passport. Many will say you don't need a Yellow Book(true) put if you don't have it you will have to do a little TEA PAYMENT to get a Local to vouch for you. It simple shows you have a resident in Udon(whereeven in Thailand), just as the Blue does for Thais people, as most of you old thailand hands should know when it come time to Vote, the Thais MUST Vote in the City, where name is on the Blue Book. '